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world. this is a special edition of "the situation room" and the vote for speaker. >> good evening to you, wolf. good evening to all. im erin burnett. were following kevin mccarthys failure to lock down the votes he needed to win that speakers gavel, wolf. >> that fight plunging the republican party right now into a truly historic struggle on the floor. as of tonight, despite losing three votes, mccarthy remains defiant, refusing to give up, despite a band of some 20 right wing lawmake...

hospital, so well take you live outside of the hospital where damar is being treated. well have an update on his condition, how the nfl is responding this morning, all that in just moments. >> and im live on capitol hill this morning, where in just a few hours from now the 118th congress is set to convene. obviously republicans are supposed to take over the majority and after this hard fought elections across the country, a new batch of lawmakers are going to be sworn in across both pa...

ambulance. this whole thing playing out live on national television. and before clearly shell shocked players, and staff and fans. you see the team there together in prayer as the ambulance was leaving the field. lets go to vince right now. adrienne broaddus is standing by at the hospital where hamlin is being treated. what is the very latest? >> reporter: kate, at this hour, he is on a ventilator. fans are used to him fighting on the field to help lead his team to victory. but right n...

That important job of restoring that heart rhythm. so, it is hard to say. they still have to assess him. theyre going to assess his other organs, how much blood supply did his other organs not get during that time. how much of an impact did that have and that may take days to determine but those minutes initially were most crucial. >> absolutely. george, we know that his family was at the game. and that his family -- his family friend was on cnn has been speaking up this morning on "cnn this mor...

Thats whats been going on since then. >> and his family -- >> his vitals were stable. >> his vitals were stable, you said? >> i cant speak medically to it, but at the time thats what was going on. >> his mom is there, his family is there. can you take us inside of, you know what is happening and what theyre -- what you saw and what theyre dealing with? >> yeah, i mean, he has a strong family. he has the ideal support system. theyre optimistic. damar is someone that you would trust and believe to...

Nfl announcing it, quote, informed the clubs that the bills/bengals game will not be released this week. resuming play after the event was never an option. >> we never, frankly, it never crossed our mind to talk about warming up to resume play. thats ridiculous. thats insensitive. >> reporter: while some players returned to new york, others remained in ohio with their teammate. the nfl players association offering every resource available for players of both the buffalo bills and cincinnati beng...