the other waiting game, paul ryan setting terms for taking the speaker's job. terms that may not be acceptable to party hard-liners. he's sort of channeling frank sinatra saying, i'll do it my way. >> we need to move from an opposition party to being a proposition party. we need to update our house rules so that everyone can be a more effective representative. we as a conference should unify now and not after a divisive speaker election. the last point is personal. i cannot and will not give up my family time. if i'm not unifying, that will be fine as well. i'll be happy to stay where i am at the ways and means committee. >> nbc's luke russert and kelly o'donnell live on capitol hill. obviously, we want to talk about the speaker and what you know. we may interrupt you very quickly because we are waiting now on word from the vice president. and word, of course, from the president of the united states. and we are all gathering here.