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
who have gotten further than they thought they would get on tuesday night when the first vote happened. i think that changes the relationship going forward between lauren boebert and trump or the others who have held out. trump himself is not super tied to kevin mccarthy. they were tepid. as it s become clearer that kevin mccarthy will likely bet the speaker s gavel in just a matter of minutes but it speaks to his fear factor. he s not as strong as it was. joining us now, david urban. what do you think, if mccarthy succeeds, should trump take credit for the victory? he will. should he? of course heel take credit for the victory, is this the first time we ve seen this movie? to a certain extent, i don t know what he s doing