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his attempt to be speaker of this house. this historic fight now surpassing the last time it went to multiple ballots. the prolonged 1923 ballot which was decided on the ninth ballot. this one will not be decided on the ninth ballot. it looks. yet for first time this week, there are some positive signs for the republican leader. theyre drawing a line in the sand whether they go to the holdouts. its not clear a deal will even net kevin mccarthy the total of 218 votes he needs to be spea...

Burgess owens from utah who joins us now. sir, great to have you with us today. as you head into this ninth vote, what do you think is the catalyst that shifts this whole situation at this point? >> well, it appears that nothing has shifted yet. ill be honest with you, martha, first of all when you have a conference in which 100% of the leadership, jim jordan, steve scalise, jim banks, cross the board are for kevin and 91% of the conference is for kevin, we have to make sure that we stay the cou...

Even without that decisive ninth vote that brett kavanaugh would supply. >> mike, can i ask you about something else, the story that weve been wanting to stay on top of, my grant kids. right? the presidents border policies, what is the update on that now sort of weeks now after it first started making headlines? >> thats right. so its faded from the news but its actually a bigger problem than ever. so last year the u.s. government had 2,400 migrant kids in custody. "the new york times" today rep...

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