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plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still don t have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? we re in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former minority leader kevin mccarthy still does not have enough support to get to the magic number and the top spot. about 20 opponents are refusing to buckle so far as negotiations continue behind the scenes vote after vote. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, kevin mccarthy expected to move the meter today. it never happened, despite concessions. the house is no closer to electing a speaker than when it st ....
does this guy need? maybe these vacations aren t really about catching rays and hanging out with hunter. this is how biden hides from the press much easier to dodge questions on the beach than the south lawn especially when you are on the bicycle. mr. president. mr. president will you come talk to us? no. got to go get bathing suits. sean: no better time to run from reporters after your doj raided the house of your political opponent. the white house s stance on the raid has been clear. no comment it would not be appropriate to comment on any ongoing investigation. again, we are not going to comment on any ongoing investigations from here. again, we defer any oncoming on this particular incident yesterday to the department of justice. again, i m just not going to comment on any reaction to what happened yesterday. we are going to refer any incoming to the department of justice. sean: and she hasn t held a press briefing since. it seems that the white house doe ....
This spectacle to play out on primetime television, then you re not interested in what s best for the republican party. but that leaves 16. and i think kevin is trying to pick them off one by one. bret: mollie? we have seen so 78 people talk about how chaotic and embarrassing this is. i think a lot of this is about just democracy in action. we are seeing people going down and voting and debating. this is generally a good thing. and, it also is a lesson for the republican party, i think, in that you have these 20 members who do not have a majority. but they re showing thousand we would power to accomplish their objectives. their objectives, when were talked about last night on last night s show are reasonable. they want some rules changes. they want some control of some committees. and these are the types of things that this is when they have the leverage. this is when they have the power. they are working those things out. right now, as trey just mentioned. they re in debates rig ....
Govern. sights and sounds from this marathon on the house floor. meantime the wall street journal writing. this. who s crazy enough to be a republican speaker? too many republicans don t really want to hold and keep political power. they re much more comfortable opposition in the minority easier no hard decisions or compromises are necessary. you can rage against the swamp without having to do anything to change it. with that, let s bring in our panel early. fox news senior political analyst juan williams. mollie hemway editor and chief at the federalist. and trey gowdy former congressman from south carolina. trey, here we are again. thoughts on today? i think progress is being made. i hope i m not up characteristic in saying that. my friends tell me they are talking now. you have to whittle the 20 down. the other night four republicans voted with democrats on the motion to adjourn. you can just forget about those four. if you really are going to side with the democrats and allow ....
If you re happy with how congress is acting right now, then you should be how congress acts in the last several years, you don t like what s happening. if you want change, you should probably like these types of debates. bret: nbc, this is from john or matt gaetz who by the way voted now three times for former president trump for speaker. saying that the mccarthy concessions to the freedom caucus just one member can bring up the motion to oust a sitting speaker rather than needing five members. that s the vacate motion that would be voted on and putting house freedom caucus members on the rules and other committees and they have a detente with club for growth and other involvement in open primaries. in other words don t challenge when someone is running that may not be in the establishment s favor. juan, mollie says this is a good thing for democracy and the republic. it is a way to negotiate. i don t see how it s good for democracy. i think that, in fact, what we see is a hous ....