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None can officially start until they choose the house speaker. it could be a long day. congress convenes for the 118th timeless than an hour from now. shortly after that the vote for who gets the gavel. we can see a second round of votes for the first time in a century. speaker designate kevin mccarthy is facing some head winds. five firm nos. he can only afford to lose four votes. someone pretty familiar with the post, former speaker newt gingrich says just get on with it already. >> i dont und...

Morning. what youll see transpire today, sheryl johnson, the clerk of the house, shes going to gavel out the 117th congress, gavel in the 118th. and since there is no rules passed yet, she has the authority to only do two things, call a quorum vote, we all show up and vote present on the floor and then second call the speaker vote. she only has the authority to call the speaker vote if nobody gets ss ss to 218, call it a se time, a third time, until someone makes a privileged motion to adjourn, ...

Hospital, so well take you live outside of the hospital where damar is being treated. well have an update on his condition, how the nfl is responding this morning, all that in just moments. >> and im live on capitol hill this morning, where in just a few hours from now the 118th congress is set to convene. obviously republicans are supposed to take over the majority and after this hard fought elections across the country, a new batch of lawmakers are going to be sworn in across both parties. but...

Heres cnns manu raju with more. >> kevin mccarthy still does not have the votes to become the next speaker of the house and that is because of the razor thin republican majority. 222 seats, thats how many seats republicans will occupy in the 118th congress after they won the majority in the november midterms, but that also means he can afford to lose just four republican votes when the house votes tuesday afternoon to elect the next speaker. there are already five hard line conservatives who say...

Under control. >> did you find jim jordans remarks in which he was renominating kevin mccarthy for the speakership, did you find them inspiring in terms of did you listen to it and think, huh, maybe he would be a pretty good speaker? >> actually, i told jim, i was like that speech was phenomenal. i think even though he was doing it nominating kevin, it was something that a lot of members have been wanting the hear. im glad he stepped up and did what he did. look, at the end of the day, members w...

Clyde voting for andy biggs, one of the leaders of this rebel group. six republicans so far voting against kevin mccarthy. if the math holds through the remainder of the alphabet, as we have every reason to expect it will, with all democrats voing for hakeem jeffries, we do appear to be in a situation where we have too many -- eli crane, another new member going for andy biggs. were in a situation where this congress will make history. we will have at least one more vote to see who the next spea...

Following the procedure used by the house in 1923 and recorded in canons precedent volume 6, 24, the clerk is prepared to have the reading clerk to call the roll anew. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. [ applause ] >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, madam clerk. i think that we have three objectives this congress, three fundamental things that we have to get done in the 118th

By the vote of that caucus to present for election to the office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress the name of the honorable hakeem jeffries, representative elect from the state of new york. chpz [ cheers and applause ] . . >> the names of the honorable kevin mccarthy, a representative elect from the state of california, and the honorable hakeem jeffries, representative elect from the state of new york, have been placed in nomination. are there further nominations...

Comprehensive immigration reform legislation that could be passed to try to deal with some of these issues? >> hope springs eternal. we need to stop with the current crisis at the border and then maybe we can have a more rational conversation what comes next. this has been the stumbling point with our democratic colleagues and white house. senator sinema and gonzalez and cuellar have reduced an act in 2021. that might be a good place to start. >> dana: street start has to be to secure the border...

For what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, clerk. i think we have three objectives this congress. three fundamental things we have to get done in the 118th congress. first, pass the bills that fix the problems. in two years time, we have went, we have a border that is no longer a border. we have a military that cant meet recruitment goals, bad energy policy, record sp...