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
mccalman this is the story, jorn john kirby will join the life your onset in washington dc, first though the aftershocks keep coming this afternoon from a rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake in the northeast shaking up lots of homes and people and pets inside them watch this martha: near whitehouse station new jersey, outside of new york city, homes also shook 50 miles away in pennsylvania. having an earthquake, holy [ bleep ] what the [ bleep ] did you feel that? what the [ bleep ] martha: plenty of people also felt it in new york city a look at this video from earth cam as city s most monuments were rattled, you can see the statue of liberty going back and forth a bit there the fox weather meteorologists reporting live from new york city pretty amazing shot today nothing we usually see in new york or new jersey or pennsylvania. a bit uncommon right? i have to tell you the epicenter of this earthquake was about 45 miles west of new york city but people here could feel it
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 discussed, including urging some of those members to vote present doing that lowers the voting threshold. then that s how many members ultimately decide to vote present . all those discussions happening hind the scenes. after the vote tonight, the mccarthy team putting out word to the members to prepare for a late night. he will finally make the speech accepting the gavel and make a speech to the full house and