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>> hah keep jeffries. >> cleaver? >> jeffries. >> cline? >> kevin mccarthy. >> cloud? >> jim jordan. >> clyburn? >> jeffries. >> clyde? >> biggs. >> cohen? >> hakeem jeffries. >> cole? >> mccarthy. >> collins? >> as we listen to the roll being called by my count, five republicans have voted against mccarthy for speaker. two voted for jim jordan, one included boebert. and two for andy biggs. garrett haake, by my count thats five and he could only lose four. on this first role call, he s...

Nays. The ayes and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the ayes and nays shall rise. A sufficient number risen, the ayes and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 3 of rule 20, the chair directs the clerk to conduct the vote by a call of the roll. The clerk will call the roll alphabetically by surname. The house will be in order. The clerk may call the roll. Adams . Yes. Aye. Aderholt . No. Nay. Aguilar . Aye. Yea. Alford . No. Nay. Allen . No. Nay. Allred . Aye. Yea. Emmaday . No. Nay. ...

This hour, we continue cnns special live coverage of a historic vote on capitol hill. A moment, the House Of Representatives will hold a key vote on a motion to oust Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. A motion being brought by one of his fellow republicans. At the beginning of the day, we knew there were five republicans who would vote to oust him. Now, we know there are six. And were learning that mccarthys republican allies are attempting to make a lastminute plea to the 212 House Democrats there, to ...

baier. breaking tonight we are following two major stories the presidents son defy as congressional subpoena to appear privately for a deposition about his business dealings. and leading off, the house has voted to formally initiate an impeachment investigation into president biden. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill with what exactly this means. good evening, chad. >> chad: mike, good evening. first the house wanting information from the son. then the h...

The media kept touting each ballot as a crushing defeat for ken mccash think -- kevin mccarthy, although he was winning 95% of house republicans. that was especially true late friday night when after flipping most of his opponents to his side, mccarthy lost by one vote. you could see he was stunned as he walks away there, and one ally, mike rogers, made a beeline for matt gaetz who had taken a half step by voting present. not until the early morning our hours yesterday did mccarthy win. some of ...

Personal matter, but i am now told from a democratic source that he is on his way back. why would he be on his way back? because in the complicated math of having to win a majority of those voting on the floor other than those voting present who do not count, right now kevin mccarthy only needs to pick up three republicans to get the magic number 216 to become speaker, but this democrat tells me and im no math expert, but this is what they say, they have people who do this professionally, if dav...

He has seemed pretty dug in, but well see what happens there. the next name to come on the list is ralph norman. were about 15 names away from him. very rapid fire after that. scott perry, chair of the freedom caucus, has been central to these locations. it will be interesting to see. chip roy was central to this package cut overnight or that deal that was swa worked out overnight. well see what happens with chip roy. does spartz start voting for mccarthy. she started voting present. but mccarth...

0 good day. im andrea mitchell in washington. its january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and ta...

The agenda the voters elected us to move forward with and stop bidens agenda. there was no answer. >> meantime kevin mccarthy says hes in it for the long haul. the record long-haul happened back in 1856, when it took 133 ballots over two months to elect a speaker of the house. the house cannot do any business until theres a speaker. new members cant be sworn in. s as the ballots move on, some members might start voting present, and, lowering kevin mccarthys threshold. he needs 218 votes. tucker,...

Now spartz voting present, that means on this round, 212 votd for jeffries, 201 voted for kevin mccarthy. 20 voted for byron donalds. one voted for present. that means there were only 433 votes cast in this fourth round. 50% plus 1 of that is 217. so what that did is lowered the threshold from 218 to 21. neither jeffries nor mccarthy is anywhere near that, but the danger a little bit for mccarthy is present votes can help him in lowering the threshold. but he needs the present votes to be coming...