Day 218 News Today

ruhle starts now ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight, after two days and six separate votes, there is still no speaker of the house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal theyre not giving up without a fight. republican lauren boebert is here to explain her beef with ken 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 ...

still no speaker of the house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal theyre 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. im stephanie ruhle. we begin t...

Than ever. we are going to handle the issues that the american people care about. we just need to elect a speaker. and its okay if it takes a couple of days. it is not the end of the world. there will be a news cycle that comes around. when we get to work, and you see how productive we can actually be when we are united. i believe we will find that consensus candidate. and someone who can unite the republican party. and i look forward to that day. >> 218 is a long way from 20. i welcome you to c...

Vivian, this is at or near a record for early pardons in the modern era. our friend at cbs news is the unofficial sitting white house historian. he says first trump grant of a pardon, day 218. first one from obama, december 3rd of his second year in office. first one from george w. bush, december 23rd of his second year in office. >> thats right. i mean, this is unprecedented as far as the timing goes. president trump making no secret that he has had this on his mind for several weeks when he wa...