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Adjourn at 216 to 213 right now. there might be a few outstanding votes. you can see theres a few people -- five people have not voted. maybe they are waiting for those five to show up. that could be whats happening right now. i think the commotion was that the chief clerk was shutting down the roll call sooner than the democrats would have liked. thats why theres some commotion. she reopened the vote. so theyre still voting, waiting for those four people, assuming they are around the capitol. >...

0 >> i dont think voting tonight is productive. let people work more. >> reporter: in a positive sign from mccarthy, some of the opponents came out sounding positive, including scott perry of pennsylvania sounded that -- he said talks had been productive as well as congressman chip roy. they had been asking for more sway over the speakership. some of them had asking to encourage mccarthys super pac to stay out of certain primaries. they did agree to do that. that may have won some. his path, ver...

Opportunity to work on both the proposition 8 trial and again in virginia. i think the decision is brilliantly worded and will help advance the rights of gays and lesbians beyond just marriage equality by confirming both their place in society and the need for them to be treated equally. >> josh, were going to work on some of your mike issues and were going to come back to you in a second. white house communications director jen socki join mess now. jen, it is great to see you. >> great to see y...