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Caucus, sided with pro mccarthy republicans in voting to adjourn and keep negotiating behind closed doors. this is a sign that the two sides could be making progress toward a deal to elect a speaker. the spurs noting. if there is some sort of progress in this negotiation, it really remains to be seen how mr. mccarthy can overcome just the staggering embarrassment, the string of failed votes, public humiliations, not to mention the very strong opposition that remains and his party, and actually d...

The never-kevin camp. he can only afford to lose four votes on the house floor assuming everyone is there and voting. take a listen to what warren davidson, a member of the freedom caucus who is supporting mccarthy said on cnn this morning. >> the tough part is i think the number that will never for kevin mccarthy is more than four. he may never make it to 218. he may make it to a majority of the house. there are a couple of procedural paths where he can pull that off. whether people change thei...

>> do you have a deal with those guys right now? >> a lot of progress. >> he says a lot of progress. were following that progress this morning across the capital and washington. full team on standby. lauren fox, lets kick things off with you. you have a little more information on this meeting with the mccarthy holdouts. what are you learning? >> reporter: we expect this meeting is going to be really important because it is a key sign of whether or not these lawmakers are going to get behind kevi...

Problem with getting work done. if theyre truly concerned about the issues that they were elected to do, addressing the economy, securing the border, addressing crime, they need to elect a speaker, seat people on committees and do the job that they were put here to do. >> alice, to that point really quickly, is there enough -- we talked so much and we have over the last several days about how 90% of the conference is with kevin mccarthy. but the reality is this isnt working. that other 10% does ...

- meanwhile, as the cancellation discussion heated up, senator durbin finally seemed to be making progress on his bill to restore bankruptcy protections. - so i look forward to working with my colleagues across the aisle to pass the fresh start through bankruptcy act. this is an issue that i have dealt with for a long time. ♪ - im gonna take you to my favorite coffee shop. - oh, cool. i check back in with alan on this latest development that could finally end his 17-year pursuit. - we have a b...

- meanwhile, as the cancellation discussion heated up, senator durbin finally seemed to be making progress on his bill to restore bankruptcy protections. - so i look forward to working with my colleagues across the aisle to pass the fresh start through bankruptcy act. this is an issue that i have dealt with for a long time. ♪ - im gonna take you to my favorite coffee shop. - oh, cool. i check back in with alan on this latest development that could finally end his 17-year pursuit. - we have a b...

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- okay. - for sure. - braxton and wen joined the debt collective, a group pushing for student debt cancellation with a caveat. - i mean, we advocate for full cancellation. but, like, if the president were to cancel all student debt tomorrow, wed have some student debt next semester. and so how do we figure that out? how do we solve that problem? the answer is free college. - our parents, grandparents generation, they didnt go to free college. both: yeah. - with immigrant parents, it was like, th...

Pretty much all of the big players in the Canadian fast-food industry scored very poorly for their alleged "inaction on chicken welfare."