Is an open question at this point. Heres the latest news. Anni of cnn breaks out the speaker vote break down, jordan got 124 and austin scott of georgia, 81. That means jordan only increased his support by 25 since Steve Scalise dropped out and austin scott who told the reporter, he had no plan of running. And heres another number that came out, representative scott perry, a republican of pennsylvania, one of the eight who voted against Kevin Mccarthy is extremely confident that jordan will get the votes to become speaker in a floor vote. Jim jordan is going to be the speaker. Thats how confident i am. Representative perry says. Nicholas wu of politico said that House Democratic leaders are calling a press conference and inviting all members to join them on the house steps this evening. Thats scheduled as far as we know for 5 00 p. M. Well bring that to you live as well. As the news continues to break on whether or not theres a new House Speaker, we want to continue to hear your voices as well, reps 2027488291 is the number to call, democrats, 7488920. And all others, 2027488922. Well begin taking those calls in just a few minutes. We are waiting for republicans to come out to the press stakeout where they are meeting and if they do, well go to them live while we hear your voices to hear their voices. Earlier today former speaker Kevin Mccarthy walked up and talked to the press as well about who he was supporting and his views on whats happening. Reporter how are things going in there as far as you know . Mr. Mccarthy earlier i thought it was going well and we were making progress and well be close and get a speaker here shortly. [. Reporter would you support austin scott . Mr. Mccarthy no, i would support jim. Reporter is it he have the votes to go for the floor . Mr. Mccarthy well see. Reporter jim jordan said he was running for speaker now that you were ousted, whats your message to him. Mr. Mccarthy i think jim is better prepared in the process to be speaker. I dont think its right every democrat voted to create chaos and 4 of the republicans joined with them. I think today the men and women of our military got paid. If gaetz had his way, they wouldnt be paid and be sitting in the middle east. Our Border Agents wouldnt be paid. But this whole time we havent been able to follow through on our bills were trying to get done, we havent been able to do investigations. Weve got 4 of the caucus that wants chaos. Reporter you think it will go to the floor today . Mr. Mccarthy it will be up to them. Reporter do you think youll come out with a gavel . Mr. Mccarthy no. Reporter what do you say for your colleagues voting for you . Mr. Mccarthy they just did in there but i would have won the nomination but dont think its right. We can move on. Reporter you probably would have had the nomination, are you the most important in the room . Mr. Mccarthy those who want to run are doing the forum. Reporter how many people are running . Mr. Mccarthy i think just two right now. Reporter will you do the closed door vote after the forum now . Mr. Mccarthy theyll decide. Well see. Its a process. Im sure youll all be informed. Reporter a handful of republican members are already back home. What message does that send to america . Mr. Mccarthy stay at work. Do your job. Reporter are you worried about the attendance problem . Mr. Mccarthy i get worried about it because we have a small majority. You see how eight can partner with all the democrats and create so much chaos. If you have eight members led by gaetz who doesnt want to pay the troops or Border Agents, can you have real problems p. I cant believe the democrats wanted so much chaos. Reporter if jim jordan doesnt get the vote, do you think host that was earlier today and this is live outside the republican conference. Reporter has it emerged as jordan at this point . I think he is. I think when people get home, honestly, the grassroots, theres nobody stronger. [indiscernible] its jim, seriously. [indiscernible] reporter tell us what you think about going home and where things stand . Well, look, first of all, at this point the decision of our process Going Forward will be that of jim jordan. Hes our speaker designate. Personally, i think we should stay and finish this but thats up to him and im going to respect his decision and whatever jim needs from me, ill do that. Reporter you think there will be a speaker vote monday or is it a possibility . All in the hands of jim jordan. I think its very possible but its in his hands. Reporter what do you think the second vote tally is indicative hell get the 217 on the floor, does it show he can get the 217 . I think he can but theres a lot of work that has to be done in a short amount of time. So well see how his teamworks through that and any type of situation. Its not really something that other members can do. Its going to be him with those people to find a way to get there. Reporter were you surprised at the total he got in there . Yeah, i thought it would be higher. So look, im consistent with you guys, ok. Get back to work and figure out a way and