fabulist might as well just are telling people he speaker of the house, because kevin sure ain t closing. and that is the reidout and all in with chris hayes starts right now. with chris hayes starts right no good evening from ne, i m chris hayes. it was a truly remarkable scene in washington state see this afternoon, as the house adjourned after what should have been the triumphant first day of the incoming republican majority. instead, it was an unmitigated disaster, with republican leader kevin mccarthy failing three times in succession to be elected speaker. the house will return at noon tomorrow and will continue voting until one candidate, mccarthy or someone else, reaches a majority. this has not happened for a century. the last time the vote for speaker went past a single around with all the way back 100 years ago in 1923. we arrived at this moment after a day full of insanity on capitol hill. it began with the republican house caucus meeting this morning which was
reelected senators. senator patty murray of washington also made history when she became the first female senate protons, it is the second highest ranking job in the chamber, not to mention it makes her third in line to the presidency. when marie was first elected to the senate in 1992, there are only two women in the chamber. but many had their eyes today on the incoming suit junior senator, john fetterman. would he wear his signature hoodie in shorts? he ended speculation earlier today, tweeting this. for those are you asking, yes there will be a fetterman in shorts today but it is not me. included a picture of his oldest son sporting some khaki shorts. what was on the menu for today s ceremony? fetterman s communications director tweeted this. yes there is crudités at the fetterman inauguration. one of the more pressing question is a crudités or a veggie tray? and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news,
reporter: all of these options are thorny. if they go to another round of balloting, it s not clear i would be surprised if mccarthy were able to peel off the number of people that he needs from this 20 no vote coalition on his side to actually become speaker on this next ballot. what we are hearing is that the mccarthy team could go for a motion to adjourn until tomorrow. you are right, that would buy them time. it would save them another round of embarrassment if he were to lose on this fourth ballot. as i was walking over here, i tried to find some key members of that 20 no vote coalition to ask if they would support that motion to adjourn. right now, democrats have said they will not represent republicans do that. they are whipping against that motion. republicans would have to go it alone. they would not be able to pass that motion to adjourn unless some of these 20 republicans were also on board and supportive of it. i talked, for example, with congressman andy bigg
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
it s continue:in the east, 7:00 a.m. in the west. today americans have been dreading the book end to one of the busiest travel seasons on record that has certainly seen its fair share of headaches for travelers. we re live from atlanta s airport as folks hope to start off the new year the right way. and overseas, russia unleashing a swarm of drone strikes on ukraine, showing no signs of backing down from the strategy of targeting key infrastructure amid the bitter winter cold. we re live in the region with the latest as we approach the one-year mark of russia s invasion. also ahead, the family of the suspect arrested in connection to the killing of those four university of idaho students is addressing that arrest. what the suspect s lawyer and the police chief there are telling nbc news. plus, new chaos on capitol hill with republicans set to take control of the house. how kevin mccarthy s bid for the speaker s gavel just got even more complicated thanks to his very own