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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. its great to have you with us. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. as speaker of the house have failed. he hasnt been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right—wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. its the first time in a hundred years that a speaker hasnt been elected in the openi...

fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski—lift, but wheres the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europes winter sports. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. russias defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied...

theissues the prime minister, so expect all of the issues to come up then as well. and also there is the concern about inflation, about debt, about strikes where many people across the country, union members, are calling for pay increases that the government says are unaffordable. yes, and i dont think we will get anything from the prime minister thatis anything from the prime minister that is a sweeping change of policy oran that is a sweeping change of policy or an about turn on the ...

the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak has set out his priorities for 2023 in his first major speech of the year. lets have a listen to some of what he had to say. first, we will have inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunity right across...

following too close. we have confirmed those reports are accurate, wolf. >> interesting. i know youre staying on top of this story. thank you very, very much. and erin, i know were going to turn back to our top story right now. the bitter fight for speaker of the house. >> thats right, wolf. and a good evening to all of you. im erin burnett. welcome to a special edition. because right now we are in the midst of an open revolt over who will become speaker of the house. >> and im wolf bl...

taken no more than a single ballot on the first day in session to elect one. today house republicans, who are now in the majority, could not muster the votes needed to make their leader, kevin mccarthy, the speaker. instead, in a test of his capacity for humiliation, he sat there, smiling at times as votes were cast three times and results were read. >> the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ applause ] >> acclimation. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy ...

just a short time ago cnns manu raju reported that there would be a republican conference meeting tomorrow morning. that, however, we understand has now changed. i want to go to cnns melanie zanona at the capitol with the new reporting on that and mccarthys frame of mind as well. melanie, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, things have not moved in kevin mckarth chriss direction since that third ballot where he failed to get the votes. its been back to the drawing board for kevin...

>> 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...

we are only a matter of hours away now from in the house is gonna be back in session tomorrow at noon, and they will do what they did today all over again, after they failed to elect a speaker on three consecutive ballots today, leaving kevin mccarthy fighting for his political life. but there is a lot going on behind the scene as we speak, including an effort by the so-called cover never kevin republicans to turn things in their direction. that as kevin mccarthy tells cnn he spoke to ...

muster the vote to make their leader, kevin mccarthy the speaker. instead, and a test of his capacity for humiliation, he sat there smiling at times as well surpassed three times. the results were red. >> the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california has received 203. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been ...