i rise today to nominate the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy, as speaker of the house. i rise to nominee kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. i rise to nominate the gentleman from california. madam speaker, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. madam clerk, to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. gaetz. donald john trump. trump. after ten ballots and now into an 11th, there is still no speaker. they even nominated donald trump today. but as usual, he lost. and that is where we begin tonight, on jet another day and night without a speaker of the house. it wasn t lucky enough seven for kevin mccarthy o
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 to do some more talk about this, colleagues to work in a deal so you won t keep losing. he s been losing by basically the same margins over and over. he can t afford to lose, for and he s been losing 20 over and over. one of the allies has made a motion to adjourn, as was the case 24 hours ago. if you watch innocent, thinking i feel like i was just here. i feel, you i do as well, because this is where
and the humiliation that s come with that here in front of the whole nation. tonight we begin with how we got here, because everyone s been absorbing the days of chaos, headlines about the failure of the republican majority to get its work start in the its new congress. a story that really goes beyond politics and it s reaching people who don t always follow the swearing in or the speaker s race. if you approach this with fresh eyes as many americans have, saying what s going on over there? you may wonder why the big chaotic fight continues with rolling losses for republicans. why is it happening at the finish line of a win for the gop in the midterms? and why is the big fight in washington within one party, not between one of the typically warring factions between parties? there are many factors but three reasons loom large. first a crop of republicans who are more focused on hijacking than running. second, this trump internet industrial complex that puts the content, the tr
that s a problem. how do you lead with no principles? nancy pelosi has great principles. paul ryan had great principles. real quick, lightning round, how do you think this ends, congressman rooney, knowing these folks? how does this end? does kevin mccarthy end up getting the speakership? first of all, the war of attrition didn t work out for hitler and napoleon. let s sue what mccarthy can do. it depends on the never mccarthy people. are they tough enough to hold out. there s a couple white knights lurking out there waiting to pounce, and they re ready to go. spill the tea, michael steele. how does this end? the congressman is right. there are stalking horses who are stalking carefully. they do not want to be positioned as if they re trying to take out kevin. they want kevin to take himself out. by virtue of not being able to negotiate the deal. when that collapses, that s why we re now on the 11th vote. trust me.
seems like there s something there, though i can t put my finger on it. max, roe is a former democratic congressman, who represented the district that went for trump in 2020. tara setmayer worked at public communications director on capitol hill. max, great to have you here. first, as someone who served in that, body knows a lot of those folks, just your reaction to this. yeah, it was fun watching them all mingle, and seeing joe neguse literally bait the republicans. come, on vote for, reason for judgment. this is nuts, and you can t take your eyes away from it, and every day this goes on for the republican party, they look like they are dysfunctional, because they are at this one moment. and the american people are seen. that and the democratic party, they all realize that, i think it s important to take a step back and realize what s happening in the republican party. this is not a function of the