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now for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening lawrence. >> good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthy's 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 it's just about the upper chamber? >> so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it with the speaker. >> we are wishing for the good old ...

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 of the house today the lower chamber has already held five votes for speaker. and congressman kevin m...

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 house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate. so...

you are telling me, you dream that true. >> i did. >> it wasn't as close my dream. >> some very bad liberating takes us on the air tonight. and tomorrow at noon, when they resume, let's 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, i'll see you at the end of tomorrow. end of tomorrow. -- he set a new contemporary record, we're now back into the 1830s collapsed. of 11 votes happen, 1850s or is like 133. he's lost 11 votes, now there's a motion to adjourn, to take some time off from the, losing ...

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. that's where we are right now. >> i want to cover my bases because that's on tape. >> the fact that it's even a possibility that it might not be someone from kevin mccarthy's -- >> you never know. >> tells us where we are at. thank you. thank you to all of you at home for joining us. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and...