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>> no person, having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. >> so, they voted again. >> no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. >> so, the third time was not the charm. and this lasted for almost five hours. were talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurren...

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warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. im bianca nobilo. >> im max foster. just ahead on "cnn newsroom." a speaker has not been elected. >> kevin mccarthy failed to get the vote for speaker of the house. >> the house is in a state of stop. >> come on, come on, come on, get up. states under tornado watches. >> the severe weather threat is pressing east. already a trail of damage left behind. >> announcer: lev from london, this is "cnn new...

poppy and i in new york. kaitlan live on capitol hill for day two. maybe theres a day three. unprecedented speaker election its happening. >> see how many days it goes down. the republican leadership drama will again be center stage. kevin mccarthy thus far has failed to win enough votes. how long will the gop power struggle last? thats the question many republicans have. are there any plans for a concession candidate? were learning now damar hamlin had to be resuscitated twice after...

in this moment its unclear if there is any concession they will accept beyond kevin mccarthy taking his name out of consideration. unclear if the house adjourns as soon as it gavels in or the opposition is going to force mccarthy to stomach another vote and likely public humiliation. cnns capitol hill team is tracking every development on very little sleep. lets check in with manu raju. manu, mccarthy allies remain worried and now theyre worried that they might even begin to hemorrhage...

minority as an incoming republican lawmaker confesses to a laundry list of fabrications on his resumé. today the travel nightmare continues for thousands of southwest customers, wondering why the airline cant keep up with competitors southwest will operate at one-third of its flight schedule today. theyve had more than 2,000 domestic cancellations while the problems persist, were monitoring the deadly conditions in the northeast as well the white house with an emergency declaration ...

sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. whats happening here? >> reporter: republicans are searching for ...

how the social media company rigid the covid debate with elon musk teasing there are more files to come. correspondent aishah hasnie joins us tonight. good evening, aishah. >> rich, good evening to you. in a relatively brief thread writer says both the trump and biden white house is, quote: directly pressed twitter to moderate covid content. you, however they saw fit and that the platform oftentimes complied. >> todays newly released twitter files focus on the pandemic. how the governm...

indication yet that investigators remain skeptical that trump has been fully cooperative in their efforts to recover documents the former president was supposed to have turned over to the national archives at the end of his term. heres how team trump responded to brat according to "the new york times" reporting. the outreach from the department prompted a rift among trumps lawyers about how to respond, one camp counseling a cooperative approach that would include bringing in an outside...

it will severely impact millions of people and put the barrier island communities completely under water. joining me this hour, the acting director of the national hurricane center to update the track of the storm. i will talk to mayors up and down the coast as ian comes onshore. lets go to our meteorologist with the latest on the hurricanes path. what are you seeing from the latest updates? >> with each update, the conditions continue to grow dire. right now, we are seeing lots of rai...