footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way he hopes to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. it s where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, garrett hague, covering the action. and former stpho claire mccaskill is here, and claire and david are both msnbc contributors. ferret, what is happening now? right now we are seeing the third vote get ready to take place here, and this one will have kevin mccarthy introduced by steve scalise and placed in nomination by steve scalise, and for the second time in a row, you have people that could be foes to mccarthy, placing his name in nomination. the last round we saw with jim jordan, and far mor
ready to step in a way that gave the members of the caucus confidence and provided this sense of unity. it is remarkable how well nancy pelosi and her other leadership team pulled off this transition and what class she showed today sitting as a back bencher and applauding for her successor as leader of the democrats in the house. and over on the senate side, you had patty murray, the first woman in history to be pro tem. so you have jeffries and murray both makes history today and the democrats really showing off their unity and ability to govern and obviously the longer this chaos continues, the stronger their hand becomes for the last two years the biden term. alexi, if you wanted to further the narrative that cost mitch mcconnell the majority for second time in two years, and