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>> that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought wed get up here. >> reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes. 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans many total votedded present. the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. now, one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. right after the 14th vote failure, congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressma...

0 [applause] >> buck has voted for mccarthy as expected. >> gaetz? >> president. >> present. [applause] >> gosar. >> [inaudible] [applause] >> mccarthy. >> mccarthy. graves of louisiana? >> mccarthy. >> mccarthy. >> you can see, -- matt gaetz voting present. that means two of the six republican holdouts voted present. we had goals are coming through for mccarthy again. this is not enough for kevin mccarthy. this is as close as you can be with being there without actually being there. three prese...

Almost certainly means theyre not going to be able to get this done tomorrow because some of the people leaving are supporters of kevin mccarthy. if theyre not there theyll have to change the threshold for how much majority -- will it be a majority to elect the speaker it would go below 218 votes because its the majority of those who are present and voting. thats how they count the votes, but that doesnt necessarily mean itll help him if his supporters arent there. it may be more difficult for h...

You do wonder about that. what was the rhyme? the weaker speaker, phenomenon, you spoke about. but there is a deadline, manu? what is the plan, at least initially, tomorrow, what some lawmakers can actually be there? what would that mean for the progress of all this and for mccarthy in particular? >> i think it almost certainly means that they would not be able to get this done tomorrow because some of those people are leaving our supporters of kevin mccarthy. if theyre not there, that will chan...

Out. i think that is absolutely inappropriate, and i dont know whether -- well, to have a vote for president trump be the speaker s a castaway, and i think it invokes, its not a series vote. lets get serious because the job is serious. being a congressman is a responsibility, its an honor but its a responsibility, and he should take that responsibility seriously. -- is the responsibility that i dont know what the threshold is for nick tips the scale and the patience is gone, but is their respons...

Open amendments on amendments that would cut spending on appropriations bills. its been widely reported now by this motion to vacate, which is the procedure for ousting a sitting speaker and the threshold at which a member could force a vote on that. thats been dropped down to one which is what it used to be before democrats took control. that was a big demand that the holdouts had made that was also agreed to. they are making progress there. some things arent never resolved, if theyre working o...

Thinking. that they will have to have. it is not just a five-seat majority. that everyone has to work together and the entire conference has to learn how to do that. we could see, guys, remember, fewer members here in person today and that would definitely change that magic 218 number to a lower threshold. well see what happens today. >> dana: thank you so much. lets bring in shannon bream. anchor of "fox news sunday." we love the new prom owe. we want answers from you. 10:15 a house republican ...

Vote. now, it does sound -- its hard to imagine that they did not get these flips without an agreement which you just heard from the congressman that you were speaking with, davidson, to go down to the one-vote threshold, so this is pretty much what its going to look like on a week to week, day to day basis, the negotiations going on with the group and thats if kevin mccarthy can get to whatever the number of the moment turns out to be, based on who is voting and not voting. somewhere between 21...

Democrats maybe and have some people vote present and not around to lower the threshold. how do you -- >> you may have some people prepared to vote present who will never vote for mccarthy but theyll vote present. both boehner and pelosi were elected with 216. pelosi to govern with the margin as mccarthy. she was able to pass trillion dollar bills. she was able to pass radical policies. so the fact that you have a narrow majority, denny hastert, the longest serving speaker in history at one poin...

Cant negotiate. and, i think that is where we are at some point. we dont know, to your, point do we actually know the definitive number of people, right, if it is, for five, six, seven, eight, does a lot of speculation going on. when would cover mccarthy walk away, if we know that number is -- nine people going away, we end up going away a lot sooner, there are 45, people cover mccarthy will never go away. >> i think it is striking when you said we have only a five vote majority and that makes i...