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do. one of people who spoke eloquently was congressman brian mast of florida, his words echoed when benjamin franklin said, he said, we could pass all the rules we want, if we in this body, the mic majority. don't do the right thing that does not matter. all the talk about all of the rules, following route rules. i got to thinking of benjamin franklin 's comments. in his 80s, he was very ill, he was going to stand up and give a speech but he could not stand up, he handed it to his friend and another delegate from pennsylvania james wilson who read it this is what benjamin fr franklin...

and one of the people who spoke most eloquently i thought was congressmanly bria wn mast of florida. his words echoed what benjamin franklin said, we could pass all the rules we, if want, if we in this body, majority of the republicans don't do the right thing, the rules don't matter. i said, this man is on to something, all talk about rules. following thttere rules. if we don't have virtuous members of the house, the rules down matter. i got to thinking, of y franklin's comments onin f september 17, 1787, last day of the constitutional convention, he wrote at speech, this is what he...

>> [inaudible] >> more on this in a moment, but let's get right to the very latest on capitol hill. cnn's monumental mona is there tonight, you have some new reporting i understand with negotiations. any movement, what is going on? >> not quite yet, laura. all the negotiations have wrapped up for the night, the people who are in some of these key meetings have left the building, and not a single person who voted against kevin mccarthy on the house floor has said they are going to change their votes just yet. now kevin mccarthy did make an offer to these members, there is some sort of...

elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. >> sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthy's bid but more than four never kevin lawmakers who will never vote for him. we will have more with the congressman-elec...

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