hello, and welcome to inside politics, i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. welcome to the new house. kevin mccarthy starts his speakership with a giant fight over the rules. republican hopes to stop fighting and start governing clouded by the same math problem that dogged mccarthy s battle to win the gavel. plus, a summit surrounded by tension. president biden is in mexico for a big meeting of the three amigos. he is there one day after his first up close look at a persistent humanitarian and political problem, the southern border. and rioters stoked by lies about an election breach barricades, ran sack offices, and set fire to a democratic institution. brazil s far right copies the january 6th model with its own attempted coup. we begin today with kevin mccarthy s first big test now that the gavel is finally his. house republicans today returned to the capitol to adopt a rules package, a blueprint designed to govern the next two years
package, a blueprint designed to govern the next two years in the lower chamber. also returning, though, the interparty differences and tensions that complicated mccarthy s chaotic path to finally being voted house speaker early saturday morning. the rules include a host of concessions mccarthy had to make to win the final votes. they set him up to be a weak speaker from the get-go. many establishment republicans worry he yielded too much power. the concessions give the rebels more power when the calendar forces contentious policy debates over things like defense spending, the debt limit, and other must-pass priorities. already this morning, signs of disconnect playing out on fox. listen here to a member of mccarthy s leadership team say no worries, the votes will be there. and then one of the maybes saying maybe not, just one hour later on the very same show. i do believe both tony and nancy will come around tonight when they realize that things that they want to talk about are in t