CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper July 6, 2024
his attempt to be speaker of this house. this historic fight now surpassing the last time it went to multiple ballots. the prolonged 1923 ballot which was decided on the ninth ballot. this one will not be decided on the ninth ballot. it looks. yet for first time this week, there are some positive signs for the republican leader. they're drawing a line in the sand whether they go to the holdouts. it's not clear a deal will even net kevin mccarthy the total of 218 votes he needs to be speaker. republicans, they say they are firmly in the never kevin mccarthy camp. never. they just have...