Republicans nominate Mike Johnson in fourth attempt to fill speaker's chair
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00:00 He's the fourth nominee put forward by Republicans in the effort to put an end to the chaos and
00:05 gridlock on Capitol Hill.
00:08 Just hours after Tom Emmer became the latest Republican to withdraw his speakership bid,
00:13 Republicans announced Mike Johnson's nomination.
00:16 The world is on fire. We stand with our ally Israel.
00:23 We have a very busy agenda. You're going to see this group working like a well-oiled
00:34 machine. We owe that to the American people. The people up here have been sent here by
00:40 the people of this country to do this job and we are going to do it well.
00:44 But Johnson, a constitutional law attorney who has close ties with Donald Trump, could
00:49 have a tough road ahead. Considered a key player in the former president's effort to
00:53 oppose Biden's 2020 election win, he supported a Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn the results
00:59 in four states won by Biden.
01:02 It's unclear whether he will overcome the party's infighting that thwarted the three
01:06 previous bids for the gavel.
01:09 The GOP holds a slim majority in the House over Democrats, meaning Johnson can only afford
01:14 to lose a handful of Republicans. The turmoil comes after the historic ouster of former
01:20 Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
01:22 Now in its third week without a speaker, Congress has been unable to respond to the Israel-Hamas
01:27 conflict or take action to avert a looming government shutdown in November.
01:33 Johnson's nomination is set to receive a full vote in the House as soon as Wednesday afternoon.
01:38 If he fails, Republicans will be back to square one yet again.
01:41 Disappear and submit to cross-examination.