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i'm chris jansing in for jose diaz-balart. right now on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers are about to gather for a remembrance event marking two years since the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol lawmakers, staff and law enforcement fear for their lives after a pro-trump mob stormed the halls of congress. norma torres will account her experience on that terrible day. we're day four of an intense speakership battle where a group made up of 2020 election deniers is rebebl belling against kevin mccarthy's bid throwing congress into paralysis. mccarthy isn't backing down. >> we'...

but he's not going to do the deal, not on this roll call. maybe not today. chris jansing, my colleague is going to take over this roll call. watch with steve kornacki. this has been an extraordinary day already. we have another flip here. >> we knew it was going to be historic. steve kornacki, what did we just seethe? i want to go back to steve. what are we looking at? >> mary miller from illinois, another one of the holdouts, she also flipping over and voting for mccarthy. that means there have been 13 folk who is have voted against mccarthy previously and now 7 of those 13 have fli...

speaker. we do know house republicans joined a conference call to talk about a possible new deal on the table. but multiple people on the call tell nbc news, kevin mccarthy acknowledges he still does not have enough votes to become speaker after 11 rounds. we spoke with kevin mccarthy ahead of that call and this is what he >> this is all leaving one-third of our government functionally paralyzed just as the nation marks the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. "politico" making the note that, quote, a handful of republicans who remained in the january 6th sigh...

people. tip o'neill got along with ronald reagan. ted kennedy got along with orrin hatch. joe biden got along with john mccain. nancy pelosi got along with john boehner. ruth bader ginsburg got along with antonin scalia. all we are asking is house republicans to get along with each other. first time in 100 years there is no congress because of ambition or power grabs, dysfunction, and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this. it's embarrassing, it's dysfunctional. it's dangerous, it's stupid. those are words that republicans have used. >> yep, we still do not have a u.s. hou...

local election workers, in 2020, he was harassed and threatened, as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the plim threats and pressure. -- political threats and pressure. he was so trusted by both political parties, that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, appointed him as pennsylvania's secretary of state, a republican who ensured the integrity of the elections. that's a high compliment. [ applause ] >> his character and his commitment speak volumes of "we the people." that's what we are also seeing in benson. twice e...