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So fitting. sitting right behind kevin mccarthys lauren boebert who is one of these holdouts until the end. you are right. kevin mccarthy made the calculation that he was going to need donald trump on his side. he endorsed him for a while. it didnt work this week. people who were loyal to trump, some of those final holdouts did come across the line. when you look back a few years ago, there was an effort to take the government by force, to take the capital by force. what we saw this week is very...

Cheering and applause ..to cheers from republicans in the house. chanting: usa! usa! usa! the democrat leader, hakeem jeffries, handed over the gavel. . .. kevin mccarthy. cheering and applause ..to the new speakers clear relief. that was easy, huh? laughter i never thought wed get up here. this should have been a straightforward process, after republicans won a slim majority in the house last year. it usually takes just one ballot. not this time. a speaker has not been elected... a speaker has ...

That clip is so fitting, sitting right behind kevin mccarthy is the one boebert whos one of those holdouts into the variant. youre right, ayman we, kevin mccarthy made the calculation that was gonna meet donald trump on his side and donald trump endorsed him and her about that and work this week but people who are lord told on trump, some of his final holdouts -- i think when you look at a two years, ago there was an effort to take the capital by force and what we saw this week is very different...

Representatives? >> i agree that that is a big concern. i served on the armed services and the homeland security committee and congress cant provide the over sight roles and in support of the military so the longer this drags on, the less time that those members who would be serving on those committees in the house of representatives would be able to perform those functions. and it is really a threat, it seems liking from abroad. what are our add vaeversaries thinking as they watch this. and tha...

American people. madam clerk, they told the american people they wanted to win the majority to fight inflation. the only thing theyre fighting is each other. these four days have tested house republicans ability to govern and they have failed. with hakeem jeffries as our speaker, congress can continue to deliver common sense bipartisan solutions for the american people. instead, what we have seen unfold before our very eyes is exactly what is in store for the country over the next two years unde...

Brendan knows well and has explained at length the way the rules committee functions as a stopgap committee before things go to the house floor. that is really important. just in terms of the way the place functions, i think it is important to note that kevin mccarthy has the same margin that nancy pelosi lass had over the course of the last few years, and you talk to democrats who credit her for having the acumen of knowing her caucus, knowing how to count votes before she gets to the floor, an...

American people. madam clerk, they told the american people they wanted to win the majority to fight inflation. the only thing theyre fighting is each other. these four days have tested house republicans ability to govern, and they have failed. with hakeem jeffries as our speaker, congress can continue to deliver common sense, bipartisan solutions for the american people. instead, what weve seen unfold before our very eyes is exactly whats in store for the country over the next two years under r...

0 good to be with you. im katy tur. lets go right back to capitol hill, where the 13th vote is now starting. james comer of kentucky is now nominating kevin mccarthy once again. >> what really happened in that lab in wuhan, china. those of us who have kids in the public school system could testify that our kids have lost a year of their education because of the forced virtual learning that so many of our schools put our children through during the covid pandemic. congress ran the debt up at leas...

Position. >> listen, i dont think its going to be as bad as youd like to see and predict. once you get the speaker youll have robust oversight from jim jordan of the judiciary committee and robust oversight of the border by whoever the chairman of homeland security is. theres going to be aggressive oversight. as i said before oversight by a majority of one feels -- >> im not looking for chaos. what im worried about is, for example, when the debt ceiling has to be -- >> thats in august? and the s...

New speaker of the house, and it seems to be an impasse. what is your take on that and what impact does it have on the american economy, if at all? the us, we knew after the recent elections, that there was a divided government and probably there wasnt going to be much legislative activity. as a function of that. what we are starting to see something a bit more concerning in the us which is to minority parties, neither of which can get any particular piece of legislation through given the holdou...