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With mccarthy -- they believe they can bludgeon him into doing whatever they want. and i think we're not gonna see the end of this. when mccarthy wants now, with this adjournment, at minimum, is to have a vote where it's not 20. maybe at 17. where he can say that they're making progress. if it's 20 against, mara or even 19, and i think we're at the beginning of the end. he really would be the walking that. >> what do you think, mom? >> first of all, it's been a great show, chris. you did a great job. really interesting costs. i've enjoyed watching. >> thank you very much. i appreciate that. >>...

Changing the rules so it would only be a plurality necessary, no the a 218-vote majority calling the bluff of the rebels saying, you have a choice. it's either going to be mccarthy or democratic leader hakeem jeffries or to move on to another speaker candidate. mccarthy allies say today will determine whether house republicans are on a path to resolution or going to slip into a grinding battle of wits that can only be ended truly by mccarthy himself or, i suppose, if the remaining hold-outs break. now, cnn's capitol hill team is tracking every development on this pivotal day. let's get straigh...

To continue running the strategy of getting punched in the tas until they can lockdown the votes. they would love to lock up a longer adjournment to do the behind the scenes work. a semifunctional majority of democrats and mccarthy opponents arerfectly happy to let the would-be speaker keep getting beaten up on national television. maybe for the weekend, but almost certainly not tomorrow. democrats might even make the political point tomorrow on the anniversary of january 6th that some of the other guests were making about election deniers once again holding up the results of an election on ja...

Apparently need to leave town as well. but the issue on the republican side, that means if there are four republicans that are leaving, assuming they're in the pro-mccarthy camp that's not helpful for his quest to get to 218. so they're hoping that they can reach? s some sort of agreement with the republicans and get a vote to adjourn the chamber, potentially adjourning until monday. if they can get an agreement or make some progress within the next 24 hours. because the democrats i'm told are not willing to kick this into next week. they're fine to go through the weekend. but the republicans ...

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...