letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. hi, noig nicolle. thank you so much. the first vote of this new congress under this new speaker is slated for this hour. it s the rules package for the 118th congress. a rules vote is not typically coveraged but assist last week showed washington is not taking typical for granted under speaker kevin mccarthy, who begins the job in a diminished posture as it took 15 ballots over four days, or five if you count saturday at 12:00 a.m. to even get the votes from his own party. it s a public squabble we all witnessed. no speaker has had to go through anything like that since 1819. as we track the rules vote, we begin with something special i want to show you, if unusual bruising way we got here. a speaker has not been elected. this dramatic day that is not turning out remotely the way kevin mccarthy had hoped. a speaker has not baske
another embarrassing vote on the horizon, the speaker may take some solace in the fact that you can count on the support of at least one man, donald trump. here he was yesterday, expressing his gratitude for the disgraced ex president. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me for the beginning, somebody wrote the before he was there and he was all in. he would call me and he would call others. and he really was i, was just talking to him tonight, helping get those final votes. so during the four-day speakership spectacle that we just witnessed, trump lobbied hard for the man he once referred to as quote, my kevin. trump worked the phones, attempting to get members of his maga base behind mccarthy. in fact here you can see marjorie taylor greene during one of those votes trying to pass the phone to congressman matt rosendale. the screen shows the initials d t in green later confirmed trump was in fact o
the country s election results. does that sound familiar? we will break it down for you. the week leading the week, kevin mccarthy in donald trump s influence have bottomed out. congressman dan goldman is here to discuss this three ring circus that was the republican house speakership vote this week. plus, president biden has just landed in mexico city after the trip to the u.s. mexico border in texas. i will discuss his immigration policies with our sunday night panel. i m ayman mohyeldin let s get started! kevin mccarthy is officially speaker of the house, but what does he have to show for it? the california republicans quest for the coveted gavel has come as a steep cost. a new rules package schedule to a vote tomorrow includes a measure that will allow a single member to allow a motion to vacate the speakership. it also makes it harder for the lawmakers to raise spending, taxes, and the debt limit. if it does pass mccarthy will take office as the weakest speaker in
me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now, heightened emotions as the buffalo bills get back on the field. playing in their very first game since the terrifying collapse of safety damar hamlin. and what a way to get started. while also rallying around hamlin s recovery. taking the opening kickoff all the way in for a touchdown. the bills first opening kickoff score in 18 years. and tributes for hamlin continue to pour in. that s happening under way right now. and it happened before the game, the bills, their fans, loudly showing their support as hamlin continues to recuperate. throughout this week, the entire western new york community, nfl family, and people from around the world have been praying for damar hamlin. damar s amazing recovery has lifted our collective spirits and we are forever grateful for the love and support damar s family and friends and our organization have received. today, we celebrate damar s recovery, our love for damar, and our fwgratitude. please ris
neither house of congress in brazil is currently in session. and brazil s new president, we should note, is not at the palace. but there s still lots to follow in all of this. let s go straight to cnn s rafael romo, who is following this. rafael, of course, viewers here in the united states and around the world can see the parallels between what is taking place in brazil and what took place on this country on january 6th of 2021. what more can you tell us? reporter: that s right, jim. this started a few hours ago as a peaceful protest in front of the army s headquarters in brasilia, the capital of brazil. numerous protesters started marching towards the area where government buildings for all three branchs of government are located. at one point, protesters stormed the building that houses the brazilian congress before other groups did the same at the palace, the seat of the executive power, the presidential building. and also, the supreme court brazilian president da silva