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Angry, and that all of a sudden they convinced the -- at least matt gaetz and four others to change their votes to vote present to lower the threshold so that he could actually become speaker, and to see him run-down to the well and say hold on, we dont want to adjourn, it was truly, truly dramatic. >> i mean, we talk about this being a historic once in a century occurrence. i think this will go down in history for so many reasons not the least of which the 15 rounds it took to become the speake...

The question, jason. >> i think the country will be better for it but im glad they went through the process. i think it is going to be more open and it will be more transparent and more accountabl and members are going to have t work harder. i think that is all good. one area where they gave up too much is to vacate the chair. verbally person ethic the threshold has to be higher than one met. democrats also get the play by these rules. democrats again vacate the chai with just one person. there ...

It comes down to a single solitary vote. this vote was on the razors edge. kevin mccarthy picked up significant steam here over the night. but hes not there just yet. so lets see how long they let this vote sit open and can they convince one of the other members who voted for somebody else by name, eli crain, bob goode, you get the idea here, or can they pry loose to get somebody like lauren boebert or matt gaetz to vote for mccarthy by name. he needs one vote, comes down to a solitary vote by n...

Point, is really crucial. it is the ability to know where you are and when the majority i this slim, that is imperative. theyre keeping everybody on target as far as the vote. they can get different democrat default and they will try to go across the aisle but to get a conservative agenda through, yo have to know who was voting and when you can get them to the chamber. >> youre watching the numbers on the right-hand side of the screen. jeffries that 153. the most important number could be the bo...

Speaker first. >> yeah. and im sure if chad pergra.m. is still with us, eric is he with us? i want to switch back to him. chad give us an idea theres some lobbying going on on the floor and theres a pressure on both lauren boebert and matt gaetz. give us an idea of how this revote goes where people can actually change their votes. can they do that before they move on to the 15th round chad or do they have a chance to do it right now? >> yeah, this vote is technically still open. they have gone t...

Right, the election should have said lets be more moderate, lets show we can govern. theres a group of people, like scott pointed out, the chaos caucus, they dont care, thats not their brain. >> they are entirely rational based on the districts they represent. theyre safe to be the spoilers. thats the problem. its the incentive structure thats the problem. >> they dont really care about the health, john, of the overall republican party. they dont wake up in the morning thinking we need a strong ...

Goes in. thats the plan right now, assuming mccarthy goes to the floor and actually gets the votes so congress can start being congress again. but really, the part of the negotiation they are doing right now is with people like crane and rosendale and -- i am also told, potentially -- lauren boebert. we may find that out in the next few minutes. but again, alex, its not even necessarily negotiating to get them to yes. it may be negotiating to get them to present, just so that the total threshold...

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Deal was struck, donald trump called some of the members on the far right block of the conference, and some of them change their mind and decided they were going to vote present also thought it effectively lowered the threshold of the now amount of votes that kevin mccarthy needed to become speaker, ultimately with 216 votes, securing the jett huff after going through the 15 ballads that stretched from tuesday until early morning saturday to finally get the job. now it will be up to him to gover...

, when he didnt vote for m ccarthy. now he has voted president and there is another present and that means that we have crossed the threshold of the numbers ar the same inside that hall. we should give the clerk some props as she takes a little drink of water. this has been a tough job for a long time. they have alternated clerks, bu youve got to give them some props for all they are doing. >> youve got to give people -- bob good changed his vote from jordan to present so we now hav three people...