mr. mccarthy at mar-a-lago once again with mr. trump.s wasfter january the sixth right at the end of mr trump's time as president. since then the two have become allies with donald trump backing kevin mccarthy as speaker. donald trump supported him in an interview. he said, "kevin has worked very hard and he will -- he deserves a shot." >> it is going to be very painful and difficult. there can be a couple of ballots. the root of this comes with the disappointing performance in the midterm elections. historically speaking the republicans should have gotten anywhere from 230 to 245 seats. if you fought this hard to window seats as he is to win the speaker they may have gotten to that point. it is this narrow victory that is a huge problem for him and he is catching a lot of the blame for it. >> in the end unless they have a viable alternative, those blockingis path will have to give way because they -- there cannot be a house speaker indefinitely. >> it can last for some time. because these folks have made such a public frusttion abo oppo

mr. mccarthy's sins. the moats significant impact is that -- most signature impact is that he's continuing this destructive trend set by his party leader of tearing down our institutions. degrading the congress. and this new select committee he's establishing is going to simply just bring greater discredit on the congress. and that's our paramount concern is what he's doing to our institutions. in a bitter bargain to get the gavel, to get the speakership, he has slowly undermining each part of the work of this institution. that's certainly not in the bets interest of the country, which expect us to be working to make sure that we confront inflation. that we deal with the economic challenges. that we create an economy that works for everyone. this is what our focus should be on. not on what the lowest common denominator in the republican conference wants. mr. swalwell: you are seeing the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy's corrupt bargain. corrupt bargain with marjorie taylor greene, somebody who declared on j

mr. mccarthy sins. the most significant impact is that he is continuing this disruptive trend set by his party leader of tearing down our institutions, of degrading the congress and this new select committee that he is establishing is simply going to bring greater discredit to the congress. and that's our paramount concern in a better bargain to get the gavel, to get the speakership he has slowly undermined the hard work of this institution that's certainly not a good thing for the country which expects us to be working to make sure that we confront inflation and that we deal with the economic challenges that we have an created an economy that works for everyone. this is what our focus should be on, not on what the lowest common denominator of the party wants wants. >> you are seeing the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy's corrupt bargaining with marjorie taylor greene somebody who declared on january january 5 at the capitol that this is 1776 and cheered on the insurrectionist somebody who as we honored th

mr. mccarthy. first, he said that mr. mccarthy has earned the position.earn the position of speaker of the house if you can get the votes. mr. mccarthy doesn't have the votes today. he will not have the votes tomorrow. mr. gaetz: and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year. and so one must wonder, madam clerk, is this an exercise in vanity for someone who has done the math, taken the counts, and is putting this institution threw something that is avoidable? my colleague, mr. garcia, did not say this but many of my other republican colleagues have. they believe that mr. mccarthy has earned the position of speaker of the house because he raised half a billion dollars to get republicans elected. >> order. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. members are reminded not to engage in personalities against other members of the house. mr. gaetz: several believe that one earns the position of speaker by raising enormous sums of money, and there is no doubt that the individual that was nominated by mr. garcia is the lebron james of

mr. mccarthy. first, he said that mr. mccarthy has earned the position. you only earn the position of speaker of the house if you can get the votes. mr. mccarthy doesn't have the votes today. he will not have the votes tomorrow. mr. gaetz: and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year. and so one must wonder, madam clerk, is this an exercise in vanity for someone who has done the math, taken the counts, and is putting this institution threw something that is avoidable? my colleague, mr. garcia, did not say this but many of my other republican colleagues have. they believe that mr. mccarthy has earned the position of speaker of the house because he raised half a billion dollars to get republicans elected. >> order. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. members are reminded not to engage in personalities against other members of the house. mr. gaetz: several believe that one earns the position of speaker by raising enormous sums of money, and there is no doubt that the individual that was nominated by mr. garcia is the lebro

