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Caucus, sided with pro mccarthy republicans in voting to adjourn and keep negotiating behind closed doors. this is a sign that the two sides could be making progress toward a deal to elect a speaker. the spurs noting. if there is some sort of progress in this negotiation, it really remains to be seen how mr. mccarthy can overcome just the staggering embarrassment, the string of failed votes, public humiliations, not to mention the very strong opposition that remains and his party, and actually do the job that he so very desperately wants to. joining us now is democratic congressman -- new york...

The never-kevin camp. he can only afford to lose four votes on the house floor assuming everyone is there and voting. take a listen to what warren davidson, a member of the freedom caucus who is supporting mccarthy said on cnn this morning. >> the tough part is i think the number that will never for kevin mccarthy is more than four. he may never make it to 218. he may make it to a majority of the house. there are a couple of procedural paths where he can pull that off. whether people change their votes or don't vote, don't participate, there's a way to change the number. >> so that is just a r...

>> do you have a deal with those guys right now? >> a lot of progress. >> he says a lot of progress. we're following that progress this morning across the capital and washington. full team on standby. lauren fox, let's kick things off with you. you have a little more information on this meeting with the mccarthy holdouts. what are you learning? >> reporter: we expect this meeting is going to be really important because it is a key sign of whether or not these lawmakers are going to get behind kevin mccarthy today, tomorrow, the next day, next week. i think one of the things we're going to be l...

Problem with getting work done. if they're truly concerned about the issues that they were elected to do, addressing the economy, securing the border, addressing crime, they need to elect a speaker, seat people on committees and do the job that they were put here to do. >> alice, to that point really quickly, is there enough -- we talked so much and we have over the last several days about how 90% of the conference is with kevin mccarthy. but the reality is this isn't working. that other 10% does seem to hold all the cards yet again this morning. is there some ream strategizing? are they havin...