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elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthy s bid but more than four never kevin lawmakers who will never vote for him. we will have more with the congressman-elect, davidson. he is in front of the camera right now, we ll get to him in just a moment. john: fox news live team coverage, martha will join us with more perspective on the speakership fight, and chad pergram kicking things off this afternoon, live from capitol hill and here we go for a 12th time. here we go again but also some changes. we indicated earlier this morning kevin mccarthy was ....
To the microphone on the floor and make the final pitch to win over the holdouts and to your point about reporting he does not want to take a break here, i don t know, that could potentially happen, right, martha? martha: it could happen. and i m wondering, you know, who the person will be put into nomination of the remaining seven names here, and whether or not they are going to push for hearn, byron donalds was a big moment when he stood up and said he was going to support mccarthy, his name got 20 votes at one point in this process. people seem to be moving aside and making room for this majority for kevin mccarthy to grow. so it s going to be interesting if they keep going. p yes, i m hearing also that they are going to push forward and that another vote is coming. so you can only assume they feel they have peeled away another vote in the discussions we have been watching here, certainly ....
bret: what s amazing is heading into this moment there was some thought that they would do this vote, they would see some progress, and then they would move to adjournment to, i mean, just the bottom line is that this weekend is there are a lot of fundraisers, democrats and republicans, in places like jackson hole and deer valley and all kinds of places, and these people want to get to those fundraisers and they want to come back on monday. that s the bottom line of the politics. but they have things to do here and now with mccarthy this close it s interesting to see if they move forward and take another vote here. the afternoon, obviously, 1-6 remembrances at the white house and other places that democrats also want to attend. there is the prospect of, you know, possibly holding this together there was a conference call earlier today where some of the members that ....
Personal, they tend to escalate over time, can there be some healing across the conference and maybe if that s a sign of hope for my colleagues, maybe at least withhold a vote, if not cast a vote for mccarthy. i don t know what it does what does move this, the rest of the way, though. sandra: congressman, appreciate you joining us, thank you. john: thanks, good to see you. we ll watch it unfold. sandra: martha maccallum has been patiently sitting with us, and bret baier from washington, great to have you as well. martha, you ve been watching this with us. reaction. martha: sausage-making at its finest in the house of representatives here and i think what we are learning is that this is what it s going to look like in the 118th congress in a lot of ways. we heard a couple of members who stood up, scott perry, the chair of the house freedom caucus among them who said with good faith i place my vote for kevin mccarthy when he flipped his ....
Flipped, the eighth flip. congressman, your reaction to what we are seeing play out in washington right now. i m happy the conference is looking like we are coming together. we would have loved this prior to january 3rd. i think the benefit for the american people, frankly the world, you get a little more insight into how this happens. of course we did not have cameras in all the negotiations, there s been tons of hours of negotiations over the course of this week and frankly lots leading up to it. so there was real progress made ahead of january 3rd and i m really excited about the progress that s been made since we started voting earlier in the week. so hopefully this does it and gets us across the finish line and we ll see shortly. john: congressman-elect, notable flips, including dan bishop of north carolina said he would leave congress if conservatives did not come up with some changes for the way that business is done there in the chamber. chip roy of texas also changed his v ....