Tonight, the House of Representatives is entering week three without a speaker.

Eight candidates are now vying for the job after one dropped out in the last hour.

And right now, as we speak, Republicans are meeting behind closed doors to

figure out some kind of a path forward before an internal vote tomorrow. Don't hold your breath.

After all of the reports of screaming and cursing, some physical altercations in previous meetings,

I really can only imagine what is going on in that room right now. We're going to talk to some

people who do know in just a moment.

But if you're wondering out there why this matters and why we are still talking about this

circus, well, the thing is, nothing can happen in Congress.

No new money for Israel, no new money for humanitarian efforts in Gaza, nothing without a speaker.

Now is the time when we really actually need government

to function. And you'll never guess who's involved in all of this dysfunction behind the scenes,

or maybe you will guess. Look, Donald Trump's support may not have propelled Jim Jordan,

but it came pretty close to getting an election denying defender of the January 6th insurrectionist,

that's Jim Jordan, into the job that is second in line for the presidency.

And Trump's fingerprints are all over this latest round, too, because six of the remaining

eight Republicans running voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

But one of those leading candidates is someone who at least didn't try to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. But one of those leading candidates is someone who at least didn't try to overturn

the will of the people that time, a guy named Tom Emmer.

You might not know him if he walked up to you in the street, but here he is.

And don't get me wrong, he's a very conservative and very Trumpy on just about every issue.

But maybe he's a viable option.

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