at long last, kevin mccarthy is the new republican speaker of the house. but to say it didn t come easy, would be a massive understatement. mccarthy scratch out a victory in the early morning hours with just barely more than the absolute minimum support he needed. it took him 15 rounds of voting to get to the finish line. including a scuffle on the house floor on the anniversary of the january six insurrection. the contrast between the two parties has never been clearer. while republicans created new chaos at the capitol, president biden honored the men and women who protected the building and his its occupants from an angry mob just two years ago. and, while gop lawmakers bigger with one another, democratic representatives rallied around their leader, akeem jeffries. while the white house has confirmed that president biden reached out to congratulate mccarthy earlier today, the 118th congress is off to an unforgettable start. we are talking about what comes next, tonight, on
will: welcome to a special edition of jesse waters prime time. i m will cane fulling in tonight. joe biden thought being a wartime president would save his campaign but might not only break it, it could be very well the thing that shatters the democratic party. so if joe wanted war, joe s got war. because civil war just broke out inside of his own party. the longer it goes on, the angrier and more blood thirsty his base gets. one night it s the dnc getting ransacked with violent protests. by morning, it s wall street. today protesters swarmed the bank of new york. [chanting] will: just a burrow over, democrat congressman dan goldman showed up to work to find his office vandalized. blood on your hands splattered all over. when it s not their buildings, it s their politicians. while sipping on what we can only assume is the finest cabernet, liz warren was hounded by protesters. will: it s an election year. democrats are at each other s throats. if it s not safe for li
but, he spoke with the cadence of a baptism editor and a hip-hop artists. it was just incredible be dignity and the grace that he showed. but also, he reached out ahead of the republican side and said, when we can work together, let s try to work together. let s try to find compromise to do things that benefit the american people. i am only concerned that that might be a bridge too far for the republicans. mara, let s finish by talking about trump. who was absent last night, literally and figuratively. a photographer the house chamber caught one of the republican dissenters waving off what appeared to be a phone call from the former president during the vote. could this be a the year when republicans are forced to find new figures to push the party forward, or will they continue to wallow in the divisions trump helped to create?