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we are together. >> theyve sat there, they have laughed and they have chuckled and pointed fingers at us. you know what? as my friend from florida just said, were together. >> neil: well, not quite all together right now. the 20 that are resisting kevin mccarthy remain about that now. were about the halfway point of a ninth vote to see who will lead the house of representatives. looks like for the ninth time in a row, kevin mccarthy is going to have to suit up for number 10. that is if...

>> hah keep jeffries. >> cleaver? >> jeffries. >> cline? >> kevin mccarthy. >> cloud? >> jim jordan. >> clyburn? >> jeffries. >> clyde? >> biggs. >> cohen? >> hakeem jeffries. >> cole? >> mccarthy. >> collins? >> as we listen to the roll being called by my count, five republicans have voted against mccarthy for speaker. two voted for jim jordan, one included boebert. and two for andy biggs. garrett haake, by my count thats five and he could only lose four. on this first role call, he s...

And our reporting ends with President Trump reportedly saying he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute his political rivals. Thats not how it works. Its according to the reporting of the New York Times citing two people familiar with the conversation. The times reported last spring that President Trump or then President Trump told the then white house counsel, don mcgahn, that he wanted to order the doj to prosecute Hillary Clinton and james comey. Mcgahn warned the president that ...

We are now, the answer to this question is for the moment, no, we are now in territory we havent been in in 10 years. these are 14 times before now. this is now the 15th time that a vote for house speaker has not been settled on the first ballot and will now go to a second. yes, the record was set in 1855. nathaniel prentice banks of massachusetts was elected. so when mccarthy says hes willing to go for a record number of votes, that would be the record number of votes, 133. the last time this h...

Jeff sessions have received votes. >> heres what usually happens. the first act of the house when the new congress starts on january 3 is to pick a speaker. the democrats nominate a candidate and the republicans nominate a candidate. the entire house votes. the majority party wins. what happens if no one scores an outright majority? the house has to vote and vote until they finally elect someone. the speaker vote has not gone to a second ballot since 1923. frederic gillette won on the ninth ball...