our colleagues, as you saw yesterday, are committed to support hakim jeffries for speaker. i plan to nominate him again at the top of the noon hour. we'll have a roll call vote and see khaes changed -- what's changed. that's on our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to determine if something has changed. i'm not aware of any outreach. reporter: i know you don't want to engage in hypotheticals. we are still at a point waiting to see if mccarthy has enough votes. jordan obviously getting votes. scalise is number one two. is number two what is your relationship with both those men or democratic leaders now, how about working with scalise or jordan if it gets to that point? understand hypothetical. you have a relationship. mr. aguilar: can i tell you thau representative scalise reached out to members of our leadership team after our internal caucus organizing. he reached out and congratulated us on the positions. i think he reached out and talked to leader jeffreys and whip clarke and i. i have had a relationship, cordial relationship with him as an adversary on the base

does hakim jeffries have those skills?you know, i think hakim jeffries has shown considerable political skill starting with getting elected in this way, moving to a new generation of leadership in the house without a shot fired. that was, i think, quite impressive. also, it's easier to be in the minority than the majority because you are not trying to pass things with narrow margin as speaker pelosi was often trying to do. you are trying to be the loyal opposition to the republican side. and i think his relationship with mccarthy can't be worse than the one pelosi had with mccarthy. they were openly contentious with one another. i would not to see a big move for bipartisan in the house. i don't think that's the table that has been laid the next two years. >> donna, as a former member, what are some of the pitfalls hakim jeffries has to avoid? >> i think i agree with susan. i think one of the big things is making sure to continue to keep the democratic caucus unified. i think that that is easier to do, frankly, in a minorit

. >> democratic leader hakim jeffries it spoke to reporters following a historic night on capitol hill. members failed to elect a new speaker, a scenario which hasn't happened in 100 years. he calls it a sad day, but says his the -- his party was united through all three -- chambers. >> good evening everyone, it's my honor to stand here with the house democratic with, katherine clark, and the house democratic chair, i want to thank catherine for doing an extraordinary job today. making sure prep -- democrats were present, voting and entirely unified. through these three different votes that took place, i want to thank aguilar for their very kind and generous words of nomination. today is the first time in 100 years that the house of representatives failed to organize on opening day. it's a sad day for house of representatives as it institution -- as an institution, a sad day for democracy in the american people. house democrats are unified, ready and willing and able to get to work. -- to work on behalf of everyday americans. we are prepared to find common ground with the other side of

applauded as their leader hakim jeffries won. the most votes, though, also short of the needed majority. this is the dangerous moment for americans and for the world. one of the reasons why the congress needs to organize. there are public health vulnerabilities. it's one of the reasons why the congress needs to organize, and republicans need to get their act together. a block of 20 rebel republicans, mostly from the ultraconservative freedom caucus, plus one republican voting present have so far stopped mccarthy's years, long ambition to run the house. the stand off persists despite as series of last minute confessions. mccarthy made among them a promise to allow just one member of congress to call a vote to remove the speaker that would make him perhaps the weakest speaker in american history. like the so called never kevin block, nominated a series of other republicans like taking advantage of the fact that the speaker doesn't have to be as sitting member one. congressman nominated donald trump for the office mccarthy currently

even though they know that hakim jeffries will not become speaker of the house, they are showing their unity, the palestinian ambassador to the united nations, along with multiple out of a muslim majority nations, requesting an urgent security council meeting. it's after israel's national security minister to melbourne via made what's described as an incursion into the all ok, so most competent on tuesday the attack is not only against our holy sites in the lock, so mosque and, and the hot m sharif. there are because of this environment of extremism that this is the really extreme government, the extremist in the history of israel, is providing is leading to additional aggression against our christian sites. christian, graveyards, you've seen by now that there are crosses over, you know, graveyards, being trampled upon and attacked by extreme settlers. this is a toxic environment. the international community has to speak with one voice outer perimeter got it, and james base has more. well, this been a flurry of diplomatic meetings taking place here at the united nations meeting of the

of which the honorable hakim jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. the honorable andy biggs of the state of arizona has received 10. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received six. the honorable jim banks of the state of indiana has received one. the honorable lee zeldin of the state of new york has received one. the honorable byron donalds of the state of florida has received one. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. following the procedure used by the house in 1923 and recorded in cannons precedent volume 6, section 24, the clerk is prepared to direct the reading clerk to call a roll anew. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. jordan: i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. mr. jordan: thank you, madam clerk. i think we have three objectives this congress. three fundamental things

