i think at the end of the day we ll get everybody together. you failed three times, how do you possibly pull this off? you get to 218. how do you do it? you come back, you continue what you re doing right now, talking, solve the small problems. they say if you do the same thing over and over insanity. and expect the same that s the definition of insanity. it was supposed to be kevin mccarthy s big moment. so what the heck happened? good morning, america, good to see you. poppy and i are here in new york. kaitlan is live in washington d.c. hi, kaitlan, doing okay? we re bracing. it s the worst episode of the west wing ever playing out right now. we ll see what happens today. a chaotic day on the hill. no speaker elected. some in the republican party turned against their leader. ahead kaitlan collins is going to speak with a member who switched his vote after first saying yes. plus we have buffalo bills safety damar hamlin news, still in critical c
the league give emotional tri tributes. plus the west coast bracing for a brutal and deadly storm live in san francisco. and till ahead, the former police chief is giving us a look at the leadup to the capitol attack, the response and the aftermath. and today a rare scene set to unfold in kentucky, you may have to blink twice. president biden is going to be appearing alongside the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell to celebrate a major bipartisan accomplishment they re going to be on the kentucky side of the bridge that connects kentucky with ohio. it s been a focus point for many presidents. they re going to out the how funds from the bipartisan infrastructure law are going to be used for the much needed repairs to that congested crossing. of course, biden and mcconnell served together in the senate for decades, occasionally negotiating partners when obama was in office.
we are monitoring developing headlinings overseas at this hour. north korean dictator kim jong-un reportedly making his first public appearance in weeks. south korean reports citing north korean media saying he attended a plant north of pyongyang. he had not been seen since april 11th, with rumors swirling about his health. no confirmed image of him yet. when we come back, powerful tri tributes. who are our persons of the week? and i recently had hi, ia heart attack. it changed my life. but i m a survivor. after my heart attack, my doctor prescribed brilinta. it s for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. brilinta is taken with a low-dose aspirin. no more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. in a clinical study,
wisconsin avenue just outside of the washington national cathedral, you saw average americans lining up, peeking through the fence, hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the ceremony and many of them paying their respects. mccain s hearse made its way through d.c. there were powerful and moving trik tri tributes from henry kissinger, barack obama and george w. bush. you saw this was an event that was, no doubt, planned second by second by senator mccain before his passing, and there were themes he wanted to hit on. clearly themes of bipartisanship, putting country before self and, of course, selfless sacrifice. let s talk about that crowd. there were a lot of important people. dignitaries, politicians from both sides of the aisle. people like bill and hillary clinton. al gore. john kerry, the former secretary of state. jay leno and, of course, a