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live coverage. and aim jake tapper in washington. the united states still without a house speaker this hour and there is no sign that republicans are going to be able to settle on one any time soon. kevin mccarthy is going to come up short a fourth time. that s the vote we re watching right now. the hard-line opposition of about 20 rebels backing congressman byron donalds of florida this go-around. this vote is playing out as we re seeing quite an interesting split screen moment on the left side of your screen. you see senator senator minority leader mitch mcconnell at an event in kentucky with president biden there talking about the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was only passed because of democrats and republicans working together and now you see on the screen a place where bipartisanship is not happening, in fact, barely partisanship when it comes to republicans. cnn is tracking everything as it happens vote by vote. let s start with lauren fox. kevin mccart ....
buck? bousean? mccarthy. jeffries. virg mccarthy. burleson? mccarthy. bush? jeffries. calvert? mccarthy. cannic? mccarthy. carvayo? jeffries. carbehall? jeffries. cardennis? jeffries. carry? mccarthy. carter of georgia? mccarthy. carter of louisiana? jeffries. carter of texas? mccarthy. cartwright? jeffries. cassar? jeffries. cast tin? jeffries. castore of florida? jeffries. castro of texas? jeffries. chaves? mccarthy. jeffries. cicilline? jeffries. mccarthy. clark of massachusetts? jeffries. clark of new york? jeffries. cleaver? schell jeffries. kline? mccarthy. cloud? clyburn? jeffries. collide? donalds. that was the 5th vote against mccarthy. it appears to now have been suffering a defeat. cohen? the latest round again. it continues. it continues? groundhog day, here we are. yes, it s clear, there s no concession he could make to bring these guys over. it s ....
sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. what s happening here? reporter: republicans are searching for an offramp as it s become clear that kevin mccarthy s efforts to win over his opposition not working. i m told republicans have approached democrats on the house floor and tried to feel them out to see, what would it take for you to vote present or not show up? we re told these are informal conver conversations. it s still early. democrats said they would not bail out mccarthy, but they would be willing to talk about a consensus candidate. we ll see. the fact that republicans are even thin ....
reporter: all of these options are thorny. if they go to another round of balloting, it s not clear i would be surprised if mccarthy were able to peel off the number of people that he needs from this 20 no vote coalition on his side to actually become speaker on this next ballot. what we are hearing is that the mccarthy team could go for a motion to adjourn until tomorrow. you are right, that would buy them time. it would save them another round of embarrassment if he were to lose on this fourth ballot. as i was walking over here, i tried to find some key members of that 20 no vote coalition to ask if they would support that motion to adjourn. right now, democrats have said they will not represent republicans do that. they are whipping against that motion. republicans would have to go it alone. they would not be able to pass that motion to adjourn unless some of these 20 republicans were also on board and supportive of it. i talked, for example, with congressman and ....
needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can t even be sworn in. they don t even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it s a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let s bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. yamiche alcindor is our washington correspondent. doug high is a republican strategist for the rnc. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times and an msnbc political analyst. steve kornacki is at the big board. garrett, tell us what s happening this second and what should we make of it? we re watching kevin mccarthy on his way going 0 for 4. byron donalds, ....