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>> reporter: both sides are digging in and it is creating a lot of attention in the house republican party. in one corner, so far five house republicans have vowed to oppose him. if those numbers hold, that would be enough to deny mccarthy the speaker ship. he can only afford to lose four votes. and so far this group is not macking down. i'm told that they have been trying to recruit an alternative candidate. they asked steve scalise and as well as jim jordan if they would be interested. and all three said that they are supporting mccarthy, but if mccame are any ca-- mccarthy cat get to 281, a...

>> and you say it is a sign of weakness, but he does have considerable strength obviously with the votes that he has. the question is whether it is so narrow, nancy pelosi was able to thread the needles. can kevin mccarthy. >> he has a month do so, so that is working in his favor. i think the other thing that is helping him, only five no-votes right now. so that is good because that little crew insists that there are several others who are against mccarthy and will vote against him on the floor but not saying so. so even if he is not 3r5i9ing f operating100% of strength, he is looking stronger...

Says he refuses to let them handcuff themselves to a burning building. and meanwhile mccarthy's team is confident that at the end of the day when the lights go on january 3, that enough of mccarthy's opposition will hold and this they will be able to get there even if it takes multiple rounds voting. so really it is shaping up to be a game of chicken right now. >> stakes are enormous. and let's bring the conversation back in the room and let's listen to kevin mc mccarthy, making the point that we'll have scenario majority in the house, we'll want to get things done, chaos won't help. >> we w...

Mccarthy. br breitbart put out that lot are for mccarthy. >> and his courting of people like marjorie taylor greene is paying off for him because they are sounding very bullish on him. and so that is good. i think what we don't know is if he is able to pull this off, what his life is going to look like with these hardliners, raucous caucus making his life difficult. there is that saying it is great to get everything that you want in life, but also terrible to get everything that you want in life. and in some ways that is kevin mccarthy's future. >> you need to trade mark that raucous caucus. w...