what does this mean to the republicans party parties ability to, to run the house and, and carry out it? it's, it's cool functions. well, the republican party house can't run. i mean, let's just be very honest here that what you have because of this division between a majority of republicans who, you know, maybe conservative actually want to, you know, government to function and this minorities that are trying to tear it all down. nothing gets done as your correspondent noted. you can't even swear in 135 representatives until the speaker his name. what does it mean for the republican party beyond that? well, that's a big question. it's a big question. for example, for the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, who will appear today alongside the democratic president, joe biden, as they announce a spending package for mcdonald's home state of kentucky. it is a challenge for republicans outside of washington. how long do you want to listen to attack media to listen to attack social media, to carry out fake investigations without supposed deep state plot against donald trump? how lon

this is something intrinsic within the republican party or house republicans. >> two things in play. would say is that matt gaetz from florida and a number of these other folks are firmly in the trump wing that as we have seen with the senate, the house of representatives, a lot of these trump voters did not get across the finish line that president trump and these republicans wanted to get across the finish line so question remains what is the heart and soul of the republican party? and that i don't think at this juncture on january 3 we have any idea. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> lovely to see you. >> let's go to jerusalem now where a far right israeli minister in the new government has visited a contested holy site. a move condemned by palestinians as an unprecedented provocation. the compound that houses the mosque is a site that is sacred to the muslims and jews. the national security minister toward the area with heavy security. muslim -- only muslim worshipers can pray here but the minister tweeted that temple mount was open to all. saudi arabia and the ua you have

republican party. how do you communicate what to do now to the members of the republican caucus? what do you say to them so everybody gets on board and so the business of the house of representatives, which will not at all begin until this particular matter is settled. what do you say to them to say, come on, guys, we got to get this show on the road. >> yeah, well, the rnc is removed from that operation. this happens in the capitol and what we see is senate republicans are communicating a different message today than house republicans. minority leader mcconnell will be with joe biden tomorrow in kentucky as republicans clearly in the house are having troubles uniting. i think brendan highlighted a good point here. it may be that some of these members don't want to deal at all and we've seen mccarthy make concession after concession, which has worried me about maybe these are too many and agreeing with point after point with these rebels if you want to call them that, not getting anywhere. what we don't know yet and we'll see in subsequent ballots, are they able to get a deal or is this a nothing is ever good enough caucus and we see this battle with house moder

their promises exactly, but for a party that's only a few weeks in power, like the republican party in the u.s. house of representatives, do a 180° turn on one of the most critical issues in american life reeks of being thrown the middle finger in your face by the new chairman of the foreign affairs committee. michael mccall, in an interview with sen, said that any republican who opposes sending billions of dollars to ukraine should be educated on this topic. many of the members of congress. your fellow party members, the republicans want to stop giving money to ukraine ukraine should be worried that the united states will stop giving it money. of course not. no i think we have enough bipartisan majority support, republicans and democrats support that we should educate our fellow party members on this issue. i think they just don't quite. what's at stake? before the november elections, this same michael mccall said that we need to audit all these billions that we send zelensky to his wife, because we have no idea where this money went. and now he's just saying no, the only one who should care. it is

this is now on full display for the entire world to see, the republican party, house republicans arepetent, not serious about governing and we see that in the first order. the next speaker of the house is not something that they can accomplish. >> i mean, it's not really fair to say that all of them are not serious or interested in governing. there are radicals in any party. there's radicals on the left who didn't want nancy pelosi speaker and there was a lot of back and forth. >> guess what, nancy pelosi became speaker. time and time again in consecutive conditions question for all the oourd logical diversity people point to within the democratic party, folks come together and elect a leader. they can continue to disagree. lord knows, there's been plenty between nancy pelosi and individual members of the house democratic congress. >> as someone who's been there what are they all doing? they're standing around talking. >> doing a quorom call right now. you have a red, green and yellow button. they're all pushing the yellow button which means present. voting to be present figuring out