mr. mccarthy. first he said mr. mccarthy has earned the position. you only earn the position of speaker of the house if you can get the votes. mr. mccarthy doesn't have the votes today. he will not have the votes tomorrow, and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year. so one must wonder, madame clerk, is this an exercise in vanity for someone who has done the math, taken accounts, and is putting this institution through some things that absolutely is avoidable? [applause] my colleagues did not see many of my other republican colleagues have, they believe mr. mccarthy has earned the position of speaker of the house because he raised half a billion dollars to get republicans elected. >> order! order! [gavel bangs] speak of the gentleman not recognized. >> members are reminded not to engaged in personalities against other members of the house. >> several believe that one earns the position of speaker by raising enormous sums of money and there is no doubt that the individual that was nominated by mr. garcia is the lebron james of spe

it was always _ himself, mr mccarthy? i don't think so. it was always going _ himself, mr mccarthy? it was always going to - himself, mr mccarthy? i don't think so. it was always going to be - so. it was always going to be difficult as speaker envious majority and he recognised that and he knew he'd have to negotiate with folks on his left and on his right. did it take longer than he anticipated? of course. i've been around this town for almost 20 years and i've never seen margins this slim. i've not seen anyone better than this —— betterfor thisjob than this —— betterfor thisjob than kevin mccarthy, who has the respect of the left and right in the republican party. respect of the left and right in the republican party-— respect of the left and right in the republican party. however are we more likely _ republican party. however are we more likely to _ republican party. however are we more likely to see _ republican party. however are we more likely to see democrats - republican party. however are we more likely to see democrats and| more likely to see democrats and republicans work

mr. mccarthy. first, he said that mr. mccarthy has earned the position. you only earn the position of speaker of the house if you can get the votes. mr. mccarthy doesn't have the votes today. he will not have the votes tomorrow. mr. gaetz: and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year. and so one must wonder, madam clerk, is this an exercise in vanity for someone who has done the math, taken the counts, and is putting this institution threw something that is avoidable? my colleague, mr. garcia, did not say this but many of my other republican colleagues have. they believe that mr. mccarthy has earned the position of speaker of the house because he raised half a billion dollars to get republicans elected. >> order. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. members are reminded not to engage in personalities against other members of the house. mr. gaetz: several believe that one earns the position of speaker by raising enormous sums of money, and there is no doubt that the individual that was nominated by mr. garcia is the lebro

mr. mccarthy. first he said mr. mccarthy earned the position. you only earn the position of speaker of the house if you can get the votes. mr. mccarthy doesn't have the votes today. he will not have the votes tomorrow. he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year. so one must wonder, madam clerk, is this an exercise in vanity for someone who has done the math, taken the counts and is putting this institution through something that absolutely is avoidable? my colleague mr. garcia did not say this. many of my other republican colleagues have. they believe that mr. mccarthy earned the position of speaker of the house because he raised half a billion dollars to get republicans elected. >> you are not going to bring anyone -- >> order. >> the gentleman is not recognized. members are reminded not to engage in personalities against other members of the house. >> several believe that one earns the position of speaker by raising enormous sums of money. there's no doubt that the individual that was nominated by mr. garcia is the lebron jame

why mr mccarthy cannot get there. cess and understand why mr mccarthy cannot get there. in terms ofthe mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process _ mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we _ mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had _ mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had a _ mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had a roll - mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had a roll call - of the process we had a roll call earlier and it pretty quickly moved on to the vote itself. each member of the house of representatives needed to come forward and cast their ballot. three official candidates one on the democrat side into on the republican including mr mccarthy. little by little it became apparent that he would not get to this threshold number he was after of 218 votes. in the end he secured just 203, 19 republicans voted against him. how did you get to this point. of the past few days he has been doing everything in his power to try to s

the democrats say mr mccarthy has undermined his authority by giving too many concessions to the rightndent david willis gave us this assessment of mr mccarthy's first day. kevin mccarthy has passed the first test of his new role. he has got this rules package past the lower house in the last few hours, and that will govern basically the procedure of the 118th congress. it includes such arcane matters as decorum on the house floor and so on, but there have been some considerable concessions, as you just said, in order to get the speakership for mr mccarthy, and he has had to make concessions in regard to the rules package — those concessions include cuts in us defence spending, that could have implications for us aid for ukraine. also, some changes to matters such as the creation of a committee to look into the workings of the usjustice department, particularly in regard to its investigations of the former president donald trump. and there are also measures that will make it more difficult for mr mccarthy to hold onto his position as a speaker, enabling just one vote to get him thrown

