battle over everything from immigration policy to inflation. before it all happens, republicans will first have to elect a new speaker. kevin mccarthy is having big problems with his bid for the position. minutes ago he said he won t drop out, and even though the house could go to a second vote for the first time in a hundred years. wow. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell is poised to make history. before a very different reason. hello. this is outnumbered. happy new year. i m harris faulkner here with my cohost, and a leg up on you. also joining us today, kennedy, dr. janette nesheiwat, and bill hemmer. watch out! at least 14 members of kevin mccarthy s own political party say they have doubts of whether they are going to support him for speaker. five of those are firm nos at this point. with the g.o.p. holding the slimmest of majorities already in the house, kevin mccarthy can only afford to lose four votes. so he s already upside down right now. if he can t marshal supp
started. you are for that reform and bringing back the filibuster. i am. that s what it was supposed to be. the idea is almost getting to the point where there is, you know, democracy is having a hard time functioning. maria: democrats have been pushing to kill or reform the filibuster since with biden took office knowing it is truly the republican s last line of defense against their radical agenda. but they heard biden s comments this morning and now they cannot wait to get to work. biden s remarks are a major shift in his position. he has given new energy and potential movement to the reform effort. he recognizes his program will be stopped unless we reform the filibuster. maria: don t like the rules of the game? change the rules. apparently that s the democrat motto when in power. mitch mcconnell has seen it happen over and over again. so i guess where they stand depends on where they sit. and so when they are in a position to advance the ball, they don t care.
heartbeat. the nfl postpone the game. all the drama unfolded before millions of viewers of monday night football. fans, players, and coaches were visibly distraught, heads in their hands, breaking down in tears. here you see his teammate, ed oliveira, tears streaming down his face. his mother was in attendance at last night s game and when medical staff loaded him onto the ambulance, she reportedly rode with them. fans of both teams raced to the hospital, too, holding a vigil outside and praying for his recovery alongside the rest of america. bill hemmer, long time bengals fan, but both he end. bill: there is so much to say on this. if you ever been to a football game at the nfl level, or at the peewee level, you know who the most concern people in the entire stadium are, and that s mom and dad. really, thoughts go out to his mother right now and his family members who went with him.
that looked to be nine yet again, but something happened in his spine. he went to the same facility that tua went to, and where this young man is right now. emily: it reminded me of my senior year in college at the university of washington. curtis williams, at the stanford game in 2000. after making a tackle, like last night, he broke his vertebrae and he was paralyzed from the neck down on the field, and he ended up dying at the age of 24. that was in front of live viewership and so many fans and family. you all know that i cheered for several years in the nfl, and during that time my partner played, and there are so many times, as a loved one, as you brought up, when you want your loved one on the field getting hit, and yes, there s plenty of broken bones, there s plenty of blood on the jersey. that is sort of run-of-the-mill even though a normal life that is considered violent or frightening. i remember when hitler he didn t get up, and in that instant, the
i know that hospital well, it s a first-class facility, trauma center. the doctors there are excellent. the things that would concern me at the moment, and doctor, i don t know how you feel about that. i haven t asked you but i ll ask you now, on live tv. why the doctors have not come out and said something about his condition. i don t know the answer for that. maybe there is a very good answer for that. and maybe there s not. if there is not, that means the news is not great, and i am waiting to get something. the bills said he had a pulse on the field, and i m told that when he got to the hospital he arrived there alive. but why have we gone into a state of silence so many hours later? dr. nesheiwat: that s a good question. despite the fact that he is a famous nfl player, he still has the right to privacy, to hipaa. they probably want to stabilize him more before they put out information. like you saw last night, the whole country, the whole nation came together praying for him, be