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Scalise, okay, look at this alphabetically, ken buck is voting, four members will have voted before him, there will be 16 of these anti-mccarthy republicans still to come. so if buck gets it rolling just by saying the name steve scalise, do you hear any of these other anti-mccarthy folks pick up on that and also say the name steve scalise? thats something i think im now looking for in this next round of voting. because yes, there has been no movement. nobody who has been with kevin mccarthy is a...

Mccarthy. lauren boebert says jim jordan may not want it but george washington didnt want it either. so, do you think theres a chance that someone besides kevin mccarthy becomes speaker of the house? >> look, i think its going to be mccarthy. at the end of the day, bret, you know, another alternative is people start voting present. they live up to their public commitment to not vote for him but then that would give enough room for us to still get a speaker in place. get kevin mccarthy in place a...

Rosen dale. these are all defections im marking off here. these are all defections we have seen so far. andy harris voted for lee cel don. so if the move from healthcare car this folks after this first vote is concluded is to move immediately into a second vote, they would obviously hope some of these republicans who voted for other names just get persuaded and vote for mccarthy. that would be their ideal situation. the other possibility, the other thing i think they would hope for is if some of...

Happening in se-- in syria and was scheduled for tomorrow and they canceled it. that was part of our question. why are you not briefing all of the members of congress? >> thank you, everybody. >> speaker -- >> you just heard house speaker nancy pelosi, house majority leader steny hoyer and senate minority leader chuck schumer, democrat of new york, all talking about how they had walked out of a meeting with president trump. schumer called it a nasty diatribe by president trump where he insulted ...

Media. what were his accomplishments? community organizer, voting present, acorn, reverend wrights church for two decades. not much to run on with substance but nobody in the media cared. people didnt care. >> even in this case, we know that reuters reporter protected him during the senate race, had information that he was part of a hacking collective, and they held that until after the senate race. they had an agreement with him to do so. so we know the same situation will be happening. look at...

King voting present. nancy pelosi is forced to defend one of her high profile freshman members. >> i do not believe she understood the full weight of the words. >> a reference to minnesota democrat congresswoman ilhan omar who suggested those who support israel have a dual loyalty, that being opposed to prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the occupation is not the same as being anti-semitic. the anti-semitic resolution noted the house of representatives condemns anti-semitic acts that are cont...

Represe -- house of representatives condemned antimuslim sentiment, racism, hate in general. that resolution came in response to a congresswoman omars comments that were considered antisemetic. whether or not to include her name in a resolution sparked by her remarks is deeply divided democrats. with me now is casey hunt. the panel is still here. so casey, all right, there is a couple things here, we have michael steel here, who is intrigued about why, what the republican plan was on this and if...

Campaign said explicitly said i will not support her, 11 of those were incumbents, the rest are freshmen and that means that if all of them held true to their word she would get 208 votes, 10 short of what she needs to become speaker. she would still have the majority, only 201 republicans so she would still have the majority but if they voted for somebody else she would come up short of the 218. now, theoretically they could all vote present rather than voting for somebody and that would lower ...

Winner. since then two have been declared winner. thats 226 democrats who would say im not going to vote for nancy pelosi. that drops her below the 218 she would need to be elected speaker of the house. >> dana: even if you wanted to abstain and have your first vote not be for pelosi, pelosi does not have enough votes to get to 218 if all those people were to abstain? >> if they all abstain thats called voting present. for every two people who say im voting present, that reduces the number of vo...

Was nearly raped by brett kavanaugh when they were in high school. of course, kavanaugh has furiously denied all those allegations and denials seem to have convinced republicans and a democratic senator, joe manchin. today this nomination will be confirmed by a 50-48 vote. one senator, lisa murkowski, is opposed, voting present because one other senator couldnt return for the vote. it is a two vote margin, one of the closest in history. >> manu raju tracking this on capitol hill. thank you. wh...