speaker. we do know house republicans joined a conference call to talk about a possible new deal on the table. but multiple people on the call tell nbc news, kevin mccarthy acknowledges he still does not have enough votes to become speaker after 11 rounds. we spoke with kevin mccarthy ahead of that call and this is what he this is all leaving one-third of our government functionally paralyzed just as the nation marks the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. politico making the note that, quote, a handful of republicans who remained in the january 6th sights throughout its investigations are now leading the effort to deny mccarthy the speakership. one officer who defended lawmakers on january 6th pointed out the irony of what s happening on the hill right now. no matter what anybody s thoughts about which way it s going, the right that think the fact that they have the right to be able to do that in a safe environment is kind of what we provided
outfront next, breaking news. the house about to reconvene as mccarthy s bid for speaker looks shakier than ever. six humiliating rounds of votes and we could be looking at a seventh shortly. we have the very latest from capitol hill. plus, who are those 20 republicans waging this war against kevin mccarthy? we re going to give you a closer look. new details tonight on buffalo bills star damar hamlin s condition. for one former nfl player, hamlin s injury brought back members. he was hit in the chest with a puck, collapsed on the ice, carried out on a stretcher. and the former nhl star is it my guest tonight. let s go outfront. good evening. outfront tonight the breaking news. the house is about to gavel back in as open warfare breaks out in the gop. congressman matt gaetz tells cnn he s a, quote, desperate guys whose share is dropping with every subsequent vote. kevin mccarthy s allies are working furiously behind the scenes trying to search for any options as o
it is the top of the hour. i m katy tur and we re starting again on capitol hill with the question: deadlock or a deal? what will happen today is anyone s guess. the house reconvenes in one hour. will the seventh vote be the charm for kevin mccarthy. he s made even more concessions. what they are and will they help? earlier they said they think negotiations could drag on until next week. i think we re making progress. i think people are talking and that s i think that very good. look, we re all working together. find a solution. do you have the votes today? we will see. also this hour, president biden will take on one of the issues that s motivating these republican holdouts. the southern border. he s announcing new border enforcement measures. we got a peek at the details. what they are in a moment. and after teasing a trip to the border yesterday, he s expected to make that visit official. we will go right to the white house for his live remarks when they b
sources are telling us that house republicans are on a conference call right now. they re trying to figure out what is the path forward to get a speaker in place. just within the last couple of minutes, we saw kevin mccarthy telling our team on the hill he thinks he will get to the magic number, 218, same game plan, he says. look at that right there. we have new reporting this morning into how he s trying to make this happen. he s been deploying five trusted allies to negotiate with these kind of republican so-called rebels here, trying to figure out what are the concessions that would be needed to peel off the votes for him to get there, even after they ve been negotiating for a matter of weeks now. listen to what one republican defector had to say this morning? it remains to be seen. i want a resolution. i want us to elect a speaker. another wrinkle this morning, you have former president donald trump giving kevin mccarthy his strongest endorsement yet, writing on socia
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