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everybody. i'm lindsey riser in for katy tur in new york city. the big news today, the potentially historic battle surrounding house republican leadership and the growing resistance to kevin mccarthy, as he scrambles to find and secure the 218 votes he needs to become the next speaker. despite that, we learned over the weekend that mccarthy has already moved into the speaker suite in the capitol, if he secures the votes, no problem, but if he doesn't, he'll have to move out and that is seeming like more of a possibility by the day. before sunday, the number of republicans openly oppo...

Another day and they're negotiating now and what is left to do to win over the votes. >> i want to read part of that letter signed by these nine republicans, the times call for radical departure from the status quo. not a continuation of past and ongoing republican failures. i mean punch bowl news characterizes this essentially saying there are plenty of republicans who think the house has not operated properly for decades. why does it seem though like they have so much leverage this time around? >> well, first of all, the narrow majority, the red wave that never existed. the republicans hold ...