even though they know that hakim jeffries will not become speaker of the house, they are showing their unity. pope frances has led a funeral mass for his spread assessor pope ameritas benedict, the 16th thousands of people gathered in saint peter's square to pay their final respects. the former pope died at a vatican monastery on saturday. at the age of $95.00 benedict's will be buried in a crypt at saint peter's basilica. in 2014, he became the 1st pope in 600 years to resign. after his health declined in the u. s. the governor of california has declared his fate of emergency after a powerful storm cut electricity to thousands of homes in the north road have been flooded in trees uprooted in sacramento. authorities have told people to evacuate coastal areas vulnerable to much slides. it's a 2nd storm to hit the west coast of the us in the past week. niana charles has more from san francisco, california emergency official thing, this round of storms could be the most severe. california has been in the last 5 years with that they expect a lot of flooding not only in the road, but also t

houseman or leader hakim jeffries signing off on donald from being allowed on facebook and instagram.nd editor at the new york times claims trump's posts could destroy democracy. >> in terms of the concerns, the danger, the threats to democracy related to donald trump speak for themselves, many of us will have more to say about that to the extent that he moves forward with his so-called presidential campaign, happens to be a very low energy campaign by the way. >> don't want to hand over the keys to democracy, to have someone destroy that democracy. do you want to be that institution that really helps take down the country? we should still ask the moral question. lauren: tammy bruce joins me. >> that would be me either way. neil: i don't know what to ask you about. >> i had no idea democracy was so fragile and that you could give it an evil look and it would collapse into a puddle of water. this country is stronger than that. we have seen these individuals, donald trump, you can disagree with policy and style, the fact is the country was doing extremely well. i would say don't poke th

democrats voted for congressman hakim jeffries.ed never to support mccarthy's speaker should. yesterday it boiled over into a tense moment. congressman elect mike rogers from alabama lunged at florida's matt gaetz after the failure of the fourteenth vote. rogers had to be pulled back from that situation. victory for mccarthy took one more round. >> there will be times we agree and times we will differ. i promise our debates will be passionate, they will never be personal. this chamber is now fully open for all americans. i want to give all americans a personal invitation. you are welcome to see this body at work. >> reporter: speaker mccarthy does not feel a drawn out process has weakened his position. will: thank you. pete: it was high drama if you are a political nerd. i fell asleep, woke up, the fourteenth vote was happening and it looked like mccarthy was going to get their. it was all hung on those six who voted present. everyone thought apparently based on her hannity appearance that she was going to vote yes, she voted prese

hakim jeffries spoke with members of the press about the republicans proposed 30% flat sales tax. representative jeffries address the recent controversies over committee assignments and the handling of classified documents. [inaudible] >> good morning everyone. great to see all of you. always good to see you. [laughter] it doesn't mean i'm going to call on you. i always do. there's a big contrast between house democrats and house republicans, between the democratic party and the republican party, between team normal and team extreme. what team normal is doing, the democrats led by president biden , is to continue to improve the american economy for every day americans. here's the biden track record on the economy. economic growth, inflation is down. wages are up. gas prices are down. job creation is up more than 10 million good paying jobs creating -- created during president biden's first two years, a record. and small business startups have grown by the largest number during president biden's first two years in office than at any other point in recorded american history. the dem

i met with leader hakim on this, hakim jeffries, this will be a bipartisan committee. it is important, a number of reasons why i believe we've lost jobs to china, intellectual property, many times we don't speak with one voice for america. what i'm trying to accomplish is hit members on both sides of the aisle from all different perspectives, not just military but financial, agriculture and others, to bring those jobs back to america, to make sure china is not inside america buying our farmland, had a level playing field for competition. we watched during covid for medical supplies, patrolling 50% of the market, we watch from pills and others what they control. this is not just disturbing to me but for the future of america. i would say in the first 5 days, one of the most powerful things we passed. very bipartisan way, a step forward. i hope the senate would do it as well and we speak with one voice as we move forward to bring jobs back. >> a lot of reporting and rumors. about leadership. >> they deserve to know. the commitment to america. there is not a side deal to

