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Of these people essentially have declared themselves to be a third party. they don't really want to be part of the larger republican party. they want to operate as independent operators who can create chaos for the republicans or maybe the democrats whenever they see fit. now mccarthy's in a coalition with them right now, but to your point, john, the rules may allow them to blow up that coalition at any given time. >> mccarthy himself is about to vote here, so. >> jefferies. >> it's a weak party structure. >> yeah, let's -- >> mccarthy. >> can i just pause on your point about trust, though, be...

Essentials to the speakership. giving them more power over the legislative process. the ability to call for a vote. now under the rule proposed by mccarthy, one member can do that. that is down from conference rules that about half the republican conference, 111 members initially able to do that. mccarthy has gone down to one member to assuage his concerns about keeping the speakership stable assuming he gets the job. now mccarthy is speaking to them soon after the final failed vote on thursday. he was confident he would ultimately get there. he just didn't know when. >> the entire conference ...

Asking for the entire republican caucus and the house to vote for kevin mccarthy. you have some of president trump's most strongly supporters saying that president trump needs to tell mccarthy that there are not in a vote for him to become the next bigger. whatever happens next is going to be a question. there will be more votes but as of now mccarthy says he is not dropping out of the running. we have seen republicans nominated a couple of other people along the way and so far none of them have nearly enough votes to win so we continue with the stalemate. there have been some negotiations beh...

Leave. she still has that choice. >> yeah, i mean, meanwhile, with republicans taking control of the house, kevin mccarthy is likely to be the next speaker. he's dealing with a caucus with divisions as well. what you are hearing from republican lawmakers? kevin mccarthy to get from 188 votes which is what he received in the party's internal election to 218. there are some members out there like matt gaetz from northern florida who are saying that under no circumstances will he support kevin mccarthy. now mccarthy can probably only lose three or four votes. we'll see how the last few races are ...