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control room to pull you have a live shot of the house floor. this is happening. were about halfway through the alphabet. you see the shot of former house speaker, nancy pelosi. 14 members so far. 15 members so far have chosen somebody other than mccarthy. the vote is not final. the vote is not gavelled, however, if this holds, he will not be speaker for time number two. ali, what happens for time number three? whats the next card to play? >> thats the next question especially as you h...

Of them are as invested in this as perhaps the people most centrally connected to it. and many of them have family in town. they have events. meetings with donors that we may see a few members trickle out and not come back and that could impact the numbers on both sides. now, its important to point out -- >> it would need to be like 20 members that would trickle out and not come back. a handful wont matter. its got to be a decent number or the numbers have to get better for mccarthy. >> and the ...

We were having this conversation. trump doesnt really joke. he knifes you and calls it a joke later. thats what you saw happened yesterday with tillerson. as far as today goes, look, you might be forgiven for having forgotten this, but trump and republicans are trying to push tax reform. this is driving republicans crazy, the fact that they have a republican president in the white house and they cant seem to get their agenda going and get their president fully focused on what theyre trying to do...

A third party from day one. >> remember ross perot? he drove republicans crazy, because his third party campaign in 1992 allowed bill clinton to take the presidency away from republicans by winning only 43% of the vote. now the tea party, which has been nurtured by the republican party for the last few years, is grumbling about splitting off into a third party after a devastating loss for them last night in mississippi, where the tea party candidate challenged the senior republican senator thad ...

My pet banksie is on the loose again. "politics nation" starts right now.. tonights lead. republicans still playing follow the leader. >> earlier this morning, anwar al awlaki, leader of al qaeda, was killed in yemen. its a major blow to al qaedas most active operational affiliate. >> the drone strike was yet another major blow to al qaeda. it took out the man behind the ft. hood massacre and the botched christmas day bombing. and his death comes just five months after the death of osama bin l...