now, we know it would take at least two days after the house unger and today at the end of the third vote for speaker. today, the republican party and house of representatives gave the country a full demonstration of what republican governance looks like and will look like in republican leader who cannot lead and cannot win the votes of his own party because he is being blocked by 20 republicans. 20 republicans. that's 10% of republicans a house of representatives. they are blocking anything happening in the house of representatives because they are insisting on voting for another republican who cannot win the speakership. republican gridlock created by republicans, against republicans, in the house of representatives. kevin mccarthy proved today that he is the weakest candidate for speaker of the house by a majority party in 100 years. and by the third vote today, he got even weaker when the republican opposition grew from 19 to 20. >> total number of votes cast is 434. of which the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. the

kind of a preview of some really very complicated to yours, not only in the house of representatives, but for the republican party overall. the big question will be, how much power do these like 20 or so hard core are right wing republicans have over this very fractions party specially with the house which they own only by such a small margin and a, it's also important to understand that there are republican, a centrist, and they're really growing increasingly frustrated, frustrating, or mccarthy and others are willing to bend the need to this small majority. so the question here really is, will that more centrist republican, be willing to co operate a little closer with the democrats to kind of save the soul of the republican party? or will they not? so this is something we will have to watch very closely over the next months on interesting day there will turn into an interesting night in washington and of course in as well keep us updated for the rest of the day on this. thank you very much. in the school but francis has presided over the funeral of his predecessor, pope benedict tens of thousands gathered in s

house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal they're not giving up without a fight. republican lauren boebert is here to explain her beef with kevin mccarthy. and as the house is divided in washington, a rare moment of bipartisanship in kentucky. what the next two years of a split government may look like as the 11th hour gets underway on this very important wednesday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with the deadlock on capitol hill, as republicans struggle to elect a house speaker. just hours ago, lawmakers voted by a narrow majority to adjourn to until tomorrow at noon. earlier today, a second round of votes failed to give kevin mccarthy the speaker's gavel. he has now lost six separate votes in a row. tonight, mccarthy, his backers, and his opponents met to try to hammer out an agreement. >> the discussions are going well and will continue. but that does not mean they're done. it does not mean anything like that. but it's just over. >> so, what happens between now and noon tomorrow? >> we just keep talking, that i

republican party going all over the place. the possibility that if the extreme right of the republican party in the house doesn't like one thing that kevin mccarthy, if he's the speaker, does, or whoever else the speaker, there's gonna be a trap door. >> we have never seen [laughter] any moment! you've never something like that in american seen something like that in american history. history. >> pure chaos. the end of the table tonight i name is marie. >> michael steele, ayman m2. thank you all for -- up next on the readout. you might think you know nelson mandela. the late south african icon. a new podcast revealed what he was like in his own words. the readout continues after this. this i'd like to thank our sponsor liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. contestants ready? go! only pay for what you need. jingle: liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. just look around. only pay for what you need. this digital age we're living in, it's pretty unbelievable. problem is, not everyone's fully living in it. nobody should have to take a class or fill out a medical form on public wifi with

the republicans have a narrow majority in the house, but mccarthy is facing opposition from hard line members within his own party. around 20 republicans are blocking mccarthy's bid for speaker most belong to a group known as the house freedom caucus, which is on the hard right of the republican party. many a supporters, a former president, donald trump, and believe mccarthy is not invested enough in parties and rivalries that have dominated the house. trump has urged fellow republicans to elect kevin mccarthy to lead the chamber, members of the house. freedom corker. say they want to level the playing field for the american people. they're demanding changes to rules that govern daily operations of the house, including giving junior members more influence on legislation. well, john henry jones, we live from capitol hill and john the houses now jens, any indication of what comes next? well, it's been a slow and stubbornly unchanging series of disappointments for would be speaker kevin mccarthy. after this 6 vote, which was inconclusive, the house adjourned until 8 o'clock later on this night. that's about 3 hours

