coffin, in very yasmin vossoughian. it is now speaker kevin mccarthy, and we have learned he is at work to get today after an ugly week for where publicans and with a 15 ballot victory for mccarthy after last minute efforts that couldn t vince republicans to finally given. and even more chaotic than the beginning of this battle, even one near physical altercation between two members on the floor, now the question is how much did mccarthy give up to represent matt gates, and the other holdouts, and what will they deal with their almost limitless power over the speaker? preferably, you do this, the preference in politics is to always suffer indignities in private not in public. when you have a lower house of legislatures, anywhere in the world, it looks like trump s. i actually have newfound, i have new respect for people i knew. we have newfound respect for people. we do not engage in serious negotiations. i think that s good for policy. in a moment, i m gonna talk to co
alphabetical order, they didn t even get past the cs, sealing a round one loss in a matter of minutes. mccarthy failing to whittle down the small but significant group of republican outliars all dead set on voting against him. the damage a failed first vote like this will inflict on the speakership position from the get go even if he does win, if it s a mess for republicans, a mess for mccarthy and it is shaping up to be a long day ahead for the brand-new 118th congress. he reminded reporters he holds the record for the longest speech ever delivered on the house floor, saying he doesn t care if he gets a similar vote for most speaker vote rounds. we will see if that holds and he sticks to his guns there. joining me from capitol hill, we have garrett haake. also with me, punch bowl news cofounder and nbc news contributor, anna palmer, as well as susan page. buckle up, everybody. we ve got an hour ahead of us here. beginning with you, garrett, walk us through what is happening
congress, to the speakership, and the reality is we have no idea how much mccarthy gave away. we will find out when they go to vote in the rules, that have been decided upon. pretty much kevin mccarthy gave away everything including the kitchen sink, and probably a kidney at this point, to the right wing insurrectionists of his party. and i think what democrats can do as we look forward, and what they will absolutely be able to do under the leadership of hakeem jeffries estate united. and show the american people who is actually fighting for them, and who instead is wasting time fighting each other. right? and performing some type of reality tv show for donald trump down in mar-a-lago. i think cam was the letter that got the most laps, majority over mar-a-lago, when hakeem made that speech. let s dig into some real changes and concessions. given the anti mccarthy faction especially in the debt ceiling when he agreed to use this flag here to push for spending cuts, alex phillips who i
republican conference should do when they finish this vote, if and when they ever do. i think we re going to see that coalescing of the anti mccarthy faction around jordan and thai going to come out to the cameras after this vote and say they ve got the momentum. their guy is gaining more votes than did mccarthy. this could set up a very protracted process and put pressure on the jordan and mccarthy dynamic. mccarthy might have to ask jordan for more if he wants to try to kind of beat back this effort to buy the rebels to make jordan the speaker by acclimation, punitively against his will. we ll see where that goes in an hour or so from now when this vote is over and we know what the total is. extraordinary. an hour before we know the result which we already unofficially know based on our counts here. let s bring in former chief communications adviser for house