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his attempt to be speaker of this house. this historic fight now surpassing the last time it went to multiple ballots. the prolonged 1923 ballot which was decided on the ninth ballot. this one will not be decided on the ninth ballot. it looks. yet for first time this week, there are some positive signs for the republican leader. they re drawing a line in the sand whether they go to the holdouts. it s not clear a deal will even net kevin mccarthy the total of 218 votes he needs to be speaker. republicans, they say they are firmly in the never kevin mccarthy camp. never. they just have one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to break ....
Mccarthy camp. never. they just have one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to breaking records, certainly for this and last century. the negotiations are not expected to wrap up any time soon. the republicans are bracing for this to go into this tomorrow. this can go into the weekend. maybe even into next week. it is really, really a fluid situation here. after the ninth ballot here, they may vote on the tenth ballot. they don t have the votes at the moment to add journ the chamber. ....