if you are confused at home, i think there s many people confused on the floor of congress as well. particularly even the clerk right now. seems somewhat baffled by what is going on. see if there s more clarity. she hasn t turned her microphone on. congressman dent, is this normal? no, it s not. what happened is the cheief clek closed out the vote. some were upset she closed it sooner than they liked. they were hoping people would change their votes. if one more republican were to become a no vote, then 214 to 214 would be a tie. it wouldn t pass. it appears republicans are going to prevail on the motion to
0 i don t think voting tonight is productive. let people work more. reporter: in a positive sign from mccarthy, some of the opponents came out sounding positive, including scott perry of pennsylvania sounded that he said talks had been productive as well as congressman chip roy. they had been asking for more sway over the speakership. some of them had asking to encourage mccarthy s super pac to stay out of certain primaries. they did agree to do that. that may have won some. his path, very narrow. there are at least four republicans who are almost certainly going to vote against him. they absolutely will not vote for kevin mccarthy, including matt gaetz. he can only look forward to lose four republican votes. one more says they will not vote for him, mccarthy cannot get there, which is why these talks are so critical, expected to continue through tonight until tomorrow. the house reconvenes at that time. he had given up a lot to get the votes he has gotten thus far. how much mo