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by president putin. mexicos president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. all eyes are on the us house of representatives, where a 14th ballot is under way to chose the next speaker. the senior republican kevin mccarthy had said ...

>> david scott. >> effries. >> so heres the thing you can see the tally chart on the right-hand side. we are making sure everybody has voted. we believe the magic number is 217. as you see right there kevin mccarthy has 216. when they start another roll call we will go back to that immediately but in the meantime lets bring in our chief congressional correspondent chad pergram chad do we appear to be one vote short. >> thats right. this is why it always takes a while at the end because...

series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries toda...

>> only scares you -- is only bad if hes scared of it and he said hes not scared of it. weve seen how its wielded in the past. he should be scared of it. >> the reality is the concessions hes making will make him weaker and theres no way around that very crucial fact. not even talking about this vote to oust a potential speaker but also the fact that all of a sudden he has to put freedom caucus aligned members on committees like budget like appropriations, like the rules committee...

elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. >> sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthys bid but more than ...

>> i rise today to nominate the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy, as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominee kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate the gentleman from california. >> madam speaker, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house...

good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thank you to all of us joining us at this hour. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. that appears to be exactly where we are right now in the middle of insanity. just about an hour ago the house of representatives adjourned for the third day without selecting a speaker o...

me snickering and chortling through the conversation you were just having. >> you know me, i like when i get a laugh. >> the idea that you just said, we are going to have a speaker and odds are that person probably will be a republican. thats where we are right now. >> i want to cover my bases because thats on tape. >> the fact that its even a possibility that it might not be someone from kevin mccarthys -- >> you never know. >> tells us where we are at. thank you. thank you to all of ...

♪ ♪ the u.s. house of representatives still without a speaker after ten votes. good evening, im wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is a special edition of the "the situation room." >> good evening, wolf. im erin burnett, tempers and frustration mounting, if you can say that, possibly at a peak. the last time the race for speaker has gone on this long was more than 160 years ago. here we are tonight, wolf...

plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still dont have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? were in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former ...