i'm casting my vote for kevin hern, and i hope you will as well. i yield. >> voting for house speaker continued into an 11th round. this was the most round of voting for speaker since 1833. kevin mccarthy received 200 votes. hakeem jeffries 212 and byron donalds 12. kevin hearn received seven votes

i'm casting my vote for kevin hern, and i hope you will as well. i yield. >> voting for house speaker continued into an 11th round. this was the most round of voting for speaker since 1833. kevin mccarthy received 200 votes. hakeem jeffries 212 and byron donalds 12. kevin hearn received seven votes while former president donald trump received one. there was one present boat. here are the nominating speakers for those candidates. arkansas rise? >> madam clerk, i rise tonight in the spirit of 1923, mr. hill: i nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. i express the appreciation of everybody in this room for the work you are doing, madam, clerk. mr. hill: our clerk has stepped up and reflects our house's best tradition of preparation and dedication to this institution, and we're grateful. from the first speaker of the house, the honorable frederick mullen berg, to the one next, kevin mccarthy. the speaker's nature is to carry the goals of his or her party while at the same time protecting this institution and the traditions of the people's hous

so it's my -- kevin hern. so it's my privilege to put into official nomination kevin hern for speaker of the house. thank you and i yield back. the clerk of the house: the reader clerk will call the roll. the clerk: adams. jeffries. aderholt. mccarthy. aguilar. jeffries. alford. mccarthy. allen. allen. mccarthy. allred. jeffries. amodei. mccarthy. armstrong. mccarthy. arrington. mccarthy. auchincloss. jeffries. babin. mccarthy. bacon. mccarthy. baird. mccarthy. balderson. mccarthy. balint. jeffries. balint. jeffries. banks. mccarthy. bower -- barr. mccarthy. bar began -- barragan. barragan. bean of florida. mccarthy. beatty. jeffries. bentz. mccarthy. bera. jeffries. bergman. mccarthy. beyer. jeffries. bice. mccarthy. biggs. hern. bilirakis. mccarthy. bishop of georgia. jeffries. bishop of north carolina. donalds. blumenauer. jeffries. blunt roties cheer -- blunt rochester. jeffries. boebert. hern. bonamici. jeffries. bost. mccarthy. bowman. jeffries. boyle of pennsylvania. jeffries. bra chin. hern. brown. jef

i'm voting for kevin hern, the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. hern went from rags to riches. like myself and many other members, is a small business owner. he's lived the american dream. he's a father, a family man. and as kevin likes to say, he's a conservative but he's not mad about it. we can have a happy warrior leading us. i understand that threats have been made about committee assignments, that you won't receive committee assignments if you do not vote for kevin mccarthy. that is true. it happened in conference and that is exactly what we were told. but we don't govern in fear. we govern for the people, on principle. don't be afraid to do the right thing. i believe that kevin hern is a unifier. he just received the chairman of the republican study committee by unanimous consent. this is the largest caucus in our conference. look how many people have already put their trust in kevin hern to lead them. i get asked by my constituents, where does this go? who can unify the unify the par? who can deliver results? representative kevin hern can do just that, and i am proud to

. >> the honorable kevin hern of the state of oklahoma has received seven. >> rosendale. >> kevin hernern. will: congressman kevin hern joins us now with his reaction. congressman, great to have you there on the program. despite being nominate through several rounds and you voted for speaker mccarthy in all 15 rounds of voting. tell me, as you saw this process play out and some of these concessions that were made in the negotiations, how do you feel about speaker mccarthy's ability to bring the republican constituency together moving forward? >> thanks for having me. the real winner in this was the american people. you all have reported on this for the last four years and before that even that the american people are tired of a dysfunctional congress where we're spending money. it's out of control and it's devastating our future and generations for kids and grand kids, and then what we've seen with the wokism that's gone on, and what you've seen over this last four days is really just the resetting of where congress should have been at a long time ago having negotiate add lot of deals

so it's my -- kevin hern. so it's my privilege to put into official nomination kevin hern for speaker of the house. thank you and i yield back. the clerk of the house: the reader clerk will call the roll. the clerk: adams. jeffries. aderholt. mccarthy. aguilar. jeffries. alford. mccarthy. allen. allen. mccarthy. allred. jeffries. amodei. mccarthy. armstrong. mccarthy. arrington. mccarthy. auchincloss. jeffries. babin. mccarthy. bacon. mccarthy. baird. mccarthy. balderson. mccarthy. balint. jeffries. balint. jeffries. banks. mccarthy. bower -- barr. mccarthy. bar began -- barragan. barragan. bean of florida. mccarthy. beatty. jeffries. bentz. mccarthy. bera. jeffries. bergman. mccarthy. beyer. jeffries. bice. mccarthy. biggs. hern. bilirakis. mccarthy. bishop of georgia. jeffries. bishop of north carolina. donalds. blumenauer. jeffries. blunt roties cheer -- blunt rochester. jeffries. boebert. hern. bonamici. jeffries. bost. mccarthy. bowman. jeffries. boyle of pennsylvania. jeffries. bra chin. hern. brown. jef

