the math, that doesn t get mccarthy to 218. he would have a lot of work to do. there s a lot of reason for optimism. we did see one breakthrough in the last hour or so. a mccarthy aligned pac agreed to not play in primaries in safe districts. that s something that conservatives have been asking for. it s a big deal. mccarthy resisted up until now. obviously, the pac made this deal on its own. mccarthy can t control spending decisions made by the pac. it had his blessing. conservatives see this as a big win for them. they rexare excited about this. jim jordan does think this will move some votes. there s more work to do. no doubt about it. maggie, i want to go to you. what s interesting about the backdrop of this is you have the former president, donald trump, making a public endorsement of mccarthy. what he doesn t support is
0 i don t think voting tonight is productive. let people work more. reporter: in a positive sign from mccarthy, some of the opponents came out sounding positive, including scott perry of pennsylvania sounded that he said talks had been productive as well as congressman chip roy. they had been asking for more sway over the speakership. some of them had asking to encourage mccarthy s super pac to stay out of certain primaries. they did agree to do that. that may have won some. his path, very narrow. there are at least four republicans who are almost certainly going to vote against him. they absolutely will not vote for kevin mccarthy, including matt gaetz. he can only look forward to lose four republican votes. one more says they will not vote for him, mccarthy cannot get there, which is why these talks are so critical, expected to continue through tonight until tomorrow. the house reconvenes at that time. he had given up a lot to get the votes he has gotten thus far. how much mo
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