of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it s starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that s because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we ve now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn t even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as well. at least seven republicans have voted for other options. in the last vote, 20 republicans voted for an alternative candidates to mr mccarthy mainly for byron donalds, and there was also a shock vote for donald trump. remember, the speaker of the house doesn t need to be a member of congress. that vote for the former president came from matt gaetz, one of the ring leaders of those refusing t
. cnn has this exclusive never before seen footage that shows how congressional leadership was scrambling to save the capitol as rioters were running wild, here s moment speaker of the house nancy pelosi was talking to then acting attorney general jeffery rosen about the risk to human life. concern we have about personal. safety. personal safety is just transcend everything but the fact is on any given day, theory break the will you in many different ways. . i mean, that s a part we think about how this will have lasting consequences that was kind of the meat of the matter for so many people watching it real time the idea of what s the doj going to do about this this question lingered. i appreciate it in terms of being able to see the true feelings in that moment, not that i agree with violence but the idea here when you heard speaker pelosi in this never before seen footage, you see her talking about in this raw state of emotions what that he planned to do if the
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