the tellers agree that the total number of votes cast is 434 of which the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ cheers and applause ] the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [ cheers and applause ]. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for the position of speaker of the house. the gentleman is recognized. [ applause ] thank you, madam clerk. we all came here to get things done, to get big things done, the solve the problems. and i hope when we get through today that all of the members on both sides of the aisle will join together with us to solve the problems, to address inflation that is crushing middle class families, to get control over spending will
end up with a new kachb date? let s bring in one of the 20 rebellious republicans, chip roy of texas, a member of the house freedom caucus nominated jim jordan for the speaker ership the third ballot. congressman roy, thanks for joining us. you ve been vocal about the opposition to mccarthy to be speaker and nominated jim jordan this time round and voted for biron donaldson. you seem different from some of your rebels, though, that you seem actually focussed on a set of pri of principles and rule sets. do you agree with that assessment or no? first of all, thanks for having me on. that s close to correct. i would take some issue with saying that i ve been in constant opposition to mccarthy as much as trying to offer changes that i think are p paramount to make the housework again. that s a bipartisan criticism. we haven t had an open debate since 2016. we can t keep spending money we don t have and allow the border to be wide open and endanger people and keep business as us
interest rates that we ve seen, the rate hikes we have seen have done the trick to ease that. so why did stocks soar when all was said and done? a lot of technical definitions being given here. let s put it this way. people were in a buying mood. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. what in the world to make of inflation that remaining pretty much out of control, but buyers that seem to find a certain resolve. based not so much on what they see there but an economy that they re convinced has seen its worst. has it? is it? we ll explore that beginning with connell mcshane taking a look at the events that prompting the buying wave and the reaction from washington as well. connell? it was a wild day. consumer inflation at a 40-year high. 40-year high. still as you say, the stock market came storming back from the early losses. now we re seeing speculation when you talk to investors that maybe, just maybe, the market has reached a bottom. we ll get to that. let s sta
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