pat rosendale of montana voting for kevin hern.other members who shifted their vote in that round of voting tweeting outs bateman's. here are two of them. scott area of pennsylvania who came over to mccarthy side saying at 1:0 5 p.m. eastern on twitter we are at a turning point negotiating good faith with one purpose to restore the people's house back to its rightful owners, the framework for an agreement is in place, so in good faith i voted to restore the people's's house by voting for gop leader mccarthy. this is from politico, tweeting out, keith self of texas, part of what he had to say, my vote was to show support for significant rule changes to transform the house from being dysfunctional to functional. i believe we are on the precipice of transferring significant power from leadership to individual members of the american people. it has become clear to me he said in his statement that a couple of individuals are simply obstruction -- obstructionists or interest in self promotion rather than restoring the public. i ran to wo

so it's my -- kevin hern. so it's my privilege to put into official nomination kevin hern for speaker of the house. >> american history tv, saturdays on c-span2, exploring the people and events that tell the american story. on lectures in history, discussion on president reagan's first inaugural address from 1981 with university of kansas political communication director , and on the presidency, a look at help the herbert hoover provided aid to 10 million russians, including those in the ukraine region suffering from famine from 1921 through 1923. the aide included food, medicine, and clothing. hoover biographer talks about the politics of famine and the president's reputation as a humanitarian which helped him get elected in 1928. watch american hisryv saturday on c-span2 or watch online any at c-span.org/history. >> sunday night, in his book indivisible, university of california law professor joel richard paul talks about daniel webster and his shaping national politics before the civil war. his speeches ins

i'm voting for kevin hern, the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. hern went from rags to riches. like myself and many other members, is a small business owner. he's lived the american dream. he's a father, a family man. and as kevin likes to say, he's a conservative but he's not mad about it. we can have a happy warrior leading us. i understand that threats have been made about committee assignments, that you won't receive committee assignments if you do not vote for kevin mccarthy. that is true. it happened in conference and that is exactly what we were told. but we don't govern in fear. we govern for the people, on principle. don't be afraid to do the right thing. i believe that kevin hern is a unifier. he just received the chairman of the republican study committee by unanimous consent. this is the largest caucus in our conference. look how many people have already put their trust in kevin hern to lead them. i get asked by my constituents, where does this go? who can unify the unify the par? who can deliver results? representative kevin hern can do just that, and i am proud to

i believe that kevin hern is a unifier. he just received the chairman of the republican study committee by unanimous consent. this is the largest caucus in our conference. look how many people have already put their trust in kevin hern, to lead them. i get asked by my constituents, where does this go? who can unify the party? who can deliver results? representative kevin hern can do just that. and i am proud to enter his name into the nomination and i hope that some of you join me. thank you. and i yield back. [ applause ] >> the reading clerk will call the roll. >> aderholt? mccarthy. aguilar? jeffries. alford? mccarthy. allen? mccarthy. amodei? mccarthy. armstrong? mccarthy. arrington? bacon? mccarthy. baird? mccarthy. mccarthy. barragan? barragan? jeffries. bean of bentz? mccarthy. bera? jeffries. mccarthy. biggs? bilirakis? mccarthy. bishop of georgia? jeffries. bishop of north carolina? donalds. blumenauer? jeffries. blunt bonamici? jeffries. bost? mccarthy. bowman? jeffries. boyle of pennsylvania? jeffries. brecheen?

madam clerk, i nominate kevin hern as speaker, thank you. the clerk of the house: the reading clerk will call the roll. the clerk: adams. jeffries. aderholt. mccarthy. aguilar. jeffries. alford. al ford. allen. mccarthy. allred. jeffries. amodei. mccarthy. armstrong. mccarthy. arrington. mccarthy. auchincloss. jeffries. babin. mccarthy. bacon. mccarthy. baird. mccarthy. balderson. mccarthy. balint. jeffries. banks. mccarthy. barr. mccarthy. barragan. jeffries. bean of florida. mccarthy. beatty. jeffries. bentz. mccarthy. bera. jeffries. bergman. mccarthy. beyer. jeffries. bice. mccarthy. biggs. jordan. bilirakis. mccarthy. bishop of georgia. jeffries. bishop of north carolina. mccarthy. blumenauer. jeffries. blunt rochester. jeffries. boebert. hern. bonamici. jeffries. bost. mccarthy. bowman. jeffries. boyle of pennsylvania. jeffries. brecheen. mccarthy. brown. jeffries. brownley. jeffries. buchanan. mccarthy. buck. buck. bucshon. mccarthy. budzinski. jeffries. burchett. mccarthy. burgess. mccarthy. burlison. mccarthy. bush. jeffries. calver

