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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...

Rodney davis alluded to this just a second ago in talking to you, jake, why we're seeing this kind of strange moment on the floor right now where they haven't rolled yet straight into this sixth ballot. i think there is a realization among mccarthy supporters that if they get started, and the ball rolls on this, and ken buck is close to the beginning of the alphabet, this is going to be an early chance for what he intends to do, and davis said earlier while, and again he repeated, buck may not speak for a huge majority of the conference. >> right. >> he may not just be speaking for himself. >>...