in the meantime, mr mccarthy has— arsonists. in the meantime, mr mccarthy has made _ arsonists.ts. in the meantime, mr mccarthy has made a number. arsonists. in the meantime, mr| mccarthy has made a number of concessions already where he offered a number of concessions. how able would he be to fulfil the role as speaker with these self—imposed conditions? he speaker with these self-imposed conditions?— conditions? he would be rather weakened _ conditions? he would be rather weakened but _ conditions? he would be rather weakened but this _ conditions? he would be rather weakened but this speakership| weakened but this speakership is going to be a rather weak anyway merely because of the small margin that republicans will control the house chamber by. about four or five votes depending on vacancies at the moment. so it will be difficult to move a republican agenda and what we really may be seeing here is a preview of what the next two years will be like with a very small yet fractured majority for the republicans. it is a wider strategy at play here for the republicans regarding t

mr. mccarthy do? he went out to the media and came to other members of the conference and said, see, they just want jobs for themselves. that is not pure. selflessness. selflessness is not selling shares of yourself to the lobby corps and then doing their bidding at the expense of the american people. [ applause ] but there certainly is intent and it's an intent driven almost exclusively by personal ambition and that ambition is paralyzing the house now. madam clerk, at this time there is great trust in mr. jordan and that's why i am nominating him and there is insufficient trust in kevin mccarthy. there are some who have been objecting to mr. mccarthy who are working on perhaps changes to the rule, changes to circumstance that would convert the speakership from the great awesome powerful position it is now to more of a ceremonial position, almost akin to the speaker in the british house of commons, i refer to it previously as a straitjacket that some of us were trying to construct with better rules a

mr mccarthy has long cherished thisjob.t that he was basically owed it, after the amount of time that he has put in as a minority leader and so on. but there are a lot of people in the republican caucus who disagree with that. there are a lot of new pretenders to republicanism of the future. matt gaetz being one of them. these are people who backed donald trump and they are in many cases so—called election deniers, people who believe that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election was stolen and the subject of fog. and these are the sort of people who want to basically want to brush aside people like kevin mccarthy, who they see as being too mainstream —— the subject of fraud. being too mainstream -- the subject of fraud.— subject of fraud. just being too old style _ subject of fraud. just being | too old style republicanism. you are busy talking to us and you are not able to look at your computer. but we havejust seen from the reuters news agency in fact, now it has become, we all know now that matt gaetz has voted pres

and there are also measures that will make it more difficult for mr mccarthy to hold onto his positionhis authority going forward? i have to tell you that there are some here in congress, monika, who believe that all that wrangling, the turbulence that we saw over the last week in terms of getting mr mccarthy over the line, the votes he needed for the speakership, could prove small beer when compared to hanging on to the speakership in the months and weeks ahead. david willis. the last 24 hours have seen a whirlwind of prince harry appearing in high—profile interviews in the uk and in the us, in theory, to promote his new book. but some are seeing it as an opportunity for him to voice his concerns about the royal family, with many incendiary claims being made. the prince's memoir, spare, is out in the uk, us and canada on tuesday, but it's already out in some countries, including singapore. let's speak to the bbc�*s katie silver who's at a book shop in singapore. thank you very much forjoining me, what is it like where you are? is there much business? there is definitely some business.

mr. mccarthy, if it's not successful, they will look for the next able person who will agree with what mr. mccarthy would not agree with. once again, if mr. mccarthy does not make it, his political operations become inconsequential. what then becomes the same subject would be on mr. scalise. once again, this is a very interesting process to go through that makes our majority less able and adaptive to be onot only to get our work done but be powerful. every day, whoever is the speaker has to recheck with everybody on their vote. that's what's done in the senate in an organization where you may have 50 on one side and 50 of another. a large organization makes it way cumbersome and different. we will see. >> 435 is more difficult than 100. >> yes, sir. >> one of the questions that this house republican with whom i'm communicating is suggesting is that if steve scalise, who is the number two house republican, if his name was about to be nominated on the floor, this is a question i'm asking you now, is republican leader mccarthy's desire to not go forward with any more action tonight and to ad

