i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it s over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn t a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn t that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1:39 a.m. formally getting the gavel to become speaker of the house, but it s what s left after all of that that has a lot of people wondering. alexandria hoff followed this from the beginning with how it ended. what a great compilation it was. it showed how much back and forth has happened in four days. there were moments last night where i felt like i was watching the u.k. house of commons rather
than the country. . i appreciate your time. dateline white house picks up with nicole right now. it s 4:00 in new york and yes, it s groundhog day, the crisis in the house of representatives and the united states of america is in its third day. there still no speaker of the house of representatives which means there are no members of the house of representatives. that despite and evening of negations. kevin mccarthy has lost eight votes to be speaker and is on track right now to lose the ninth vote. that s despite making a series of unbelievable concessions, things that were off the table sunday night and into monday, to the holdouts in his car gets caucus, a major allowance to the hard right republicans, he said he would lower the number from 5 to 1. he said he previously not accept that. congress and matt gaetz, he nominated donald trump for the speakership and described the power to remove the speaker as anyone, anywhere, anytime, raising questions about whether anybod
next? chief among them, when will congress have a new speaker of the house? plus damar hamlin remains in critical condition in the hospital. we ll talk to his high school football coach. a monster storm is hammering california right now. san francisco s mayor joins us live, as they prepare and are handling what they re going to do about the latest deluge. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being with us. i m kate bolduan. 24 hours later, we have no speaker of the house and no clearer view when that would be decided. very soon the house is supposed to attempt to convene. kevin mccarthy incests he will not be dropping out of the race, and insists he can get to 218, despite failing to secure support in three votes. it is the first time in a century that the house did not elect a speaker on the first round of voting. at the heart of this mess is a small group of conservatives, about 10% of the republican conference, all of whom want more power, all of
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