of this vote. 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 the 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 ballots was 1823. but, we will come back to this board. but to put you in some s perspective what the history of this is. you re looking at here, this is every speakers race in history gone past one ballot. we ll put this past today when there were only 11 ballots. so this is the 15th ballots. right here in history is where the speakers race ranks. is the 15th longest and you can see, there for longer than this were all pre civil war. this is gonna finish well shy of a record of 133. but if it does indeed finish here. 15 ballots will be the fifth longest in american history. and we haven t seen this go past the first ballot since back in 1923. there wer
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 this go p
the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn t come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speaker kevin mccarthy has given the republican majority the tools necessary to make that possible. [applause] the democrats have spent the past six years investigating a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia. now let me say this loud and clear. the republicans will also investigate a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia as well as china. the american people have a lot of questions for dr. fauci. christopher ray, merrick garland, secretary mayorkas. we cannot ask those questions until we elect our speaker. under speaker pelosi was a full-time committee to harass the previous president, to advocate for wage, social issues which the oversight committee had absolutely no jurisdiction and committee totally uninterested in the american taxpayer. in a republican
candidate who doesn t want to commit. the lead starts rile now. with just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that entire country is watching. herschel walker with a new admission today and the republican who wants to be arizona s next governor indicates she might not be interested in the actual results. plus, kamikaze terror, kyiv comes under attack from drones that russia is getting from iran. a pregnant woman killed. could this change how the u.s. gives support to ukraine. and stopped on a mission to kill. a serial killer suspect in california arrested, what ware learning today about his past and how the police finally got him. hello and welcome to the lead. i m john berman in for jake tapper and we begin with our politics lead. the latest poll of polls shows democrats and republicans in a dead heat for control of the house of representatives. early voting kicked off today in the critical swing state of georgia. democratic s
heard much from the prime minister. but you should know he s running for prime minister. my fingers are crossed because we need a strong israel. and he has written a book that is so fantastic it is called beebe my story. it is his real story it s america s story. it s a world story. it s a narrative where he walks through from early in life up to really current day. it s very fascinating. interesting the interaction with various american presidents and secretaries of state. i went to start not at the beginning mr. prime minister i went to start with something that is existenial to both of our countries. that is the regime in iran. now, president trump pretty much at his foot on the throat of this regime. he got rid of the deal the obama administration had negotiated. president biden is begging the same regime to sign something, anything. even though the regime keeps thumbing its nose at the united states and is working at breakneck speed to get their nukes, what do you make o