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 house. all the while remaining faithful to that imperative to our preamble to the constitution to promote the general welfare. it's a difficult job. takes a special personality with deep affection for the house, robust courage, a sense of humor, and great amounts of humility and patience. i have watched kevin mccarthy for longer than my eight years serving in this chamber and i can say without hesitation that kevin has brought these foundational traits of leadership to bear for good of this institu

correspondent, david willis, and asked him what he made of the concessions made to finally get mr mccarthy to the speaker's post. he had no option, kevin mccarthy. he was boxed in. there were 20 members of his party, right wingers all, who were dead set on foiling his long—held ambition to become the new speaker of the house of representatives, so he had to give these concessions. he has conceded mightily, it would appear, including promising some of the rebels, key seats on key committees going forward in the next congressional session. you mentioned the reinstatement of the one—vote rule, by which a speaker can be dumped out of office. all these sorts of things, the hand of kevin mccarthy forced over this and as we now know, it took 15 votes and four deadlocked days before he actually managed to tie this down. this rule about any individual lawmaker being able to begin proceedings to remove the speaker, doesn't that leave him in hock to the hardliners on his side of the aisle as well as those who are maybe dissatisfied with his policies on the other side of the aisle? effectively there c

mr. mccarthy and this statement on the floor. america needs men and women of courage to do something new in congress so that congress can serve the american people. the lord said, behold i do a new thing. we need more byron donaldss. i know byron. he's not a prop. he's a man of personal conviction. he arrived at his convictions through authentic and genuine life experience. people ask me, what is the end game? how does this end? the answer to this question is that this is a dynamic process. all of the decisions on this floor result from the coming together of minds, one way or another. this is the people's business. we will resolve the people's business. and when we do, we will go to the mat for the american people. because we will be led by people of conviction. like the gentleman from florida. byron donalds. i yield back

mr. mccarthy is not asking you to endorse business as usual in the house. he's laid out a plan to renew the house of representatives and once again make it an institution that we can credibly look ourselves in the mirror and say, we are working in the people's house. for that and many other reasons, i nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to nominate hakeem jeffries as speaker of this house. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. >> madam clerk, make no mistake, there is no frustration on our side. we are focused on serving the american people. in order to do that, we have to unite behind a speaker. and democrats are united behind a speaker who prior tietzs putting -- prioritizes putting better paying jobs in industries of the future, growing up in a working class family he knows that a good paying job and a good education are key to economic mobility. he knows that to tackle the affordability crisis in this country, we need to

the possibility of mr mccarthy actually dropping out is what is being positive in some quarters.epared to do that in any circumstances, his supporters don't want him to, but the rebels on the other side say they won't vote for him in any circumstance either, so it is a very entrenched intractable situation at the moment. the white house columnist with the hill, niall stanage, told me more about why kevin mccarthy is not as popular as he'd hoped with some republicans. kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful because this group on the hard right do not trust him. they don't see kevin mccarthy is one of them. they are basically right about that. kevin mccarthy is someone who at least initially hailed from the more moderate establishment wing of the gop. the complication for him is the republican majority is so small that those hard right members have a lot of leverage and they can frustrate them and have frustrated them today from any realistic chance of becoming speaker. so could he drop out? from what we have heard from kevin mccarthy before is that is not something he is planning to

the possibility of mr mccarthy actually dropping out is what is being positive in some quarters.t prepared to do that in any circumstances, his supporters don't want him to come up at the rebels on the other side say they won't vote for him in any circumstance either, so it is a very entrenched intractable situation at the moment. yes, a tricky situation indeed. thank you for keeping us up—to—date on the latest on that story. we can talk about this more in fact with the white house colonists, niall stanage in washington. —— columnist. i don't know if you are able to pick up on what our correspondent prior was saying there talking to some of the main reasons kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful so far. what are you hearing about that? ~ . ., , so far. what are you hearing about that? . . , ., , so far. what are you hearing about that? . . , , that? kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful _ that? kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful because - that? kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful because this - that? kevin mccarthy has been l unsuccessful because this group that? kevin mccarthy h

