people know i take classified documents i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records taken there to that office. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we will have breaking news on george santos, the disgraced long island republican. first news impacting travelers across the country. flights are resuming after an faa ordered national ground stop just before 6:00 a.m. eastern time caused by an outage to a critical computer system for airline pilots. tom costello has been on top of this story all morning. what do we know? what do the runways look like right now? 7,000 delays nationwide, 1,100 canceled. this computer system called the notum went down. it gives pilots information about the airports they are coming from, where they re going and potential alternative airports. it s included in this. the computer system went down in the early morning hours. as the delays mounted, the faa came in and said, we have to
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
you ll find out the things you disagree upon are not insurmountable and we can finally get to resolutions and get to yes. the first test is well, first test was electing a speaker and that proved to be quite difficult. but i m glad you can laugh about it now. the next one is rules package for anyone out there wonder what that means. it s a package that dictates how the congress, the house in particular is going to run for the next couple of years. and it s not clear whether or not even that will pass. what do you think? you know, a lot of people are coming into this and grumbling, well, the people who are negotiating got everything and kevin was giving away the store. but i think part of the process with a lot of other members in working with my group, the republican governance group and explaining along the way of what was taking place, and there s nothing in this package that really hurts us because, unfortunately and i ve seen it since my time here too much power
let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had votes to elect mccarthy on the 14th ballot, but when that seem headed for baylor, mccarthy s allied huddled around the florida congressman, matt gates, to get him to vote for mccarthy. instead, gates voted present, which is not good enough to win mccarthy in speakership. after the roll call, mccarthy himself approached gates, the two exchanged words amid a group of other lawmakers. mccarthy was the
house to capitol hill with the collision of two historic and deeply connected events. the first, the ongoing crisis over the house speakership still unfolding in the house at this moment, which just voted to adjourn until 10:00 pm tonight after 13 votes took pl. and the speaker was still not elected pickett is something that has not happened in american politics in 164 years. since before the civil war. the second event, the anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. the worst attack on the united its capital in centuries. the commemoration today took place at the white house where pres. joe biden awarded the country second highest civilian honor, the presidential citizens will to 14 people who were instrumental in making sure that american democracy survived the coup attempt by the ex-president and his republican allies. it is group that includes first responders, officers, as well as election workers like ruby freeman and shane mossberg we have a chance to speak to two of t