we ended up with the leader of the democratic minority hakim jeffries, who was supported by all the democratsthe democrats in the house of representatives are united as never before. we have united the nominees for a speaker who will put work ahead of politics. greater humiliation for mccarthy yes, and the entire republican majority, is hardly possible it was imaginable that if the republicans can not even agree among themselves aspiceri what will happen next and, most importantly, what signal such a start gives to voters and party sponsors, it can hardly be considered optimistic after three unsuccessful votes. congressmen decided that for one meeting. it's too much of a question about the speaker of the lower house being raised again on wednesday . mccarthy, meanwhile, said he was voluntarily withdrawing his candidacy. he is not going and intends to continue the fight for the coveted chair. let it require at least dozens of votes aleksey veselovsky vladimir vopritsky ntv usa of israel discussed bilateral relations by phone sergey lavrov congratulated el cohen on taking office and expressed h

musk tweeted that he of also spoke to minority leader hakim jeffries, saying twitter will be fair to both parties. musk is touting twitter as the player versus player social media site. joining us now cheryl casone and brandon arnold. there was a celebration for the congress last night. elon musk was there. good to see he met with both sides. >> he's got to get ahead of this. we know next month there are going to be hearings with regard to the release of twitter files, in particular twitter's handling of the hunter biden lap ptop story which predates elon musk's control of the company but at the same time elon musk is not wrong and not dumb and he know he's going to need to have relationships in place with leaders the if washington, particularly kevin mccarthy. there was also reportedly at the end of the mccarthy meeting with musk a quick exchange with hakim jeffries. that's interesting. because as mccarthy and hakim start to worry about what's happening with crime and a things happening in cities, the fact -- i really would have liked to have been a fly on the wall between jeffries

. >> earlier house minority leader hakim jeffries spoke about the 20/20 elections and his relationship with house speaker kevin mccarthy. this is 20 minutes. >>. [inaudible conversation] >> good morning everyone. great to see all of you. it's always good to see you. it doesn't mean i'm going to call on you. i always do. there's a big contrast between house democrats and house republicans. between the democratic party and republican party. between team normal and team extreme. what team normal is doing is the democrats led by president biden to continue to improve the american economy. for every day americans. here's the biden track record on the economy. in growth is up, inflation is down. wages are up, gas prices are down. job creation is up more than 10 million good paying jobs created during president biden's first two years, a record in modern american history and small business startups have grown by the largest number during president biden's first two years in office than in any other point in reported american history. the democrats, team normal delivering for every day america

resemble a circus with a republican majority in the house the leader of the democratic minority, hakim jeffries, who was supported by all the democrats , today the democrats in the house of representatives are more united than ever before, had the greatest chances to become speaker. we have united the nominees for a speaker who will put work ahead of politics. a greater humiliation for mccarthy and the entire republican majority could hardly be imagined if the republicans cannot even agree among themselves on the speaker what will happen next after three unsuccessful votes, congressmen decided that for one meeting. it's already too much of a question about the speaker of the lower house being raised again on wednesday. mccarthy, meanwhile, said he was voluntarily withdrawing his candidacy. he is not going and intends to continue the fight for the coveted chair. let it require at least dozens of votes alexey veselovsky vladimir lupritsky ntv usa died in the first year of his life. ruslan khasbulatov is one of the brightest and most controversial politicians in recent russian history, a fundament

. >> reporter: incoming house democratic leader hakim jeffries who described the conditions in the house as chaos when asked by cbs news would not commit to working with centrist republicans to give mccarthy the extra votes he may need. and so later today we'll see members cast their votes out loud in the house chamber for speaker. we should point out that previously president biden and former president trump received what's referred to as protest votes previously, so that's something to look out for as well. meanwhile we should also point out that a new senate begins today as well. democrats, of course, retaining their control of that chamber. anne-marie? >> it should be an interesting day on the hill. skyler henry in washington. skyler, thank you. >>> so the man accused of murdering four university of idaho students is due in court today. as police now say forensics and dna were used to catch him. danya bacchus has more. >> reporter: bryan kohberger could be in an idaho courtroom within 72 hours after his appearance in pennsylvania. he's facing first-degree murder charges for the novem

and they cheer democrat hakim jeffries, the honorable hacking jeffries of the state of new york, has received 212 who came out on top in all 3 ballots, but not with the majority needed to win the speakership. the voting has a long way to go to beat the record. in 1856. the house picked a speaker after a $133.00 ballads in 2 months. the new speaker will have a razor thin majority and little ability to pass legislation with a democratic senate and a democratic president is mccarthy and his allies regroup and hopes of winning another day. the rebels marked the day as a victory and proof of their power in a clearly divided party john henderson, l. jazeera, capitol hill. well, let's take a closer look at who voted against kevin mccarthy and why the so called rebels belong to a group called the house freedom caucus. it's on the hot right of the republican party. many are supporters of former president donald trump and backers of an uncompromising brand of conservative politics. their demands include giving rank and file members of the house more influence over legislation, where he is how