looking at the republican party in the united states, particularly at the so—called sort of trump wing of the republican party. and let us not forget that, now, the republican party controls the houseower. are you, as foreign minister, worried about what that might mean for long term us military and economic support to kyiv? i think it will not diminish the bipartisan, the overall bipartisan support that ukraine enjoys in both democratic and republican camps. yes, there will be more voices coming from the republican party which may sound irritating or disturbing to some, but i'm sure that in the end, both democrats and republicans will remain united around the issue of ukraine. well, i don't know how you can be so sure. another senior republican, steve scalise, is saying, "obviously there is a deep concern that the money is going to places other than those intended." he's worried about corruption in your country and the misuse of us taxpayers�* money. these are real problems for you. these are exactly the voices that i mentioned, and there will be more of statements like this, but in the end, i'm sure that we will continue to enjoy the support across the board — i mean both democra

day that george anthony remains in the house of representatives, he double underlines the house republican party's relationship to lying. and what he shows is that line is a comfortable two way street for house republicans. yes a lot of their voters for 2020 presidential election. the republicans of always like to voters about tax cuts for the rich. actually, it somehow increases revenue to the treasury. in fact, that dramatically cuts the revenue to the treasury as it has overtime. it's creating huge deficits. creates national debt as tap cuts have every time. many of you could spend the next several minutes rattling off lies house republicans have told, without even including the dangerous qanon madness. but the less emphasized part of the republican lie, that house republicans are fully accepting of lies told to them. thank mineralize. most of the house republicans knew that everything donald trump and rudy giuliani said about that election was a lie. but they wanted to be lied to. george santos lying to them is something that republicans in the house except every day from donald trump. and oth

this after days of tension, most of which was caught on camera in the house chamber, especially amongst those within the republican partyith a new house speaker congress can officially get to work. but as joe khaleel reports, the delay decision about a house speaker may have done more harm than good. >> we have to focus on the economy, got focused, make our border secure. >> is so much work to do. not that the drama of electing a speaker of the house is behind us. >> and the name mccarthy officially hangs over the office. >> the question americans are asking what's next. so they want a republican party. republican has its act together. >> we need to show that in the next few days that we have our act together. congress will soon be on to the business of legislating. but the prolonged fight around the speaker's election raises questions is this republican led house capable of governing a concern, even some republicans themselves like dusty johnson share when you've got a 5 seat margin. not easy. it took 15 rounds of voting for the party to unite this time. and last minute, fireworks during which members literally had to

members of the house of representatives for the eleventh time were unable to elect speakers, voting will continue and today after the elections in november in the us congress republican partygained control of the lower house , it was assumed that the leader of the republicans would become its speaker. kevin mccarthy however, so far he has not been able to get the required 218 votes. two belarusians were detained by a home-made drone on the belarusian lithuanian border on the eve of morgon border guards who discovered the drones and escorted him to the landing site in the raskutyany settlements. a car with two citizens was also found there. belarus detainee told what they wanted to practice controlling the copter. however, they did not explain. why did they drop a border strip for this, now each of them will face a large fine of up to 50 basic units of 1,850 belarusian rubles. the orthodox is preparing to meet one of the most important and bright holidays of the church calendar. christmas for believers is christmas eve, the name of which comes from the word sochivo, this is a lenten sweet. kasha, exactly. it is customary to put this dish on the pre-holiday table and try it

believed that after the republican took the how a spec in november that he was guaranteed to become the next speaker of the house. it also shows how divided the republican party is. you just mentioned it yourself. gerhard, even as former president, donald trump asked the freedom caucus members to support mccarthy that they don't even follow him anymore. the republican party is split and very, very many kind of singular, sometimes one person or interest groups. and it will be very, very difficult, not only for the speaker of the house, but for the whole republican party to come together again. thank you very much. our sna corresponded in is pull them outside china health experts are concerned about how quickly a new coven variant is spreading b on the chron sub variant x a b b point one. point 5 is currently spreading rapidly in the u. s. official data last week showed it accounted for over 40 percent of cases that scientists say it is the most contagious version of coven 19. yet the world health organization says it has been detected in 28 other countries, mainly in europe. the sub variant was 1st discovered in october an earlier i spoke to dr. dp good a zoni

