justin amash. from michigan. congratulations to our republican conference number fee for -- nominee for speaker. and john mccain, congratulations to the next house speaker. representative paul ryan, an outstanding leader. hearing from you on twitter, on the phone, facebook. clayton, north carolina. tony, welcome. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my phone call. i think it's a great move for the republican party even though i'm an independent. i think he'll do good for the party. let's face it, he'll do better than the last two speakers. the cry baby from ohio. so i think this man will do a better job. thank you. host: john boehner is expected to make his final speech on the house floor tomorrow. utica, michigan, and don's on the republican line. croip yes. thanks for taking -- caller: yes, thanks for taking my call. the last caller kind of -- went over some emails or some text and when you brought up justin amash was congratulating paul ryan, that just kind of all of a sudden kicked me in the face because ju

but let's hear from kevin brady and justin amash as they left the meeting this morning. >> how did it go? mr. brady: great questions about the conference. our candidates are listening very carefully about the conference's agenda which is what we want. >> was it a dialogue or did they talk to you and say this is what i promise? mr. brady: pretty traditional. opening statements. a lot of questions from the conference. just a very thoughtful, respectful discussion. >> did it change your mind or help convince you what you already decided? mr. brady: well, i like what i hear from kevin mccarthy. i think he's a proven leader. generational change in the speakership. and on the issues i care most funding our military, cutting taxes, opening up more free trade. kevin mccarthy has proven. >> how would you describe this is different? does this one feel any different? mr. brady: it's the same conversations we're having in private with all our speaker candidates. just a group setting. and they're great questions. there's lots of ideas about how we operate, you know, how we lead, how we find consen

i spoke to justin amash, a congressman in michigan, one of the leaders of the freedom caucus. and he says the caucus does want to unite but they want future meetings with presumably mccarthy if he does win that nomination today, try to get more concessions from him before they agree to voting for him on the house floor. but it is clear they want tro try to make him work for that support october 29th or my way see something unprecedented on the house floor, if there are many, many ballots. we'll see how far it actually goes. >> you will stay on top of it. and cnn will continue to monitor this throughout the morning and the day we'll bring you any updates right here in the newsroom. and minutes from now jeb bush is expected to speak in des moines, iowa. he's also holding a meet and greet over pizza with voters there later in the day. but rival ben carson is the one making big head lines this morning, facing backlash after doubling down on his controversial comments about last week's mass shooting in oregon. carson ignited a fire storm after suggesting that the shooting victims s