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sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. what's happening here? >> reporter: republicans are searching for an offramp as it's become clear that kevin mccarthy's efforts to win over his opposition not workin...

Leaders from the tech industry, are poised to converge in San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting.

Babben, mccarthy. facon, mccarthy. baird, mccarthy. alderson, mccarthy. >> all right. we are now in the sixth ballot for speaker of the house. let's go to cnn's manu raju with new reporting. you're hearing signs of a potential thaw between mccarthy allies and the 20 republican rebels. tell us more. >> reporter: yeah. welcome news for kevin mccarthy after days -- two days of seeing him fall short at ballot after ballot, not getting the 218 votes of becoming speaker. there are signs of talks moving in a direction that these opponents want. one of them is chip roy. he's 1 of the 20 who voted over...

Have been likened to something over a proxy war. it's pelosi and trump looking at each other square in the face and seeing who would blink first. president trump was the one to do that. now the reasoning might have something to do with what he hinted out in his tweet last night announcing this, the history and the grandure, the splendor of that house chamber that according to our sources, the president wanted to deliver the speech there. he did not want to be the first president in many, many, many years to not deliver his state of the union address at the capitol, so he decided to let nancy p...

Throughout areas of the southeast and the mid-atlantic. hit-and-miss showers and storms. sunday, looking pretty good in the northeast. much cooler. lower humidity. it will be enjoyable to be outside. looks nice in the ohio valley but strong storms in the northern plains. so the weekend's kind of hit and miss. >> we're not going to have plans. >> it's not picture perfect. >> make plans inside and we've got you covered. >> be ready for the airline melee friday. >> yes, in the northeast. still ahead, global markets getting a boost on a potential thaw in the trade standoff between the u.s. and c...