. first, we are now on night thre of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news i can confirm that major negotiations have been going on all day behind the scenes well these votes were taking place today. with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. i can report that at this hour of document is being put together that will go a long wa to settling differences. will it get kevin to 218? we won t know until probably sometime tomorrow or monday. if anything it would probably b a couple of votes short, but progress is real tonight at thi hour. no doubt you the american peopl are being patient, but the patients is wearing thin. the vote totals remain unchange for three straight days for a 200 publicans supporting mc carthy 20 supporting somebody else in the past 24 hours might kevin mccarthy has made several additional assurances to the holdouts, thi is before these meetings today including eight new one-vote threshold for motion to vacat
themselves, the american people certainly deserve good governments, and better. here with the latest is threadbare. i ve been following it all day, i ve been in contact all day with people involved with these negotiations, and however, if they get this deal done, i am not certain it gets to 218. it make it to 14, or to 18 and then there would still be a nee to get a few more on board. get that s right, i ve been hearing the same thing, that that number is roughly to hundred 14 or 215. you re heading into the weekend friday where the will be expected some members on both sides of the aisle that will no show up and will not be there for reasons for the remember th democrats every time, every ballot have hit 212, the maximu number they have the votes, if there are fewer, it changes the math, and europe magic number