welcome to hannity . a busy news night. why a vote of 255-67. obama s attorney general eric holden was found in contempt of congress. he served no jail time. lois lerner, found in contempt of congress also zero days in jail. hunter biden refused to comply with an initial house subpoena and sent lawmakers on a wild goose chase taunting them every step of the way. hunter biden will phase no jail time for contempt of congress and is now complying after asking for a brand-new subpoena. by the way, naturally, two former advisers not so lucky. i wonder why. joe biden s department of justice is trying to lock up steve bannon and peter navarro. navarro was only sentenced to four months in prison this week and peter navarro will join us and tell his story exclusively here tonight. but first, breaking tonight. as reported by bill melugin, quote, in friday news dump, customs and border patrol officials report 302,034 migrants which would be illegal immigrant encounters in december. th
our defense command says they strengthened the radar frequency and got all these new hits. congressional democrats and republicans calling on the president to deliver on his repeated promise of transparency. what has gone on in the last two weeks or so, ten days has been nothing short of craziness. even democrats are frustrated at the lack of transparency from this administration. this administration has been the least transparent administration in america. i have real concerns why the administration is not being more forthcoming. people will fill it with anxiety. i wish the administration was willing to tell us everything they know. the biden administration needs to stop briefing congress through television and sit down and brief us. sandra: a look at where the objects were intercepted. the latest shot down yesterday afternoon in lake huron in michigan. saturday in canada. friday off the coast of alaska described as the size of a car. recovery efforts of the object
up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we d get up here. ing. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present. since they weren t nos, the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressman matt gaetz. the victory came after that,s just one more round later. i may not know al
come back monday, try again. but at the very last second, there seemed to be a deal reached between gates and mccarthy. and a 15th round again. finally, kevin mccarthy was elected to be the next speaker of the house. let me close with this. i may not know all of you, some of you are new. but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. joining me now from capital of the hills nbc news capitol correspondent julie circuits. let s talk a little bit about the deal that was made to get mccarthy over the finish line, and what you re hearing about in next epsilon with congress. a lot of concessions were made. some of the moderates are really unhappy about that. because mccarthy was willing to go pretty far in order to secure the speakership gavel. one that he has been trying to get since 2015. so some of the concessions he made to some of those hard-line conservatives, including matt gates, lauren boebert, and others, have to do with the budget, have to do with
it is the top of the hour. i m katy tur and we re starting again on capitol hill with the question: deadlock or a deal? what will happen today is anyone s guess. the house reconvenes in one hour. will the seventh vote be the charm for kevin mccarthy. he s made even more concessions. what they are and will they help? earlier they said they think negotiations could drag on until next week. i think we re making progress. i think people are talking and that s i think that very good. look, we re all working together. find a solution. do you have the votes today? we will see. also this hour, president biden will take on one of the issues that s motivating these republican holdouts. the southern border. he s announcing new border enforcement measures. we got a peek at the details. what they are in a moment. and after teasing a trip to the border yesterday, he s expected to make that visit official. we will go right to the white house for his live remarks when they b