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Matt had talked to me before. matt really wanted to get everybody there and so there -- look, through all of this people's emotions go up and down and at the end of the night matt got everybody there to the point that it worked so it helped unite them. >> we certainly saw over the course of this week and especially in the very wee hours of this morning real-time arm twisting and negotiating going on. we saw the cameras fixated to so many members out on the floor, talking and negotiatinegotiatin. we know there were significant and many concessions made over the course of these negotiations. amo...

Democracy. this is not cuba or china where there is a dictatorship. in fact, this is a democracy where we can have open discussion, praise god, and discuss what's on our mind. finally come to consensus and move forward. and you saw democracy play out over the last week and come to consensus in the wee hours of the morning, and now we are ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work. >> so what was it consensus or was it arm twisting? how do you describe what you witnessed? >> well, look, we have to compromise and hear each other's thoughts and concerns, and then come together with that. this i...

0 >> now they're going through the scraps, the people that missed their vote. these are the key votes, and matt gaetz is the keyest of them all. let's listen in. >> gaetz. >> present. >> present. >> he voted present. that will not be enough to deliver the speakership to kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy needed matt gaetz to vote yes. they needed -- present votes don't hurt. it's at least a nod in the right direction, but they needed three of the holdouts to vote present not two. let's listen in. gosar voted for mccarthy as well as we expected. >> mccarthy. graves of louisiana, m ccarthy. jeffries...

Now? what is happening with -- i think it was david urban who said this and this is just my experience in covering the hill, this is dead on, i mean, look at the conversation you're seeing right now. i don't know how hard they're trying -- >> there's rosendale on the left from montana. >> it is very likely that it is the flippers, today, the 14 flippers who are the ones on the front lines working those who are still hold-outs like rosendale who we're seeing right there in the red tie. i mean, you're seeing -- you're seeing arm twisting in action right there. that moment, that's exactly what we...

Right now there is, obviously, a huge effort going on, as dana bash says, arm twisting, also i'm sure some encouragement in terms of re-election races and fund committee posts and every possible tool at their disposal. i'm told congressman patrick mchenry of north carolina who is a kevin mccarthy deputy is doing owemans work out there trying to convince some of these reluctant individuals. there's congressman barr who was one of the big flippers. and we'll see what happens. i am not hearing right now of any news from my sources about any potential flips, but i guess for the mccarthy camp hope ...