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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 ...

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...

good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, you're looking at a live image of the well of the house of representatives, the nation's capital, where they're set to reconvene out there about three and a half hours pm journey, when they do reconvene, they'll be setting about the business of electing a speaker of the house, for the 118th congress, something they have failed to do for the first time in 100 years. today, kevin mccarthy, the house leader of the republican party, long expected to be the next speaker, should republicans take the, house was put up for speaker, and failed to o...

candidate for speaker of the house. >> i bet you are going to tell me. >> i am going to tell you, you are on the show. let's see if this video refreshes your memory. watch it. >> this was something kevin mccarthy planned to say on fox news, including the word on trustable un-trustable -- >> when kevin mccarthy said some stupid stuff on tv that just killed -- >> -- >> that killed his candidacy for the speaker of the house. and here we are -- >> seven years later! >> seven years later, and the man is still struggling, alex. houston still has a problem. >> houston very much still has a ...

will see you again tomorrow. and now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> i was wondering if you remember where you were the last time that kevin mccarthy flamed out as a candidate for speaker of the house >> i bet you are going to tell me. >> i am going to tell you, you are on the show. let's see if this video refreshes your memory. watch it. >> this was something kevin mccarthy planned to say on fox news, including the word on trustable un-trustable -- >> when kevin mccarthy said some stupid stuff on tv that just killed -- >> -- >> that k...