snchts is there a deal for speaker in the works? i m erin burnett and we re out front . we re at a key moment in this totally grueling fight for speaker of the house. we re told negotiations are under way at this moment as an 11th vote is now under way. it appears that kevin mccarthy has lost, lost 11 votes. five just today. despite now the longest speaker contest in generations. as we re watching this, we re told that mccarthy support aernz his critics are at least talking. they ve been behind closed doors trying to hammer out a deal in an attempt to show some progress. but what might that deal look like? mccarthy already essentially given them everything that they want. he is promising votes on term limits, allowing just one member to force a vote to oust him, just one. and there are four in the never kevin camp. if there is just one more republican that mccarthy can t get the gavel without help from democrats. there is so much to get to tonight. let s go to capitol
of covid-19. yet, as i mentioned earlier, there has not been a single hearing in the oversight committee to deal with potential waste, fraud, or abuse of the covid funds. not a single hearing. and we all know, despite what dr. fauci said, american tax dollars were sent through ecohealth alliance to the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn t come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speaker kevin mccarthy has given the republican majority the tools necessary to make that possible. the democrats have spent the past six years investigating a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia. now let me say this loud and clear. the republicans will also investigate a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia as well as china. the american people have a lot of questions for dr. fauci, christopher wray, merrick garland, secretary mayorkas. we can t have those qu
fabulist might as well just are telling people he speaker of the house, because kevin sure ain t closing. and that is the reidout and all in with chris hayes starts right now. with chris hayes starts right no good evening from ne, i m chris hayes. it was a truly remarkable scene in washington state see this afternoon, as the house adjourned after what should have been the triumphant first day of the incoming republican majority. instead, it was an unmitigated disaster, with republican leader kevin mccarthy failing three times in succession to be elected speaker. the house will return at noon tomorrow and will continue voting until one candidate, mccarthy or someone else, reaches a majority. this has not happened for a century. the last time the vote for speaker went past a single around with all the way back 100 years ago in 1923. we arrived at this moment after a day full of insanity on capitol hill. it began with the republican house caucus meeting this morning which was
reelected senators. senator patty murray of washington also made history when she became the first female senate protons, it is the second highest ranking job in the chamber, not to mention it makes her third in line to the presidency. when marie was first elected to the senate in 1992, there are only two women in the chamber. but many had their eyes today on the incoming suit junior senator, john fetterman. would he wear his signature hoodie in shorts? he ended speculation earlier today, tweeting this. for those are you asking, yes there will be a fetterman in shorts today but it is not me. included a picture of his oldest son sporting some khaki shorts. what was on the menu for today s ceremony? fetterman s communications director tweeted this. yes there is crudités at the fetterman inauguration. one of the more pressing question is a crudités or a veggie tray? and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news,
Year after year, no matter which party is in charge, committee and subcommittee chairs have repeatedly exhorted those providing testimony at the Capitol to speed things along. There's broad agreement that some kind of public comment time management is necessary in Virginia's sessions, which generally run no longer than 60 days. “Virginia's legislative calendar just isn’t designed for public input,” said Sally Hudson, a University of Virginia professor and former member of the House of Delegates,