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this election cycle the house is said to be in play. best case scenario for democrats they would have to win all 30 toss-up races. a big challenge. that would give them a razor thin majority at 219 seats. >> dana: top concern driving voters to the polls is still inflation. the issue favors the g.o.p. >> the future of democracy and abortion not far behind. democrats hope those issues give them an edge come november. >> dana: we have reaction from axios senior political correspondent jos...

lets hope we can improve. tonight. all right. but first, we ar are now on nighthouse three of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news. i can confirn m major negociate vote been going on all day behind the scenes while these votes were taking place todayhe with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. thi and i can report that at this hour, a documented being put together that will go a long way to settling differences. 28 will it get kevin t...

todays vote. and just so you know the prompter could add two asterisks and some boldness to it to make sure i said it. all of this we are told contains more concessions to the conservative fold outs but insiders are signaling that even that may not be enough to get him to 218 votes and the stalemate could continue to route that we can. this is "outnumbered" im harris faulkner with my cohost emily compagno also joining us today kennedy, jessica tarlov, and bill hemmer, you know the news...

because it took this long, we learned how to go. well be able to get the job done. >> jesse: the dam could be breaking in the battle for the gavel. it kevin mccarthy inching closer than ever to capture how speaker but hes coming up a little short the arco mccarthy was able to flip 15 of 21 republican holdouts but not enough. needs a few more votes to save yours truly from the embarrassment of calling kevin speaker for the last few months. right now, republicans are taking a timeout unt...

plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still dont have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? were in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former ...

making sure that our families are taken care of. making sure that the families in our communities are taken care of. and what weve seen in this chamber is tough. its tough to watch. its tough to imagine what would happen in this chamber today if we were debating social security and medicare. what would happen? what would the votes be? where would people stand? thats why its important that hakeem jeffries leads this body. on behalf of the democratic caucus, i am nominating the leader of...

headquarters in new york city and the political drama captivating washington and paralyzing the house of representatives now in a third day with no end in sight. were well into the seventh vote. still no speaker ask it does not appear the concessions kevin mccarthy agreed to last night made any difference in the vote count today. the biggest backlash against those conservative rebels coming from other members of their party. slamming them as egotistical opportunists. one of those membe...

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live coverage. >> and aim jake tapper in washington. the united states still without a house speaker this hour and there is no sign that republicans are going to be able to settle on one any time soon. kevin mccarthy is going to come up short a fourth time. thats the vote were watching right now. the hard-line opposition of about 20 rebels backing congressman byron donalds of florida this go-around. this vote is playing out as were seeing quite an interesting split screen moment on the...

jeffries. >> my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] >> john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. >> sandra: congressman elect donalds ...