and they cheer democrat hakim jeffries, the honorable hacking jeffries of the state of new york, has received 212 who came out on top in all 3 ballots, but not with the majority needed to win the speakership. the voting has a long way to go to beat the record. in 1856. the house picked a speaker at $133.00 ballots in 2 months. the new speaker will have a razor thin majority and little ability to pass legislation with a democratic senate and a democratic president is mccarthy and his allies regroup and hopes of winning another day. the rebels marked the day as victory and proof of their power in a clearly divided party. john henderson, l g 0. capitol hill. let's speak to our white house correspondent, kimberly how could join us from washington, dc companies. what a bit of a mess isn't. it was a previous, her hard was really hard because there is division within the republican party, namely the fact that the shadow of the former president, donald trump still looms large over the party. it kevin mccarthy has connections to the former president. in fact, he's received a fresh endorsement

and they cheer democrat hakim jeffries, the annabel hacking jeffries of the state of new york, has received 212 who came out on top in all 3 ballots, but not with the majority needed to win the speakership. the voting has a long way to go to be the record. in 1856. the house picked a speaker after a $133.00 ballads in 2 months. the new speaker will have a razor thin majority and little ability to pass legislation with a democratic senate and a democratic president. as mccarthy and his allies regroup and hopes of winning another day. the rebels marked the day as a victory and proof of their power in clearly divided party john henderson, l g 0. capitol hill. golden coming democratic liter fucking jeffries is making history as the 1st black politician to had a major, major party in congress. it had this to say about the turmoil in the republican party. sad day for democracy, it's a sad day for the american people. house democrats are unified, ready, willing, and able to get to work. on behalf of every day americans. we are prepared to try to find common ground with the other side of the aisle

this 2000 votes for hakim jeffries every time. host: in other news, we heard from president biden yesterday, and he will make a trip to the border on sunday. this is the washington times. biden pivots to border pathways with expulsions to mexico after monthly limits. he is going to mimic trump's policy on title 42. here he is at the white house, responding to questions about why he has decided to visit the border this weekend. >> why is now the right time to visit the border? republicans have called on you to do this. >> the republicans have not been serious about this at all, come on. they have not been serious. i want to make sure that i knew what the outcome, than your outcome was on title 42 before he went down. i don't like title 42. but it is long now. i have to operate -- it is the law now and i have to operate within it. title 42 is going to go away before the end of the year in terms of the supreme court, my prediction is that we will use title ix or eight. eight come, right? title eight. 8, 9. we can input what we are do

and they cheer democrat hakim jeffries, the honorable hacking jeffries of the state of new york, has received 212 who came out on top in all 3 ballots, but not with the majority needed to win this speakership. the voting has a long way to go to beat the record. in 1856. the house picked a speaker after a $133.00 ballads in 2 months. the new speaker will have a razor thin majority and little ability to pass legislation with a democratic senate and a democratic president is mccarthy and his allies regroup and hopes of winning another day. the rebels marked the day as a victory and proof of their power in a clearly divided party. john henderson, l g 0. capitol hill. well, here's how kevin mccarthy react to adopt or what's been described as a difficult day to day. is that the day i wanted to have? no, i mean there was a lot of things we want to do. we want to repeal 87000 iris. we want to set up the number investigation going to want to notice the different committee hearings we have actually on the board. none of that got transpired, but if we're able to work out our differences and tak

hakim jeffries. to your politics about rome, might be decision where it is not clear but the decisions are made at the subatomic political level. maybe at some point someone emerge to command the votes. neil: who would become pope francis, became five votes before someone emerge as getting a dozen votes, majority of the cardinals at the sistine chapel. i want to go with the experience with doris kearns goodwin, team of rivals, all top republican favors get republican nomination in 1860, over the guy who did after multiple ballots, abraham lincoln. i'm back to obsessing about multiple ballots, behind the scene, who and what forces are emerging? if the guy expected to win has the most votes keeps coming up short, i cannot fathom that the others just stand back to say, all right we'll try and try again. your thoughts? >> that is it what i heard from some members today. that is what i thought. it is kind of a false narrative he would just drop out. we will try and try again to get kevin mccarthy. at some

