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118th Congress opens with chaotic leadership election

NPR political correspondent Susan Davis joins Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes to discuss why California Republican Kevin McCarthy is having a hard time Tuesday lining up all of the votes needed within his own party to become the next Speaker of the House.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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