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>> alexandria ocasio-cortez? >> there is alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> here it is. >> ogles? omar? >> it looks like he didnt vote. >> andrea, help put this in perspective. the intensity of this has really brought a lot of americans who arent political junkies into the math of the big board, into the intricacies of behind the closed door dealings. we havent seen anything like this. >> to, we havent. its historic in every context. were talking about more than what happened in 1923. were going back ...

0 good day. im andrea mitchell in washington. its january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and ta...

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...

0 heroic law enforcement officers. as congressman bennie thompson said, a man of honor himself eloquently said about these officers, he said "you held the line that day and what was on the line was our democracy and history will remember your names." history will remember your names. theyll remember your courage, theyll remember your bravery. theyll remember your extraordinary commitments to your fellow americans. its not hyperbole. its a fact. its a fact. folks, history will also remember your ...

He has 907% of the vote. 20 holdouts. i have never been in politics, in been over 30 years. i havent seen ten percent control ninety. its simple math if you think about it. if the republicans keep goofing off and pretend theyre standing for a bigger principal then the 90% with kevin mccarthy the result may be having this guy as speaker. can you imagine anything worst? i cant. it would be ridiculous and absurd. lets get this over with. >> one republican float pugh that idea jay is not, i dont bel...

A motion to vacate would be an insurance policy if he didnt keep -p his promises. he has 203 they have 20 votes. at what point do they realize the math is in kevins favor or do we go onto perpetuity and not accomplish anything. >> not all 20 but some have principle disagreements. theyre in kevins office working them out. some are only interested in notoriety, fame and attention. they wont have a gavel like jimmy jordan. they dont have his talent, experience, they dont work like he does this. is ...

Him. >> i have seen the broken trust. the lack of accountability. what were getting phone calls saying that we need to stop this. kevin doesnt have the votes for speaker. period. we need a conscience candidate, get this right and get the country back on track. thank you, sean. >> sean: appreciate it. here with more is the former chair of the house oversight committee. tray, im sure you found that entertaining. i didnt get the answers i wanted. obviously the math exists differently on one side. 2...

>> its hard to see the math. anderson? >> jake, thanks very much. the house vote to adjourn until noon tomorrow, we are waiting on that. joining us now, former pennsylvania republican congressman charlie dent and maggie haverman. do you think more time will help mccarthy? >> i think we gotta see if what jake tapper and his panel were talking about happens tonight. is the scalise play finally going to be introduced tonight? does it make any difference with those hardliners? is this an opening gam...

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Happen, there will be another vote. it is also because there are -- there are movements to push somebody else. maybe its scalise. maybe its another potential candidate for speaker. while that is happening, we dont know how real it is, but there are talks going on behind the scenes. chip roy even, who was on with you, jake, yesterday, i believe, who is one of those holdouts is saying that they are so constructive, he might be able to get ten people to come on board. we have all become mathematici...