republican parties. the local republican party, which has heard directly from the voters, has called on santos to resign. whereas, the national republican party, particularly house, has been conspicuously silent about the fraudulence of george santos. elise stefani, who's the head of the republican conference, not only enthusiastically endorsed the fund-raise for george santos in the tune of $100, 000, and ever since the scandal has become publicly known, at least a fonda cat has said nothing about the fraudulence of george santos. not so much as an apology to the voters. so, as far as i'm concerned, the republican party is complicit in the fraud that santos has perpetrated and the voters of new york state. >> our thanks to your congressman, richie torres. we appreciate your time today, congressman. thank you. coming up, severe weather wreaks havoc in the south and out west. california, though, hit the hardest with more than a dozen killed. massive power outages and damage estimates into the billions. we will have a live report with the latest, next. have a live report wit the latest, next the latest, next i'd like to thank our sponsor liberty mutual. they custo

decision to be made now in terms of the future for the republican party because this sort of impasse we are seeing about who will be the speaker of the houseo concentrate everyone�*s minds within the republican party about its future, isn't it? i think that's right, i think that's what is happening. the outcome he was still very uncertain. i would outcome he was still very uncertain. iwould not outcome he was still very uncertain. i would not say that likely kevin mccarthy emerges as speaker of the house. i could be wrong, i don't have a lot of certainty in that statement but i would say that it's likely. i think for the far right, for these 20 members holding out, they are incentivised by political conditions in our country, specifically that they are in safe districts. they don't face a challenge typically from within the party and their districts and they certainly don't face a challenge from the democratic party and the district so further right or far right districts, and because of that, they are incentivised to carry on like this, they are not expected to govern, they are rewarded by being obstructionist or tearing down what i would

house of representatives. and the people spoke back on november 8 and gave the majority by some three or four million votes to the republican party. it's not the white house, it's not the senate. it's the people's house that reflects where the american people are and they trusted us on this side of the aisle with the leadership of this house. and we have a window of opportunity to validate that trust, to do whatever we can to save the republic. to earn them giving us the senate and the white house and this house back in 2024. we have got to have a leader who not only has true conservative convictions that reflect the majority of republicans who sent us here, but yet a courageous leader. it doesn't matter what you believe, by the way, unless you're willing to take risk to yourself personally to fight for it. we need a leader who has proven to do that very thing. we have an opportunity to make history, we will live with the decision on this side of the aisle for the next two years. we will answer for how we voted. and i know how people in your respective districts, like mine, madam chair, all of the respective districts, how they'r

if you don't believe me, just ask liz cheney who was exiled from the house republican party for daringuse republicans like nancy mace can try to look moderate and reasonable by calling out gaetz as she did on a sunday show this morning. the reality is the house republican caucus as a whole is extremist, is conspiratorial, is far right wing. it's in hawk to one donald trump. some of them just do a better job of hiding it. coming up at the top of the hour with ayman mohyeldin, congressman dan goldman from new york will be here to talk about donald trump's current relationship with the republican party. that's tonight at nine eastern right here on msnbc. back in a moment. amen and i will take on some of that chaos in result and talk about americas and the republican party's responsibility for it. power e*trade's easy-to-use tools like dynamic charting and risk-reward analysis help make trading feel effortless and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market with powerful, easy-to-use tools power e*trade makes complex trading easier reac