kevin hern continued to build some momentum. that there is consensus emerging, some framework that we can get across the finish line. we've been keeping the faith. now we have to finish the race. >> just to be clear, your understanding is rep activity byron donalds is now on board with mccarthy, with this deal we understand has been circulating? >> i don't know if he'll vote for kevin mccarthy at this point, but i doubt that he'll vote for byron donalds this round, so we'll see. >> what is your understanding of how many people of this deal we understand is circulating, conman norming said it was an offer on paper and he was taking a look at it. how many people are in on any deal, as you understand it, to switch their support because of the deal and back mccarthy? >> well, i can tell you, as of last night, i think there were probably somewhere greater than five members who have no plans to ever get to yes with kevin mccarthy. that's the challenge. can we overcome the fact he's short at least five votes? and there are a couple and

look how many people have put their trust in kevin hern to lead them.nstituents, where does this go? who can unify the party? who can deliver results? represent kevin hern can do just that, and i am proud to enter his name into the nomination, and i hope that some of you join me. thank you, and i yield back. [ applause ] >> the reading clerk will call the roll. >> all right. we are about to watch history being made. kevin mccarthy running for speaker a ninth time. this is the ninth ballot. if he wins on this vote, which i do not think he will, he will tie the multiple ballot vote of 100 years ago in 1923, but we do not anticipate that he's going to win in this ballot on this ninth ballot, and, in fact, instead of the opposition to mccarthy consolidating around one alternative, they are getting more and more fractured. we actually have four names being thrown out there. the democrat hakeem jeffries who will be in all likelihood the vote leader once again. there are now two official not kevin mccarthys whose names have been thrown out, and byron donalds a

i believe that kevin hern will be a fighter for national debt. i get teches on a regular basis at how inflation is hurting family, how grocery prices are skyrocketing continuously. he has crafted a budget that balances and will bring that to the floor to help the american people, madam clerk, i nominate kevin hern as speaker. thank you. >> the reading clerk will call the role. >> all right, so the reading clerk will call the roll and we will hear the 430 something -- we don't know exactly how many are there today -- voting. we expect the vote to be very similar to the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and 11th ballots that have taken place. we don't expect anyone to reach the magic number, 218, certainly not kevin mccarthy who has seemingly plateaued at 201 votes. the four names that have been put forward, obviously, are republican leader mccarthy, democratic leader hakeem jeffries, the incoming would-be chairman of the house judiciary committee, congressman jim jordan of ohio and the head of the republican

we need a businessman like kevin hern as speaker of the house.ed a businessman like kevin hern who has led the republican study commitment budget task force i have served on two years and put forth the only balanced budget i have seen. heck, the only budget i have seen in the two years that i have been here. who fought alongside us to say why don't we adopt the republican study committees. >> bret: congressman bob good standing to nominate kevin hern from oklahoma as the next speaker. you heard matt gaetz, he nominated the former president donald j. trump as speaker of the house advocate for him. these are part of the 20 lawmakers who have voted against kevin mccarthy. we are being told sources up there on capitol hill one of the reasons they are doing this 11 vote is that they did not have the votes to adjourn at this point. so the vote now starts once again and if that's all true. you are likely to see almost exactly the same vote as we have been seeing for the past 10 ballots on the speaker. let's talk about this and other issues with transpor

madam clerk, i nominate kevin hern as speaker, thank you. the clerk of the house: the reading clerk will call the roll. the clerk: adams. jeffries. aderholt. mccarthy. aguilar. jeffries. alford. al ford. allen. mccarthy. allred. jeffries. amodei. mccarthy. armstrong. mccarthy. arrington. mccarthy. auchincloss. jeffries. babin. mccarthy. bacon. mccarthy. baird. mccarthy. balderson. mccarthy. balint. jeffries. banks. mccarthy. barr. mccarthy. barragan. jeffries. bean of florida. mccarthy. beatty. jeffries. bentz. mccarthy. bera. jeffries. bergman. mccarthy. beyer. jeffries. bice. mccarthy. biggs. jordan. bilirakis. mccarthy. bishop of georgia. jeffries. bishop of north carolina. mccarthy. blumenauer. jeffries. blunt rochester. jeffries. boebert. hern. bonamici. jeffries. bost. mccarthy. bowman. jeffries. boyle of pennsylvania. jeffries. brecheen. mccarthy. brown. jeffries. brownley. jeffries. buchanan. mccarthy. buck. buck. bucshon. mccarthy. budzinski. jeffries. burchett. mccarthy. burgess. mccarthy. burlison. mccarthy. bush. jeffries. calver

