hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir
full hostage, unquote. and he did not tell him truth, as he saw it, he would breaker kneecaps. john berman here in for anderson, those words from the federal criminal complaint spell out an attempt to take how speaker nancy pelosi captive, interrogator, and beat her savagely if the answers did not come out right. the complaint says the suspect considered a certainty. today we saw a separate state charges as well, including attempted murder, more on that shortly. but just stop and think about what is already on the table. according to federal authorities who have now charged him with assault on paul pelosi, and attempted kidnapping of nancy pelosi. this man says he wanted to break the kneecaps of a detour old woman and do it to make a political point. quoting again from the filing. of course, the interview the palpitated that if you nancy as the leader of the pack of lies told by the democratic party. the document goes on in graphic detail about what the suspect said he inte
walk back into the office sheepishly, what is being kevin mccarthy like right now? well, nicolle, c-span viewers know as much as i do about that. as best i can tell mccarthy hasn t left the floor or the adjacent cloak room, or the speakers offices that are attached to the floor. all day long he hasn t come back into the halls. he hasn t availed himself of any opportunity to discuss his feelings with reporters. he s very aware of the cameras. he s very aware that he s in the spotlight right now. he s taken every opportunity to project confidence both in how he appears in his demeanor when he s discussed on the floor and the people he s had giving nominating speeches for. he had a freedom caucus member today, a young up and comer in mike gallagher today, he had his most likely theoretical challengers in steve scalise and jim jordan.
this haster stop. someone s gonna get hurt, someone s gonna get shot. someone s gonna get killed. and it s not right. it is not right. that is a georgia republican just a few weeks before a violent mob with storm the capitol. behind those doors, by the way, are the speakers offices and those rioters, one of whom police fatally shot, we re trying to get to her. the former president and others would subsequently try to make a martyr out of the dead rioter, incorporating her, intern, into the midst and conspiracy theories about the insurrection. all there for the next terrain person to drink out of. so we already see lies and incitement. some of them targeting nancy pelosi by name. they ve already seen warnings, it was leading to violence. we have seen the violence. we have seen the violence justified with more lies. and now, in the wake of this latest act of political violence, we are seeing more attempts to explain it away. with paul pelosi, that is a
the speakers offices. you saw that with the tax bill where there was not a single hearing, with the health care. that s pretty astonishing. what i m hearing from the new members is, look, let s have strong committees. we haven t representation, but we want the committees to be out in the open and public. as a democratic member of congress, i m interested in your reaction to what your democratic colleague ohio senator had to say this week about why he thinks that democrats in rural areas have been underperforming republican candidates. listen to this. if you love your country, you fight for the people that make it work, whether they punch a clock or swipe a badge or work for salary or work for tips, whether they are raising children or caring for an older parent. i don t think they speak to workers enough about the dignity of work and about the respect we should have for workers.