wedding websites for same sex couples. an application of the first amendment to civil rights law that could affect public accommodations perhaps even gay marriage access for many minority groups. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington where the supreme court just ended its urm with a conservative super majority flexing its muscle once again. this morning striking down the student loan forgiveness program with the chief justice writing in part the secretary of education asserts the heroes act. in a second major ruling today but perhaps even more far ranging consequences down the road the six conservatives, gorsuch writing the opinion saying the first amendment rights of a colorado website designer give her the freedom to refuse from accepting same sex couples from her business. in this case justice sotomayor read aloud a strongly worded dissent from the bench to emphasize her strong disagreement. writing in part, lgbt people have existed for all of human history. and as s
ruhle starts now tonight, after two days and six separate votes, there is still no speaker of the house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal they re not giving up without a fight. republican lauren boebert is here to explain her beef with ken mccarthy. and as the house is divided in washington, a rare moment of bipartisanship in kentucky. what the next two years of a split government may look like as the 11th hour gets underway on this very important wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with the deadlock on capitol hill, as republicans struggle to elect a house speaker. just hours ago, lawmakers voted by a narrow majority to adjourn to until tomorrow at noon. earlier today, a second round of votes failed to give kevin mccarthy the speaker s gavel. he has now lost six separate votes in a row. tonight, mccarthy, his backers, and his opponents met to try to hammer out an agreement. the discuss
still no speaker of the house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal they re not giving up without a fight. republican lauren boebert is here to explain her beef with kevin mccarthy. and as the house is divided in washington, a rare moment of bipartisanship in kentucky. what the next two years of a split government may look like as the 11th hour gets underway on this very important wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with the deadlock on capitol hill, as republicans struggle to elect a house speaker. just hours ago, lawmakers voted by a narrow majority to adjourn to until tomorrow at noon. earlier today, a second round of votes failed to give kevin mccarthy the speaker s gavel. he has now lost six separate votes in a row. tonight, mccarthy, his backers, and his opponents met to try to hammer out an agreement. the discussions are going well and will continue. but that does not mean they re done. it d
loan issue, this is a huge state issue as well, and one what are our governors in our state legislatures making sure the kids have the capabilities to perform. i ve spent a lot of time working on technology like ai and quantum computing. we have to start preparing our kids for jobs that don t exist today, if we can t even get them ready for things now, how are we going to get them to do it in the future. i have so many questions to ask you on foreign policy. good luck out there on the campaign trail and we hope to talk to you again soon. i ll be back. thank you very much. former congressman will hurd, and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. thanks for being with us. have a wonderful, safe july 4th weekend. to all of you suffering from the bad air like those us here in d.c. and from the bad air
kids are were for jobs that don t exist today. there are real challenges that need to be solved. if we re not willing to do that, that ultimately hurts the country. jackie, if mccarthy cannot get the votes, who realistically could? that is the question, there is really no consent source at the moment. jim jordan has said repeatedly he does not want this job. byron donalds has also said he doesn t want this, job even though he was nominated this morning by his peers to sort of replace jim jordan as that alternative candidate. although unlike jim jordan, he actually voted for himself twice. and then during some goggles with reporters, expressed a bit of interest in having the job. but there s no way that ultimately someone like donald gets the support that kevin mccarthy is seeking. at the end of the day, mccarthy does have, you know the, tremendous amount of backing, considering the factions that we re seeing right now. but with such a slim majority, as everyone has said countless t