it comes but once a year for politics junkies, it is the christmas and new year s and arbor day and obscure state specific holiday you can t really remember the reason for rolled into one. it is state of the union night, and we are so happy that you re here with us for it. here s a live look at the u.s. capital tonight. members of both chambers of congress, guess, supreme court justices, cabot secretaries, admirals, ambassadors, they re all gathering to hear this big heavy on the pomp and circumstance annual address the president of the united states. on the other end of pennsylvania avenue of the white house, we are watching for president biden to part from the white house for the capital. the is expected shortly. i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters. joined by my colleagues of chris hayes, joy reid, nicole wallace, alex wagner and ari melber. i also do mean it when i say thank you for being home with us. we know you had every choice in the world were to watch thi
212 is our call for a speaker who will secure liberty, justice and opportunity for everyone. well, the unanimous call of 212 house democrats has been answered. by our nominee for speaker the gentleman from brooklyn, the leader of our house democratic caucus, the honorable hakeem jeffries. [ applause ] leader jeffries has answered our call, but the majority s nominee is disconnected, disconnected from the american people and their values. maga extremism is designed to divide, and it has broken the republican party. their nominee s vision is a direct attack on the freedom and the rights of the american people. he s got the record to prove it. the republican nominee has voted against health care for children for veterans and even for 9/11 survivors. he has opposed lowering the cost of insulin repeatedly. he wants to cut social security and medicare. don t take it from me. it was raised on the other side of the aisle just this week as a selling point to make him speaker. over his
Social distancing, but this has none of that. well over 1000 people, full capacity in the, chamber and interestingly enough, one of the first phases that president biden stands to be looking out at when it comes down the aisle is going to be george santos. the freshman new york congressman, he set himself up on the aisle. he had a very strange interaction with mitt romney, who had some stern words for him as he s coming down. just to stop you right now, what do you mean strange interactions? go slow. i can talk over the speaker whether going to beat me for this. the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. emirate, the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. stefanik, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. hudson. the gentleman from alabama, mr. ponder, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. johnson, the gentlewoman from oregon, mrs. chavez dreamer, the gentleman
I m paula reed in washington. it s election night in america continued. right now, cnn has a projection to make in the house of representatives. in oregon s fifth congressional district, cnn can project that republican lori chavez will beat democrat jamie mccloud skinner. chavez dreamer has 57% of the vote to mccloud-skinner. mccloud-skinner has just conceded. the balance of power in the house is 212 for republicans to democrats 204. now, republicans need to win six of the remaining seats to take control of the house. it s still early to call who will control the house of representatives. and in arizona, new vote totals were just released a short time ago. they show a tightening in one of the most watched governors races in the country. trump fire brand kari lake has