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sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. what's happening here? >> reporter: republicans are searching for an offramp as it's become clear that kevin mccarthy's efforts to win over his opposition not workin...

house republicans as was the indication 100 years ago are denying the man who thought he would be speaker in this case, kevin mccarthy, the necessary votes to win the speakers gavel. meaning that, right now, the house is completely paralyzed. we do not have a speaker, official members of congress or rules. and the math is frankly, only getting worse for kevin mccarthy. as the process drags out, the total number of republicans not voting for him is going up. the total number of republicans voting for him is going down. let's go straight to cnn's congressional correspondent manu raju. ...

candidate for speaker of the house. >> i bet you are going to tell me. >> i am going to tell you, you are on the show. let's see if this video refreshes your memory. watch it. >> this was something kevin mccarthy planned to say on fox news, including the word on trustable un-trustable -- >> when kevin mccarthy said some stupid stuff on tv that just killed -- >> -- >> that killed his candidacy for the speaker of the house. and here we are -- >> seven years later! >> seven years later, and the man is still struggling, alex. houston still has a problem. >> houston very much still has a ...

will see you again tomorrow. and now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> i was wondering if you remember where you were the last time that kevin mccarthy flamed out as a candidate for speaker of the house >> i bet you are going to tell me. >> i am going to tell you, you are on the show. let's see if this video refreshes your memory. watch it. >> this was something kevin mccarthy planned to say on fox news, including the word on trustable un-trustable -- >> when kevin mccarthy said some stupid stuff on tv that just killed -- >> -- >> that k...

sources are telling us that house republicans are on a conference call right now. they're trying to figure out what is the path forward to get a speaker in place. just within the last couple of minutes, we saw kevin mccarthy telling our team on the hill he thinks he will get to the magic number, 218, same game plan, he says. look at that right there. we have new reporting this morning into how he's trying to make this happen. he's been deploying five trusted allies to negotiate with these kind of republican so-called rebels here, trying to figure out what are the concessions that wou...