the tellers agree that the total number of votes cast is 434 of which the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ cheers and applause ] the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [ cheers and applause ]. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for the position of speaker of the house. the gentleman is recognized. [ applause ] thank you, madam clerk. we all came here to get things done, to get big things done, the solve the problems. and i hope when we get through today that all of the members on both sides of the aisle will join together with us to solve the problems, to address inflation that is crushing middle class families, to get control over spending will
Good morning, everyone. So glad youre with us on this monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. We have a lot to get to this hour. Lets start with five things to know for this monday, october 2nd. At any moment, donald trump Will Leave Trump Tower and head to court in New York City for the start of his highstakes Civil Fraud Trial. And allies of Kevin Mccarthy are scrambling to stop a rightwing revolt led by matt gaetz. Hes said hell file a motion to remove mccarthy this week. Mccarthys response, bring it on. Gavin newsom picking a historic replacement to fill Dianne Feinsteins senate seat. Naming the head of emilys list. And bob menendez is due back if court today as calls for his resignation grow louder. Well speak to a congressman who was jumped into the race in the senate town seat him. We have no winner, yet, in the powerball jackpot. It is north of 1 billion. Phil informs me if he wins, he will always continue to come to work. No ticket matched all six numbers in the drawing this week
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get over it. there are dumb days on capitol hill and there are dumber days on capitol hill and this is one of the dumbest i ve seen in a long time. house republicans reacting to a chaotic and at times childish day on capitol hill. we ll take you through what happened straight ahead. plus fulton county district attorney fani willis responds to leaks of video statements from three of donald trump s coconspiratorter in the georgia election interference case. and also ahead we ll preview the high stakes meeting taking place today between president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 15th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for joining us. it is a busy day and we ve got a lot to get to. a potential government shutdown in just two days is now looking a lot less likely this morning after the house passed new speaker mike johnson s unconventional stop gap funding bill yesterday largely with the help
Do you? no, no. i do like your distinction about chip roy. i would agree. so this is one of the frustrations, and i ve read it in accounts. they said kevin didn t give us enough soon enough. if my kids talked to me that way, i would push back and say take some responsibility for yourself. they keep saying, he didn t agree to this, he didn t agree to this. as i ve watched this whole thing up until this last week as a member, they ideas were and they moved, they moved for change shift. that s a great requirement. he moved on that. he s even moved on the motion to vacate, which they said is the number one issue but i read again yet, that wasn t far enough. so at some point they re even squandering whatever point they re trying to make because they re not they can t take