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anybody out here. so the sooner we all come together, just keep a calm head, i know you guys are getting excited. i don't think if you watch me that i get excited -- do i want to go through all this, no. but i think at the end of the day it's better to go through this now so we could be successful for this term. >> if you fail three times, how do you possibly pull this off? >> you get to 218. >> this morning, a speakership stalemate. the house adjourned last night without a speaker after kevin mccarthy failed to win enough support in three rounds of voting. we'll walk through what ha...

Have told me the former president a little gun shy about weighing in too strong ler potentially backing a loser considering he was blamed for republican defeats at the midterms. joining us co-author of politico's playbook, rachel, great to see you. the house reconvenes in a few hours in the building behind you. kevin mccarthy failed not once, not twice but three times to get the needed votes yesterday. what's his plan to get there today? >> well, look, it looks like mccarthy is going to try to rely on this sort of outside pressure campaign to try to move his detractors, you know, if he watched...

And really speaks to the diminished power that the former president has in this party right now after, you know, midterms and shellacking that republicans -- well, i guess you can't call it shellacking. they did flip the house, but still trump's diminished power doesn't want to weigh in now because he doesn't want to look like he's backing a loser. you just hinted at. mccarthy has a real problem on his hands right now in that his detractors are furious his allies starting threatening them saying they could lose committee posts. the theory trying to argue he is owed the speakership because he r...

Mackanin. good morning. what is the axios "one big thing" today? >> good morning good to see you, jonathan. talking about kevin mccarthy, not talking about him. figure talk about him a little more. >> go for t. reality for kevin mccarthy is pelosi's nightmare back from 2019, as i'm sure you'll remember. of course, elected as house speaker when democrats took back control but progressives, newly elected progressives led by alexandria ocasio-cortez, wondering whether it was time for generational change and whether they would vote against her. aoc actually voted for her at that time and republica...

Whip in the house, a republican from north carolina. always wears a bow tie. kind of wonky and nerdy is someone else people are looking at and others could be raised. conservatives are talking about jim jordan. the reality is they know that jim jordan is never going to get 218 votes. too many enemies in the house, but i think the thinking here amongst these conservative critics of mccarthy is that if they continue to show that he does not get the votes eventually he will have to drop out and when we will see someone emerge. >> impressed yesterday with the clip we just saw. jim jordan. and trie...