protest and show that kevin mccarthy does not have the number of votes. >> and we are hearing about kevin hern, and now five votes against kevin mccarthy, and just turned to six. so there it is for the eighth round which we can see where it is going. >> it is as described, we are locked in the sort of groundhog day scenario until something changes here. so, i think that part of what is going on here is going through the exercise of these votes is creating time for these guys to sit behind closed doors to hammer it out while people vote again and again and again, and we will see if it produces something. >> so with all of the time that you have spent on capitol hill, and can you talk about that, and we are seeing the ugly sausage being made, and people are going on the floor to vote, and you have the top deputies and sometimes them on the behind closed doors and how can you have a serious negotiation as they are running in and out of the room to vote. >> well, it seems like principle-level conversations to hammer out the ideas. it sounds like the roy group has appointed him and perry and maybe

>> madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin hern of oklahoma for speaker of the house. >> the gentlewoman is is recognized. >> it's as simple as that, folks. let's start getting somewhere with this, realize the facts. kevin mccarthy does not have the votes. let's elect a republican who can unify our conference, who is a true leader. i'm casting my vote for kevin hern and i hope you will as well. i yield. >> the reading clerk will call the roll . >> all right. so there we have it. the tenth vote for speaker of the house of representatives has begun. and there you hear adams. there's the tell it'll sign that the roll call has begun. and we i have to say expect 10th verse same as the first, that we expect it's going to be 212 votes for the democratic leader hakeem jeffries and 201 votes for the republican leader kevin mccarthy, who's about to lose his tenth speaker ballot in a row. as well as several votes for congressman donalds and congressman hern. welcome to a special edition of "the lead." i am jake tapper. and as i just said, the house is beginning its tenth vote. let's go to manu raju

byron donalds and kevin hern have amass add few votes throughout this. we'll continue the keep watching this as they count the numbers and see if they're done for the day and whether or not they convene hint closed doors. the story goes on. see you tomorrow. have a great afternoon, everybody. >> doesn't really matter what my vote is. he doesn't have 218. >> they want republicans to led and want a government that works and doesn't embarrass them. we're failing on both missions. >> we are committed to make change to this institution that has lost its way. >> i don't mind saying, i'm directing my marks to another part of our team and make no mistake, we are a team. we are together. >> they've sat there, they have laughed and they have chuckled and pointed fingers at us. you know what? as my friend from florida just said, we're together. >> neil: well, not quite all together right now. the 20 that are resisting kevin mccarthy remain about that now. we're about the halfway point of a ninth vote to see who will lead the house of representatives. looks like for

madam clerk, i nominate kevin hern as speaker. thank you. >> the reading clerk will call the roll. >> the roll is now being called. we will see how many people, if any, kevin mccarthy has picked up. he has indicated to our correspondents, garrett haake, even today that he thought there might be change, but not enough, garrett, in his interview with you today, but not enough to be over today. >> reporter: i don't think there's any indication this will be over today. he did say that he expects to see movement in the vote today. my colleagues keeping eyes on all corners of the chamber have seen him talking with some of the other folks who are potentially part of that faction against him who could be flipped. most notably, chip roy. it's a late in the alphabet name, but it's one i'm watching closely. he has had the most substantive complaints about mccarthy. he has been most directly involved in negotiating with mccarthy and his allies. in the last 24 hours, he has had the least to say of any in the faction. usually when a member clams

i'm voting for kevin hern, the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. hern went from rags to riches. like myself and many other members, is a small business owner. he's lived the american dream. he's a father, a family man. and as kevin likes to say, he's a conservative but he's not mad about it. we can have a happy warrior leading us. i understand that threats have been made about committee assignments, that you won't receive committee assignments if you do not vote for kevin mccarthy. that is true. it happened in conference and that is exactly what we were told. but we don't govern in fear. we govern for the people, on principle. don't be afraid to do the right thing. i believe that kevin hern is a unifier. he just received the chairman of the republican study committee by unanimous consent. this is the largest caucus in our conference. look how many people have already put their trust in kevin hern to lead them. i get asked by my constituents, where does this go? who can unify the unify the par? who can deliver results? representative kevin hern can do just that, and i am proud to

