. >>> i'll also talk with democratic congressman colin allred about how everything is playing out today> also this morning, we just got that huge update from the buffalo bills on damar hamlin. his breathing tube has been removed, he even facetimed with his teammates. what he told them ahead. >>> but we start with dysfunction on the capitol hill and a fourth day with no speaker. nbc's ali vitali has been roaming the halls and getting information. also with me, brendan buck who has advised the last two republican speakers. ali, you have new reporting on that gop conference call. what's happening right now? >> yeah, chris, they were in the q&a portion when i last put my phone down and stopped texting our sources. my colleague and i just trying to get a sense of what's being said on this phone call. and really it sounds like they're playing some sort of shakespearian game of what's in a name. what do they mean by deal? this is true last night when we were checking our sources when they were leaving the capitol, there is a deal that gets kevin mccarthy more votes, it can shake things loose f

congressman colin allred of texas.we come back, you might have thought kevin mccarthy was having the worst day, maybe the loneliest guy in washington tonight. but you would be wrong. it looks like george santos took that title. the congressional ride is probably only going to get rock here. we're going to sell you in when the 11th hour continues. th hour continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ voltaren. the joy of movement. >> as republicans fail to -- after 3 separate rounds of voting, gio p congressman elect george santos could be seen very solemnly, sitting alone in chamber. santos is facing investigations, related to lies he told on the campaign trail. and it nearly open fraud case in brazil. he's apologize for those lies and nbc news has attempted to reach him for comment but hasn't received any response. but what he did tell the truth about his when he promised to support kevin mccarthy for speaker. >> santos. mccarthy. >> and absolutely on brand, george santos is congressional, website tonight, shows a press release that says he's

let's start with you congressman colin allred of texas. an all-texas show we have here today.e room as all this was happening. give us some insight as to what you saw as mccarthy was ontoly defeated and finally eked it out at the end. >> glad you had my colleagues from texas on earlier. don't be fooled in what they were saying. this is not what they wanted. this was not good for them or the country. we didn't know if we could go constituent services. we couldn't get intel briefings on what's going on around the world. this was not a good thing for the country. they had two months to do these negotiations from the last election, and i think it's a preview of what we're going to see throughout this congress, which is their inability to govern. >> you used to be chief of staff for the house republican conference, marc short. what do you make of what went on this week between mechanic carthy? that moment when mccarthy walked up the aisle and confronted perhaps his chief instigator, congressman matt gaetz of florida? >> i think it's important to keep in mind we're here because we'v

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colin allred and i need to sit at the table and figure out how to fix this as a country.e can't do that if the leaders jam through $1.7 trillion omnibus bills like happened in december. where we have no debate on the floor. we have to open debate up, do our work, limit spending and move the country forward. >> if mccarthy fails to offer a debt ceiling bill that has offsetting spending cuts, if he offers what the democrats in the senate want, which is a clean bill, would you vote to vacate the speakership, because it will now be able to be one person making that motion, to vacate the speaker? >> i'm not going to play the what-if games on how we'll use the tools of the house to make sure we enforce the terms of the agreement, but we will use the tools of the house to enforce the terms of the agreement. >> will you negotiate with democrats in the senate? >> sure. >> this isn't just about negotiating with kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy is much more conservative, however much you think he is a conservative compared to the people who run the senate, which is the democrats, or t

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