look at this. they want those things that jim jordan talked about. they want that stuff to happen. republicans historically have not herded the cats very well. they don t have democrats singing from the same sheet of music. republicans always have the splinter faction that is a different type of the way they operate. they stand up and are adamant about going with the group. kevin mccarthy was good at fund-raising. he s not a good committee chairman, which is all the time trying to get people together. so the question is whether that trust level, he can get that in these subsequent ballots to move he needs 14, 15 votes to move. that s not two or three. that s 15. he s already had a speech from the second vote getter, jim
0 john: doing the same thing and team 56 repeated over again, we could be here and march doing the same thing. we will see if there is anyway kevin mccarthy could convince the naysayers to come over to his side put i think there is two or three that will never switch. sandra: jim jordan made his best effort pitch the house for a moment ago. thank you for joining us, everyone in our coverage will continue. martha: thank you. continuing coverage here. i m martha maccallum live in our nation s capitol covering this drama that we did expect and now unfolding in a fascinating way on the house floor. the new republican majority there is in a historic battle as a handful try to block kevin mccarthy from the speaker s gavel which he has wanted a long time and worked very hard to get in the mid-terms. bret baier is standing by on set with me here. first, we want to go to chad pergram over on the hill. hi, chad. hi, martha. what we know right now, they re well in to this second ballot fo
campaigning for senator patty murray, she s expected to win today s primary, but senator murray is just one of many democrats facing a very tough reelection race in november. major garrett is live at the white house and major, sen senator murray is in a tougher than expected race. how much is the president s appearance really expected to help here? reporter: it s a last minute sort of recently scheduled appearance in washington, jenna, that indicates just how difficult this political terrain has become for democrats. about two or three months ago patty murray s race was considered if not completely safe, mostly safe by democratic strategists inside and outside of this white house. not anymore. she s now in a very tight race, under 50 percent, and her likely republican opponent, dina roxy is probably going to emerge from the primary as the second vote getter, maybe the first, the two will face each other in november, and patty murray has $3 million on cash for the campaign,