needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can t even be sworn in. they don t even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it s a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let s bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. yamiche alcindor is our washington correspondent. doug high is a republican strategist for the rnc. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times and an msnbc political analyst. steve kornacki is at the big board. garrett, tell us what s happening this second and what should we make of it? we re watching kevin mccarthy on his way going 0 for 4. byron donalds, the l
little earlier today. they are watching to see if think reach the point where they might have to start working with democratsen on a consensus candidate. is that a realistic possibility? it s incredible to think we have arrived at this moment given the fact that republicans were just so celebratory when they won this slim majority. i think it s very hard for me to see a moment where democrats try to help republicans and bail them out by giving them some votes for a consensus candidate. all the democrats i talked to in the last 24 hours, even in the last week have been saying this is the republicans problem. this is republicans proving why they shouldn t be trusted with controlling either chamber of congress because if it they can t elect a speaker, what else can t they do? some of them becoming more bombastic in their domination for hah keep jeffries calling him the pride of brooklyn, they are behind him 100%. i don t see how that breaks in
in texas of alle places where e sit on an entire ocean of oil because of our stupid policies and chasing unicorn energy policies. you ve got windmills and solar panels on windless, cloudyt days. you ve talked about what steve day s about, what they re doing with respect to the clot shots and the needles getting jammed in the arms. let s talk about a the border where we ve had almost a three million apprehensions. now today reports of 8000000 in always known gateways over the course of the bidenen administration, federal pouring into our schools, our kids tachooyidying in record numbers. are republicans do? i mean, republicans are complicit. ts hey, why don t we just go along with the democrats and let s do and let saws go forward and draft orders? youught can t even make this stf . and now republicans are gettinge mad at me. republicans are sayingda how dae you question the genius of drafting daughters, t our eighteen year old women, let s send them offkn to war . you know what they sa
the fourth debate isn t a continued grab up. you have some people, tulsi gabbard may be the closest one and maybe tom steyer who are closest to qualifying for the third, missed it, and might for the fourth. it s strange, it doesn t suit anybody, and especially if it takes the number to 10 or 11 or 12 and you have to go to two nights. the democratsen did the get it right this cycle. they came up with this plan a long time ago. well before many of the candidates got into the ring. little did they know they would have 23 or so candidates. earlier in the week, we had senator gillibrand who dropped out on wednesday. you get a sense that many of the other candidates are not going to make it to the debate stage will drop out before that next debate? i get that sense. it s practical, right? they want to be serious about this, i think democrats are
and all the legislative excuse me, all the regulatory things he s done, this is an impressive lineup of things the democrats are screaming about. the one chance where schumer and pelosi did the and trump was talking right after that, we should work together more, and they basically slammed the door on them, and he s now gone back into the arms of the republicans. you could complain about everything, but you ve blown this. you ve blown the opportunity to work with this president. i just think that s i m sorry. that s just ahistorical. it s counterfactual. it s false, rick. the democrats would gladly work with him if he he s an autocrat who s trying to enrich himself in office. the republicans seem to want to help him with that, passing a tax bill that lines trump s pockets. democratsen willi unwilling to . democrats won a landslide in