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elected. we'll see what happens today. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. the house will resume its session two hours from now. last night 20 republicans voted against kevin mccarthy in the third round of voting. >> dana: without a speaker is house is unable to swear in members or vote on any legislation. congressman elect mike lawlor slammed those opposing mccarthy last hour. >> it's shameful and embarrassing and proofing themselves incapable of governing. jim jordan's committee on judiciary to do investigations can't do it. securing the border, guess what, can't do it. these 1...

hi there, everyone, here we go again. it's 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn't do any of those things. it's a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker's offi...

Support for mccarthy starts to wane. he got a boost this morning from former president trump. mr. trump wrote that quote it is now time for all great republican members to vote for kevin. but mr. trump's wattage is not what it used to be. republicans are starting to shoot inside the tent. >> a lot of these members have been irrelevant. they haven't passed anything and now they are in the limelight in enjoying fundraising off this tomorrow -- these actions. >> if mccarthy doesn't begin to gain votes serious conversations could talk about mccarthy dropping out. >> these five people need to take ...

Yesterday. capitol hill buzzing over accusations that might have motivated him. we should point out they are at this point only acquisitions. ma manu raju joins us. why he dropped out rumors about an affair. what do you know? >> reporter: yeah, that rumor about the affair has been circulating for sometime but ever since in that 24-hour period of mr. mccarthy dropping out of the speaker's race, people speculated as to the reason why he did. the reason why mr. mccarthy said is because he said he's a political liability and didn't want to put his conference through a tough vote to get him elected...

Between career, job and family. the word you mentioned, duty, something that is really coming up in these discussions. i heard from a lot of members yesterday on capitol hill who were, i think, unnerved by what happened thursday with mccarthy dropping out. a lot calmer, sort of coming around to the idea of maybe we can really coalesce around this guy. i think that's having a big impact on his decision. before he was saying, i'm not doing it, not doing it. reports say he's considering it. his colleagues sort of appealing to the need, to sort of rise to the occasion has to be a part of that, and...