party members. why there is no agreement among the republican comrades, and alexey found out what this threatens veselovsky having received a majority in the housees in the elections, the republican party hoped to immediately launch an attack on the democrats and their initiatives, but it was not even there to really work . in the state. california kevin mccarthy, he led the republican minority in the house of representatives for several years. and now that the party has won the most seats counted to lead the entire chamber, they say the day before, according to the order on the map, the workers even began to deliver his personal belongings to the speaker's office. he was so sure of victory, but he needed to gain votes. so far, he has not succeeded. i was the leader of the republicans for 4 years when i led the party in the lower house. we had less than 200 seats. we now have the majority that the american people have entrusted to us. yes, there are times when you have to argue with members of your own party if they only want to win the right positions for themselves. for the good of the country, so what awaits us a battle in the house of repres

there's a reason why every single chairman that was appointed by the republican party in the house is white. every single one. >> uh-huh. they made that real clear because we thought byron donalds was going to be their speaker, but he didn't get a gavel. but thank you very much for being here. we appreciate you. thank you both very much. >>> up next, five former memphis police officers are now in custody for murder, on murder charges in the brutal beating death of tyre nichols. we're back after this. ♪ ♪ this... is a glimpse into the no-too-distant future of lincoln. ♪ ♪ it's what sanctuary could look like... feel like... sound like... even smell like. more on that soon. ♪ ♪ the best part? the prequel is pretty sweet too. ♪ ♪ ♪ this feels so right... ♪ adt systems now feature google products like the nest cam with floodlight, with intelligent alerts when a person or familiar face is detected. sam. sophie's not here tonight. so you have a home with no worries. brought to you by adt. people remember ads with a catchy song. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home

very few of these people in the same portion of the republican party sitting in that house will assert that the president of the united states or the congress in which they served was legally elected. i mean, just think about that. that's how far they've moved where the normal line is. so the crazies are over here. and when you do that, we used to say this in politics all the time, you only stand for election, you don't stand for anything. and the reason they can't unify these people is they have no unifying governing principle. they don't stand for anything except power. so you can't get up there and make a plea like this is really going to hurt our dedication to smaller government. they don't believe in smaller government. this is really going to reduce freedom to -- half these people support putin. so when the party is just collapsed, and this is all playing itself out, and if anybody thinks this party is worth saving, this is just proof that it's a fantasy. >> again, it's the zombie analogy, right? at a certain point you have to lock the barn because everyone in there is a zombie.

party members. why did the republicans behave like swan cancer and pike, and what it threatens to find out aleksey veselovsky, having received a majority in the house of representatives of the congress of the republican party in the elections, expected to immediately launch an attack on the democrats and their initiatives, but there was no way to even really work. on the first day, they failed to choose a speaker. although the main contender for the role of speaker of the congressman voted three times, california led the republican minority in the house of representatives for several years and now, when the party won the majority of seats, they expected to lead the entire house at mccarthy's orders, workers even began to bring his personal belongings into the speaker's office. he was so sure of victory, but he still failed to get the necessary votes . yes, there are times when you have to argue with members of your own party, but i'm ready in the battle against mccarthy, the conservative right wing of the lower house republicans came out, which believes that the flesh of the washington establishment is carving at stake and with him the party will n

very narrow majorities like the republican party has right now in the house. it is really difficult to govern if you have like 51015 people who just don't want to follow any majority. so it just shows you how difficult it is in an era where there are many a politicians who are only are mainly concerned about kind of their own gold gold but not one to find compromises to really get something done and to really govern, be watching day w, washington bureau chief in his poll. thanks so much. or let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. russian president vladimir putin as ordered a unilateral 36 hour cease fire on the 20th front line. it would take place from the 6th to the 7th of january, to coincide with russian orthodox christmas. ukraine has dismissed russia's declaration as hypocrisy and propaganda. mexican security forces have cats of cartel leader, a video crew spun, the son of drug, lord walk in guzman, known as del chapo. the pre dawn operation, set of gun fights and road blocks across the western state of sinaloa to