thats what we have to do. Reporter if it comes to jordan, you want to be speaker . What i want to do is get back to work. [indiscernible] well find a way out of it, rest assured, that will happen. But, you know, this is a process among people who are elected, so its going to be tough but well get through it. And i think when we do, were still going to be able to accomplish our work. Reporter apparently the democrats have sent mchenry a letter and said they want to have him act as speaker but oversee some legislative action, that kind of thing . Look, i never agreed i never supported that kind of maneuver and i think mr. Mchenry clear that was not going to happen. He was emphatic thats not going to happen and i support him in that. Were not going to be any type of Coalition Governments around here. Were not a european parliament. We are the United States. Were going to work through this. There will be a new speaker of the house, and then were going to get back to work. See you guys. Reporter thanks, sir. Host you heard representative byron donald of florida talking about potentially a monday vote for speaker. We want to hear your views on jim jordan as the speaker designate. Well show you some bio information on him. Call 2027488920 and 7488922 for all others. Similarlia in dayton, ohio, democrats line. Similarlia, from your home state, what do you say about jim jordan as speaker designate. Caller disgraceful when hes been bowing down on trump to run the congress anyway. Those eight who stabbed Kevin Mccarthy, those eight who stabbed should leave and now i pray to god hes not the speaker for a couple of reasons. Hes not on top of it. Then after what donald trump said about israel and not only that, he turned his head to the young men at ohio state who was being molested and now its sad enough that hes in the congress. But to be the speaker is a disgrace. Host thats similarlia in dayton, ohio. Jim jordan represents northwestern ohio, lima and some of the smaller towns in that region. Joe from stanford, connecticut, joe, what do you think . Caller my opinion is everybody is picking on the republicans and everything, we need a speaker of the house right now. And the democrats could just help out and put a vote on them and then this thing, are we going to have another we need a speaker of the house. We need the speaker of the house to gitgoing. And they could help out just by changing their vote. Everybodys blaming the republicans because theyre not getting together but the democrats are not helping out either. Host thank you, sir, for calling in. A reminder 221 republicans in the house, 212 democrats in the house. Not a very big margin. 205 republicans were present and voted for either jim jordan or austin scott. Jim jordan needs to get to 217 on the floor. Right now he won 124 votes in the caucus. The democrats will be holding a press conference shortly. Well get their views and hear what they have to say live in just a few minutes. Albert, okeaforest, illinois, democrat. Good afternoon. Caller i would rather see Hakeem Jeffries run again and jim jordan should be tried along with donald trump as far as im concerned. Thats all i have to say. Host elizabeth is another democrat in monterey park, california. Hi, elizabeth. Caller hi, how are you . Host how are you . Caller im good. Jim jordan is conof the conspirators for overthrowing the capitol. He even avoided his subpoena to come in and speak with the committee. Jim jordan will not have any support from the democrats because he is not from democracy. He disrespects the judicial system. He disrespects the Founding Fathers and the constitution. This man does not represent the majority of america. He has a very small district in ohio that he represents and were going to have more chaos. If they keep the rules in place, one member can call a vote to remove, its going to be more chaos. The American People deserve better than this. Host thanks for calling in. Garry from calling in, independent line. Caller jim jordan has bashed every Republican House speaker and has done everything he could to cause chaos with every House Speaker and run them out. Now hes doing trumps bidding and wants to be speaker of the house himself and they want to blame the democrats because the democrats will not support the people theyre putting forward. Mr. Jordan does not have what it takes. He cant even get his law degree. He couldnt even pass a test to become a lawyer. He goes to college and he tries to get a degree and he doesnt even go forward with anything he attempts to do. Hes certainly not the person for the job as speaker. Hes great for supporting donald trump and thats all hell ever be. Host robert costa, cbs news tweets out with jordan well short of 217 votes, most House Republicans telling him that they want to go home and see who else emerges, if anyone, or if theyll all have to look into a consensus, shortterm pick or even a deal with democrats. Thats bob costa of cbs. Heyward, republican in new york city. Hi, hay about wood. Caller while the republicans are trying to figure out who to nominate as