mr. mccarthy: because it took this long we have learned how to govern. now we'll be able to get the job done. thank you all very much. see you later. host: kevin mccarthy speaking to reports for the statuary hall just off the house chamber there in the united states capitol. a few minutes left here to take your phone calls after we watch the 12th and 13th rounds of voting, it's going to a 14th round tonight. that expected to start at 10:00 p.m. eastern when the house reconvenes. john has been waiting in richland, washington. democrat. john. go ahead. your thoughts on what happened today on the house floor. caller: are you talking to don or john? host: are you in richland, washington? then i'm talking to you. caller: if you remember when jim jordan first nominated kevin mccarthy for the speakership earlier this week he hit the mail on the head. he hit the whole problem right up front. me and kevin mccarthy have been here for 16 years, ok. 16 years is too long to be in politics in this country. ok. you can't get nothing done if you're there for 16 years. al

mr. mccarthy come across the aisle and say to leader jeffries, what clearly you have the votes here, namingmr. jeffries. if they were smart, they would come across the island say you are prepared to lead. we will do what we can in our dysfunction to work with you. i don't think that's going to happen but that's what should happen. >> you been so generous with your time. i want to ask you about this tragic anniversary tomorrow of january 6th. the committee's work really culminated in the guts of their investigation coming out, a lot alecia and i were angry, every hour that new details dropped, not just of the knowledge of the corrupt plan to overturn the result of the election but the willingness of many of those republicans now in the majority, to participate in it. do you think that we will ever get to the bottom of their roles? >> i do. i commend the committee, as you know i was in impeachment manager, and i thought we had done very good work in the short period of time we had but what our committee did in 18 months time, with an extraordinary team of lawyers and staff and videographers,

it took awhile to get there but mr mccarthy got thejob took awhile to get there but mr mccarthy got thethe “ob he wanted in the with mccarthy got the “ob he wanted in the enth in the end. i would say be careful you _ in the end. i would say be careful you wish - in the end. i would say be careful you wish for. - in the end. i would say be careful you wish for. it - in the end. i would say be careful you wish for. it is| careful you wish for. it is unclear if he has a lot of power. taking 1a votes over four days are not getting end of the 15th vote and just caving to the right—wing extremists in the freedom party shows that it is that hard to become speaker what concessions you'll have to make to pass an actual budget of the united states of america. i5 states of america. is interesting _ states of america. is interesting because he sort of alluded, he was quite direct, said that donald trump was quite helpful and influential and so perhaps he might have to lean on him a few times when he is looking to pass those debates. how do democrats feel about those comments that he made? i about t

mr. mccarthy is facing. >> on friday, the house will vote on a speaker for the 12th time.hat will it take to get a resolution? >> well, it is very difficult. and even if mr. mccarthy somewhat make a concession and becomes a speaker, his tenure will be so difficult, maybe unseen in our lifetime. and even after he becomes speaker, he might resign within one year or so. and even this current process of choosing speaker of the house, he -- i don't know -- can really remain as a candidate or whether he is stepping down or not, or he is insisting to remain as a candidate and repeating this kind of votes as many times as he can. interestingly, senate is in recess until january 23rd. therefore, they have a little more time to play these kind of things and for those far-right wingers to appeal their presence and their actually opinions to their constituents and supporters. >> broadening this out now, how concerned should japan and other u.s. allies be about the situation? >> oh, we are looking at the situation very nervously because house members are very important to make american

