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Political will and politics, let me quickly get this in there. will kevin mccarthy actually becomes speaker? recent politico headline we can show you here that perhaps mccarthy's math problem gets tougher. what he's pointing to, if you look at the five republicans we can show you that vowed that they are not going to support mccarthy if the current trend holds, he would end up having a 4-seat majority. he would see they are, those are five republicans and it would be enough to depose mccarthy. what do you predict will happen, and do you support him? >> well, look, i think this is a natural and...

Heal. what happened? >> well, i think he realized he didn't have the votes to be speaker. he has a math problem. republicans will go into the majority with a four-vote majority and right now he's got at least half a dozen republicans who said i'm a hard no or leaning against voting for him and that doesn't mean everyone else will vote for him either on the republican side, so he's doing everything he can right now to woo some of these conservatives that think he won't be hard enough on the biden administration. >> here's five of them. you mentioned his math them. congressman ralph northam, mat...

He did get the support from the house republican conference earlier in the week, when 188 of his members voted to nominate him to be the speaker. but that doesn't make you the speaker. in order to get the gavel, you need to be elected by a majority of the full house. that means 218 votes that you'll need in january to get there. right now, he's working behind the scenes to lock down the votes. but he has a problem. a math problem, that he's trying to resolve. because there are some members of the hard-right faction known as the freedom caucus, that are withholding their support. in fact, there...

Be the first ever black party leader in congress. we have more on the obstacles house republicans are facing. >> reporter: now, kevin mccarthy wants to be the next speak over the house, but he still does not have the votes to get there. he did get the support from the house republican conference earlier in the week when 188 of his members nominated to make him the speaker f that doesn't make you the speaker. in order to get the gavel, you need to be elected by the majority of the full house. that means 218 votes you'll need in january to get there. right now he's working behind the scenes to l...