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tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. it s the first day of the new us congress and it s already one full of drama. the new us congress and it s after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. we ve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 218 majority. this is the scene live in the house now another round of voting is under way. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant t ....
That might not be a solid conservative rock ribbed republican, conservative rock ribbed republican, but conservative rock ribbed republican, but someone who can get over that 218 vote but someone who can get over that 218 vote threshold which i would find extraordinary if you could have them find extraordinary if you could have them vote find extraordinary if you could have them vote across party lines for republicans. will them vote across party lines for republicans them vote across party lines for republicans. will keep an eye on what is happening republicans. will keep an eye on what is happening in republicans. will keep an eye on what is happening in the - republicans. will keep an eye on what is happening in the house l republicans. will keep an eye on | what is happening in the house of representatives but want to cross over to the senate, its minority leader mitch mcconnell, he becomes the longest serving party leader, the longest serving party leader, the 80 year ....
Until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant today would have been a simple coronation for kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. but that red wave never came. and now congressman mccarthy has had to fight for every single vote in his own, with a small group of right wing republicans refusing to support him for speaker under any circumstances. a sign of difficult times ahead for the republican party. will grant is on ....
Former advisor to george w bush and ayesha hazirika journalist and former labour advisor. it does not like kevin mccarthy has already not got enough votes to win his third historic ballot to become speaker. there is a scenic life there. this is the third vote and already we believe he will not be able to go through to win its in terms of the numbers. ron, we talk about this being historic. this is not happen in a hundred years. we talked about how divided the republican party is. if, as we are saying, if the numbers mean he don t go through in this third run. is it ....
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