mr. mccarthy made choices. we all make choices, frankly, but mr. mccarthy made choices. after january 6th, we saw him with great resolve say that the president bared responsibility. and within days turned on that 180 degrees and became complicit, said there was not responsibility. and then with the very rogue members who came to his conference, instead of reigning them in, instead of showing maturity and saying your anti-semitic remarks are unacceptable here, most recently, with mr. santos, about to be sworn in, silence from mr. mccarthy. turn after turn after turn. so i will speak for myself in saying, and my own personal interactions, frankly, on legislation i have had on the floor, and the bullying strange interaction of this failed leader, i don't have respect for the credibility of his ability to lead. his ethos is lacking. can i just offer a very important stark contrast? i know the american people saw over the course of this week the extraordinary resolve in the democratic caucus. we're only four votes down. we have brought in new members, 34, 35 new members who a

mr. mccarthy is definitely closer. by negotiating in good faith, it turns a lot of power back over to members. it was the right thing to do. i think he's positioned to become the speaker of the house. >> neil: the reason why i ask congressman-elect, some of the rumors that some of your colleagues have passed along to me, i don't know how reliableablely, it would be one of those six that might not show up tonight. that could make the difference without, you know, making a firm commitment to kevin mccarthy himself and thereby improving the denominator of the math to make this happen. what do you think of that? >> i think that is less likely. i think one of the six will just have to be flipped to a mccarthy person. i think the chance of them not voting or not showing up just not realistic. >> neil: so you were among 14 that did make that switch. obviously you work very hard to get a lot of things that kevin mccarthy said including power of a single member to oust a speaker if it came to that. much more power for the conse

mr. mccarthy. bob was saying it's much harder to kind of bargain with a faction like that when they don't have kind of concrete policy asks that are achievable under divided government, that they don't necessarily have kind of lines they have drawn an city to give us of this, then we will vote for you. it really makes it hard for the party to get its feet under it and get started in the new congress. >> host: and kevin mccarthy given those concessions much like a concession to get them out of office if need be or least if the ticks off enough republicans to do so. >> guest: i think obviously these thresholds for them motion to vacate which is a motion that is available for members to try and remove aer speaker, like tht threshold is important but i think what the fight over the threshold tells us is even if mccarthy ultimately is elected speaker, whether it's with five votes threshold for offering a motion to vacate or whether obeah single-member can offer a motion to vacate, that tells us a lotot

there is one group that says they will never vote for mr mccarthy for speaker. ese are conservatives from around the country, and many of them say frankly, that they have trust issues. they don't believe that kevin mccarthy is conservative or tough enough when itomes to negotiating. now there is a second group. and by the way, mr mccarthy needs at least one of those five to change their mind and vote with him to guarantee the speakership. but there are somewhere between seven. maybe a dozen more republicans who say maybe i can vote for a speaker mccarthy, but he has to change significantly on the rules of how things operate. they want more power for individual members of the house. this speaks to the nature of the house itself, and they include some new members, incoming members like representative anna luna of florida, here's what she had to say on steve bannon's podcast a couple days ago. i >> i think right now, a lot of people are not happy about the options. i've gotten a lot of emails from people telling me that they don't want me to vote for kevin mccarthy

mr. mccarthy. i said please don't look at us and see us as your friend or all of us as friends, but colleagues. don't look at us and see us as individuals that are votes for speaker of the house. look at us as individuals that are looking out to our communities, our neighborhoods, our friends, our neighbors and our country, and telling them that we vouch for you, because that is what we are doing. we are vouching for you. and i couldn't be more proud than to stand here today and vouch for you, my friend. i vouched to my community that kevin will do as he has promised, he will give us the opportunity to right the course. he will give us the opportunity to vote and can't control how every individual votes but give us the opportunity that we have smart energy policy between the atlantic and pacific that makes sense to americans, he protects borders, protects americans and don't spend that we don't have on a credit card. we are vouching that he will give us that opportunity to make sure we don't have e

mr. mccarthy and this statement on the floor. america needs men and women of courage to do something new in congress so that congress can serve the american people. the lord said, behold i do a new thing. we need more byron donaldss. i know byron. he's not a prop. he's a man of personal conviction. he arrived at his convictions through authentic and genuine life experience. people ask me, what is the end game? how does this end? the answer to this question is that this is a dynamic process. all of the decisions on this floor result from the coming together of minds, one way or another. this is the people's business. we will resolve the people's business. and when we do, we will go to the mat for the american people. because we will be led by people of conviction. like the gentleman from florida. byron donalds. i yield back. the clerk of the house: the reading clerk will call the roll. the clerk: adams. jeffries. aderholt. mccarthy. aguilar. jeffries. alford. mccarthy. allen. mccarthy. allred. jeffries. amodei. mccarthy. armstrong

