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mexico and attempting to enter the united states without going through our legal processes. we responded by using and ensuring there are two safe and lawful ways for someone leaving the country to come to america. that was one of the reasons you were proposing. first, if they are seeking asylum, they can use an app on their phone called cbpone. thats to spell it out. not the number 1. to schedule an appointment at a port of entry and make their asylum claim there without crossing the b...

>> and the republican party looks like an embarrassment right now. the 20 that are doing this, they have done a good job. they need to keep talking, and then they need to do what every single successful person does, you take your deal, you take your win, you take your victory lap, and lets move on, and lets get on with business. >> wow, rare agreement between president biden and republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. both labeling the mutiny among the house republicans as emb...

taken no more than a single ballot on the first day in session to elect one. today house republicans, who are now in the majority, could not muster the votes needed to make their leader, kevin mccarthy, the speaker. instead, in a test of his capacity for humiliation, he sat there, smiling at times as votes were cast three times and results were read. >> the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ applause ] >> acclimation. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy ...

muster the vote to make their leader, kevin mccarthy the speaker. instead, and a test of his capacity for humiliation, he sat there smiling at times as well surpassed three times. the results were red. >> the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california has received 203. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been ...

sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. whats happening here? >> reporter: republicans are searching for ...

jeffries. >> my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] >> john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. >> sandra: congressman elect donalds ...

>> our job is not to coronate the biggest fund raiser or rubber stamp the status quo or keep on going along to get along. its to use our votes. to elect a speaker who will enable us to get our country back on track. >> neil: when we eventually decide on that person. im neil cavuto. this is "your world." the showdown to decide who will become the need leader goes into a sixth vote that for the republican leader right now, kevin mccarthy, its the same old story. a political grounds hog d...

sources are telling us that house republicans are on a conference call right now. theyre trying to figure out what is the path forward to get a speaker in place. just within the last couple of minutes, we saw kevin mccarthy telling our team on the hill he thinks he will get to the magic number, 218, same game plan, he says. look at that right there. we have new reporting this morning into how hes trying to make this happen. hes been deploying five trusted allies to negotiate with these...

no path to becoming speaker of the house because a bunch of conservative members of the republican conference have dug in against him. what has changed this morning? why should today be any different after the three failed votes yesterday? a couple things mccarthy is doing like send his allies fanning out across the conference, trying to get some members voting present instead of no. well talk about that in a second. keep in mind, the numbers here. mccarthy can only atord four defector...

needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members cant even be sworn in. they dont even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. its a level of dysfunction unseen in modern polit...