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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...

Not been mentioned and some democrats willing to vote if there were more of a -- maybe not exactly equal, but more of a power sharing situation instead of the traditional house situation where the majority just runs over the minority? >> there is a lot of runway for kevin mccarthy. were going to put the spotlight on the smaller number. at some point it will be a smaller number. we want people like mark levine, all the conservative talk show hosts, theyre pounding on him right now. i think the co...

The senator from down in florida to cut or make fundamental changes in social security/medicare. thats not on the table. i will not do that. i will veto any attempt to pass a national ban on abortion, but im ready to compromise if the repu republicans make sense on many other issues. >> reporter: listen, the president didnt lay out exactly which ones he would compromise on but the fact hes talking about shows that the white house acknowledges this political reality that they are likely to face a...

Up all of its power. they have already dissolved the muslim brotherhood controlled parliament. and they dont appear in any mood to take orders from this new muslim brotherhood president. so at worst he may end up finding himself simply a puppet president. at best he may find himself in some sort of awkward power sharing situation with the egyptian military. while they might not ever publy admit it that might be exactly what u.s. officials would prefer, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt with us ton...