last night. and to a certain extent we have to understand that this as an incredibly violent game but it s also something that many of these guys have chosen to do. what we have not had in the past, though, is full disclosure but what the risks are. when i was, playing most of the information wasn t out, but they know now, and that we know now about the neurological impacts, long term impacts of the game. you have to inform people, and i have made changes. we have, seen i think, someone should prove as to the health and safety for players in the game. i d also argue about that they should be plain 17 games. where we continue to add more and more games? it s continuing to put it another high hut game on the schedule where another player can get injured. it s a big, business fellas. it s the most watched event every week and our culture, but it s also a game, when you re
happen. it happened to me. my last game was in dallas, my hometown. i came to visit as a member of the tennessee titans, with my family in the crowd, i got it the wrong way and i had to get up without these of my right arm, which, if you are ever on the ground trying to get up with one of your arms, it s not easy. and this is something that is a regular occurrence in the nfl, unfortunately, with 100 percent injury rate, mean that every single nfl player will get injured at some point. obviously this was much more tragic than the normal injuries we see. how do players balance that risk every time they walk on the field? fans, we just see it as again, we are entertained. and players are truly putting their lives at risk every time. they are also living their dream. damar hamlin he s living his dream last night. and to a certain extent we have to understand that this as an incredibly violent game but it s also something that many of these guys have chosen to do.
this game, and that s what can kevin mccarthy was telling us about an hour ago, that there isn t anyone right now who can get to 218. so, there is this white knight ready to ride in on the horse, because there is not anyone that we know for sure has the vote. maybe steve scalise is the most likely, maybe patrick mchenry from north carolina, maybe there s someone else that fits that bill, but at this point all bets are off, because as luke pointed out, we are in the middle of a very chaotic situation, so it s impossible to predict. chaotic situations always take us back to one place, donald trump. he was supposed to be the key here, reed galen, and kevin mccarthy has been bending over backwards, kissing up, to kissing the ring of, since donald trump entered the scene, especially since january 6th. what does it say about the how are trump, that even with his endorsement, bupkis
this whole house paralysis thing has given us a preview into what the next two years could look like with the house controlled by republicans considering the civil war in the party on full display. here s how mike lawler put it earlier today on this network. it looks like a game of chicken, but the bottom line here is this, the vast majority of the republican conference supporting kevin mccarthy for speaker. and we are not going to allow the conference to be held hostage by a handful of members. joining us now is washington post congressional investigations reporter, david jolly is back with us along with brendan buck. you noted in the post this morning that what we re seeing play out is the, quote, culmination of an internal divide that had in the past helped bring down the speakerships of republicans john boehner and paul ryan with members of the conservative house freedom caucus asking for a range of demands in exchange
what we re seeing here is essentially it you go back to the 2016 primaries, where there was a consensus among the candidates still in there, that somebody had to drop out or trump would be the nominee. the answer is you should drop out. what we re seeing is republicans defactions are playing a game of chicken. moderates are flexing their muscles and saying, yeah, you should cave. obviously, the 20 who voted against mccarthy think everybody else should cave. that s why we re at a stalemate and going to stay awhile. as we re looking at this tally, somebody voted present. that s the first time that we have seen someone do that. yeah, that s right. it s victoria sparks, who was a vote for mccarthy and now votes present. by my calculations, that doesn t help mccarthy. he needs the rebels to vote present. that s what happened for speaker pelosi when 2019 where she was able to get people who committed to not supporting her to