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
looked kind of bad there. can you help me out. then trump decided to back him this morning. but the reality is this. is donald trump and the maga movement don t really see eye to eye with mccarthy-style politics. they are aligned with jim jordan, the ohio rep slated to lead the judiciary committee. he said i don t want to be speaker, but the anti-mccarthy people are like we want you to be speaker. and certainly something to watch. at what point does he back off and say you don t have the votes. thank you both. appreciate it. i had a weird noise. i ll just say i think mark and i and you have been around enough campaign events over the years that it was going back to may in wyoming when it was the likes of kevin mccarthy played on the video screen at trump s