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Why did Tom Emmer drop his House speaker bid after 4 hours?

By Tuesday afternoon, Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer had clinched the Republican nomination for speaker of the House. By 5 p.m., Emmer dropped out -- unable to get 217 members of his own party to support him. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has the latest.
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