and staying on task on hand, and appearing for every vote, even though they know that hakim jeffries will not become speaker of the house, they are showing their unity. well, plenty more had here. all the news are including the latest from the democratic republic of congo, as non group says it will withdraw from another town. find out what that means, a government forces and trying to hit back accusations that if not telling the whole truth later have 19 outbreak over 40 wrong get ready to host football arabian and go cops. the 1st time in $44.00 is ah princesses lead a funeral man. so his predecessor, pope mirage is benedict, the 16th thousands of people gathered in saint peter's square to pay the final respects. he died at the vatican monastery on saturday at the age of 95 benedict will be very to decrypt. in st. peter's basilica in 2013, he was the 1st pope to resign in 600 years. after his health declined, not the leaders of russia and turkey have discussed the war in ukraine and the rest in syria. present. retype are the ones office says he called on president vladimir putin to

possibly, by marketing like this, they've been hearing these, they've been voting in unison for hakim jeffries, their choice for speaker, they don't have a majority and mccarthy's republicans do, and they can't seem to get it together in order to elect him. european union officials and meeting brussels to discuss the joint responds to a search of cave in 1900 cases in china. the german foreign minister says it should be taken very, very seriously. paging says restrictions on its travelers are discriminatory. miss called on europe to stop politicizing. the pandemic. south korea is increasing its airport check for k for 19. that's after chinese national went missing while waiting to into a quarantine facility. the visitor had tested positive on arrival. i was sure, bob has claim responsibility for an attack in central smiley is killed at least 35 people. the 2 car bombings, targeted a police station 1st followed by the house of a somali government official in the wrong region. the cranium, foreign minister has announced patriot defense massage will soon arrive in the country. the us pledge nearl

he was just sworn in as the speaker in the past 15 minutes or so and handed the gavel by hakim jeffries, who also is sworn in as the house minority leader for democrats. this all happened by a very narrow vote, with some republicans having to vote present in order to get mccarthy the majority of the votes he needed. the final vote was 216 2 to 12. it was a contentious, chaotic night. those far right members of the gop held out to the very end in opposition against mccarthy. and that comes after a chaotic week where he faced opposition from no less than 20 far right republicans at one point who refused to back him and vote after vote. as you mentioned, republican matt gates at one point was an outright conflict with other republicans. speaker elect and now speaker kevin mccarthy addressed the house at 1 16. am washington time he took the gavel acknowledging how much more difficult the path had been than he had expected. there will be times we agree. and many times we will differ. i promise our debates will be passionate. but they will never be personal. that's my commitment to you. mccar

consistent and staying on task and on and appearing for every vote, even though they know that hakim jeffries will not become speaker of the house, they are showing their unity. and i think, for all of the, the criticism of speaker pelosi over the years. i think there's a lot of people who are smiling now in the democratic caucus saying she was an extraordinary leader and compared to this debacle, she was really exceptional. and i think it kind of proves the point about democratic unity, but also the strength of democratic leadership and the succession plan that she put into place. so by comparison, it's been a really good couple days for the democratic party. but how much does all this political infighting mean to the wider electorate? could this end up affecting their daily lives in any way? really? i, i think the, the, the quick answer is no. i'm in part because without the senate it's going to be very difficult for the house to advance their agenda. and so regardless of who the speaker is, i'm, it was going to be a republican, that republican was going to initiate investigations, was goin

the democrats nor many hakim jeffries finished the 1st man with more votes than the palm of faith. john handing the ones we live from capitol hill. hi there, john, and bring us up to date. it's not looking like getting a speaker in place is is going to be swift. now, the 1st ballot was an embarrassment for kevin mccarthy. and that's exactly what his republican opponents wanted. they wanted to defeat him on that 1st about the question is will that continue over the course of the day in the 1st ballot? the top vote getter was the democrat hakeem jeffries, but he didn't get the majority that would have been needed for him to become speaker. that of course is expected because democrats no longer have a majority. in the house of representatives. mccarthy could afford to lose 4 votes among republicans, he lost 19 so this was a significant loss. the question is whether in successive valid she'll be able to cut away of that opposition, maybe by offering concessions. maybe by twisting some arms that appears to be what's going on in the cloakroom off of the floor of the us house of represent

even though they know that hakim jeffries will not become speaker of the house, they are showing their unity the european union has recommended pre departure covered 19 testing for passengers flying from china to e. u. member countries. officials are urging old travelers to wear masks. they say passengers should be randomly tested china upon the east travel restrictions on sunday, despite cases overwhelming hospitals. negative tests are also now required for people traveling from china to the united states and united kingdom. those arriving in south korea must provide a negative result before their flight. they'll also have to take a p. c. r test. upon arrival. nearly one 3rd of short term arrivals from china tested positive for covey. 19 on wednesday. meanwhile, the world health organization says it's concerned about how china is representing the outbreak. beijing has stopped reporting case numbers. it announced one covey 19 death on wednesday, despite evidence of a surge and infections. there are certainly issues in terms of the criteria for recording and reporting that's attributabl

