the contentious weeklong battle for speaker. kevin mccarthy s rocky road to the gavel including sessions made to the far-right s holdouts is raising fresh questions about how a republican-led house will govern. earlier today, house republicans getting their take. sometimes democracy is messy, but i would argue that s exactly how the founders intended it. they wanted real debate, real input from all people, and then you get a decision. it is positive, not negative. it is not weakening kevin mccarthy it is providing the speaker with the tools he needs for republicans to go to the map of the american people. 218-plus republicans realized that kevin mccarthy needs a chance to govern, and we are going to give him a chance. well, democrats giving a different view earlier today. the leader hakeem jeffries expressing concerns with the prolonged speaker fight means for the house moving forward. this function was historic that we saw this week is not at an end, it is just the
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A very good day to all of, you from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex reports. developing this hour, right now president biden is on his way to el paso, texas, he is preparing to make his first visit as president to the southern border later this afternoon. this comes days after the biden administration announced a new plan to address the crisis which has seen record nimbus of migrants crossing into the u.s.. earlier today, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas expressed what he hopes the president gets out of this trip. i want him to see the extraordinary work of the men and women of the united states border patrol of customs and border protection s field operations, how we have surged resources to address a challenge that is not unique to the southern border of the united states, it is a challenge that is really gripping our entire hemisphere. while the house is preparing to reconvene tomorrow to debate on a wills package following
Com national sports terrence, welcome, give me your sense of is time at the damar ambulance end, we are hassan stoning happy to recovery. and you heard take questions yesterday, he and also talk thanked supporters in his about any first since the questions or collapse. concerns you might have. give me a sense of where i wanted you think things to provide stand now, what you may a brief update of the know, and what is the scuttle over whether or not he will play in the nfl again? given the injury that he had. first of all, alex, this thing is so amazing. and today, alluded to, it and buffaloes paying the new england patriots, and this is going to be attribute day to the sky. damar hamlin. and what makes it so interesting is that usually, at funerals nowadays they call it a celebration of life. they are calling a celebration of an ongoing life, which is so great. and here s the thing, he essentially is a 21st century lazarus, probably be better. lazarus died once and came back,
Administration are, they want to be able to work with this new house and getting things done? just briefly on last point, alex, i m glad the made a point of saying this is not just a political story. it is a human being story. and i am really glad you underscore that. talking more broadly about the congress, you know, i think this last week there have been jokes about white house officials popping popcorn and just watching the sideshow that was the battle for the speakership. i think that it gives president biden opportunity to provide a contrast between what he is doing, what he has gotten done, and with rope republicans fertility to govern. we will see if kevin mccarthy is right in saying that this part taught republicans how to govern, he certainly faces a lot of challenges with that very small minority, i do think the white house wants to be able to work with republicans, you saw that pretty vividly last week with president biden met with senator mccain with senator mcconnell,