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Committee, you control ultimately, under this new scenario, what bill gets to the floor, correct? >> what bill and how its dealt with. you control whether there are amendments to the bill. in other words, representatives could add and have voted on amendments on the floor. you control how many minutes are debated, how many -- what the threshold is, what the quorum looks like. if you control the rules committee, you control everything in the house of representatives as far as bringing legislation...

To listen. >> thats why im here. >> im glad to hear that. >> jake? >> im sorry. i didnt know you were throwing to us. were doing the same thing you are. were just watching to see if the people who flipped are sticking with him and if the people who have been holdouts are showing any give. and as you note lauren boebert voted present, which means that the threshold goes down from 218 votes that kevin mccarthy needs to win down to 217, which means all he needs to do is flip one more person or get ...

The holdouts to vote present. >> lauren boebert is definitely one of his staunchest critics. shes been the one of the people getting up and nominating other people besides kevin mccarthy. shes complaining about donald trump calling these members and trying to get them to flip their vote and said he needs to stop calling. she also in a conference meeting earlier this week stood up and dropped a swearword because she was so frustrated. now were hearing she might be the next to vote present, and th...

Thats your first -- >> you hear the round of applause. >> this was going to be the play -- this was the play that was established when nancy pelosi ran under similar circumstances, not this kind of thing but she had a very small margin in the house and there were people who ran in tough districts who said they wouldnt vote for her for speak. two of them voted present, that allowed her to reduce the threshold and she won with 216 votes. so this is a playbook thats been worked before, and obviousl...

Joining me now with the latest on negotiations, nbc news senior national political reporter, sahil kapur. youve been there all day. republican leadership setting out a notice that seems to make it clear they think they have the votes sewed up and will roll right into initiating the new house. >> chris, we are two hours away from the house reconvening and possibly electing a speaker. i say possibly because not a done deal. yet but, yes youre right, kevin mccarthy and his leadership feel confident...

Desperately needed to turn it around. so much to get to tonight. and as jake i i sit with you ready for this, lets go to manu raju live on capitol hill. does it seem he has the votes and hes going to get over the finish line? >> reporter: mccarthys team is very confident hell get the votes tonight and be the speaker of the house after this arduous fight within his own party that exposed deep divides, something hes worked several days to bridge believing hes finally got that moment. earlier today...

Anchor of special report and fox news chief political anchor. bret, what are you hearing tonight, your sources. youve been on this all day. we watched special report earlier tonight. a lot of people thought we might not get here and it looks like kevin mccarthy is perhaps on the threshold of taking the speakership finally. >> laura, good evening, his allies on the floor inside, and i just got a text, believe, and ill quote here, reliably, the plane is going to land tonight. they dont know how it...

Vote for kevin mccarthy? the? vote for kevin mccarthy? they are extraordinary _ vote for kevin mccarthy? they are extraordinary scenes. i vote for kevin mccarthy? tie: are extraordinary scenes. kevin mccarthy, when he first took his seat before this 14th vote, it seemed as though he was assuming this would be a coronation. i think many pundits assumed that as well. i dont think it is particularly surprising that matt gaetz voted just present. what presence does is it kind of lowers the total thr...

>> 14th. well see if its lucky 14 here for mccarthy. and of course the strategy were learning is to get at least three of the six remaining holdouts to vote present which would lower the threshold required to 216 votes. so weve learned the three times mccarthy and his allies are talking to are elie crane, matt rosen and -- as were standing by for that vote, and jake and i expect this to be gaveled in momentarily, less than ten minutes, 10:00 p.m. eastern, mccarthys team is reporting they believe...

All six of the rebels, the final holouts voted present, which lowered the threshold necessary for mccarthy. he didnt have to win 218, 216 was just fine. >> from a tactical perspective this is a win for kevin mccarthy. i think now even at this hour it is important to look at the long term, the bigger picture here is that he is perhaps going to be the weakest speaker in modern history beholden to a very, very, very small portion of his conference. a group of people, who as we saw tonight, he cant ...