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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...

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 ...

in this moment its unclear if there is any concession they will accept beyond kevin mccarthy taking his name out of consideration. unclear if the house adjourns as soon as it gavels in or the opposition is going to force mccarthy to stomach another vote and likely public humiliation. cnns capitol hill team is tracking every development on very little sleep. lets check in with manu raju. manu, mccarthy allies remain worried and now theyre worried that they might even begin to hemorrhage...

>> on tuesday, florida republican byron donalds got one vote. one for speaker of the house of representatives. on wednesday, he was nominated for that job. >> here we are, and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. we do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin, but rather the content of their character. there is an important reason for nominating byron, and that is, this country needs a change. >> this co...

There is an important reason for nominating byron and that is this country needs a change. >> this country needs a change, he said. and rather than picking the only member of congress who kept all the members of his caucus in line and earned the most votes for speaker, 11 times now, hakeem jeffries, who also happens to be black, congressman chip roy decided, hey, our party can look diverse too. we do have four black members of our caucus after all and we can pick one of them. after that rousing ...

We do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin but rather the content of their character. byron donalds -- [ applause ] byron donalds is a good man raised by a single mom who moved past adversity, became a christian man at the age of 21 and has devoted his life to advancing the cause for his family and for this country. and he has done it admirably. but theres an important reason for nominating byron, and that