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and it appears, though obviously it is not done yet. that kevin mccarthy may in fact have the votes. steve, can you give us a bit of a history lesson here. compare this to any other time in modern history. any other time in modern history there is none because,, the last time the speaker s vote went past one ballot was 1823, but, we will come right back to this, but just to put in some perspective, what the history of this is, you are looking at here, this is every speakers race in history, that s gone past one ballot. we put this together earlier, only 11 ballots, this is the 15th ballot, so right here in history is where the speakers race ranks, this is the fifth longest speakers race in the history of the country, and you can see the four that were longer than this were all pre civil war, this is going to finish well shy of a record of 133 minutes, if it does indeed finish here, 15 ballots will be the fifth longest in american history, and again we haven t seen thi ....
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speak of the problem the republican party has is they are really stupid people and their primaries. really stupid people demand to have really stupid leaders. and that is where the republican party is now. the is the voters, they are the people who delivered donald trump to the electoral college victory. jason: really, the party that has a house, the senate, and the presidency think the voters are the problem. maybe it s a democratic policies that have led to devastating losses and hardship across the country? whether it be overdoses from drugs flooding through our border or the rampant crime in major cities where the inflation you experience every day, they are doing nothing to solve any of it. we ll get tomorrow that in moments. but for the left to blame americans for putting donald trump in office is asinine. they should be thanking the voters who did that, because we got to see what policies actually work and improve our standard of living. the fact is democrats ....
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the value of uk wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to call for inflation matching pay rises with some, such as rail workers, going on strike. but the government claims the employment figures show the resilience of the uk economy. our business correspondent nina warhurst has more details on those uk job figures. average pay is growing faster than for 15 years but what is crucial at the moment, what everybody watchin ....
efforts to overturn the 2020 election. oh, he s back. o donnell: out of covid isolation. in just five days, president biden is testing negative. gunmakers in the hot seat. new information tonight as we learn manufacturers made more than $1 billion selling ar-15s to civilians. the war in ukraine. cbs holly williams is with american military veterans as they train ukrainians. . reporter: this is a five-day course. they re also learning battlefield first aid and how to maneuver. o donnell: $1 billion jackpot. when is the next drawing so you can go oat and get your lottery ticket? and 50 years later. celebrating the f.b.i. s first female special agents. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this busy wednesday night. tonight, we begin with the state of the american economy and the battle against inflation. the federal reserve today making an unprecedented ....