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bitter conflict among house republicans. former minority leader kevin mccarthy is being opposed by landful of lawmakers who are refusing to support him. a number that increased by one on the last balloting for speaking. chad pergram has been following this all day minute by minute. he tells us where things stand tonight from a chaotic capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, as you say. the most chaos for the beginning of a congress in 100 years. it marked a foreboding start for a g....

Representatives form israel and Palestinian Authority both had scathing remarks. Also ahead former us President Donald Trump is back in court today. Well take a look at the latest developments on two of his legal battles. Here to discuss it all, our panel tonight zoe williams columnist for the Guardian Newspaper and doug heye former Communications Director for the Republican National committee. Weve heard today from one of the two Israeli Women Released Last Night after being taken hostage by ha...

Left which now unfortunately controls the other party. so we had better -- we had better come together and fight for these key things. these three things. >> the house has now adjourned for the day three unsuccessful votes. fox was told it may take days to settle this dispute and the sides are digging. in this means there are no members of the house, thats because theres no speaker to swear them. in bret? >> bret: chad, quickly, we always talk about the math and how it comes up to to the math. y...

He had a two-year audition where he had the opportunity to earn the vote of the conference and demonstrate that he was willing to fight against the biden pelosi schumer agenda. he failed to do that. and all across the country, republican voters count to tell me and other members of congress that they dont support kevin mccarthy because hes not a true conservative and they want someone that will fight. many examples where hes failed to do that. when i came in as a new freshman two years ago, he t...

It wrinkles some that she is doing it. >> there are so many differences between the first time she took the gavel and now. that was one of the big ones. she is clearly in store when she broke that marble ceiling. she was not as open and eager to talk about it and to be a role model, she is aggressively trying to be a role model for younger women in politics and around the country. >> as we wait for the vote on the house floor for the house speaker, it is a constitutional position unlike the mino...

Number of alabamians and also i think thats a majority number across the nation. so its not like he would be painted as pro life. did that hurt him early on? staking out a pretty hard core position on abortion? >> it hasnt helped him. but i think it speaks to his character. i mean, he is not someone who will change his position for political expediency. and i think for folks who are looking to vote for a democrat for the first time, you could do a lot worse than doug skroejone. that our opinion....

Right? >> 12% of the country of 330 million peoples, pretty big number. that being said, t not a majority number. and what were going to find is if these guys dont bend is that this group of people who have so dominated our politics, inject third down anger, this vitriol, theyre powerless. put them out of business. thats what the opportunity right now for this country is. >> what does that mean? how do you put them out of business? >> you put them out of business by pretending they have influenc...

Show going after these minority millennial voters could help them fulfill that majority number they need. what do you make of this young person statement saying yeah, i vote for republicans and i would vote for democrats but they just take us for granted? >> i think it speaks to the general political climate. there are 46 million 18-29-year-olds in the country, when you look at the future of elections, that is where both parties to be focusing their energy which is on the new and evolving voter....

The kind of agenda were attempting to put together here, overhauling health care, overhauling the tax system, rebuilding our military, securing the border, those take more than just a few months. they take a long time. >> all right. joining us now to discuss, lets bring in former minnesota governor, former presidential candidate, tim pawlenty. jonathan swan. and another former democratic presidential candidate and former governor, msnbc contributor howard dean. thanks to all of you for joining u...

Deductibles are going up. that is not an option. every american, i mentioned this earlier, to make this look like a choice, there really isnt a choice. the system we have now is failing. >> reporter: now, for all of this talk of this is the only action in town, this is the only way to repeal and replace obamacare, sean spicer did acknowledge during the briefing today that the white house is working with those republican leaders on potential changes to the current plan that are aimed at boosting ...