is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. i hope one thing is clear, i never give up. but what did mccarthy trade away for the gavel? and can the weekend speaker rule his unruly caucus? plus, a party united. the d in democrat stands for deliver. in the wake of the republicans disarray, are democrats the real winner. and biden announces a new crackdown on illegal crossings. the president will see the crisis firsthand for the first time. my message is this, do not just show up at the border. welcome to inside politics sunday, i m abby phillip. after 15 ballots and four days, kevin owen mccarthy became the 55th speaker of the house early on saturday morning. this week offered us a rare and maybe unprecedented window into the drama taking place on the house floor as a party went to war with itself. the wheeling and dealing as different factions hunted for support, the agony of the vote that went the wrong way for mccarthy. parents on the floor dealing
footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way he hopes to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. it s where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, garrett hague, covering the action. and former stpho claire mccaskill is here, and claire and david are both msnbc contributors. ferret, what is happening now? right now we are seeing the third vote get ready to take place here, and this one will have kevin mccarthy introduced by steve scalise and placed in nomination by steve scalise, and for the second time in a row, you have people that could be foes to mccarthy, placing his name in nomination. the last round we saw with jim jordan, and far mor
price tag of $300 billion and that that s a low estimate. taxpayers like you and me will fit the bill. here is the president. i believe my plan is responsible and fair. i find it interesting how some of my republican friends who voted for those tax cuts and others think we shouldn t be helping these folks. the outrage over helping working people with student loans is simply wrong to. it s unfair to people who paid the student loads or chose not to take out loans? is it fair to people who do not own multi-million-dollar business is seeing these guys get tax cuts? is that fair? what boat people who struggle to pay their loans and no others don t have to? the costly cancellation of debt sure to unleash a tidal wave of anger from americans who already paid off their loans and those who never went to college in the first place. senator elizabeth warren claims this will help everyone. because of student loan debt there are many people who do not move out of their mom s
It only gets worse hourbyhour. Thank you very much, avril benoit of doctors without borders, and that does it for this edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Chris jansing reports starts right now. Good day, im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city, and we are following three big Breaking News Stories with farreaching implications. The humanitarian catastrophe in gaza is spiraling deeper into devastation, desperate civilians clinging to hope because increasingly thats all they have left. With food, water, and medical supplies almost gone, packed trucks and 60 tons of aid are heartbreakingly close. Just on the other side of the egyptian border, so why isnt it getting through . And the house is considering a new plan to break the deadlock on capitol hill that would let Patrick Mchenry keep the speakers gavel. Well get you caught up on all the head spinning developments. Jim jordan out but only for now, possibly, and mchenry potentially in. How it might all take republica