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 they re 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 wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with the deadlock on capitol hill, as republicans struggle to elect a house speaker. just hours ago, lawmakers voted by a narrow majority to adjourn to until tomorrow at noon. earlier today, a second round of votes failed to give kevin mccarthy the speaker s gavel. he has now lost six separate votes in a row. tonight, mccarthy, his backers, and his opponents met to try to hammer out an agreement. the discuss
still no speaker of the house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal they re 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. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with the deadlock on capitol hill, as republicans struggle to elect a house speaker. just hours ago, lawmakers voted by a narrow majority to adjourn to until tomorrow at noon. earlier today, a second round of votes failed to give kevin mccarthy the speaker s gavel. he has now lost six separate votes in a row. tonight, mccarthy, his backers, and his opponents met to try to hammer out an agreement. the discussions are going well and will continue. but that does not mean they re done. it d
is that, you know, to have a congress that can t function, it is just embarrassing. we re the greatest nation in the world. how can that be? president biden calls the drama playing out on the house floor embarrassing. this morning, there s still no speaker after three more rounds of voting. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. plus, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin is still in critical condition, but the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll get an update on his health. and the president says he s planning a trip to the southern border amid a record number of migrants crossing into the united states. what we re learning this morning about that trip. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the house of representatives is set to vote again today on its next speaker after republicans failed to unite around a single nominee for the second straight day. after thr
the alex wagner joins us now. it s just alex wagner. we ve been doing this for a several months. alex wagner tonight. we ve known each other for two decades, you can call me whatever you want. thank you at home for joining us on alex wagner tonight this hour. we have a whole lot to get to this evening. we start with election results. i know! you thought the elections were over. but, nope, they are not. as voters in this the commonwealth of virginia well know, there was a special election yesterday for a state senate seat in virginia beach. we now have a projected oner in that race, democrat aaron rouse. he defeated kevin adams, flipping that state senate seat from red to blue and he did it running ads like this. you want to believe it can t happen here. but it could happen sooner than you think. republicans in richmond are trying to pass a new ban on abortion in virginia and kevin adams wants to join them. he wants to take away our personal decisions. kevin adams
including during president trump s ellipse rally, indicating that elements in the crowd were preparing for violence at the capitol. over multiple months, donald trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated, seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the chance for a presidential power. in our hearings, you will see evidence of each element of this plan. that s the january 6th committee vice chair liz cheney laying out the case against donald trump in the first hearing into the the attack on the u.s. capitol. the committee presented new evidence and graphic, new video last night. we learned that, as trump watched his plan unfold on television, it was vice president mike pence who essentially acted as president, making calls to rush federal help to the scene. there is also new information on trump s staggering reaction to threats against his vice president s life. and how a republican congressman who assisted in the election scheme allegedly knew his a