president biden congratulated mr mccarthy on his win and said he looked forward to co—operating withgary o'donoghue, reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? i never thought we'd get up here. after multiple concessions, days of arm—twisting, and some tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him. though it did take phone calls direct to the house floor from the former president donald trump to persuade some recalcitrant republicans. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don't think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there. he was all in. but kevin mccarthy has paid a price for his victory. he's had to agr

mr. mccarthy's hands because we know for whom he will use it and it is unlikely to be in the interests of the american people. what you hear is also today that washington is celebrating the second anniversary of the storming of the capitol on january 6. did this affect the work of the congress today? actually, today's work actually began with speeches that called for respect for the police officers of the capitol for their work especially for their courage on this day two years ago so uh for such a call made both republicans and democrats all stood applauding aside that yesterday individual police officers who were present during this assault, as well as veterans of the american army, met at the capitol to make an appeal to american legislators and call on them to publicly condemn this act so that it does not happen again, the whole day became a wake-up call and a warning to me and to many others that political violence the worst thing has become a reality that our elected leaders have allowed this to happen and yet this week the people who encouraged and even participated in the uprising

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mr. mccarthy? >> you've been doing this for two months, why would it not be sorted out before generator. >> mr. mccarthy, do plan to go to conference? >> the last part, we try to soar it up for generators. i asked them about why did you not resolve this before, because they had a difficult time doing it. difficult time closing out a deal now because even, laura, if they do get some republicans to back this deal that they're trying to cut to give essentially the rank and file members, the far-right members, more leverage over the speakership, giving more sway over the legislative process, that does not mean that they will get all those hold out the gift of mccarthy to entertain footsie needs. you will have to negotiate further with some others other holdouts with other concerns, which is why the expectation is that it will be difficult to get to that point. tomorrow, we'll see if they get their next week or if at all. >> difficult is generous. it feels like in many respects, every parent knows, if y

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 house. all the while remaining faithful to that imperative to our preamble to the constitution to promote the general welfare. it's a difficult job. takes a special personality with deep affection for the house, robust courage, a sense of humor, and great amounts of humility and patience. i have watched kevin mccarthy for longer than my eight years serving in this chamber and i can say without hesitation that kevin has brought these foundational traits of leadership to bear for good of this institu

mr. mccarthy's sins.he most significant impact is that he is continuing this destructive trend set by his party leader of caring down our institutions, of the grading the congress. you know, this new select committee that he is establishing is going to simply just bring greater discredit on congress. and that's our paramount concern is what he's doing to our institutions. in a bitter bargain to get the gavel, to get the speakership, he is slowly undermining each part of the work of this institution, and that's certainly not in the best interest of the country which expects us to be working to make sure that we confront inflation, that would deal with the economic challenges that we have, that we create an economy that works for everyone. this is what our focus should be on, not on what the lowest common denominator in the republican conference wants. >> i would just add, you are seeing now the fulfillment of kevin mccarthy's corrupt bargain, corrupt bargain with marjorie taylor green, somebody who declare

mr. mccarthy, we would be removed from committees. position is that it kevin mccarthy a speaker of the house and we don't have an ability to ensure there is -- behind the agenda and energy behind our oversight that committees don't mean that much anyway. i am not here to pass bills, send them to the senate, watch them die, and don't hold the biden administration accountable. where it's just a to be oversight. we can do better than that and that is our purpose today. reporter: are there not enough votes -- how many people? >> you will see very shortly. unless something changes, if you vote for somebody else on the first ballot and nothing changes on the second or third, what is going to compel you to change? >> we just outlined some of the things? this meeting was not about trying to inform people about what it takes to get to 218. this was about a beat down and the simulated unity in the room which really doesn't exist. reporter: is that what he was trying to do in this meeting? >> when you are threatened with being kicked off your com

