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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 don't 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 it's 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 kevin mccarthy failed to win enough support in three rounds of voting. we'll walk through what ha...

alphabetical order, they didn't 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 it's 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 reporters he holds the record for the longest speech ever delivered on the house floor, saying he does...

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 politico's 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. what's his plan to get there today? >> well, look, it looks like mccarthy is going to try to rely on this sort of outside pressure campaign to try to move his detractors, you know, if he watched...

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 can't call it shellacking. they did flip the house, but still trump's diminished power doesn't want to weigh in now because he doesn't want to look like he's 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 could lose committee posts. the theory trying to argue he is owed the speakership because he r...

>> your reaction to what happened today? >> it speaks for itself. it speaks for itself. as one who loves this institution, i think it's 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 yesterday's speaker vote and seems to be wavering. speaking to nbc's garrett haake, trump said we'll see what happens when asked if he is sticking by kevin mccarthy for speaker. that's a break from what he said over the past few months where he ha...