but is it a humiliation more broadly for the republican party in the house? >> i'm starting to get the impression that maybe republicans are not good at governing stuff. i'm just getting a sneaking suspicion. >> well, mark mckinnon this mulling at that thought. -- i don't know, i see the smile. >> this was just a humiliating circus, i think axelrod referred to it as a goat rodeo. this is supposed to be one of the most majestic moments in the american process, where the people have voted for these representatives, you go, you pick a speaker, everyone gets worn, in your mom's, they're your dad's, there are cousins are there. and it's turned into a complete, and mitigate disaster because, unlike the democratic party, republicans cannot find a way to come together and lead. it turns out, having trump is no longer enough. trump is not enough. because there is a movement beyond trump now that does not look like even donald trump, let alone kevin mccarthy. meanwhile, hakeem jeffries has been able to unite the dam -- we've got radicals, we've got moderates. but the de

i was republican leader for 4 years when i led the party in the lower house.less than 200 seats. we now have the majority that the american people have entrusted to us. yes, there are times when you have to argue with members of your own party if they only want to win the right positions for themselves. not for the good of the country, so we have a battle in the house of representatives, but i'm ready for the battle against mccarthy, the conservative right wing of the lower house republicans came out, which believes that the flesh of the flesh of the washington establishment is at stake and the party will not be able to truly to resist the democrats in the congress of rebels is a little about twenty people, but it was precisely these votes on the map that were not enough before the victory , perhaps the right candidates for the speaker of the chamber are a person who does not really strive to become one. maybe this is the person who has not been promoting himself on every corner for the last 10 years, maybe jim jordan is just such a candidate, because he is no

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again, the first time in a century the party in power in the house, this time, the republicans, has been unable to select a speaker. now six rounds of votes and kevin mccarthy failing to get the votes he needs. now, at this hour, the house has now adjourned until later tonight. and the key question, are republicans now looking for other options? does kevin mccarthy still have a chance here? negotiations under way behind closed doors at this hour. and another big question, of course, even if he becomes speaker, how will mccarthy lead a fractured republican party in the house going forward? as you know, this is now day two, the new congress is there, ready to be sworn in, but no speaker. and congress is now at a standstill until republicans can figure this out. they've had many weeks since the midterm elections to seal the deal here, but now it's playing out before the american people. and where does it go from here? rachel scott leading us off on the hill tonight. >> excuse us! >> reporter: tonight, kevin mccarthy in the fight of his political life. losing six rounds of votes, but refusin

every day that george santos remains in the house of representatives he double underlines the house republicans party relationship to lying, and what he shows is that lying is a comfortable two way street for house republicans. yes, they lied to their voters about the 2020 presidential election. republicans have always lied to voters about tax cuts for the ridge. they actually somehow have increased revenue to the treasury, when in fact that dramatic -- it dramatically cuts the revenue to the treasury, as it has every time, creating huge deficits and increasing the national debt as tax cuts have every time. many of you could spend the next several minutes rattling of lives that house republicans have told without even including the dangerous qanon madness of marjorie taylor greene and stuff like that. but the less emphasized part of republican lying is that the house republicans are fully accepting of lies told to them that they know are allies. most of the house republicans who voted to overturn the last presidential election knew that everything donald trump and rudy giuliani said about the electio

i was the leader of the republicans for 4 years when i led the party in the lower house. than 200 seats. now we have the majority that we entrusted to the american people. yes, there are times when you have to argue with members of your own party, if they only want to knock out the right positions for themselves, they are for their own sake. the benefit of the country, so we have a battle in the house of representatives, but i'm ready for the battle against mccarthy, the conservative right wing of the republicans came out in the lower house, which believes that the flesh of the flesh of the washington establishment is at stake and with him the party will not be able to truly resist the democrats in congress of rebels, a little about 20 people, but it is precisely these voices on map and was not enough to win, maybe the right candidate for the speaker of the chamber is a person who is not very keen on articles, maybe this is the person who has not been promoting himself on every corner for the last 10 years, maybe jim jordan is just such a candidate, because that they are

