started. a new era on capitol hill. house republicans are back in charge but are they capable of governing? it doesn t matter whether we have a 30 or 5-seat majority. we ll use it in the manner that the american public wants us to. welcome to inside politics sunday. thank you for spending new year s day with us. we begin in politics as we begin with most questions than answers. what will the legislative priorities actually be? at the white house can president biden beat back the economic head winds and will he be able to maintain momentum from the string of 2022 wins? where we begin today on the campaign trail. what will the 2024 republican primary field look like? can whoever run succeed where the 16 candidates 2 cycles ago could not? many potential candidates have been dropping hints for months. all my focus is on the midterm elections and will stay that way for 20 days but after that we ll think about the future. now that the midterms are over i ll have more to
a pivotal vote for house speaker coming up. mccarthy s focused on two holdouts right now. can he change their minds? one congressman who did change his mind is outfront. plus, who are the final holdouts? one of them just arrived in washington for the first time, has never held elected office and was a contestant on shark tank, a successful one. and another top story we re following, chilling new details emerge tonight that tie the suspect in the idaho murders in a really sick way. outfront tonight, the breaking news. we are counting down right now until a crucial 14th vote for speaker. and this vote is extremely important. it is a vote that congressman kevin mccarthy and many of his supporters believes will finally give him the gavel after this excruciating week. as of right now the house will reconvene at 10:00 p.m. eastern time, which is when the next vote for speaker of the house is likely to begin. they ll nominate, and we will be off to the races on that. you
good evening, chris. what a ride. i mean history, day three, we hadn t today three of history. they, as rebecca saying on friday, big british parliament energy without the intelligence and the phone. she did say that part, but i will. i do love british parliament energy. i i like the rockets this. i m into it. there s something into the rockets in this, although this is just uncontrolled chaos. nobody is driving the bus. and here we are. thank you, as always. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it is 9 pm on the east coast and there is still no house of representatives seated in the united states of america. today, republican leader kevin mccarthy lost three rounds voting for speaker, bringing his total number of failed votes to six. this evening, the house was set to hold a seventh vote for speaker of the house, but within the past hour, the house voted to adjourn and close up shop for the night and come back tomorrow. when it drag this thin
set to hold the seventh vote for speaker of the house, but within the past, hour the house voted to adjourn, to close up shop for the night and come back tomorrow, because why not check this thing out another day. now that vote to adjourn was on par with the rest of the chaos and confusion that as characterized this entire speaker debacle. majority of republicans voted to end the session and wait until tomorrow, while all democrats voted to keep the session going. but since right now neither party controls the house voting process, the whole vote turned into what might politely be called a go rodeo. there was yelling, cries of foul play from democrats over the fact that several republicans were allowed to change their votes after the clock ran out. and this, at the age of 216. the nays are 214. accordingly the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until noon, tomorrow. and the end, and to mccarthy republicans, the never kevin caucus, sided with pro
Above the law. Also, deeper dysfunctions. Speaker Kevin Mccarthy had to turn to democrats to avoid a shutdown just hours before the midnight saturday deadline. Will democrats rescue him from the hard rightwing move to punish him by taking away his gavel . If somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it. There has to be an adult in the room. I am going to govern with what is best for this country. The latest on the effort to end his speakership with Congress Matt gaetz set to take the house floor at any moment. Plus the back story of just how that last minute deal came together at the last minute to keep the government open, and the crisis its creating for ukraine. And the new democrat in Town Appointing Butler as the only third black woman senator in history as she temporarily fills senator Diane Feinsteins seat. What that means in the growing list of democrats already competing for that prize. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington. Former President Donald Trump