he s reportedly now bringing that closer down to one in an effort to get some of the republican holdouts on board. it remains to be seen if that will sway enough of his opposers to come on board. 20 republicans have voted against him in yesterday s three ballots. he can only afford to lose four, assuming that all members vote for a specific candidate. it remains to be seen if that concession will be enough. let s talk trump. it s been interesting watching his evolution on this. they was, for a while, withheld his support of mccarthy, and in recent weeks said okay, he s my guy, he should be speaker. he was not full throated. he did it from a distance. there was suggestion he was afraid to be associated with mccarthy if he were to lose because he was stung in the midterms. in the morning, all in, my kevin. he should be the guy. last night he backed off a little bit. give us your analysis about
tonight. that s exactly right. after the house adjourned yesterday, both supporters and opposers of kevin mccarthy entered these closed door negotiations, and they were sort of discussing what could come out of, how can we break the stalemate and gain support for kevin mccarthy. several outlets have reported that kevin mccarthy put forward a proposal that gave into a number of those key concessions that republicans had been asking for that had been holdouts to supporting mccarthy. among that, according to these reports, mccarthy agreed to bring the threshold for motion to vacate to one member. one republican would be able to force a vote on ousting the speaker. internal conference rules that had been adopted by house republicans back in november put that threshold at a majority of the house conference. and then in a show of faith to republicans, mccarthy in the rules package released over the weekend had lowered that threshold to five.
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in five states to be true tossups where the candidates are neck and neck. they re coming after me with everything right now. reporter: in georgia today former football player herschel walker called his critics crazy, after a second woman publicly accused the anti-abortion rights republican of pressuring her to have an abortion. he came to my house, picked me up and drove me to the clinic. reporter: cbs s nickole killion is covering the walker campaign in georgia. reporter: in augusta, supporters of herschel walker say they have fatigue, while opposers say enough is enough. but independents who could be cruial in deciding this race, some are on the fence. we haveo think that there s some truth to it. a lot of people can say you did this and that, but doesn t mean it s true. reporter: in arizona today, the republican senate candidate blake masters got a boost in his bid to unseat democrat mark
fox is madeline rivera reports on the last day of judge ketanji jackson s confirmation hearing, the senate judiciary committee listened to her supporters. reviewers describe her integrity as beyond reproach, impeccable and of the highest caliber and opposers in judge jackson s now infamous law review article gives me no assurance that she would give voice to the voiceless victims of sex crimes. jackson s record of sentences for child abusers has been a point of contention for republicans calling into question whether she will secure any of their votes. senator lindsey graham, one of three republicans who joined democrats to confirm her last year for her current role as a d.c. circuit court of appeals judge is now skeptical of her background. after two days, i am now more convinced than ever that i understand why i demand justice and every radical left wing group chose her as their primary candidate. yeah, democrats feel jackson s confirmation seems virtually assured even if