hah keep jeffries. cleaver? jeffries. cline? kevin mccarthy. cloud? jim jordan. clyburn? jeffries. clyde? biggs. cohen? hakeem jeffries. cole? mccarthy. collins? as we listen to the roll being called by my count, five republicans have voted against mccarthy for speaker. two voted for jim jordan, one included boebert. and two for andy biggs. garrett haake, by my count that s five and he could only lose four. on this first role call, he said he will keep this going vote after vote until they get worn down or something breaks. is that your take? we never call votes until they are over, but in this case, i now count six, one more since we came on the air. clyde voting for andy biggs, one of the leaders of this rebel group. six republicans so far voting against kevin mccarthy. if the math holds through the remainder of the alphabet, as we have every reason to expect it will, with all democrats voing for hakeem jeffries, we do appear to be in a s
control room to pull you have a live shot of the house floor. this is happening. we re about halfway through the alphabet. you see the shot of former house speaker, nancy pelosi. 14 members so far. 15 members so far have chosen somebody other than mccarthy. the vote is not final. the vote is not gavelled, however, if this holds, he will not be speaker for time number two. ali, what happens for time number three? what s the next card to play? that s the next question especially as you have members like chip roy of texas vowing he will still continue to hold mccarthy to a count on a whole list of concessions that he s been trying to get the leader to make over the course of the last few weeks and months. they have made inroads here. these members like roy. who chairs those committees and has prioritized for them, but especially to this idea of the motion to vacate. it s a move that would weaken the speaker and make it easier to oust members. mccarthy holding to a compromise i
even as those parents, moms, dads, sisters, brothers, outside pleading for action. even as the kids, the heroes, the warriors inside, called 9-1-1, over and over and over again, one of them calling 9-1-1 flex after time, begging for help. time wasted. that may have saved some of the 19 children into teachers that are now dead. the anger is palpable. i talked to the brother of ten-year-old victim xavier lopez, as well as his girlfriend. take a listen. are you guys frustrated at all by the way the police handle? this very. which frustrates you the most? they didn t do anything. they just standing around the whole time. they didn t do anything. that is much of what s the community is saying. they did not do anything. they were standing around the whole time. why did they not act? could babies be alive today had they acted sooner? while officials released a new timeline of events, there are still so many unanswered questions. in fact there are more. questions they still
hard line opposition to mccarthy, does that indicate an intransigence on their part? it might be more well established with the other nine. if he continues to have ten defections, mccarthy just can t get the votes. he s going to have to get biggs voters to his side. and as we wrap this up, steve kornacki, such valuable information. brendan buck, you know the history. this could go for days. it could and steve s right. those ten who voted for biggs, that s the core of his opposition. jim jordan got six. if he can work the floor, say i appreciate you voting for me, next time vote for mccarthy, shows movement in his direction, that could be a good sign. yamiche in five seconds, we might be here tomorrow doing the same thing, but it s a fascinating history. it s fascinating. a bit embarrassing for the republicans and it s historic to cover. and our thanks to all of you