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 obtain the magical 218 votes threshold he needs to become speaker. he failed once, he felt twice, even three times. that s right, today, three more votes, three more failed votes for kevin mccarthy, which brings the total to six. and that s because he has a very narrow majority in a caucus of about 20, exactly 20, in the last few, votes republicans, who do not want to vote for kevin kathy, the spea
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went on for longer. mccarthy, though, you have to remember, this is perfectly comfortable, he says, with setting new records for how long he s willing to stay in. the record is something like over 130 ballots, so i play for all of us that that s not what we re in for. at the same, time he s now that he s gonna stay in, the same tune that many of these numbers are voting against, him say they re happy to continue doing so. because the only goal is to make sure mccarthy doesn t become speaker. it looks like rub when seems to business, here with the clerk, let s take a business to what s going on. all in favor say aye. those opposed say no.
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