Okay, welcome. You're in the war room. It's Tuesday, 3 January in the year of our Lord 2023. You're watching. You're seeing the floor of the of the house. They just finished the third ballot in this historic day has not happened for over 100 years or 100 years.

Where they think they went to nine ballots over I think it was three days. We just finished the third ballot and Kevin McCarthy lost another vote by Randonels from Florida who I think has been pretty strongly in McCarthy's camp voted came on.

I think he just called into Larry Cutler show said that he was on CNN earlier saying hey you got to somebody get the two 18 that can close the deal. I mean this was a pretty although one vote pretty big below because he made the case that Kevin McCarthy couldn't get to two 18 and he flipped his vote.

I think the preliminary is going to be Jeffries to 12 Kevin McCarthy to two and now 20 of the of the anti anybody but McCarthy vote and there's a lot of knives out in hostility people should know behind the scenes a lot of arm twisting.

We've got a cold open we're going to play really want to think of real America's voice having this great shot of the house. Let me bring in Rudy Giuliani and I'm going to get Boris Epstein sort of Boris is up and we got Lauren bovers going to call in a lot of people if we can get them on the phone are going to take them as they come.

Rudy you've been around a long time sir you haven't been around a hundred years this is pretty historic we're in it we're already finished the third ballot and we're no closer to getting something done. Then we were last night sir.

I'm going to go up the former party to win a number and I have to analogize it a little bit to the old convention. You and I are aware you got to keep growing on each ballot.

Even though it's a slip of only one vote he did he did a lot better off if you kick up to the start creating some momentum.

Problem is unless they're fighting hard no opposition.

But if McCarthy keeps losing votes let's say the next one he loses four or five that's when there'll be discussion opposition reminds me a little bit of the on place.

Thinking of both.

Yeah you're waiting you're waiting for white smoke. Hey Rudy hang her for one second I want to get Rudy's a sound fix was kind of coming in and out.

Let's get Boris we got Boris I think on the phone let's bring in a Boris Epstein. Boris I can we get reboot Rudy and try to get that audio to work.

Boris we got to view their thanks real America's voice got this beautiful shot of the house.

Right there Boris the drama's playing out in front of the American people in the world but as you know there's a lot more drama in the cloakroom right behind the scenes where I hear the quote is and I'm taking this from one of the 20 that voted.

His voted against the McCarthy sense of first run he said the knives are out now.

Boris Epstein give us your assessment.

Steve honored to be with you honor the positive having you to everybody wishing everyone health and toughness toughness in this year.

We are starting with a tough battle in the house representative's no doubt about very interesting to see what's going on now in the third battle on the third ballot.

The perspective was that this may have never gone to the floor now it's on the floor now we're through three thousand expectation is that there's likely to be a there's likely to be a sort of some sort of recess and they go back to conference on a weekend.

Tomorrow a lot could a lot could change is there a chance that Kevin McCarthy goes back to the holdouts and and strike the deal sure there's a chance of that is there a chance that an alternative candidate is put up a thousand percent of turning me neither

George could Jim Jordan continue to pick up continue to pick up about absolutely as you did to cover by our Donald. You know just a few minutes ago so a lot happening in what's interesting about it is that and Rudy alluded to this.

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