of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it s starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that s because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we ve now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn t even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as well. at least seven republicans have voted for other options. in the last vote, 20 republicans voted for an alternative candidates to mr mccarthy mainly for byron donalds, and there was also a shock vote for donald trump. remember, the speaker of the house doesn t need to be a member of congress. that vote for the former president came from matt gaetz, one of the ring leaders of those refusing t
which do you think is unravelling faster? the biden white house or the january 6th committee? for over a year, democrats suggested that congressional republicans had led groups of visitors on so-called recon missions on the capitol on january 5th, 2021. remember that? the implication was obvious that republicans, elected officials, were in on the plot. they were insurrectionist themselves, the smear all began just one week after january 6th. i was really shocked when i got into the house office building and saw these groups inside. there would be no tours allowed, even tours given by members. and so the only reason you d have a visitor is on official business. so to see these groups around the capitol complication was really striking. laura: okay, that mikey cheryl needs to be thrown out of office. new jersey, save yourself. the charge then gained momentum around one particular congressman, georgia s barry louder milk. what we re lettering about laweder milk is he was
no. i have spoken given already, haven t they? yes and no. i have spoken to given already, haven t they? yes and no. i have spoken to people - given already, haven t they? yes and no. i have spoken to people but - no. i have spoken to people but i don t know how a concession can be given if it isn t given anything in return. if kevin mccarthy did indeed give those concessions, then that should result in new votes for him, he would never give something in return for nothing. you would get something in exchange for someone changing their vote. in those 20 people have not changed their votes in eight or nine ballots. i5 people have not changed their votes in eight or nine ballots. in eight or nine ballots. is about oli or in eight or nine ballots. is about policy or personality? in eight or nine ballots. is about policy or personality? it - in eight or nine ballots. is about policy or personality? it is - policy or personality? it is absolutely policy or personality? it is absolu
a lot of companies are leaving places like illinois and moving to texas like caterpillar did today. so companies and people are leaving and going to conservative run states where things generally work better. period. and, remember, beto o rourke what was he doing recently yelling about guns being a bully at the press conference. here is a guy in congress ran for senate, ran for president embarrassed himself got zero electional votes the same as cory booker and kamala harris for those keeping score. laura: they re going down. very quickly in 2016, we noticed hillary was doing texas blue, arizona blue georgia blue, she wasn t in wisconsin and michigan. the democrats don t get snit kelly and great to see you congrats on the book. up next a flag day freedom matter. next.
in some cases, it s grown. despite ending his term with one of the lowest approval ratings of any modern president and no evidence to back his claims of election fraud, polls show republicans remain overwhelmingly on team trump. i think an unfortunate new normality is for millions, possibly tens of millions of americans, don t really have faith in american democracy. because they view the 2020 election as a sham. we know who you are. accusations and suspicions between right and left invaded school board meetings, drove deep wedges into congress, and even divided families. you know, both sides believe the other is deranged and delusional. and that s incredibly dangerous. we re not a third world country. we re also not a dictatorship, but this is something else, tom, and it s scary.