no path to becoming speaker of the house because a bunch of conservative members of the republican conference have dug in against him. what has changed this morning? why should today be any different after the three failed votes yesterday? a couple things mccarthy is doing like send his allies fanning out across the conference, trying to get some members voting present instead of no. we ll talk about that in a second. keep in mind, the numbers here. mccarthy can only atord four defectors to become speaker. if everybody votes for a earn. he started with 19 tuesday. he finished off with 20. steve kornacki is going to join us to break down the math and tell us what to expect. another thing that s new today, former president trump getting off the fence to push fellow republicans to, i m quoting here, vote for kevin. close the deal. how much will that matter? we ll get into it because right now it is parls in the building behind me. nobody in charge. no end in sight. no work getti
and it s not like these talks have just started. these are people who have been negotiating with kevin mccarthy on behalf of kevin mccarthy, over the course of the last several weeks. i asked one of his top allies involved with those negotiations last night what s different about talking now as opposed to over the course of the last few weeks. this person said it s a matter of time. that s really what it s probably going to take here on capitol hill. these waiting hours before they get back on the floor around noon. it s a question of if they can can shake anybody loose. you mentioned at the beginning of the show some of our new reporting, which is the shift in mind set that they are not trying to get all 20 of the no votes to become yeses. especially when some of these people voting no are doing so based on something kevin mccarthy can t change, which is being kevin mccarthy. but for those that they can change the miepds of, they are trying to flip ten people to yes and get the others