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 republicans voting for him is going down. let s go straight to cnn s congressional correspondent manu raju. we re hearing that each side of this republican against republican standoff might appoint four members to negotiate some way forward? that s what sources tell us. that s what s under discussion right now. to come up with some sort of group, a negotiating grope to break the standoff paralyzing the house and preventing the congress from moving forward. four people close to kevin mccarthy. and othe
i m melenie zanona in washington and this is cnn. and, welcome back, to cnn s special live coverage of the well, i don t know, what you would call it, the chaotic fight for the speaker of the house. there s just been a vote of some consequence. let s bring in manu on capital hill to tell us what just happened after kevin mccarthy suffered the defeat on his 6th ballot over the last two days, what s next, manu? well, there s now the discussion within the capital hill about adjourning. and that s what happened, they re adjourning until 8:00 p.m. tonight, that s what the house just agreed to. and that s not as long as some of the members have been talking about for the course of the day. they had been hoping to adjourn until