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>> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it's over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn't a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn't that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1...

. first, we are now on night thre of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news i can confirm that major negotiations have been going on all day behind the scenes well these votes were taking place today. with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. i can report that at this hour of document is being put together that will go a long wa to settling differences. will it get kevin to 218? we won't know until probably sometime tomorrow or monday. if anything it would probably b a couple of votes short, but progress is real tonight at thi hour. n...

live coverage. >> and aim jake tapper in washington. the united states still without a house speaker this hour and there is no sign that republicans are going to be able to settle on one any time soon. kevin mccarthy is going to come up short a fourth time. that's the vote we're watching right now. the hard-line opposition of about 20 rebels backing congressman byron donalds of florida this go-around. this vote is playing out as we're seeing quite an interesting split screen moment on the left side of your screen. you see senator -- senator minority leader mitch mcconnell at an event...

needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can't even be sworn in. they don't even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it's a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let's bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett ha...

$15.62. instead, another deal has been cut, and it's going to be 1.66 trillion, which uses a bunch of gimmicks to increase spending. americans are tired of that. so i oppose it. it's just more of the same, and i wish speaker johnson weren't doing this. i'm very disappointed and hopefully we can try to figure out what to do in the next few days. >> who do you hold responsible for it? is it speaker johnson? >> well, i mean, his office is doing the negotiating, so that's the deal, and if went up doing this by suspension, we have to start calling him the suspension speaker. we should try to get it...