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First, new year, new congress and new problems for Kevin Mccarthy as he struggles to secure the speakers gavel. The pushback hes getting from his caucus with time right nowing out to secure the votes he needs before republicans take control of the house. Its one of the busiest travel days for what has been one of the craziest travel seasons in recent memory. Ahead, were on the ground at one of americas busiest airports. And youll want to turn up the volume for this one. Who stands to benefit from new big changes for Retirement Plans and Student Loan Payments this year . How it could affect your bottom line. Plus, the new restrictions for women in afghanistan that groups say will cost lives. About 25 hours from now, the 118th Congress will convene with republ ....
first, new year, new congress and new problems for kevin mccarthy as he struggles to secure the speaker s gavel. the pushback he s getting from his caucus with time right nowing out to secure the votes he needs before republicans take control of the house. it s one of the busiest travel days for what has been one of the craziest travel seasons in recent memory. ahead, we re on the ground at one of america s busiest airports. and you ll want to turn up the volume for this one. who stands to benefit from new big changes for retirement plans and student loan payments this year? how it could affect your bottom line. plus, the new restrictions for women in afghanistan that groups say will cost lives. about 25 hours from now, the 118th congress will convene with republicans in charge of the house of representatives. but it s still far from certain who their next speaker will be. nbc news has obtained a letter written on sunday by a group of nine current and incoming h ....
Numbers. he has to reach 218 votes to win this and right now you have these nine house republicans in this letter in addition to five that have been publicly opposing him for months now, so the numbers are not adding up as of right now for kevin mccarthy. pretty incredible those concessions and also incredible that they may not be enough. as the politico playbook pointed out this morning, this doesn t look good for republicans as one lawmaker told politico, we re supposed to be hitting the ground running here, but instead it s just a big belly flop. just how bad could a long, drawnout fight for the speakership, just how bad would that be for republicans? well, it would be very bad because that means the business of the house could not be conducted without a speaker elected. and, you know, there s something called a strong minority. we saw that with nancy pelosi in 2016. and kevin mccarthy is proving ....
You know, a lot of republicans are not wanting to see a chance to relive all of this in front of the national media, and they just see no benefit in a prolonged, drawnout fight that s going to take place next year. for a lot of those democrats, they re thinking some of their top 2020 candidates are senators who will be jurors themselves in this process. josh, you are a true george bush lindquist. fantastic conversation there. that wraps it up for me this hour, i m richard lui. you can follow me on twitter u instagram, and facebook. coming up, politicsnation. referendum al sharpton will speak with a potential senate trial juror, ben cardin of maryland. of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7 and maintained it. oh! under 7? ....
if it does become a drawnout fight, i think he would have to pick a couple states on tuesday and try to put some wins on board there. yeah, 24 hours, big difference. in the meantime, nate silver, dana pill milbank, thanks for joining me this morning. white newt gingrich s showmanship is further cementing his we have team coverage on both the romney and gingrich campaigns and what s taking place in south carolina today. peter alexander will be following romney today. ron mott will be following newt gingrich. they bothdown me from charleston, south carolina. i know we are expecting mitt romney in an event in south carolina, but the questions about romney s personal wealth ....