these results to come back. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. well, turning now to "first read" on politics this morning, the house gop holds its secret ballot in the next half hour to nominate the next speaker. but a group of hard-line conservatives says it's not backing the current number two, kevin mccarthy. plus, why a taylor swift reference on the campaign trail has a student calling out john kasich. joining me now to talk about it, nbc news senior political editor, mark murray. so mark, let's talk about what will happen today with the house gop in this conference vote. >> yeah, tamron, it's important to understand is our house producer, alex moe has pointed out that today's election is just on the republican conference side. this is essentially republicans' nominee to be the next speaker. october 29th is when the full house, democrats and republicans, will end up selecting the next speaker. you'll need 218 votes for that, if all house members end up voting. today the winner just needs 50%