. >> kevin. hern. >> hern. >> so one thing about rosendale, he is from montana, one of the -- there are -- we'll have a senate race in montana. rosendale wants to run and so does ryan zinke. >> chip roy is coming up. we'll listen as well. >> roy. >> kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> yeah, there you go. by the way, chip roy has delivered. there has been talk he had a bloc. this guy has delivered. >> some of the votes that we just have seen today. >> delivered his people. >> chip roy articulated his -- he was serious about this the entire time. he said these are the things i'd like to see happen. if we get those done i will vote for kevin. >> scott, your point about rosendale is that he's looking for some leverage in that primary and he thinks he can rally the right wing base by being on the island. >> yes, he thinks there's room to run in that flank of the party that is just tear down all leadership and zinke is betting on being someone -- >> a challenge for the republican party. >> well, at s

lauren boebert just put forward the name of kevin hern. this is a name that i've heard from a number of members of the house over the last several days. he was just named the head of the republican study committee, which is a very influential committee in the republican body on the house side. you know, your thoughts on whether these meaning or movement based on this nomination, which got a couple of votes on the last round. >> yes. i was just looking this: lauren boebert won re-election by 0.17 points in a district that is a republican direct. she's the exact reason, the poster child of why the republican party has such a small minority in the house and why we didn't take the senate. candidates like lauren boebert, most consider the republican party is conservative now. there's not a lot of liberal republicans like 20 or 30 years ago. this is a debate between the far and the far right. they reject donald trump as being too moderate when it comes to the speaker's race. so you have this faction that has this power because they shrunk our mi

the honorable kevin hern of the state of oklahoma has received three. no member-elect having received a majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? mr. comer: i rise on behalf of the republican party to nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the 118th congress. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. mr. comer: for the past two years, one-party democrat rule has resulted in multiple crises that are harming americans without any oversight or accountability from this body. americans are facing historic inflation, skyrocketing energy costs, the worst border crisis in american history, and surging fentanyl overdoses. one of the reasons is there's been no congressional oversight. there's no sense of urgency from this white house or the bureaucrats that populate this town to move. i want to talk about that. oversight of our tax dollars, that's our responsibility. we've all heard reports of hundreds of millions of dollars of potential waste and fraud in the unemployment insura

kevin hern, former owner of twenty restaurants.onald's but mccarthy ordered pizza for everyone on time because of him, finally voted. although the spectacle was a match for a basket of popcorn 4 days of name-calling nightly meetings urgent pizza deliveries and burritos cigar smoke in the corridors diaper changes and a dog on the floor of the ward us representatives and in the chairs of the ward images of watchdogs. at first it almost came to a fight. and then trump called , here's an incoming call with the initials dt but it was no longer up to him in the office they changed the sign with pilots on the map, it turns out they knew in advance, as my father said. it doesn't matter how you start, it matters how you finish map boldly. i announce the priorities of the work of the house of representatives, i never mentioned ukraine, hinting at the end of the wasteful spending of the biden administration, well , they don’t want to waste time on the biden himself, even in the vatican the late pope, the sixteenth bandy bequeathed to ban the

he said kevin -- pause -- hern, the republican for oklahoma. everybody was on tinter hooks to see if he would vote for kevin mccarthy. who knows. >> neil: that was an important distinction. it's a world of difference trying to woo three folks versus trying to woo four. in other words, you could have a shot of getting three. four? i don't know. that makes it do you have. >> neil, that's why it's very challenging for republicans to govern over the next two years. look, two people out today, you have five, ten people out of here on your random tuesday. how do you get enough people here to pass the bills that they want to do to keep the government open, to address the debt ceiling, to pass just the gop priorities. this is a bear of a task. >> neil: thank you for not veering into chemistry in the middle of this. you were a great student. debatable whether i was. chad pergram, thanks very much. want to go to andy harris, the maryland republican congressman-elect. he flipped to support kevin mccarthy. it's very good to have you, congressman-elect. why

why would other conservatives like thomas massie, jim banks, kevin hern and others support kevin mccarthyof the house? you know, something in our nature as humans causes us to dehumanize others when we engage in conflict dehumanizing others makes it easier to ascribe bad motives and to engage in the fight. but also makes it harder to understand one another. as actions push further disagreement arguments tend to escalate rather than resolve. we're on the precipice of such a destructive argument today. i plead with all, all of my republican colleagues, let cooler, more rational heads prevail. let us unite as republicans to elect the next speaker of the house. unlike democrats, nearly every republican at least campaigns on some form of smaller, more accountable government. once we get here, the bipartisan consensus keeps growing a bigger, less accountable government. the american people know that the status quo is broken, that we become less free, less safe and more burdened by debt, the american people are sick and tired of it. and they keep sending us reinforcements, reinforcements that to

