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bitter conflict among house republicans. former minority leader kevin mccarthy is being opposed by landful of lawmakers who are refusing to support him. a number that increased by one on the last balloting for speaking. chad pergram has been following this all day minute by minute. he tells us where things stand tonight from a chaotic capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, as you say. the most chaos for the beginning of a congress in 100 years. it marked a foreboding start for a g.o.p. majority which promised big things in the midterms. the house voted all afternoon. kevin mccart...

>> there were only five g.o.p. members officially opposed to mccarthy yesterday. but that number ballooned today. a coalition 1 republicans initially opposed mccarthy it's now 20. mccarthy coalesced around jim jordan even though jordan backs mccarthy. >> i'm nominating jim jordan. [applause] >> jim jordan is humble. perhaps today humble to a fault maybe the right person for the job of speaker of the house isn't someone who wants it so bad. maybe the right person for the job of speaker of the house isn't someone who has sold shares of themself for more than a decade to get it. >> jordan is not ...

And an appeals court keeps the end of Title 42 on track.