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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 defeat. hello, welcome, i'm sandra smith on this thursday afternoon. hello, john. >> john: welcome to f...

He was conservative. he didn't know what he -- >> all right. well, we just heard the news coming in from the senate leadership. david chalian, it looks like they're not going to do anything until there's a deal that is worked out behind the scenes between the republican leadership, the democratic leadership in the senate and the house, and the president of the united states. >> we should make clear what happened there, is there was a 47-47 tie. the reason you saw vice president pence in the chair is that he broke that tie as the 48th vote. now donald trump has, i guess, a moralictory to say, h...

Half that they have actually started to have discussions on trying to resolve this still mate. and it appears they're at least talking about a process. we'll see how many details they ultimately give to avert a shutdown here by midnight. >> and manu, i just want to walk through our viewers, it's a little complicated. but before there's a final vote on legislation that would keep the government operating after midnight tonight, a final vote would require 60 votes in the u.s. senate. they have to pass a procedural vote to allow that to happen, and that would only need 50 votes, assuming that the...

After the president reversed course suddenly yesterday, they're flying back into town, which is why this vote on the senate floor has been open for hours, since 12:30, since senators are still flying back into town to vote on whether to take up that house pa-passed funding bill. but if this does come to light on a process to move forward, they may take up this house bill and try to change it in a way to reach an accommodation on all sides. send it over to the president for a signature. but again, a lot of hoops to jump through. they need the president's support, uncertain if they can avert a s...

Congressman, that donald trump is fit to be president. >> i think he's making bad decisions. it's not my call. this was decided by the american people in a vote in 2016. and guess what? in two years, everybody is going to be able to ask that decision of themselves and make a decision on whether they think that's going to happen. my focusieblg right now is doin whatever he can to make sure we keep this government open, making sure that bad decisions don't week worse. and this is what i'm focused on right now. >> your district, your congressional district, has more border with mexico -- 800 mile...