in the faulkner focus. it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect they re all elect because they can t be sworn in because they haven t chosen a speaker those 20 like jim jordan for the job. jordan supports mccarthy. how will that work out? he said he is not interested in being the speaker position. leading the charge for jim jordan and against kevin mccarthy florida congressman-elect matt gaetz. many of his colleagues not happy. south carolina republican nancy mace tweeted gaetz full ego was on display and he will screw around and get another pelosi elected to the spot, her words. former speaker newt gingrich said the hold juts are hurting themselves. i think a numb
the polls, and that will bebe nx next tuesday. make no mistake, anything can happen. we ll be talking about the results, or at leaste. some of them. one week from tonight, we ll know in most states , hopefully all states , the results. now, according to real s clear politics, their average five senate racefis and more thn two dozen house races ares within two points. soare wi think about this. this is why i m not pollyannish. this is why i don t want to create a condition where people are overly enthusiastic within two points. that s five states. now, that s the balance of power in congress, well within the margin of error. now, just a fe sw thousand votes can decide whether or not joe biden and his radical democratic socialist party will continue to have full control of your government. now, three key gubernatorial races are also within two points, including right here in the state of new york . these race s are all tight. and don t forget, in 2016, think about this. polls s
electorate. we saw from the mueller report where the american people, say, okay, now what? tell me what you found. if they don t meet or exceed those expectations, it might be counter productive. the spinning of it by ag barr of the actual findings of the mueller report. when i was a kid, this was way before your time thank you. i m much younger than you, so much. i like the hair toss. i remember my grandmother and my mom and dad watching the water gate hearings. i remember the president leaving the white house on a helicopter. it was unbelievable but back then, we only had three channels. now that we have so much, we have social kbmedia, hundreds o channels and the attention span of american public not what it was. are you still upset that you were the buone that had to chan the button, the little knob. we were fancy. we had the remote. you had to attach it to the tv. it had volume, up and down for the button and on and off and that was it. thank you, laura. th
and upenn facing questions about the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. also ahead, liz cheney sounding the alarm about donald trump s run for re-election. her warning and what it could mean for the 2024 race. and later oh! a massive house explosion rocks a virginia neighborhood. police were trying to serve a search warrant. so what happened? hello and thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m canana cabrera reporting fr new york. we begin with a new warning that gaza faces an even more hellish scenario as israeli forces intensify their bombardment of southern gaza. it is a significant new phase now in israel s aerial and ground campaign against hamas. an idf statement just released moments ago claiming its forces are in the heart of khan younis and jabalia. according to u.n., 1.9 million people are now displaced inside gaza. that s 85% of the population. and nbc s david noriega is joining us from tel aviv, israel. and also with us, major joh
nikki haley, ambassador to the united nations, has been very special to me. that the republican primary just become an actual race? we re all happy for you in one way but we would hate to lose. tonight, big money s big bat nikki haley could defeat donald trump. you ve been fantastic. you re my friend, and on behalf of the country, i want to thank you for a great job. then, the latest fascist threat from the republican front-runner against his critics here at an msnbc. and then, a return to the republican house circus. did you just say that the whistleblower, or the informant is now missing? congressman jamie raskin on how hunter biden called james comer s bluff, and what we are learning about negotiations for an extension of the truce as 16 more hostages are released by hamas. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we re under 50 days from now iowa caucus, republican primary voters, their first shot to choose a presidential