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and good evening, along with jake tapper in washington, d.c. we are watching the house of representatives longest running drama since the civil war era. republicans failing time and time again, 11 times so far to elect kevin mccarthy speaker. >> 11 times. the latest vote, not only on that, merely on whether to adjourn and end kevin mccarthys rolling humiliation for this evening. >> manu raju has new reporting on the state of play tonight. he joins us from the capitol. m manu, if they a...

Complicated, its dysfunctional. that autocracy, that this is all proving autocracy is a better way to go. i know you disagree with that. i disagree with it. but as somebody who has grown up in eastern europe, do you think that that is true, that this messiness is making it easier for dictators to make the argument that democracy is not worth the effort? >> well, i can tell you one thing. democracy is never easy. this process is hard. they meant to be hard. but i would never accept changes for an...

Congresswoman, i appreciate you joining us. are you happy? do you think progress can be made overnight into tomorrow? >> i think the fact that we got 219 votes to adjourn. i know that seems like a farcical thing, but thats a small victory. and yes, i think that were going to continue this process. but people are seeing the process that typically occurs behind closed doors, and what people used to laughingly refer to and derisively referred to as smoke-filled back rooms, this is happening out in ...

Deliberate and address issues and concerns before any changes are made. so i dont worry about that. and addressing legitimate concerns like that, were going to have to hear how its going to be addressed. but i dont worry about that right now. i just want to make sure that were talking to each other and we are having the discussions. because its important as part of resolutions. its important for us to talk to each other. a lot of people have different opinions. but only the people in the room re...

On whats transpiring through that. so it has been a transparent process as we go forward. >> are you concerned at all about what has been negotiated thus far? even as somebody who supports kevin mccarthy to become speaker, are you worried about the power of others to challenge him down the road? >> im not concerned about the power to challenge others. we did take a vote on that in the entire conference membership that we thought that the motion to vacate should not be at one. should it be at a l...

Both sides. i spoke to several of them. they all are sounding very positive that they are coming to some sort of resolution. they say one of them, patrick mchenry, very close to kevin mccarthy, said they have moved closer than they have been over the last couple days. they have been talking a lot about how to implement what they say a conservative agenda, the process for doing that. that has been the nature of a lot of the discussions today. but they believe they can get there, which is why they...

Names. >> im sure theyll be looking to him for recommendations! >> but if you start looking at moderates, who knows where were going to go after that, because its going to be jump ball. >> i also want to bring in cnns newest senior political commentator, former illinois republican congressman adam kinzinger. congressman kinzinger, its good to have you with us. what do you make of this? >> its a mess. my biggest worry for the country is not really the ballot after ballot. thats just democracy. it...

Crisis. >> youve also had an incredible career in the u.s. military service. i appreciate your service. thanks so much for speaking with us. >> thanks so much anderson. so, lets chat about where we are, guys. lets chat about where we are. >> where are we? >> wehere are we? >> were in washington, d.c. were in studio d. beyond that, david, i just cant get past the fact that there are all these people working really hard right now. lets assume that most of them are operating in good faith. and they...

These rebels. it already -- it doesnt seem like he has much to give beyond that. >> i dont want to comment on details because i havent seen what was discussed. i think it would be good for us to hear what is discussed. before anyone will make final decisions, well hear this in conference. but legislative process should never be easy. votes should never be easy. we shouldnt be producing legislation without debate and looking into things. it shouldnt be force everyone to vote. this is not how legi...

Youre giving one member the power to oust you if youre the speaker. >> thats the way its always been except for the last year. i think im fine. >> has it cut -- undercut the power of all the other speakers? >> but it was used over john boehner. >> im not -- >> since 51850. doesnt that inherently mean you would be a weaker speaker? >> are you concerned that there might be four who will just never vote for you among the republicans? >> no, i think well get there. >> do you plan to good to conferen...