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thank you so much for letting us into your homes all weeklong during these extraordinary times. we're grateful. "the beat with ari melber." it's friday, have you heard? >> i hope you have a great week, nicolle. >> you, too. welcome to "the beat." this republican chaos is continuing on this friday night in the house, which just rejected kevin mccarthy for speaker again, the 13th time. that's two more defeats for mccarthy today. >> kevin mccarthy is pretty much stuck at this point. he can't even stop these votes from taking place and losing over and over again. >> house republicans n...

next? chief among them, when will congress have a new speaker of the house? plus damar hamlin remains in critical condition in the hospital. we'll talk to his high school football coach. a monster storm is hammering california right now. san francisco's mayor joins us live, as they prepare and are handling what they're going to do about the latest deluge. this is what we're watching "at this hour." thank you for being with us. i'm kate bolduan. 24 hours later, we have no speaker of the house and no clearer view when that would be decided. very soon the house is supposed to atte...

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...

jeffries. >> my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] >> john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. >> sandra: congressman elect donalds will be joining us in a moment, byron donalds is watching for the final vote cast on the float and t...

We are following news this morning where another codefendant in the Trump Georgia Case just plead guilty. Overseas we are hearing from one of the two hostages and what she says are the horrifying moments about t kidnapping. And we will talk to netanyahu about what the releases mean for the war. And then we will talk to congressman gregory meeks. And meanwhile, congress is trying to decide who they think could be the next speaker of the house. We will break down who could have a path to victory. We begin this very busy hour with Breaking News out of georgia where just this morning a former trum...