alliance among them. at one point, a fight almost broke out on the house floor, but perhaps the most telling moment came at the very end. on his way out of the capital, at around two a.m. after finally taking his oath of office as speaker, mccarthy stopped to talk to reporters to give special thanks to a special someone. i do especially think president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning, somebody wrote that out of what he was there, and he was all in. he was all in. kevin mccarthy maybe the speaker, but this is donald trump s house. built on the backs of trump s republican acolytes whose jobs depend on the support of donald trump s own base. but dynamics that were on display during a four-day speakership battle have continued to play out in the six months since. the chaos caucus republicans, many of whom are trump loyalists and some of whom participated in the attempt to deny mccarthy the speakership, brought the cou
msnbc headquarters in new york city. receipts, proof of timeline, screenshots. trump unconstitutionally profited millions from the presidency, and democrats like congressman robert garcia bringing the receipts. we begin this hour in frigid iowa, where enlisted 48 hours, caucus goers will brave sub-zero temperatures on the martin luther king jr. day to decide who they think should top the presidential power ticket for 2024. joining me now from des moines iowa is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. vaughn, i will not ask the obvious about how cold it is, but you have to set the stage for us. talk about how the extreme weather in iowa could actually dictate the outcome of monday. okay, my friend, we are standing in here in this isn t just nothing here. i know that you are in new york today, where it s actually a balmy 60 degrees, but your family down miami right now, he did next is 89. i was looking this up in miami. here at the windchill is negative 20. we re talking ab
i m jake tapper in d.c. kevin mccarthy is living on a prayer today is a day a deal will come together. we ll shock you, mccarthy promised reporters last night. so far shockingly no deal. only assurances of some progress. we were told that yesterday, of course, and the day before and the day before. the math today looks nearly identical to the math on tuesday, ballot one, ballot two, 19 rebels, ballot 3, add another rebel to the resistance, four, five, six, a present vote on top of the 20 hard-liners, seven, eight, nine, the math remains the same, more evidence the opposition is dug in. ballots 10 and 11, no show of momentum towards mccarthy. something his allies said he needed to demonstrate then and still needs to demonstrate soon. this farce in the house is also clashing with a deadly and sobering anniversary. lawmakers crowded the capitol steps earlier today to mark two years since the mob emboldened and incited by donald trump s many lies about the election tried to preve
Than this, follow your heart but take your brain with you. I would also advise all of my house colleagues to be sure and take their meds. Senator john kennedy, republican from louisiana, with some good advice, following Kevin Mccarthys historic and humiliating ouster. Meaning even some republicans realize their party is a mess. And utterly incapable of governing. Also tonight on day three of his fraud trial, donald trump high tails it back to florida. And new York Attorney Latitia James says shes had enough of his attacks and lies, declaring that the donald trump show is over. And we begin tonight with a crisis of governance in the house of representatives. At a time when the nation and the world are facing some very serious problems. Today, 75,000 u. S. Health professionals went on strike over Work Conditions and pay. Autoworkers are still strikes and awaiting their fair pay. The Climate Crisis is flooding major cities. Gun violence rages on including just last night in baltimore, as
Thing for the country without a doubt. My friends and i agree on that whether or not we agree on the speaker. He did the right thing. He did the right thing i think for this institution. He showed it could function in a time of crisis. Finally, i think he did the right thing for our party. He made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve some of the very objectives my friend from virginia laid out and achieve them in divided government which calls for some degree of give and take. So im very proud of this speaker. Im very proud to stand behind him. Tomorrow morning, whether i win or lose, im going to be pretty proud of the people i fought with, and im going to be extraordinarily proud of the person i fought for, the speaker of the house, Kevin Mccarthy. [ applause ] with that i reserve the balance of my time. Gentleman from oklahomas time is reserved. Gentleman from florida. Mr. Speaker, my friend from oklahoma says my colleagues and i who dont support Kevin Mccarthy would plung