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guy top of the hour. thank you for joining us. uncertainty reigns on capitol hill, and theyll reconvene following a first day the front-runner kevin mccarthy was rejected three times. one of his allies says he has about 24 hours to say figure this out. we have now learning hes asked five colleagues to lead with negotiating with the no votes. also were keeping a close watch on today mar ham ling. he remains sedated, his hungle telling cnn hes had to be resuscitated twice. were going t...

Sources, the concern im hearing from sources outside the actual house chamber is that you are going to do the moderate republicans, the republicans backing kevin mccarthy blink first, because as this stretches out, as theyre not able to start setting up the government, those are the people that will start wavering, as opposed to the incrennelive structure errol just described. >> at some point presumably theyll get to speaker. what does it mean for the future of this congress, right? . >> will t...

Work together. tell us the importance of all of this. >> jim and erica, i dont think youll quite hear white house officials say this out loud, but i think in general its pretty content to let this drama unfold among house republicans. imagine the supplied-day screen well see today, right? on the one hand, on capitol hill we have the drama and infighting unfolding among house republicans, and president biden is taking off right behind me to head to kentucky where he will be touting the bipartisan...

Their motto blink first? >> ultimately what they want is they kind of want to disrupt government. they dont like the way it functions, so this is fine. >> theyre certainly on a team. its just that team doesnt involve running the government. theyre in a movement. that will give them accolades and pats on the back for stopping the functioning of government, for drawing this out. if they push this to five ballots, six ballots, ten ballots, that will help them with fund-raising, help them get speaki...

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Stark and blunt terms gives an action plan for leaders in washington. jim, good to see. >> great to see you, thank you, eric. arthel: eric and jim, protests turning violent in hong kong. over 1 million protesters showing up opposition against the controversy a law that would allow people to be extradited to mainland china to face charges reportedly, police used tear g gas, guns and pepper spray to push back against the crowds. the amendments having to decide as eroding hong kongs judicial indepe...