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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 ....
Not happening in his own party. he was eager for the congress to get settled so he could unveil the new priorities and reach across the aisle and work with republicans, like he did on the bipartisan infrastructure law he s going to be celebrating today. monica alba, great work getting those questions to president biden. thank you. let me bring in to talk more about this texas congressman collin al right. thank you for being here. at what point does the fact that there s not really a house of representatives go from a governing problem to a national security problem? we re lucky we haven t had a crisis that requires the congress to respond, because you are being polite when you call me congress. i m not. i m a congressman-elect. ....
when you look the at the concessionings, how healthcare car thi could get these people to change their minds. what leverage does he have at this point that he didn t have a week or two weeks ago? those are two distinct questions. he could do anything he wants. he s the speaker. the speaker has enormous power in situation like this. he can t do much to change some of these people s minds because some of these people just hate him. many people say it s not personal, it is personal. i have been observing these members of congress for a decade. so i know they dislike him and don t want him to be speaker and there s nothing when someone wants a scalp, there s nothing you can do to change their mind. so the question becomes can he cut a deal with enough of these people to as ali said, they could vote present that s a way to not vote yes and not vote no and that lowers the threshold. that s the number one where he ....
Face. so your threats have to be plausible. more to the point, if they need to project strength. the tweet from donald trump this morning is helpful. probably not going to bring anybody along though. that was more about stopping anybody else from running the other way and showing weakness going into the day. brendan buck, i know you re joining us later on in this hour. great to see the rest of you. our team is fanned out. our hill team is all over every corner of the capitol. talking to folks. we ll bring you any new updates. we also will be speaking with a couple members including brian fitzpatrick, one of allies on screen negotiabilitying with the freedom caucus. we have a the democrat you can member of congress coming up. but first, our own congressional leader f you will, steve kornacki is going to join us to break down the math for what it ....
I think our administration has begun to move the economy in the @ direction where we re investing in america now. we re the leading economy in the world. how can you be the leading economy in the world. how worried would you be if the stalemate in the house goes on after today about the ability of congress and you to govern? not me, congress to govern. ....