we re now about an hour away from the house reconvening and hopes to vote immediately or eventually will make him the next speaker of the house. spending the night trying to twist these arms belonging to the six hard right republicans that you see on the screen. it was so close, that absent members some of them came out of surgery or other medical provide tour procedures making they are way to the chamber. all of this has extra resonance. manu, so, we talked to you in the last hour, it seems to change over the hour, what s the latest. reporter: there s still growing confidence that they will get the vote. the longest speaker s race that we ve seen since the mid-18 hundreds. but, they believe they ve gotten there. the question will ultimately be on which members ultimately flip. you showed the six on your screen, some of those, they will need all members come and vote for a specific candidate, they will need four of those six. but, there are other strategies now being disc
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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 one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to breaking re
good morning to you, a day of vote counting here in washington. i m jim sciutto. vote counting part deuce, i m erica hill. good morning. we are keeping a close watch on washington for just that purpose. a few short hours from now the gop controlled house set to gavel in for a second day as they try to elect a speaker because of course remember without one not much is happening. new members can t even be sworn in. after three rounds of voting presumptive front runner kevin mccarthy not only failed to corral his caucus and secure the 218 votes needed to become speaker, he actually lost support as the day dragged on. we are live from capitol hill. and we will be talking to a member of congress who is central to these negotiations, plus buffalo bills damar hamlin remains sedated in critical condition on a ventilator. this after experiencing that shocking cardiac arrest during monday night football. his uncle tells cnn that he had to be resuscitated not just once on the field
buck? buck? bucshon? mccarthy. budzinski? jeffries. burchett? mccarthy. burgess? mccarthy. burlison? mccarthy. bush? jeffries. calvert? mccarthy. caraveo? jeffries. carbajal? jeffries. mccarthy. carl? mccarthy. carson? jeffries. carter of georgia? mccarthy. carter of louisiana? jeffries. carter of texas? mccarthy. casar? jeffries. case? jeffries. casten? jeffries. castor of florida? jeffries. castro of cicilline? jeffries. ciscomani? mccarthy. clark of massachusetts? jeffries. clarke of new mccarthy. comer? mccarthy. connolly? so we are waiting for the vote for michael cloud because potentially if he did decide not to vote for kevin mccarthy, that would have put them over the threshold but now we are waiting for andrew clyde. we have the fifth ballot for speaker and the fifth ballot that seems to be moving in the same direction as the first four? exactly. it was 21 on the last ballot. 21 republicans who did not vote for mccarthy. 20 voted for donalds. one voted present. a