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Work? >> not high. slim to none and slim just left the bar. listen, it's a tough, tough haul here. what i think ryan has done is met the challenge. he was supposedly the only person who could do this. if he refused to try, then it would not play well with him but he sat down some demands. he didn't articulate them in enough detail to know exactly how they will play with the freedom caucus. my guess is he'll get his unanimous vote or close to it ahead of the vote, commitment ahead of the vote and he'll string out rules changes so they won't tie his hands.

>> not high. slim to none and slim just left the bar. listen, it's a tough, tough haul here. what i think ryan has done is met the challenge. he was supposedly the only person who could do this. if he refused to try, then it would not play well with him but he sat down some demands. he didn't articulate them in enough detail to know exactly how they will play with the freedom caucus. my guess is he'll get his unanimous vote or close to it ahead of the vote, commitment ahead of the vote and he'll string out rules changes so they won't tie his hands.

He didn't articulate them in enough detail to know exactly how they will play with the freedom caucus. my guess is he'll get his unanimous vote or close to it ahead of the vote, commitment ahead of the vote and he'll string out rules changes so they won't tie his hands. but he still faces the reality that a desertion of a modest number of the new radicals could -- will force him to get democratic support to keep account lights on. >> yeah, this is a key point. one of the things that's being negotiated are rules changes that would essentially power members over leadership quite a bit and give t...

Virginia last year would have become a 9-4 romney triumph. this is part of a trend. republicans thanks to the wave elections of 2010 control governorships in a number of big blue states. now, with the gop's national chairman cheering them on, republicans in many of the states are talking more and more about pursuing similar rules changes. the effect could be massive. currently, two states, maine and nebraska, award electoral votes by congressional districts. only once in nebraska in 2008 resulted in the vote going to a candidate that didn't win the statewide popular vote but the math changes i...

That wouldn't change the rule is as much but also wouldn't be the majority forcing its will on the minority. what is going to happen? s there going to be filibuster reform and what kind? >> at thursday's caucus we had a briefing. there are three groups of senators that have been working on three different proposals for rules changes. it was put before the democrats for the first time on thursday. and we listened to it. i think there are some changes that can be made on a bipartisan basis. i will think that is where things are going right now to try to see what we can agree upon. if we can't, t...