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good morning to you, a day of vote counting here in washington. im jim sciutto. >> vote counting part deuce, im erica hill. good morning. we are keeping a close watch on washington for just that purpose. a few short hours from now the gop controlled house set to gavel in for a second day as they try to elect a speaker because of course remember without one not much is happening. new members cant even be sworn in. after three rounds of voting presumptive front runner kevin mccarthy not ...

guy top of the hour. thank you for joining us. uncertainty reigns on capitol hill, and theyll reconvene following a first day the front-runner kevin mccarthy was rejected three times. one of his allies says he has about 24 hours to say figure this out. we have now learning hes asked five colleagues to lead with negotiating with the no votes. also were keeping a close watch on today mar ham ling. he remains sedated, his hungle telling cnn hes had to be resuscitated twice. were going t...

next? chief among them, when will congress have a new speaker of the house? plus damar hamlin remains in critical condition in the hospital. well talk to his high school football coach. a monster storm is hammering california right now. san franciscos mayor joins us live, as they prepare and are handling what theyre going to do about the latest deluge. this is what were watching "at this hour." thank you for being with us. im kate bolduan. 24 hours later, we have no speaker of th...

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 ...

live coverage. >> and aim jake tapper in washington. the united states still without a house speaker this hour and there is no sign that republicans are going to be able to settle on one any time soon. kevin mccarthy is going to come up short a fourth time. thats the vote were watching right now. the hard-line opposition of about 20 rebels backing congressman byron donalds of florida this go-around. this vote is playing out as were seeing quite an interesting split screen moment on the...

>> buck? >> bousean? >> mccarthy. jeffries. virg >> mccarthy. >> burleson? >> mccarthy. >> bush? >> jeffries. >> calvert? >> mccarthy. >> cannic? >> mccarthy. >> carvayo? >> jeffries. carbehall? >> jeffries. >> cardennis? >> jeffries. >> carry? >> mccarthy. carter of georgia? >> mccarthy. >> carter of louisiana? >> jeffries. >> carter of texas? >> mccarthy. >> cartwright? >> jeffries. >> cassar? >> jeffries. >> cast tin? >> jeffries. >> castore of florida? >> jeffries. >> castro of tex...

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 ...

welcome to "the lead" im jake tapper. we begin with continuing drama on capitol hill. day two for the chaotic and his tor historic fight for the speaker of the house. ive never seen this. the house has adjourned until 8:00 p.m. after mccarthy failed on his attempt not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, but six, six attempts to win a majority of votes in the house to become speaker. a source says republicans believe there may be a path forward between the promccarthy and anti ...

house republicans as was the indication 100 years ago are denying the man who thought he would be speaker in this case, kevin mccarthy, the necessary votes to win the speakers gavel. meaning that, right now, the house is completely paralyzed. we do not have a speaker, official members of congress or rules. and the math is frankly, only getting worse for kevin mccarthy. as the process drags out, the total number of republicans not voting for him is going up. the total number of republic...