this -- the republican party has to move on beyond trump and they need to pick somebody who is going to lead the republican party in the house, that's the majority we have. and into the future. this group, their power has increased as a result of the weak performance in the election. they have the -- but their power is limited. they have the power to stop kevin mccarthy from becoming speaker if they hold their ground. the majority of the house is more moderate, they are conservative but not from this maga backward looking faction, so they have to come up with a consensus candidate behind it. it's not going to be jim jordan, it's probably not going to be byron donalds, we know, who knows how much support he has among the moderates, but somebody else. maybe it could be steve scalise. he was just re-elected as the majority leader with a broad support from this faction and the moderates. it's got to be somebody, and maybe byron donalds moves up in the leadership and the chairs move around in the leadership, but if kevin mccarthy cannot put this away at some point we have to move on. >> john: so, perspective depends on where you

but is it a humiliation more broadly for the republican party in the house? >> yeah, i'm starting to get the impression that maybe republicans aren't good at governing stuff. i'm just getting a sneaking suspicion. >> well, mark mckinnon is smiling at that. i don't know. i see the smile. >> this was just a humiliating circus. i think axelrod referred to it as a goat rodeo. this is supposed to be one of the most majestic moments in the american process where the people have voted all these representatives. you go. you pick a speaker, and everybody gets sworn in. your mom is there. your dad is there. your cousins are there. it's a beautiful day. and it turned into a complete unmitigated disaster because unlike the democratic party, the republicans cannot find a way to come together and lead. it turns out having trump is no longer enough. trump is not enough. because there is a movement beyond trump now that doesn't listen to even donald trump, let alone kevin mccarthy. meanwhile, hakeem jeffries has been able to unite the democratic party. we have as many faction

republicans have blocked mccarthy's bid for speaker. most belong to a group known as the house freedom caucus, which is on the hard right of the republican party. many a supporters, a former president, donald trump, and back an uncompromising brand of conservative politics. trump was urged fellow republicans to elect kevin mccarthy to lead the chamber, members of the house creed, him corker, say they want to level the playing field for the american people. they're demanding changes to rules that govern daily operations in the house, including giving junior members more influence on legislation. john $100.00 below from capitol hill, into the 5th float. how long is this going to go on? there is no telling at this point how long this could go on. it once took 2 months and over a 100 votes. that was back in 855 to 56. we haven't even seen a 2nd ballot for a 100 years. so this is an extraordinary circumstance, but as that 5th round of voting began, despite the fact that we saw mccarthy allies talking to those who were defecting against mccarthy on the house floor, there's no sign that there's any change at all. no sign of progress as a matter of fa

republicans prepared to take power. it's been a rough transition. weeks, house republicans were exposed as a clash during 15 rounds of voting for the speaker of the house, and despite the initial turmoil within their party, republicans actually got quite a bit doug during the first full week in office. on monday, the house had a relatively easy time passing its rules package, its first order of business, but the rules package includes provisions like the motion to vacate, which makes it easier to remove the speaker, kevin mccarthy. it also gets rid of pandemic era changes like proxy voting, it imposes rules and limiting spending and blocking tax increases. house republicans also passed a pair of disingenuous and deceitful antiabortion bills that were designed to push propaganda rather than addressing real concerns about women's reproductive rights. their decision to pass these bills during the first week of that new term, and despite the overall unpopularity of their antiabortion positions, demonstrates how they seriously are about governing in general. republicans made it clear months ago that they intend to use their tenure to investigate democrats. the rules package includes a provision that allows t

republicans prepared to take power. it's been a rough transition. weeks, house republicans were exposed as a clash during 15 rounds of voting for the speaker of the house, and despite the initial turmoil within their party a bit doug during the first full week in office. on monday, the house had a

