He s reportedly now bringing that closer down to one in an effort to get some of the republican holdouts on board. it remains to be seen if that will sway enough of his opposers to come on board. 20 republicans have voted against him in yesterday s three ballots. he can only afford to lose four, assuming that all members vote for a specific candidate. it remains to be seen if that concession will be enough. let s talk trump. it s been interesting watching his evolution on this. they was, for a while, withheld his support of mccarthy, and in recent weeks said okay, he s my guy, he should be speaker. he was not full throated. he did it from a distance. there was suggestion he was afraid to be associated with mccarthy if he were to lose because he was stung in the midterms. in the morning, all in, my kevin. he should be the guy. last night he backed off a little bit. give us your analysis about
Challengers to incumbent republicans. club for growth also wanted a speaker that would support rule changes permitting amendments to spending bills and allow headliners allow hard-liners to hold leadership positions. meanwhile, georgia republican marjorie taylor greene is expressing her frustration with her fellow republicans for failing to elect a speaker now after a half dozen votes. speaking to reporters greene who has supported him on each vote called it an embarrassment. the republican party looks like an embarrassment and the 20, the 20 that are doing this, they have done a good job. they need to keep talking and then they need to do what every single successful person does, you take your deal, you take your win, you take your victory lap and let s move on and get on with this. meanwhile, mccarthy spoke briefly to reporters after leaving the house floor last
To hire new officers plus rachel campos duffy and will cain sound off as ms nbc is banned from the rittenhouse courtroom after one of their freelancers followed the jury bus. all that and more at the top of the hour. now to the capable and of todd and carly. todd: we will take the compliment. mccarthy, the 8 hour address, there is video of it, lauren simonetti with what we can expect in a few hours. reporter: house minority leader kevin mccarthy spoke for 8 hours on the house floor last night. trying to sidetrack this one$.75 trillion spending bonanza that lawmakers are planning to vote on in 3 hours from now. every page of this washington spending will be paid for or borrowed from you, the american
In texas as well as all across this country. for them, the bill presented by their gop colleagues was not something to take lightly. to them democracy was on the line. the bill takes aim at practices like 24-hour and drive-through voting, initiatives implemented last year in harris county. harris county is texas s largest county and one that leans heavily democratic. those initiatives led to the state s record voter turnout in the 2020 election. in a statement explaining their decision, the three democrats who returned to the house floor last night acknowledge the work their party had done but cited a need to also fight the pandemic raging in their state now. quote, we are proud of the heroic work and commitment we and our fellow democratic caucus members have shown in breaking quorum in may and again over the summer. we took the fight for voting rights to d.c. and brought national attention to the partisan push in our state to weaken ballot access. our efforts were successful and they
Whose district includes parts of dallas. thank you very much for joining us tonight after your late night last night. when did you make this decision to walk out and deny a quorum? well you know these discussions began you know throughout the day, even, you know, a couple days before we knew this this bill was going to get to the floor. it was it was unclear when it would actually get to the floor but republicans chose to put it on the 139th day of the 140th and so it was on the deadline. and so again it was trying to be shoved through or you know shoved down our throats again and so ultimately we came came together and we all decided to to walk out. and what can you do if there is a special session that the governor calls. what tools will you have in your toolbox for that? well i mean you know that s