will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the january 6th, 2024 that s a pretty i don t know if i would bet for him to last a year? i take that that in the opposite. i think i probably would, yes. given the fact that, in an hour, we are going to have the 14th vote, i mean i m not a betting lady but have a good weekend, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are now just one hour away from the house of representatives coming back to the session at 10 pm eastern, this evening, to potentially end this now historically an embarrassing of the house. after four days, and 13 failed rounds of voting, republican leader kevin mccarthy has finally managed to move the needle, bringing all but six of his detractors to his side. mccarthy needs just two more opponents if that happens, he could win this thing he s already made some very good progress. we will come back tonight. i believe to finish this once and for all. but if he can t no
from the house reconvening for the latest, let s turn now to nbc news, capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles. ryan, we know the house is set to resume the vote. had there been any developments in the last hour or so and that may indicate where we are headed this evening? reporter: yeah, quite a bit, actually, alex. the republicans have sent out a wig notice, informing their colleagues what they expect to take place today. and i have added things to that would list that we haven t seen throughout this process, including what they hope will be a vote on the rules package shortly after the vote on the speakership. now, if this were a traditional opening week of congress, the first thing they do is vote for the speaker. that would take about half hour. then they would spare everybody in, and then they ll start the business of government governing. the first thing they ll do is pass a rules package. so all that stuff that would have traditionally taken place on tuesday afternoon is now