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Five -- six votes to get to 218. if they have too many that go the other way, there could be a shift. i dont think it will happen but were on our third ballot now. >> martha: imagine the anger on the republicans said if they end up with a democratic-led speaker after getting a gain with a slim majority that is barely a majority. hakeem jeff recreation at 212. a quick thought from dana perino who is with us as well as we watch. a lot of people have left the chamber. maybe they headed to a confere...

Evidence that he was actually in the car because i dont think the father heard a confession. >> martha: thank you so much. good to have you with us. mark fur fuhrman from idaho. back to capitol hill where theres another huge drama unfolding. the second round of the house speakership vote looks like this. 203 for mccarthy, 212 for hakeem jeffries and the rest for jim jordan. we bring in republican congressman elect from new york mike lawler. we spoke with you throughout the mid-term process sever...

Know how well coordinated this option to mccarthy is. and if too many republicans end up voting present or abstaining on future ballots, lets say that 16 republicans abstained or voted present, now youd have 418 total votes. the magic number would be 210. you would then be in territory where hakeem jeffries getting 212 democratic votes could end up with a majority. thats a very farfetched scenario, but it gets to when you move to a second ballot, a lot of things come into play. a lot of possibil...

The vote counts if you vote for somebody by name. if you vote present, its not considered an official vote. if you abstain, its not considered an official vote. its the potential second ballot emerges here. there are 212 democrats and so far they have been voting for hakeem jeffries. think of this as a second ballot. what happens if there are ten republicans on the second ballot who had voted for somebody other than mccarthy who vote present. those votes are not considered official votes. so the...

Aisle. i think we have to keep all of these things on the radar and not assume everybody is going to do the same thing over and over. >> we are seeing kevin mccarthy on the house floor hoping clearly people will remain on the floor. we saw a shot of scalise a moment ago, and the question is if it goes to a third ballot, how does it play out? does anything change or do the numbers remain what they have been all afternoon, 212 for hakeem jeffries, and 202 for kevin mccarthy. we will stay in the li...

Nominations? there being no further nominations, the clerk appoints the following tellers. the gentleman from georgia, mr. loudermilk. the gentlemanwoman from california, miss lee, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. steele and the gentleman from new york, mr. morelli. the tellers will come forward and take their seats at the desk in front of the speakers rostrum. >> all right. we are watching history in action. hakeem jeffries, the house democratic leader, we know that there are 212 votes for him...

You would expect maybe the very hard right republicans, matt gaetz, lauren boebert to be against you, but its a broader percent of republicans that are not voting for mccarthy and its not good going into the evening. >> neil: democrats are told stay close, dont wander. a hakeem jeffrey said he will get to 212, maybe more. you need 218. you need -- you had a hope that some of your republican colleagues sort of wander or take a long time at one of the snack machines or cafeteria. then all of the t...

Trying to rally the troops in favor of kevin mccarthy whereas historically hes kind of been a thorn in the side of past leaders, so theyre obviously trying to figure out what the next move is, but the point is that there is no speaker of the house right now because you need 218 and not even hakeem jeffries got that. but it is such we were talking as we were watching, this is -- be careful what you wish for. >> yeah. >> because he placated this small group because he felt that that was what he ne...

Minority leader saying they are solely focused on making sure every one of their democrats shows up and votes. well have to see whether this plays out the way republicans think it will. democrats are also being open to supporting a motion to adjourn, something republicans could do if they cant get there and need to regroup, anderson. >> no doubt well talk to you a lot throughout this afternoon. john kick is at the magic wall with the breakdown. walk us through the process. >> i will but interrup...

Lawmakers are having discussions how to proceed given these are three votes the exact same in terms of kevin mccarthy having 203 or 202 votes. what are you hearing about what is next? >> they are active discussions underway about adjourning the house until tomorrow because of the failure to the speaker. this is only possible if 218 members vote for this. mccarthy going into the vote did not want to adjourn the chamber and grind this through the night and day in and day out but opponents of mccar...