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The votes he needs. now, at this hour, the house has now adjourned until later tonight. and the key question, are republicans now looking for other options? does kevin mccarthy still have a chance here? negotiations under way behind closed doors at this hour. and another big question, of course, even if he becomes speaker, how will mccarthy lead a fractured republican party in the house going forward? as you know, this is now day two, the new congress is there, ready to be sworn in, but no speak...

The question is relatively straightforward: Will Kevin McCarthy ever be able to convince 16 of these 20 House Republicans to change their minds?

200 members of republican members will stick with kevin mccarthy again and again and again, and that includes steve scalise and the rest of the leadership team. you cant make a decision on somebody with nobody and quite frankly, there is no alternative to kevin. >> there are at least five house republicans who formally opposed mccarthy, a coalition of nine members and members of writing a letter last night that mccarthys sessions came too late and they do not go far enough. that rosendale say he...

Could actually jeopardize his chances. he faces a speaker election challenge from arizona republican representative andy biggs and matt gaetz, ralph norman, matt rosendale. they have all publicly expressed plans to vote against, as you mentioned. why are they so hell-bent to mccarthy from taking the speaker role? >> i dont know. may be personal animosity. i do know there are some policy issues. but again, you will not do find that person in the conference that 218 people can unite behind. only a...

Proposal by mccarthy, which basically would allow a change of rule to allow any house member to force a vote to remove the speaker at any time. this is a demand for influential g.o.p. opponents because under the current rules the only membership and only members of house leadership able to do so. these are rules implemented under nancy pelosi, whos been in office forever. how will mccarthys proposal, do you think, help his chances? >> his concession yesterday was to allow five members to move to...

Talking about 104th congress, i appreciate you mentioning the podcast and one of the voices in the podcast. obviously somebody elected that year in one of the most famous things that resulted from it immediately that 1994 revolution, of course, was the political trauma of late 1995. the government shutdown, which at the time was not unprecedented but it was, in many ways treatment of it, a new step in our politics, and i think what were trying to explore with this podcast that i think is relevan...

The speakers -- speaker of the house. what is going on in terms of leadership? will mccarthy get the gavel? >> members have a lot of questions. number one, obviously, the expectations were not delivered. number two, how are we actually going to govern whats appearing to be a small majority? i was listening to your previous segment with stephen muller. we have to -- miller. we have to lay out a demonstrated plan, serious policies that voters actually believe in, and we cant equivocate from that e...

The speakers -- speaker of the house. what is going on in terms of leadership? will mccarthy get the gavel? >> members have a lot of questions. number one, obviously, the expectations were not delivered. number two, how are we actually going to govern whats appearing to be a small majority? i was listening to your previous segment with stephen muller. we have to -- miller. we have to lay out a demonstrated plan, serious policies that voters actually believe in, and we cant equivocate from that e...