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anybody out here. so the sooner we all come together, just keep a calm head, i know you guys are getting excited. i dont think if you watch me that i get excited -- do i want to go through all this, no. but i think at the end of the day its better to go through this now so we could be successful for this term. >> if you fail three times, how do you possibly pull this off? >> you get to 218. >> this morning, a speakership stalemate. the house adjourned last night without a speaker after...

alphabetical order, they didnt even get past the cs, sealing a round one loss in a matter of minutes. mccarthy failing to whittle down the small but significant group of republican outliars all dead set on voting against him. the damage a failed first vote like this will inflict on the speakership position from the get go even if he does win, if its a mess for republicans, a mess for mccarthy and it is shaping up to be a long day ahead for the brand-new 118th congress. he reminded repo...

Have told me the former president a little gun shy about weighing in too strong ler potentially backing a loser considering he was blamed for republican defeats at the midterms. joining us co-author of politicos playbook, rachel, great to see you. the house reconvenes in a few hours in the building behind you. kevin mccarthy failed not once, not twice but three times to get the needed votes yesterday. whats his plan to get there today? >> well, look, it looks like mccarthy is going to try to rel...

And really speaks to the diminished power that the former president has in this party right now after, you know, midterms and shellacking that republicans -- well, i guess you cant call it shellacking. they did flip the house, but still trumps diminished power doesnt want to weigh in now because he doesnt want to look like hes backing a loser. you just hinted at. mccarthy has a real problem on his hands right now in that his detractors are furious his allies starting threatening them saying they...

>> your reaction to what happened today? >> it speaks for itself. it speaks for itself. as one who loves this institution, i think its a sad day. i hoped they would be able to put their -- what they set out to do, very sad. >> nancy pelosi no longer speaker but very much still a presence in congress. also former president donald trump is reacting to yesterdays speaker vote and seems to be wavering. speaking to nbcs garrett haake, trump said well see what happens when asked if he is sticking by k...

With a likely robust, maybe chaotic, republican field they have to respond to. theyll haval to respond to republicans and their investigations and spending time coalescing around each other furthering a contrast between their party and the republican party as we saw them do ahead of the 2022 midterms. >> alexi, briefly. a preview of today. starts at noon. any idea how long it will go? >> long as it takes. kevin mccarthy is not willing to throw in the towel but continue to see rebels continue to ...

That these right wing rebels are ending up being to mccarthy and the larger republican party and we saw it play out in realtime yesterday with the speaker fight and well see it continue as they try to govern through the 118th congress. >> certainly a tough day for "my kevin" as donald trump referred to mccarthy. democrats had a blast. nerve her so much fun watching the republicans -- well, lets just say theyre in disarray. take us inside the democratic side? >> right. my colleague was told havin...

Whip in the house, a republican from north carolina. always wears a bow tie. kind of wonky and nerdy is someone else people are looking at and others could be raised. conservatives are talking about jim jordan. the reality is they know that jim jordan is never going to get 218 votes. too many enemies in the house, but i think the thinking here amongst these conservative critics of mccarthy is that if they continue to show that he does not get the votes eventually he will have to drop out and whe...