i just want to say i am very proud of the republican party in the house. i am happy they look forward to clean up the house. as far as the argument they held up the house -- i just want to say thank you very much. guest: thank you for calling in. i want to reiterate. when i took a stand, i took a stand on principle. jim jordan, if he were running i would want the same rules package. if we had not reached a consensus on the rules i would not have voted until we had the rules. it was never anything personal. you saw the republicans came together, we elected a speaker and begin passing good legislation, and we will take a break after tomorrow for a few days and we will come back to d.c. and we will continue to run this country and fight for you and i. you can be a republican or a democrat. 80 7000 irs agents is unnecessary. what i would like to see is us hire more border security agents. let's equip them. they are in a war zone. we do not meet the irs targeting middle-class americans. that is what will end up happening. there are not enough billionaires and s

rules of the house, but it appears that they promised to put three house freedom caucus, the most extreme faction of the republican party on the house rules committee. which issues the rules for debate. which means every time they want to debate the bill, the house freedom caucus will have veto authority over whether kevin mccarthy can beat -- shape the debate for that bill, which is the most important power of the speaker. we're gonna see this rear its head in particular on profile legislation to raise the debt ceiling and also to keep the government funded. but anytime the freedom caucus wants to stop mccarthy from moving legislation that no has the power to do that. >> so congressman, here, what do you think about all of this? i, mean monday, we are going to have a vote. is it again going to be like, late into the night? oh is this just sort of forecast what we're gonna see? >> while lindsey, i think republicans were smart to pro -- postpone this rules package until monday because a lot of the centrist members are frustrated with some of these concessions. as jonathan pointed, out the rules committee, it's so importa

i just want to comment on my want to say i am very proud of the republican party in the house. i am happy they moved forward to clean up the house and they started the argument ahead of the house, and argument, so i just want to say thank you very much. >> guest: i want to reiterate, i took a stand on personal. if he were running i would want the same rules package. if we had not reached a consensus on the rules i wouldn't have voted until we had those rules. it was never anything personal. what you saw is republicans came together, we elected a speaker, we began passing good legislation and we are going to take a break after tomorrow for a few days and come back to dc and continue to run this country and fight for you and i you can be a republican, democrat but 87,000 irs agents is unnecessary. i would like to see us hire more border security agents, let's mpower them. let's equip them. they are in a war zone. what we don't need is the irs targeting middle-class americans, working class citizens because that is what will end up happening. there' s not enough billionaires and s

republican party after the week we just had? >> this is a question for the moderates and the republican party. the house freedom caucus on the hard right almost always willing to use their legislative muscle to get what they want and the moderates will talk about it but then never actually do it. you only saw one vote against this package and he said he was concerned about the military cuts that could be cut or upcoming. he was very concerned about the motion to vacate. but it was just one. and, if they're not going to ban together like the 20 or so on the hard right, did then they're not going to be able to turn the will of the party towards them. and, it will be a hard right that has the hard power because they're willing to use these tactics. and, so it is really just about how these different actions exercise their power and who chooses to use it. >> barb, you have been following all of the house chaos and what it means on a legal front. what do we need to know? >> well, i think the biggest concern that i have, stephanie, is that this effort to investigate the weaponization of the government. we hav

what the house speaker told our rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, the new york republican party calling on congressman george santos to resign immediately. local officials calling him a disgrace and a stain on the house of representatives. >> congressman santos, will you resign? >> i will not. >> reporter: will you step down? >> i will not. >> we're going to need a little bit of space here. >> reporter: new york republicans are calling you a disgrace, you will not resign? what is your response to new york republicans? one man standing by santos, the new speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. are you going to take any action against him at this point? are any of these allegations acceptable to you? >> what are the charges against him? is there a charge against him? you know, in america, today, you're innocent until proven guilty. >> reporter: santos has already admitted to lying about his experience and biography. tonight, abc news obtaining the resume he gave to the nassau county republican party, claiming he was a project manager for goldman sachs. he wasn't. for citigroup, an asset man