they've been sharing these, they've been voting in unison for hakim jeffries, their choice for speaker, but they don't have a majority. and it mccarthy's republicans do. and they can't seem to get it together in order to elect him, they need a majority of that house, which means 218 members of the for 35. and so far they can't do that in the suggestion really is coming out that this is looking like the party that can't govern if they can't get together $218.00 votes to select a leader, then how are they going to get people together for the votes? to come and it's already going to be difficult for them. they are facing a democratically controlled senate, a democratic president. so getting anything through is going to require unity from those republicans. but what we're hearing so far is pretty much nothing. and generally if they had the vote by now, you would have thought that it would have come out that there would be some statements of confidence. we have not heard that. so there apparently meeting in the cloakroom trying to decide whether to go forward with a 4th vote for speaker, or

of shot in florida in the faces of the democrats each time the vote, and they all clap because hakim jeffries has gotten the most votes, but not the majority needed in order to win for the republicans. just suggest they're not. they're not in a position to really effectively run congress. now, to put this in perspective with this really make a big difference. probably not whoever is speaker is still going to have a democratic senate in a democratic president, and it's gonna be hard to get any legislation passed other than those mandatory spending bills that have to go through each year. but it could take a while to do this, and it's interesting to point out that this hasn't happened. a 2nd ballot hasn't happened for 100 years. john engineer live at the latest from capitol hill. john, thanks for keeping us up to date. when we nationalize a former senior congressional aide to, to has republicans and she says the far right of the republican party is using this moment to challenge what they consider to be the establishment. this is not happened since 19 twenties. and i'll say on its base, anyone

blocked him from getting them plus one republican who voted simply present as a protest vote hakim jeffries, the democrat, got the most votes, but also fell short of been needed. majority. meanwhile, the house is essentially non functioning. it can't swear in new members. it can't pass legislation. it can even give out committee aside. and vote 12 appears to be scheduled for friday. well, joining us live now from tallahassee, florida is rick wilson. he's a former republican strategist and author of the book. everything trump touches dies. he co founded the lincoln project, a group formed opposition to donald trump, that happy with this. so what, what do you make of what you've seen so far? well look, i think this is the for kevin mccarthy, perhaps the end of the beginning, but there is no sign. the sub block is breaking in the short term. it only takes of the $21.00 members who oppose mccarthy publicly. it only takes 5 of them to continue this, this particular charade indefinitely. um, so mccarthy faces a very difficult choice right now. the, the chaos is going to continue to rise. it's goi

chaos and confusion taking place on the other side of the aisle could not be more clear. democrat hakim jeffries topped every vote, but fell sure to the majority needed to win. without a speaker, the house can't pass. laws make committee assignments, or even swear in its new members, leaving the united states without a functioning house of representatives. one democrat in particular, lamented the congressional chaos. it's embarrassing to the country. i mean, literally, i got part of this reality that you know, to big have of congress the can function. is this embarrassing really greatest nation in the world? how can i say as republicans battled it out on the house floor? president joe biden joined republican senate leader mitch mcconnell at a bridge connecting kentucky in ohio, funded by a bipartisan infrastructure law showing that even divided government can function when both sides cooperate. john henderson, al jazeera capitol hill. all right, so the role of us house speaker is one of the most powerful political positions in washington d. c. this peter, his 2nd in line to the presidency and wo

. >> reporter: republicans hold the majority, but it was hakim jeffries receiving more votes than mccarthy for much of the day. >> we're looking for a willing partner to solve the problems, not save the republicans from their dysfunction. >> mccarthy remains determined to take over the speaker gavel. >> at the end of the day, all of this will make us stronger in the long run on the senate side there was far less drama tuesday as new members were sworn in and today's senate minority leader mitch mcconnell will hold a bipartisan event with president biden in kentucky. >> hakeem jeffries getting more votes. probably a bruise to kevin mccarthy's ego if for some reason kevin mccarthy decides to bow out of this speaker race, who are some of the other likely candidates >> being that the republicans have the majority, it would likely be some names that would be thrown around like steve scalise or jim jordan. make patrick mchenry or elise stefanik. >>> hopes of a santa claus rally kind of fizzling out in a very big way. that doesn't mean that w.e.x. isn't bringing you somebig winners. plus much mor