on the other side are lauren boebert, matt gaetz, machine, those voting for donald trump or kevin hern, they seem to be trying to convey two things, that they are really committed to not ever voting for kevin mccarthy and i think by nominating hern trying to open the door to somebody who might be more acceptable to the party then byron donald has been, hern lisa largest caucus within the republican party, the republican study group and they're trying to throw open the doors and invite more dissenters over and see if they can get any momentum behind somebody else who isn't kevin mccarthy. so a divergence in the strategy opposed to mccarthy and mccarthy is trying to play along game largely off the floor with his lieutenants doing a lot of the talking on his behalf. >> once he has given away the one-vote threshold, what was left and if you give that away and you still don't get any votes out of it, what is the point? >> is a fair question, what's left depends on which one of these holdout numbers you ask, some of them want to be on the rules committee, some want to see the freedom caucus

why would other conservatives like thomas massy, jim banks, kevin hern and others support kevin mccarthyeaker of the house. you know, something in our nature as humans causes us to dehumanize others when we engage in conflict. dehumanizing others makes it easier to ascribe bad motives and engage in the fight but also makes it harder to understand one another. as actions push further disagreement, arguments tend to escalate rather than resolve. we are on the edge of a destructive argument today. i plead with all -- all of my republican colleagues, let cooler more rational heads prevail. let us unite as republicans to elect the next speaker of the house. unlike democrats, nearly every republican at least campaigns on some form of smaller, more accountable government. once we get here the bipartisan consensus keeps growing a bigger, less accountable government. the american people know that the status quo is broken, that we become less free, less safe and more burdened by debt. the american people are sick and tired of it. and they keep sending us reinforcements. reinforcements that today h

elizabeth: that's groaning about kevin hern, was get back to this what was going on under the speakership of nancy pelosi we heard it from her democrat sources on the hill, it was abnormal, nancy pelosi bully democrats fled to the senate, threatened them with docketing the appropriations for their districts, threatened with losing their committee seats, threatening them with docketing campaign funding, matt dale tweeted more discussion in debate in the last two years under nancy pelosi that's major dysfunction. >> it absolutely is under the iron fist the reason that congress has to pass a massive omnibus, they could never hope to pass 12 orderly appropriation bills to fund the government they cannot do the under the iron fist, democrats and the wacko lunatic left-wing people on cable news love to talk about the importance of democracy and how democracy dies in darkness, this is democracy a little awkward, it's entertaining but also for a faint of heart it's a little bit nasty at times, this is what democracy looks like and allowing a free and open debate is a very good thing. i do think p

pick up new support though they have introduced two new names into the mix, oklahoma congressman kevin hern and donald trump, the twice impeached former president of the united states. today congressman matt gaetz officially nominated donald j. trump to be speaker of the house which he can technically do because he does not have to be a mel of congress. after being nominated trump who endorsed kevin mccarthy managed to only get one vote for matt gaetz himself. that did not stop trump from posting this picture on his truth social account because, of course, he did. this chaotic week has already eaten up nearly 3% of the days that members of the house were supposed to be in session this year. amid all the chaos and confusion there might be the first signs of an actual deal. sort of. maybe. negotiation, between the pro-kevin and anti-kevin are looking at a deal. it surprises key concessions from kevin mccarthy including allowing any one member to call a vote to oust the speaker giving the freedom caucus key posts on the rules committee which would make them gatekeepers for all legislation head

>>en kevin hern is there today. he is expected to be gone this weekend. this is going to be a fluid situation. keep in mind a narrowly divided house, week in and week out, i have been in some of these negotiations. i have talked for hours to chip roy, scott perry, michael cloud, some of these people that you see have worked to get to yes, this is not been an easy or a quick process, but slow and steady is winning this race. kevin mccarthy is going to get there, not on this ballot, but he's going to get there. >> take us inside those negotiations of the folk who is have flipped today, what was it that helped them turn the corner? >> there was a journey of us building trust. some people think it was just a rule change. they just turned the knob on motion to vacate and the tumblers fall into place that's not the case. we have a huge diversity of views within this republican conference. a large number of freshmen, people not worked together before. so we were kind of trying to bill the airplane while flying it. that hasn't been easy. folks have told us it doe

