MSNBC Alex Wagner Tonight July 6, 2024
of this vote. and it appears, though obviously it is not done yet. that kevin mccarthy may in fact have the votes. steve, can you give us a bit of the history lesson here? compare this to any other time in modern history? >> any other time in modern history there is none, because the last time the speaker's vote went past one ballots was 1823. but, we will come back to this board. but to put you in some's perspective what the history of this is. you're looking at here, this is every speakers race in history gone past one ballot. we'll put this past today when there were only 11 ballo...
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