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0 >> john: doing the same thing and team 56 repeated over again, we could be here and march doing the same thing. we will see if there is anyway kevin mccarthy could convince the naysayers to come over to his side put i think there is two or three that will never switch. >> sandra: jim jordan made his best effort pitch the house for a moment ago. thank you for joining us, everyone in our coverage will continue. >> martha: thank you. continuing coverage here. i'm martha maccallum live in our nation's capitol covering this drama that we did expect and now unfolding in a fascinating way on the ho...

John boehner. that's how paul ryan ended up becoming speaker. i think everything he has done in those seven years has been to avoid this situation. he has made inroads with the freedom caucus. made jim jordan the freedom caucus leader, one of his closest allies. he, of course, has gotten very close to donald trump. rehabilitated donald trump. i think all of these things were in an effort to be able to, when the moment came, to tell these people, you can trust me. i'm a conservative. i'm on your side. i'm with the team. it's really probably frustrating for him to get to this moment and have all...

People will just come to a grinding halt. there will be hydrangea. you'll see people like john bacon and nebraska, maybe i'll go across the aisle to democrat. find someone who's a consensus candidate. maybe won't even be a member. the consultation is they have to be. i think they could be in for some real, real d. c. drama here. kind of stuff that even house of cards can come up with in the next few weeks. >> we've been saying that the past six years. juanita, it's not like democrats are small, singular minded party. they are the big tent party. what made speaker pelosi so effective at the job...

Perhaps you can help us here i could've sworn andy biggs ran in the primary in november. why in the world, of course i'm asking you questions that i wish i could ask them, why in the world we have primaries and nominating conferences. andy biggs ran, he got 15% of the vote, how do you go from 15% of the vote to 218. it seems like it would be a lot shorter path to go from 85% of the vote to 218. is this really their plan do they think andy biggs is going to be the next speaker of the house? >> they do not believe andy biggs is good to be the next speaker of the house. we saw a couple of weeks a...

The 218 votes he will need or half or however house members are present, can any other republican get to that number without democratic support. a lot of people -- by the way, alex, there are democrats that privately said they would be willing to support a consensus candidate. a lot of people think there's a chance we could get a speaker elected by a coalition of republicans and democrats, and that would be historic, and kevin mccarthy is doing everything he can to avoid that situation. and we should watch his conduct negotiations very closely. >> 100%. his every move and every word is being s...