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
but mr. mccarthy s not treating them that way. everyone is engaged in these meetings and disuticussions and he s open to hearing from all of them. he s taking a constructive attitude to listen to everybody s viewpoints, trying to clear the air where there s any misunderstanding of what s happened over the past few days over any particular issue. and, for example, you mentioned the motion to vacate the chair. he s made a constructive position there to follow thomas jefferson s precedent and have five members make that motion. so, everything is on the table. and, as i say, the best way for me to describe it on what today has brought is a constructive dialogue between those 20 and mr. mccarthy. and just to be clear on that one point, though, the five, he s not moving on that. kevin mccarthy s not moving on that. is that what you re saying, five is his best offer on that? well, that s his preference because that was the original what was called the jefferson rule. and so that s what hi