mr. mccarthy. jackie: that's an excellent point. we are just genting started this morning.i speak with pennsylvania congressman-elect scott perry on the chaos in washington as the gop looks to solidify a house speaker. then, more twitter files dropping showing how deep the fbi had its hooks into twitter and its content moderation. plus, o a rough start to 2023 fr the markets, futures rebounding as we wait for you clues from e ffed. don't miss a moment of it. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪ ♪ acoustic soul music throughout ♪ ♪ acoustic soul music throughout ♪ ♪ acoustic soul music throughout ♪ ♪ acoustic soul music throughout ♪ why are 93% of sleep number sleepers satisfied with their bed? maybe it's because you can adjust your comfort and firmness on either side. your sleep number setting. to help relieve pressure points and keep you both comfortable all night. the queen sleep number 360 c2 smart bed is only $899 - save $200. ends monday new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a

mr. mccarthy understands when he is in or out. and his supporters understand, like me, whether we're in or whether we're out. because we as a group want to address these problems for the american people. >> congressman, what would make you be out, so to speak? i mean, you've got the number 19 was the initial of the first and the second round. of course, it did go up, in the wrong direction if you are hopeful to be speaker, up to 20. and one would think that as the time goes on, there might be others who say, you know what, it's not going to happen, i'm not seeing the resolution, so i might want to jump ship as well. given that, are you concerned that this might be a trend in the direction away from getting to that number for mccarthy? >> i will tell you, there is hardball being played on both sides. there are conversations, there is pressure on people, there's outside pressure, my phone blows up, other phones, people are receiving the same calls. but we have to get to what are people after. what are these 19, what are they willing

mr. mccarthy's lead.h has been said by our friends on the other side of the aisle, the so-called popcorn caucus, if you will. over the past few days, about 1923, and then a robust discussion here among house republicans, as who will be the next speaker of the house. back in 1923, the uncertainty of republicans then was from the center-left of the republican party. today it's from the center-right, but there's more to the story in that fight 100 years ago. i want to remind of of that history. when fred gilgillett, it was a conference that had go to work with. coolidge, cut government spending, balance the budget, cut taxes, while paying down the debt. house republicans 100 years ago unleashed a pro-growth agenda. house republicans, under speaker kevin mccarthy, will unleash a pro-growth agenda to get this economy moving. [ applause ] the mccarthy pro-growth agenda will benefit families today. a century later, mark my words -- this party will come together to unleash american energy, make the trump tax cuts

mr. mccarthy potentially wins that speakership. some sources have said that maybe after he was the speakership there could be some direction. something, some steps taken to hold mr. santos accountable. mr. santos says he will be sworn in. he plans to join this congress. meanwhile, there is a nasa county district attorney launching an investigation, calls for other democrats and others. the incentive for mr. mccarthy, republican leadership right now to act out is very low. i expect we don't see anything on that until well after the speakership i was settled. >> our thanks to our producer there at the capitol with you. -- a big congratulations as you take over the news our anchor deaths tomorrow with our good friend jeff bennett. you're gonna have a lot of fun, i can tell. we will be watching. >> thank you so much. >> coming up next hour also will be joined by robert zimmerman, the democrat who lost to congressman elect santos. to talk about his push for a congressional probe into santos's lies. there's some surprising news coming out

mr. mccarthy and his team.mportant to remember that now we see a question mark hover over the house republican conference. is the issue of, do they change the rules or do they change the man they are nominating, or woman, for speaker? i thinthat question is more up for grabs than it was this morning. geoff: looking beyond the political tug-of-war, what does all of this turmoil mean for the country and what does it mean for the lower chambers ability to legislate and govern? lisa: this is the important question, people need to understand that while this is a lot of political tug-of-war, and the slow-moving, intense drama in the house, it does have incredible impact on how government can operate. the fact that house republicans taking over the house cannot figure out their leadership does not bode well for potential fiscal crises ahead, including the need to raise the debt ceiling and a couple of months, and also the appropriations lls coming down the pike. all of this could change, but right now you don't see a