like representative jim jordan, marjorie taylor greene, and matt gaetz. keri lake for, example, a prominent election denier who lost the governor s race in arizona last year, was also a guest speaker. so or steve bannon and pillow salesman mike lindell. key republican leaders like house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and our and see chairwoman, rhonda mcdaniel, did not take part in cpac this week. meanwhile, other presidential candidates possible presidential candidates set out the conference in favor of a different event this week. a sign of the republican party remains somewhat splintered with some members trying to charter new path forward and leaving donald trump far behind. instead of cpac, florida governor ron desantis, former vice president mike pence, south carolina senator tim scott, and new hampshire governor chris sununu opted to attend a private retreat with donors hosted by the conservative organization club for growth. the group
we ll have another vote at noon. you ll see some progress. i think there is light at the end of the tunnel. if that happens, hopefully that progress snowballs and members who are holding out feel pressure in their districts or from others to unify with the party and do the right thing and elect a speaker so we can work on the issues that matter. bill: brand-new hour begins now. david spunt has the duties in d.c. hi. two hours until the house is back in session. a lot of people think it may be a safe bet we won t see a speaker elected at least right away. members elect will vote for the seventh time on the speaker of the house issue. kevin mccarthy hopes the needle moves in miss his direction. mccarthy ended his day with 201 yesterday. they voted for byron donald, a two year congressman from southwest florida, naples. this group some call the gop rebels led by matt gaetz, scott perry and lauren boebert. here she is last night. isn t it time for you to pack it in and
house republicans as was the indication 100 years ago are denying the man who thought he would be speaker in this case, kevin mccarthy, the necessary votes to win the speakers gavel. meaning that, right now, the house is completely paralyzed. we do not have a speaker, official members of congress or rules. and the math is frankly, only getting worse for kevin mccarthy. as the process drags out, the total number of republicans not voting for him is going up. the total number of republicans voting for him is going down. let s go straight to cnn s congressional correspondent manu raju. we re hearing that each side of this republican against republican standoff might appoint four members to negotiate some way forward? that s what sources tell us. that s what s under discussion right now. to come up with some sort of group, a negotiating grope to break the standoff paralyzing the house and preventing the congress from moving forward. four people close to kevin mccarthy. and othe
texas for a special edition of the readout, among my guests, the democratic nominee for texas governor, o rourke himself. he will be right here in texas with me. thank you all for tuning in tonight, chris a starts now. u all for tuning i tonight, chris a starts now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we start the show with my big, booming tonight all invoice. but tonight, i want to start by showing you some images from a voter drop box. it is a location in arizona, two people, to thugs addressed in tactical gear intimidating voters dropping off their early ballots. now, if you re trying to pull up these images, if you find these images, these individuals dressed in basically masks and bulletproof vests looking like they are out for a hunt or out to commit some crimes. if you finals him it is chilling or outrageous, or obviously an attempt at voter intimidation, then you are correct on all fronts. there is a significant contingent of people in this country whose br
voter drop box. it is a location in arizona, two people, to thugs addressed in tactical gear intimidating voters dropping off their early ballots. now, if you re trying to pull up these images, if you find these images, these individuals dressed in basically masks and bulletproof vests looking like they are out for a hunt or out to commit some crimes. if you finals him it is chilling or outrageous, or obviously an attempt at voter intimidation, then you are correct on all fronts. there is a significant contingent of people in this country whose brains have been poisoned by donald trump s big lie of a stolen election. that has become trump and his allies, they have pushed the completely invented idea that ballot boxes, particularly dropbox is where people go to bring their mail in ballots or their signed ballots, that they are inherently fraudulent tools used to steal the election away from donald trump and from the right and proper owners of this nation, which are of course t