and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c.. it has been quite a day in quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his 60 vote to become house speaker. the house then adjourned around temps a deal making. consumed members reconvene briefly, only to adjourn again until noon tomorrow. the would-be speaker announcing more upbeat about his chances. cnn s manu raju first broke that news for us. he joins us again tonight from the capitol. so, why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? he s hearing some more positive responses from those opponents, the people who have essentially seemed immovable for the past two days. but after a meeting in which mccarthy made a number of concessions on arranging on political issues, how the outside group engages on some key issues as well as giving more power and more sway over themselves the rank and file, at the expense of the leadership. some these members sound like they re moving in his direction.
some distance between himself and some those asks. but really, is gonna come down to the mat of course. and how many members are in the never kevin camp. as of right, now we know of five republicans who say they are firm knows. as of right now, that includes ralph norman, as manu mentioned. he came out just months ago and said he is still going to vote for byron donalds on that first ballot. so, mccarthy is trying to wear down his opponents one by one. it is starting with this group as being led by chip roy. but that will only be the beginning of his path to 218. is there any chance if they don t feel they have the votes by tomorrow at noon, that they will try to adjourn again? it s totally possible, anderson. so, mccarthy s camp right now, the feeling is they need to show momentum on the next ballot, whenever that is. so, if they, if they re getting close but they re not there yet at the next vote, which presumably will be new tomorrow, there s a chance they try to adjourn again.
are still not there yet. so, there will be more negotiations to be had. but nevertheless, mccarthy, as he left the chamber sounded very upbeat. he s been sounding upbeat as he lost these six ballot votes. but he still believes he can eventually get there. can you get there by noon tomorrow, anderson? still a question. i asked him that question directly. he said he does not want to put a timeframe on it. but he says he believes progress is being made. talks will continue. he will eventually get there, anderson. manu, it s interesting. we re just talking to former congressman charlie dent, who s saying dent was surprised at the reporting that it is kevin mccarthy s super pac that a number of these far right rebels, i guess you would call, them [inaudible] yeah, and it s going to be an impact that that would actually had. because really what they are talking about are safe open republican seats that are open
and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c.. it has been quite a day in quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his 60 vote to become house speaker. the house then adjourned around temps a deal making. consumed members reconvene briefly, only to adjourn again until noon tomorrow. the would-be speaker announcing more upbeat about his chances. cnn s manu raju first broke that news for us. he joins us again tonight from the capitol. so, why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? he s hearing some more positive responses from those opponents, the people who have