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Whether hell improve his vote count based on these negotiations. >> and so does he get some of them back and then can they adjourn or at least go into the cloakroom or on the floor, cut a deal to get these other members to somehow vote present? but theres danger in that math. if nine -- if everybody is there and nine republicans vote present, you lower the threshold to 213 so what is the most votes kevin mccarthy has received, 203 on the first ballot, i believe. so can he get ten more votes? if ...

Basically everything they have asked for. whether thats enough to move anybody well find out in the early afternoon. those are the kind of specific requests that have been made. somebody like matt gaetz was very clear last night, hell vote as long as it takes but never for that member. can we get closer to the four or five vote threshold, thats the key thing. all the movement yesterday was purely in the wrong direction. >> can you answer for our viewers something i have heard a lot the last coup...

>> my guess is that its still reduced and hasnt been socialized yet. maybe some people read it. maybe many sm people have been read on it. i dont think youll see numbers change on this voechltte. >> lets get into the fact, john, that we dont have the other -- even if it does change, eventually, and say this vote stays the same. that doesnt mean there is no deal. you have another vote, put a pin in that. you have a problem with the numbers tomorrow. but you still have these five, six, you dont ha...

Perry and chip roy who are trying to get there who have spent the last few days maybe making some progress in obtaining some of these concessions which we have reported that mccarthy is open to lowering the threshold to start a motion to vacate to one member. it would only require one member to object to mccarthys speakership to prompt a vote on the house floor so the chaos we have been seeing we could see a lot more if kevin mccarthy does become the speaker. these members might have more slots ...

0 encounters. not for five-day period, but for an entire fiscal year. under this administration with these policies, that 9,000 encounters is about a five-day period in the yuma sector today. you dont know what its like unless you see that happening. we are on a suboptimal path. it has to change. and to make a change it can be difficult. it can be short-term uncomfortable. but when you move to the correct path, all of a sudden things ease up and you can start having success. the direction here i...

0 >> harris: yeah, bret baier, on "special report." you have transportation secretary pete buttigieg. find our co-workers luggage. >> i will. >> harris: thank you so very much. this is fun, right, em? we will cover it as it happens. "america reports." >> sandra: great coverage, team. "america reports" with a live look at the house floor where lawmakers are back at it for a third day now trying to select a house speaker and once again it appears congressman elect kevin mccarthy is headed for defe...

0 >> i dont think voting tonight is productive. let people work more. >> reporter: in a positive sign from mccarthy, some of the opponents came out sounding positive, including scott perry of pennsylvania sounded that -- he said talks had been productive as well as congressman chip roy. they had been asking for more sway over the speakership. some of them had asking to encourage mccarthys super pac to stay out of certain primaries. they did agree to do that. that may have won some. his path, ver...

Conference, who just gave a speech with more vision than we have ever heard from the alternative. i am nominating jim jordan. >> well, this time -- this is vote number to -- 19 republicans, again rejected mccarthy. this time, unanimously switching their support to jordan. they all rallied around jordan. that is more than i -- because jordan, of course, is vocally supporting mccarthy. hes part of the republican leadership team. akeem jeffries, once again, was the league vote getter. you see that ...

Not going anywhere. he says he is going to eventually get the votes. he says that there is no scenario in which he will drop out. now, he did say that perhaps he only needs to get 11 more republicans to peel off in his direction. , now that maybe just perhaps he won some over. it discussions happen tonight. maybe, he negotiated something to have some of them vote present. if they voted present, except for a candidate, that lowers the threshold of how many votes they ultimately need in the house....

If this drags on and there is no end in sight, but we are willing to start conversations about -- teaming up to elect more moderate speaker or teaming up with democrats to try to get them to vote present or not show up. because that would -- lower the threshold that kevin mccarthy needs to become speaker, but of course democrats, they wont do that for nothing. they would want something in return. so, they would have to be some negotiations there. and kevin mccarthy himself has said he doesnt wan...