look how many people have already put their [ bleep ] in kevin hern. >> bill o'reilly debating what mattersep ]ing your [ bleep ] for real tonight. a lot of [ bleep ]s, a lot of [ bleep ]s. >> which has nothing to do with anything. except that my [ bleep ] shrunk, which has nothing to do with anything my age. >> what are you going to do for you this year? >> that's such a good question. i recently got [ bleep ]ed. >> congratulations. >> what are you doing? 10 seconds to tell us, good luck. >> [ bleep ]ing hard. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we've got a fun show for you tonight. ali wentworth is here. we have music from molly tuttle. and we'll be right back with joel mchale. what if a mouse could change the world? if elephants could fly. if a princess could look like me. if stories... ...could come to life. if i could watch heroes save the day... ...and become a hero myself. what if there could be a huge party... ...with my friend mickey? here is where 100 years of disney dreams come to life at the disneyland resort. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, there, welcome back. tonight, f

oklahoma congressman kevin hern. and donald trump.e twice impeached former president of the united states. today congressman matt gates officially nominated donald john trump to be the speaker of the house. which he can technically do. but the speaker of the house does not actually have to be a member of congress. after being nominated trump who has endorsed kevin mccarthy managed to get only one vote for matt himself. that didn't stop trump from posting this photoshopped image of himself in the speaker see, on his truth social account. because of course he did. the chaotic week has eaten up nearly 3% of the days and members of the house were supposed to be in session. but amid all the chaos, the confusion, there might be the first signs of an actual deal. sort of. maybe. and d. c. news reports of negotiations between pro cabin and anti kevin factions of the gop are approaching a deal to elect a speaker. according to punchbowl news, the deal includes, surprise, key concessions from kevin mccarthy including allowing anyone member to ca

remember he was the one that went on the floor and said he was running for kevin hern and if rosendale has been conconvinced to run for mg carthy, that's it, mccarthy wins. let's listen. it's coming up. >> mccarthy. rogers of kentucky, mccarthy. rose, mccarthy. rosendale, biggs. >> matt rosen dale voting for andy biggs. that means that there is only one option left for kevin mccarthy to win on this ballot and that is matt gaetz has to vote for him. there is no other math that works. >> and so there's the question of can you win? and if he gets matt gaetz votes and the other votes then there'll be the debate about how he's won and who you need to get to win and how much you gave them. i believe matt gaetz for all the other colorful things in his rÉsumÉ is among those who asked donald trump for a pardon after the events of two years ago today at the united states capitol and other efforts from election day through january 6th up to the biden inauguration to try to overturn the american democracy. >> let's go to erin burnett who has an interview with a key member of congress. >> all right

kevin hern, republican from oklahoma, seven. byron donalds 13, one voting present.ed you lowered the bar to 217 because there are 423 members responding by name. i talk about this being the math. this is the math. 432 members are voting for a candidate by name. you have one vacancy in the house. you have victoria spartz, republican from indiana voting present. so that does not count. now you have ken buck, republican of colorado who is absent. he has been absent the past couple votes here. he has a medical issue to deal with. he tells me will be back tomorrow night. 217 that probably hurts can kevin mccarthy because he doesn't have as many of his people there. a scenario would help him, other people dropping out it lowers the bar to 217. they with will continue to vote, and vote, and vote until they get a speaker. liz? elizabeth: chad pergram, thanks for your reporting. thanks for joining us tonight. joining us texas congresswoman-elect, beth van duyne, byron york, "the washington examiner." we're part of history. the longest vote looks like in 160 years. even trump

maybe it's someone like a kevin hern, who is the chairman of the republican study committee, who is actuallylanced budget that we want to see go to the floor. i don't know what these names are, but i'm sure you're going to see a lot of names beginning to emerge, because we are showing that we're willing to work to unify the republican party and get the right person. >> okay, sure. and maybe it's going to be me and kim kardashian and anyone else who can be out there. >> sure, will nominate you tomorrow. >> how long are you willing to wait? the american people nominated you. in >> as some my colleagues said, we could be here until the cherry blossom, ma'am. >> you've got the power, and every day that passes that you're not doing your job, voters are saying, hold on a second, i voted you in to get something done. so, when you talk about names coming up and evolving, give me a timeline. how long are you willing to wait for this evolution? >> well actually, i look at it and a very different way. i see it as congress not spending money they don't have. because every day that i've been in congress,

