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>> some of the votes that we just have seen today. >> delivered his people. >> chip roy articulated his -- he was serious about this the entire time. he said these are the things id like to see happen. if we get those done i will vote for kevin. >> scott, your point about rosendale is that hes looking for some leverage in that primary and he thinks he can rally the right wing base by being on the island. >> yes, he thinks theres room to run in that flank of the party that is just tear down all l...

Giving them more leverage over the speaker, being able to oust a sitting speaker with one individual doing that, having more members of those hard-right freedom caucus but policy implications dealing with the debt ceiling. big significant issue going forward but for mccarthy right now on the floor theyre counting the votes right now. the clerks are making sure that the tally is correct. hes going to likely fall short here but they feel clear momentum. they think they can get there maybe not toda...

Were going to see over and over again? >> i thought about that when mccarthy came to the mike and made that comment about, it took this long, but now we know how to govern. thats certainly a good way -- >> we all laughed. >> to think about it going forward. are people at home thinking, yes, lets go through this many more times on many more votes, because thats the lesson that was learned just now, that if you want to get leverage over this leadership, the numbers are there for you to do that, an...

Things were going particularly well yesterday. he was very angry about some of the leaks that came out about we reported about some of the concessions after we reported that news, he was very angry. he said leaks shouldnt happen and suggested that talks were not having in good faith but nevertheless he continued to negotiate. he continued to push for a lot of these changes and these members have been asking for. more leverage, more say in the legislative process to try to get some commitments on...

Vote. also, on the border security plan that they have been pushing. so those were among the issues that are on the table. that provided in the offer today to conservative member -- several of them, ive spoken to, and they have said that they were heartened by this and that they could potentially embrace this and maybe even support kevin mccarthy. laura, that does not mean that if this is all agreed to, he will get 218 votes tomorrow and become speaker. he almost certainly will not. because ther...

Does he have the real progress he spoke of? >> there is some progress, but not the progress that he wants. there is some indication that some of those members of those 20 are moving in his direction. i have talked to several of them tonight. they are encouraged by the course of the talks. the congressman from texas, michael cloud also of texas and scott perry of pennsylvania, all of them have been mccarthy opponents now say they believe there has been some progress made. i am told there was an o...

Mccarthy li, who said, you know, even if we get through this and kevin does find the votes, he said very candidly, this is not the end. this is only the beginning. and this was supposed to be the easy part, just getting kevin to be speaker. we havent even talked about the more contentious issues relating to matters like funding the government, were gonna have to do eventually, later this year, obviously raising the debt ceiling was going have to do even sooner than that. so smaller ball things b...

Some of those numbers of those 20 are moving in his direction. i talked to several of them tonight, and they encouraged by the course of the talks, people of congress, chip roy of texas, michael cloud, also of texas, and scott perry of pennsylvania, all of them who have been mccarthy opponents know signaling that they believe that there has been some progress made. i am told that there was an offer that was made by the mccarthy team tonight to those conservative opponents. and detailing some pro...

Meaning they dont have 218 votes to adjourn. so thats why this is continuing to go on and on and on. now, behind the scenes there are negotiations that are happening. and that is really what could be key here. because if they make progress on those negotiations, significant progress, actually shake hands, come to some sort of of tentative agreement, that could change the dynamic tonight. and i am told from a source that is directly involved in these talks that their hope is to get that deal toni...

Of these people not voting another gavel. fine with jordan do it. hes been the leading man of the freedom caucus since its inception essentially. >> and geese to show how much things have changed. jim jordan is now mainstream. >> the tactics were learned from him, so this is reaping what you sow in terms of people have this experience of 2014, 2015, the government shutdown, the debt ceiling, this idea that you have the leverage to halt everything. they learned this from someone. they learn this ...