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institution. he s not alone. kevin mccarthy is now agreeing to major concessions overnight as he tries to appease the group of gop hard liners who are standing between kevin mccarthy and the speakers gavel. we have an update this morning on damar hamlin still in critical condition but showing signs of improvement. we ll talk to his close friend, indianapolis colts safety rookie robby tomlin who just visited him. first to the speaker drama on capitol hill set to continue for day three as republican leader kevin mccarthy is seeking the job but apparently no closer to it after two days, six votes in which he has failed to secure the 218 votes needed to become sp speaker. the stalemate has rendered the house of representatives useless. no business can be conducted until a speaker is elected. mccarthy insists he is making progress, giving concessions to the 20 hard liners. the question is will it be enough. right now mccarthy does not appear anywhere ready to give up ....
Weeks, it was helpful to hear his explanation of it. Yeah, and they are moving heres the number we dont know. How many think exactly the same thing as mike quigley said to you tonight . And simply have not said it publicly yet . There could be another 150 of them. We dont know. Another 100, we dont know. I think as Committee Chairs start to cop out and now say theyre on in train including the Homeland Security chairman who has now come out and the rules chairman, you know as well as anybody how important the committees are in terms of defining the internal structure of each caucus in congress. With Committee Chairs starting to come out despite their intense loyalty for nancy pelosi i think it may have knock on effects inside those competitives too the other misstrist to this is we will not know in the present tens ....
How many think exactly the same thing as mike quigley said to you tonight . And simply have not said it publicly yet . There could be another 150 of them. We dont know. Another 100, we dont know. I think as Committee Chairs start to cop out and now say theyre on in train including the Homeland Security chairman who has now come out and the rules chairman, you know as well as anybody how important the committees are in terms of defining the internal structure of each caucus in congress. With Committee Chairs starting to come out despite their intense loyalty for nancy pelosi i think it may have knock on effects inside those competitives too the other misstrist to this is we will not know in the present tense away what nancy pelosi actually wants people to say on a given day. Even though she might not be there publi ....
Ext extremes. this would be a more representative outcome. no reason it couldn t happen, the math works. democrats could merge with moderate republicans. i don t want to play fantasy baseball here, although i am a fan this is obviously an aaron sorokin film coming up. it should be a function bipartisan governing majority to reflect the will of the american people. we don t need to accept this extremism. thank you john we appreciate it. back to reality, kaitlan take it away. it s quite a moment. we ll see what happens here, though, if it s anything similar to that. f former president trump has been watching closely what is happening here on capitol hill. he wrote overnight that the numerous votes and failed votes is making the process of electing a speaker bigger and more important than if it was done the traditional way. trump endorsed mccarthy earlier this week. there are concerns that s what s playing out is weakening the speakership. ....