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
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we are at five votes. we will see where we go. now they are just done for the day. and again, we have not been here in, basically, anyone s lifetime. we do not have a speaker. there are no house rules. the house is not even formally in session. the 118 congress does not exist yet. we are basically in uncharted territory here. there are 19 or now 20 no votes for mccarthy. we don t really know what all of them want, to be honest, or they even want anything other than chaos, to her the perceived establishment candidate. as far as we know, there is no real plan to get the defectors on board. it is not even clear if mccarthy can turn to his good buddy donald trump for help. that, of course, being the man he debased himself in front of, again, and again, and again, and again and again because, despite endorsing mccarthy for speaker, trump now, shockingly, surprise surprise, seems more than happy to throw him under the bus. now that mccarthy has been outed as a historic loser, can you imagine