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now for the last word with lawrence odonnell. good evening lawrence. >> good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthys first order of business in the house of representatives is to prove how much we do not need a house of representatives if it is to be run by the legislative crazies of the republican party. >> maybe that will never be seated. maybe this is it. maybe its just about the upper chamber? >> so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damag...

good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you to all of us joining us at this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. that appears to be exactly where we are right now in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker o...

chamber. >> so far the republicans have done no damage in house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it, with the speaker. >> we will be wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated. >> and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the ...

you are telling me, you dream that true. >> i did. >> it wasnt as close my dream. >> some very bad liberating takes us on the air tonight. and tomorrow at noon, when they resume, lets hope some serious business gets done. on that, note i wish you a very good night, well of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, ill see you at the end of tomorrow. end of tomorrow. -- he set a new contemporary record, were now back into the 1830s collapsed. of 11 votes happen, 1850s or is like 1...

me snickering and chortling through the conversation you were just having. >> you know me, i like when i get a laugh. >> the idea that you just said, we are going to have a speaker and odds are that person probably will be a republican. thats where we are right now. >> i want to cover my bases because thats on tape. >> the fact that its even a possibility that it might not be someone from kevin mccarthys -- >> you never know. >> tells us where we are at. thank you. thank you to all of ...

im chris jansing in for jose diaz-balart. right now on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers are about to gather for a remembrance event marking two years since the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol lawmakers, staff and law enforcement fear for their lives after a pro-trump mob stormed the halls of congress. norma torres will account her experience on that terrible day. were day four of an intense speakership battle where a group made up of 2020 election deniers is rebebl belling ...

but hes not going to do the deal, not on this roll call. maybe not today. chris jansing, my colleague is going to take over this roll call. watch with steve kornacki. this has been an extraordinary day already. we have another flip here. >> we knew it was going to be historic. steve kornacki, what did we just seethe? i want to go back to steve. what are we looking at? >> mary miller from illinois, another one of the holdouts, she also flipping over and voting for mccarthy. that means t...

speaker. we do know house republicans joined a conference call to talk about a possible new deal on the table. but multiple people on the call tell nbc news, kevin mccarthy acknowledges he still does not have enough votes to become speaker after 11 rounds. we spoke with kevin mccarthy ahead of that call and this is what he >> this is all leaving one-third of our government functionally paralyzed just as the nation marks the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. "...

people. tip oneill got along with ronald reagan. ted kennedy got along with orrin hatch. joe biden got along with john mccain. nancy pelosi got along with john boehner. ruth bader ginsburg got along with antonin scalia. all we are asking is house republicans to get along with each other. first time in 100 years there is no congress because of ambition or power grabs, dysfunction, and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this. its embarrassing, its dysfunctional. its dangerous, ...

local election workers, in 2020, he was harassed and threatened, as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the plim threats and pressure. -- political threats and pressure. he was so trusted by both political parties, that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, appointed him as pennsylvanias secretary of state, a republican who ensured the integrity of the elections. thats a high compliment. [ applause ] >> his character and ...