will we see lauren boebert again try to nominate kevin hern? let's watch. >> a republican majority under speaker kev, this broken congress will finally be fixed and we will return to regular order, and we will drag those senators kicking and screaming along with us every step of the way. [ cheers and applause ] >> we will return to regular order. we will get the backs of the american taxpayers. this is the people's house. let's get to work. madam clerk, i am proud to nominate kevin mccarthy to be the next speaker of the united states house of representatives and i yield back. [ applause ] >> for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to nominate a great leader, a unifier, not a divider, hakeem jeffries, for speaker of the united states house of representatives. [ applause ] >> the gentlewoman is recognized. >> we are on day four, the 13th vote, and house democrats continue to stand united with hakeem jeffries. with him and for him. because he is a uniter, not a divider, and a positive force of nature. two days

one-term congressman kevin hern of oklahoma and former president donald j. trump. yeah, you heard that right. on three separate ballots yesterday republican congressman matt gaetz voted for trump to be the next speaker. you know you don't have to be a member of the house in order to be speaker but trump only got the one vote. after the fifth new ballot ended with the same result as the previous four, house republicans narrowly won a vote last night to adjourn until noon today. on his way out he remained optimistic despite his losses. >> i felt very positive yesterday. i feel more positive today. i think we had really good discussions, i think it comes to a good point. >> did you close it, though? >> we'll see. . >> members for and against him spent much of the day yesterday behind closed doors in the office of tom emmer of minnesota even as the voting was happening on the house floor. that minnesota republican has voted for mccarthy during every speaker vote so far. sources close to the process tell nbc news they believe the members were close to a, quote, promisin

[applause] the honorable kevin hern of the state of oklahoma's received seven.lause] the honorable donald j trump of the state of florida has received one. [laughter] >> donald j trump, of the state of florida, a punchline today what was a very long, and in some ways grim lee funny day and our nation's history. david plouffe serves as -- presidential campaign. a senior adviser to president obama, he joins us now. i feel like the plaque that donald trump sort of tried to throw mccarthy under the bus, came out and endorsed him. then apparently >> -- was entered into domination and got one vote where he was last that. it feels like you had a new year for the political power the former president. i say it every week. there's some no reason to say. >> yeah, the expiration day clearly keeps slipping here in terms of his influence. listen, i worked on capitol hill for a long time you also learned that but those members care about is capitol hill. they're not focused on a presidential race. they're not focused on a former president. any former president's gonna have lim

kevin hern who's a republican vote for mccarthy he has a memorial service for his mother tomorrow night, and we're going to continue to have those things crop up. and i think republicans are going to be committed to making sure kevin mccarthy is elected at some point in the next two hours. i would note, anderson, for your viewers real life is going to continue to happen for house members over the course of the next two hours week in and week out. anytime anybody gets the sniffles that's going to impact the math on the house floor. >> congressman, you're a supporter of mccarthy. you're also pragmatic. you want to get stuff on capitol hill. you are not on an extreme i think it's fair to say. are you concerned at all about some of the things that have been conceded? obviously you said some of the rule changes make sense to you. do you you worry about even as a supporter of mccarthy about one person being able to bring a vote on whether or not he should no longer be speaker? >> you're right, i do view myself as a pragmatic conservative. and my colleagues do, too. i was elected as the chairm

calls for mayorkas' impeachment continue to grow with congressman kevin hern tweeting in part, quote:g to do his job. he must be removed, end quote. democrat congressman henry cuellar a frequent critic of the administration's border policies disagrees. >> i don't support the impeachment because i don't think it rises to a constitutional level of violation of high crimes and misdemeanors. now, saying that, do i disagree with some of the things that the secretary has done in the past? of course. >> bret, house speaker kevin mccarthy has said he wants to wait until december border numbers are released before making any decision on impeachment. and speaking of those numbers, cbp sources tell fox those december numbers are going to be the highest month ever recorded at the southern border with over 250 migrant encounters the last month. send it back to you. >> bret: striking. bill, thank you. tonight we update on the biden administration's to derestock the depleted oil reserve. the president's team is failing to meet its own goals and that raises questions about whether the nation's emerge

kevin hern's mother's died this week. this is daddy duty.my gomez brought his baby to the house floor. he's been bottle feeding and changing diapers in the backroom. democrats as well. what are the implications for mccarthy with these very realistic things? i've got a funeral, my mom died, my wife just had a baby and i'm sick. >> these are the kinds of things that you always deal with as running a legislature. the problem is, there usually aren't such high stakes. there isn't such a small, narrow majority. weekend sessions are rare because people have lives and they have things going on. and you always miss people. but the stakes aren't usually so high. look, i don't think kevin mccarthy wants people to go home for the weekend. his whole play here is pressure and keeping people here and wearing them out. and i think sending people home, letting them get refreshed and do whatever they want to do will only stretch this out longer. so i think it's actually in his incentive to keep people here. the problem is, if all the democrats are able to st