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good tuesday morning, everybody. i am lindsey reiser live at msnbc world headquarters in new york city. right now we are one hour away from the convening of the 118th congress on capitol hill. a scenario unlike anything we have seen before. one question remaining, will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the house? right now its not clear the california republican has the votes to secure the gavel. he seemed optimistic about the outcome this morning. >> do you have the votes yet? >> we wi...

>> reporter: the problem is, you have a math problem and you cant get there, so what do you do on the 50th vote if it doesnt move? >> look, i have the records for the longest speech ever on the floor, and i dont have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker, too. i dont see how a few people -- maybe its five or maybe its 20 sit because they want a gavel they cant earn by the conference themselves, that would be interested to me. thats not what the constituents voted them in for....

>> kat: in the wake of the g20 sit down with vladimir putin, president trump is looking to jump-start ties with russia. "i strongly pressed putin twice. he vehemently denied it. now its time to move forward and work constructively with russia." president trump proposed a cybersecurity unit but after getting criticism he is followed up by tweeting: "the fact that president putin and i discussed a cyber security unit doesnt mean i think it can happen. it cant. but a ceasefire can and did!" okay, o...

Only thing he creates is power and also people being submissive to him and thats exactly what donald trump did. >> adrian, since our president is all about claiming the people winners and losers who do you think walked out the winner of the g20 sit down? >> absolutely vladimivladimir p. president trump played right into his hands. to form a cybersecurity partnership between russia, which donald trumps entire intelligence community has said that russia absolutely hacked into our elections and inf...