speaker, this provides biden with an excuse for not applying diplomacy. He should arrange for the world bank and whoever supports the refugees, wherever they are, to go to jordan, to go to gaza on the ground and say to the people of gaza and hamas, you release the hostages now. Well send the money to egypt to support the refugees. Release the hostages now. Host all right. Were talking about jim jordan as speaker designate this afternoon. Were waiting on a democratic press conference. Were waiting on more republican members to emerge from the conference and come up to the microphones and talk. We heard byron donald of florida just a little while ago talking about a potential monday vote and going home for the weekend. Then we saw patty in sterling virginia, independent line. Last chance for patty. Randall, nashville, tennessee, democrat. Whoop. Im not getting any call. I cant hear the calls up here. If somebody could check that. There we go. All right. And so we are having a tiny bit of trouble but will continue to. Blumenauer is a democrat from oregon and he talked about the idea of a coalition government. [indiscernible] mr. Blumenauer the republicans will have to work with democrats and put together a bipartisan effort. It is going to be very similar to the agreement they all have in the spring, 149 of them voted for it along with the president of the senate. And thats ultimately what we are going to be after spinning our wheels for two weeks or three or four. But thats where we are going to be. [indiscernible question] mr. Blumenauer they cant understand it. But what can i say. Its pretty clear, its not our fault. Republicans cant agree with themeses and ultimately they have to work with us on a bipartisan solution. You can write that script now. Just fill in a few members later. Host that was earl blumenauer, democrat of oregon. Waiting on members of congress to come out. The republicans to come out from their conference and believe it or not, in 20 minutes, we are going to live to New Hampshire, to a New HampshireRepublican Party gettogether were all the president ial candidates. Really kind of a busy friday afternoon. Randall in nashville, democrat, one more time. Are you with us . What do you think, jim jordan speakerdesignate nature. Caller we know about jim jordan. Not going to go through. What we need to get the congressional leaders to understand they are playing with human lives. People are dying. And they they have the audacity on the tv show. Its ridiculous. We are not America Great the way our congressional leaders are acting towards the president. This is a sad case at this time. Host take a republican call from mansfield, ohio, this is mary from mansfield, ohio. Mary, you are on cspan, what do you think of jim jordan . Does he represent you . Mary, you have to turn down the volume on your tv. Mary, are you with us . Sandra, democrat, democrat, is that jim jordans district . He is too radical he is a trump man. We fired trump on election and he still dont believe hes fired. He needs to go on and let another republican do it. Host in about 15 minutes, we are going to go to New Hampshire to the g. O. P. Committee gathering of all the candidates and waiting on the democrats here in the house to hold a press conference and republicans to come out from their conference and in the meantime, we are going to taking your calls from tennessee, republican. My concern is this, and this is the United States of america. The Republican Party has to come together, no more rom per room, i mean for our country. Our country is at stake here and we all have to come together. We need a candidate that is going to work with everybody. And i mean everybody. Like i said, you know, im not going to say who is right or wrong. Only thing im going to say we need a candidate who is going to be able to represent america and no more of this romper room. Host what do you think of jim jordan, Steve Scalise, Kevin Mccarthy. Did you have a favorite . Caller i did not, like i said before, the favorite person im going to have is somebody that i know is going to get things done and not play games. Host louisiana, independent line, peter. Caller just listening to one of your prestles callers and bashing jordan because he didnt have a law degree and i didnt like jim jordan until i found that out and im all for jim. Host the democrats are starting to gather on the steps of the house of representatives outside. We will go to that press conference when it begins. In the meantime, mike garcia spoke to cameras a little bit earlier. [indiscernible] make phone calls and why people arent there yet and get there before monday. Start applying the pressure of Public Opinion and good intimate conversations and hopefully that number goes down instead of going up. Im confident we will get there. We dont know the anonymous votes and express their concerns. But i think the members in our conference will do that and jim will reach out and i think he is going to get there and next couple of days to lobby. Host democrats are coming down the steps of the United States capitol led by