infamous snapchat video taken by paul murdaugh that puts alec at the scene of the crime that night. despite his denial that he had been there. four minutes later the state would have you believe that alec murdaugh up and blew his son s brains out of his head and murders his wife, after having that conversation about bubba having a chicken. there s nothing on that tape that indicates there s any strife, any conflict, any anger, any planning, anybody being afraid, anybody running, anybody scurrying. nothing. maggie, paul, and alec down at the kennel. that s it. and john stood up after the defense to offer the rebuttal, meadors was brought on my the south carolina attorney general s office. maybe he got angry at paul. maybe he got angry, he started all of this. and maybe he just lost it. maybe he just lost it. maybe it looked like a suicide, and then maggie came and he had to shoot her. maybe he just lost it. the jury set to begin deliberations any moment. as judge clifton
alphabetical order, they didn t even get past the cs, sealing a round one loss in a matter of minutes. mccarthy failing to whittle down the small but significant group of republican outliars all dead set on voting against him. the damage a failed first vote like this will inflict on the speakership position from the get go even if he does win, if it s a mess for republicans, a mess for mccarthy and it is shaping up to be a long day ahead for the brand-new 118th congress. he reminded reporters he holds the record for the longest speech ever delivered on the house floor, saying he doesn t care if he gets a similar vote for most speaker vote rounds. we will see if that holds and he sticks to his guns there. joining me from capitol hill, we have garrett haake. also with me, punch bowl news cofounder and nbc news contributor, anna palmer, as well as susan page. buckle up, everybody. we ve got an hour ahead of us here. beginning with you, garrett, walk us through what is happening
welcome back, everybody. we got him back, i think. punch bowl news cofounder, and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman who does a great on air shrug, just can t hear. jake, let s pick up where we left off, and that is any reporting that you re getting from the hill today of course, the president s lunch, strategy session, that he had with senate democrats today? reporter: the interesting thing that came out of it, yasmin, and he said this is a parochial issue in d.c., and speaks to larger overtones in national politics. and speaks to larger overtones in national politics. in d.c., but speaks to undertones in the democratic party and national politics, he said hes, would basically us is
have garrett haake. also with me, punch bowl news cofounder and nbc news contributor, anna palmer, as well as susan page. buckle up, everybody. we ve got an hour ahead of us here. beginning with you, garrett, walk us through what is happening right now. where we go from here. because this first vote has been concluded. it was suggested that kevin mccarthy would want to keep everybody on the house floor and continue with the voting. but there s lots of milling around. do you know if people have left? what the intention is of when they go through another role call? what are we doing here? it s such an unusual day here, not just because we have broken 100 years of precedent, but because it s the first day of a new congress. most of these members here have their friends and family in some cases on the floor. you ve seen kids on the floor. you see mccarthy there taking a picture with the child of a new member. and so there s a lot of milling
as lawmakers settle into their home districts for the holidays, the pressure is on for president biden to spend the coming weeks reviving his build back better plan. with his agenda hanging on by a thread, the president will have to restructure his nearly $2 trillion package to garner support from west virginia senator joe manchin. and with the mid terms now less than one year a way, the stakes couldn t be higher. joining me now, punch bowl news cofounder, jake sherman. jake, is it in joe manchin s interest to revive a bill and give president biden some sort of win going into 2022? yes, i think. i would make the argument that west virginia listen, here s what he can say now to his people in west virginia he can say i took this deal, this build back better bill, which was so liberal i am just envisioning