Welcome to inside politics. Im john king in washington. Very busy news day. Thank you for your time. Provocation or pretext, the creme lun accuses ukraine of trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a drone attack. The president said, we dont attack russia. Plus a surge and a search for a solution. Migrants prepare to overwhelm the southern border. The Biden Administration snaps into Action Ordering troops to the border, o traiting a new deal with mexico and erecting new processing centers. And reading is believe ing. The text message that said the fox decision to fire Tucker Carlson are reveals him rooting for a mob to kill someone. We begin with dramatic images of red scquare and the kremlinses expla thags na ukraine launched drones at the heart of the russian government with the goal of killing Vladimir Putin. The kremlin statement came after social media reports showing explosions over the president s residence. We regard these actions as a planned Terrorist Act and an attempt on
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. provocation or pretext, the creme lun accuses ukraine of trying to assassinate vladimir putin with a drone attack. the president said, we don t attack russia. plus a surge and a search for a solution. migrants prepare to overwhelm the southern border. the biden administration snaps into action ordering troops to the border, o traiting a new deal with mexico and erecting new processing centers. and reading is believe ing. the text message that said the fox decision to fire tucker carlson are reveals him rooting for a mob to kill someone. we begin with dramatic images of red scquare and the kremlin ses expla thags na ukraine launched drones at the heart of the russian government with the goal of killing vladimir putin. the kremlin statement came after social media reports showing explosions over the president s residence. we regard these actions as a planned terrorist act
and good evening, along with jake tapper in washington, d.c. we are watching the house of representatives longest running drama since the civil war era. republicans failing time and time again, 11 times so far to elect kevin mccarthy speaker. 11 times. the latest vote, not only on that, merely on whether to adjourn and end kevin mccarthy s rolling humiliation for this evening. manu raju has new reporting on the state of play tonight. he joins us from the capitol. m manu, if they adjourn for the evening, what happens then? then the negotiations will continue. actually, the motion to adjourn is a good sign for kevin mccarthy, who has had one bad result after another. 11 straight times being rejected, not being able to get a majority of the house to elect a speaker, paralyzing this institution, the start of the 118th congress. that is the first order of business. if they can t elect a speaker, then they can adjourn. that s really the only two options. but the majority of
united states hostage. the republicans are really dug in on the idea they can get more than they got last time. we will stay at an impass until somebody blinks. maybe we have the calamity that people worry about. we appreciate it. up next, debates played a huge part in the rise. at least for now, skipping this cycle s first debate and maybe more.
requiring a plurality, instead of a majority. one of them is finding consensus candidate. and one of them is just grinding it out. i m kind of the belief that this is going to be a grindout. that it s going to go and go and go until somebody blinks. how many ballots. go ahead. give it up. what did you say in the pool, jake? snoum. you missed the pool. jake, how many ballots did you guess? i said 29. but that s because i kept going back and forth between 39 and 19. and finally i made a compromise. but because i think ultimately, i mean, 29 until they get a speaker. i mean, that s not to say kevin mccarthy is going to last until 29, or that he won t. maybe he will. but i just think they seem very, very dug in, and there seem to be at least five or six house republicans that will never vote for kevin mccarthy. and i can t understand how those five or six are going to change.