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we should be prepared to be back here doing this same thing when that happens. because especially considering some of the things that mccarthy clearly gave away. i mean in the past they've been able to do it with democratic help, and mccarthy in theory could do that. but it seems like they've tried to hold his feet to fire here and say, no, what kevin mccarthy can decide to do is not put it on the floor. >> without getting into the specifics of all the ugly fights that are going to come, i think the point that you just made and others have made is that this is at large a vision of wh...

♪♪ it is the top of the hour. i'm katy tur and we're starting again on capitol hill with the question: deadlock or a deal? what will happen today is anyone's guess. the house reconvenes in one hour. will the seventh vote be the charm for kevin mccarthy. he's made even more concessions. what they are and will they help? earlier they said they think negotiations could drag on until next week. >> i think we're making progress. i think people are talking and that's -- i think that -- very good. >> look, we're all working together. find a solution. >> do you have the votes today? >>...

Decided yet. before that happens, we haven't seen kevin mccarthy actually get the gavel. >> right. >> we haven't seen the members of congress actually sworn in. >> right. >> you know, we've been here and we've been watching this series of 15 votes, including by members elect, but they are still members elect even at this moment. they have not been sworn in to officially become members of the house of representatives. >> yeah, so there is still the official vote to be counted, to be called by the readers and by the clerk. and then, of course, the official swearing in of this congress, after whi...

Undocumented immigrants from latin america. it's really interesting on how intentional the coyotes that are helping cross individuals would end up in the southern border or in central california, for example, they have such sophisticated networks that are human trafficking all the way into southern canada and it's spreading. it's increasingly an issue that needs to have a north hemisphere solution. >> thank you very much. we're going to go to the white house as soon as president biden starts speaking. all eyes in the meantime are still on the house. members-elect, which is everyone right now...

Portrait of her. that's a honor typically reserved only for party leadership, but fighting shirley is still there in the halls of congress, keeping an eye out. and now over the past few weeks, members of congress' new freshmen class, the most diverse freshmen class congress has ever seen, they've been arriving at the capitol hill, and they've been doing their orientation, and they've been setting up their staffs and their offices. and do you know who keeps popping up these last couple of weeks? yeah. thank god they put up that portrait. because with democrats picking up 40 new seats and sendin...