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covid lockdowns was anti science. tonight i can tell you that democracy is grinding through its process and there could be a speaker of the house elected tonight. now, i know that s a change from what you ve heard all week but we can report that in the next few hours, it could actually happen. the house is reconvening any second, and the ingraham angle is hearing from a high level source kevin mccarthy does have the votes to get elected. let s go live to capitol hill, things are very fluid they can change but senior congressional correspondent who has been working very hard this week, chad perfect gram is standing by. chad what can you tell us? laura good evening, kevin mccarthy gained support as speaker on two roll call votes today. he did not gain any support on 11 votes for speaker over the previous three days. the question is whether mccarthy can close the deal tonight. we are told he should have the votes later on and be sworn in as speaker. two of his supporters ....
They were absent earlier, wesley hunt of texas and ken buck of colorado however there could be other absences and it s possible other members could vote present. lowering the bar could help mccarthy if members don t cast ballots. if mccarthy is elected the dean of the house, the most senior member, howe rodgers of kentucky will swear in mccarthy. mccarthy will then swear in the entire house en masse. this is the longest speaker s election since 1859, that went 44 ballots. the record was 133 ballots in 1856. the house is coming into session right now. we will see if they go to that next roll call vote, ballot number 14, laura. now, chad, i was reading i think in politico tonight that, while some of the freedom caucus s demands about spending and spending caps are getting conservatives very excited, that some of that is more aspirational than reality-based. ....