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in "the faulkner focus." it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect -- theyre all elect because they cant be sworn in because they havent chosen a speaker -- those 20 like jim jordan ...

How do you bridge the chasm within the republican party? nancy pelosi, you know, love her or hate her she was actually able to wrangle her caucus. will kevin mccarthy be able to do the same thing? with the same kind of schism? >> bret: former president trump is hardly an established with figure and when he comes out and endorses mccarthy and says we need to move this forward and is getting nominated once again putting his name back and that is whats happening with congressman gallagher on the fl...

They like nothing happening on washington. so even if there is chaos on the floor of the house, that is what they are focused on. we having a great 2023 with respect to the economy to the wall street perspective, no more spending is what they want to see at this point. you wont see spending as long as you see this. >> harris: and with no one sworn in. >> kennedy: maybe thats true but thats only way republican get real change here we talked about yesterday but theres so much status quo with democ...

Mccarthy, you better come close to our site. >> harris: im sorry, bret you have to go in a minute and a half so final word on this, something to pick up from jackie on or just your own comic own thoughts on this? >> jason: makes a good point but the statement is how far will they go? thats where we are. giant game of legislative chicken on the house chamber floor. who is going to give first? what will the negotiation be? the little bug in the corner suggests byron donalds will be on the 1:00 p.m...

>> harris: we are dabbling in right now. lets take a watch and listen. >> >> the prayer will be offered by chaplain cuban. kibben. would you pray with me? holy god and these days of uncertainty and change we turn to you who are the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. regardless of the circumstance, lord, you are not just present but provisioning supplying us all that we need. >> harris: and while the c house reconvenes taking a moment for prayer which is very necessary especially now with so mu...

Otherwise they could stand up and make a case. thats why i think they will go potentially with lee zeldin. >> harris: so, jackie, i hesitate to say this because i dont even know really what this means in terms of some of the bills in play. thereve been some things on the senate side that senator mcconnell and the democrats have even agreed to some infrastructure and all of that. does this impact any of that money being spent? >> jackie: i dont think so. >> harris: so we will see and jason you ar...

Boat. >> harris: bret, did you see anything? we are listening closely to the names and i know they do it alphabetically but we are listening to c, was there any change? any change in boat you happened to notice? >> bret: no. we have not all voted in yet but it is looking like its going to be 20 again seeing donalds votes if he votes for himself. >> harris: of course he votes for himself. >> bret: i dont know, maybe. he has endorsed mccarthy, he did at the beginning care and he said yesterday his...

After the opening in the swearings end of elect and representatives, then they had a break until january 23rd. so it could take a while. its not going to interrupt the legislating. >> harris: that was my big question. >> bret: it could interrupt the setting up of the committees that happens usually during that time. after they are sworn in. >> jason: and brett, i want to add onto that we november 9th becausesmg g be later theygathered togetc going to have the steering committee get together and ...

Money. thats how nancy pelosi got there, and thats what kevin mccarthy is making arm. i raised the most money, i deserve it, i campaigned the most. but wasnt begun of to, because of policy or oversight it was because of money. >> harris: but emily, he was able to raise all of that money. and he thought they would get 246 seats in the midterms, and they didnt. right? he didnt meet that goal of being able to be the monster money seat grabber and all of that kind of stuff. i mean what happened? >> ...

Hakeem jeffries could end up with enough votes if all the democrats show up. >> harris: thats interesting. >> jason: listen, they have to be careful. its on a knifes edge here. theres a lot of chaos and a lot of under the tent its really hitting each other. its not done yet. this will last for a little >> emily: and harris matt gaetz ay said he esy doesn if i effries becomes speaker anthe ques from "the wet journal" l board is how does that ople of florida you are serv l of the use questions you...