his attempt to be speaker of this house. this historic fight now surpassing the last time it went to multiple ballots. the prolonged 1923 ballot which was decided on the ninth ballot. this one will not be decided on the ninth ballot. it looks. yet for first time this week, there are some positive signs for the republican leader. they re drawing a line in the sand whether they go to the holdouts. it s not clear a deal will even net kevin mccarthy the total of 218 votes he needs to be speaker. republicans, they say they are firmly in the never kevin mccarthy camp. never. they just have one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to breaking re
televised political debates over the years, a lot of them featured joe biden. he was on the debate stages in 1988 and 2008 and 2012 and 2020 . we are not even counting 2024, yet. if you had to pick one moment where joe biden was able to beat back his critics and win the moment in as few words as possible, it would probably be this one. an editorial in the los angeles times said, in addition to his uncontrolled verbosity, biden is a gaffe machine. you have the discipline you need on the world stage? yes. thank you, senator biden. that was joe biden during the 2008 democratic presidential primary debates. while moments like that did not win biden the democratic nomination, we later learned his performance on stage was a real factor in why barack obama chose joe biden to be his running mate. it is also a reminder that biden can be a very effective debater when he is calm and in control. by contrast, there is his opponent, donald trump. not a person who would ever willing
photos of mar-a-lago as you are. there is like an elaborate chandelier like wall scones in the bathroom where there is also am i to believe eight tension attention rod shower curtain holder. talk about hi-lo. that is the highest of high low. that is my favorite detail, the tension rod shower curtain next to the chandelier. i mean i guess maybe choose. having them in treating material 2008 and 2012 and 2020. we re not even counting 2024, yet. in the moment as few words as possible would probably be this one. an editorial in the los angeles times that in addition to his uncontrolled verbosity, biden is a gaffe machine. can you reassure voters in this country that you have the discipline that you would need on the world stage, senator? yes. thank you, senator biden that was joe biden during the 2008 democratic presidential primary debates. while moments like that did not win biden the democratic nomination, we later learned that the performance on sta
there are others as well. but we don t want chaos. we want people to work constructively and so on. so this is precisely what people did not want. this was the worst case scenario for republicans and it is amplifying a sense of party that is more about making noise than making progress. that would concern me a lot if i were among those members sitting there who are not part of this drama and who just want to get on with things. you wonder how much that pressure builds and to make sort of a move. then you get into reading the tea leaves. as we re seeing this ninth vote appear to fail, scott, you re going through the different votes and what happened. you saw matt gaetz switch his vote from trump to donald. no, to hearn. right. trump to byron to hearn. you re watching this.