that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a
murder, it s not an area where a lot of people are circulating. you have to go looking for this particular house. i hadn t appreciated that until i saw gary s reporting. make sure you re voting at smerconish.com on this week s poll question. the aftermath of the speaker battle. i m asking should the house speaker, that s now kevin mccarthy, allow c-span cameras full access to the house chamber for all proceedings? mine is a yes vote. up ahead, with his explosive new memoir, has harry now ruined his relationship with his family? i m going to ask prince diana s former chief of staff patrick jeffson. plus, the house leadership crisis pulled the media spotlight away from gop congressman george stan toes fabrications about his biography, his resume, and so much more. but the santos story is still a troubling reminder of a much larger problem, a lack of local investigative journalism. and i want to say something about that. s, warms