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. we re talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurrence. this hasn t happened in the last 100 years, not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone after three rounds and there s still no conclusion. a tough day, everyone can say, for kevin mccarthy. after all of this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach. and he believes it still is. but so far, it has succeeded his grasp. so, the question tonight is where are we now? so, there s still no speaker of the house. and they re going to do the wh
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. we re talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurrence. this hasn t happened in the last 100 years, not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone after three rounds and there s still no conclusion. a tough day, everyone can say, for kevin mccarthy. after all of this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach. and he believes it still is. but so far, it has succeeded his grasp. so, the question tonight is where are we now? so, there s still no speaker of the house. and they re going to do the wh
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the american people, not say the republicans from their dysfunction. a willing partner. well, new tonight, the so-called never kevin camp is working the phones. they re trying to grow their opposition against kevin mccarthy. but you have a pro mccarthy gop lawmaker telling cnn that one of the so-called never kevin republicans just called them to try to get them to change their vote. this is a sign that both sides are now digging in and trying to win votes in their own direction. i want to bring in now congressman pete sessions, a texas republican, voted for mccarthy three times today. congressman, thank you for being here. it s been quite a day. i wonder what your initial reaction was. do you expect that mr. mccarthy would not get those votes as of tonight? laura, it was unclear until we really went to voting of how deep seated these 19 people are,
a willing partner. well, new tonight, the so-called never kevin camp is working the phones. they re trying to grow their opposition against kevin mccarthy. but you have a pro mccarthy gop lawmaker telling cnn that one of the so-called never kevin republicans just called them to try to get them to change their vote. this is a sign that both sides are now digging in and trying to win votes in their own direction. i want to bring in now congressman pete sessions, a texas republican, voted for mccarthy three times today. congressman, thank you for being here. it s been quite a day. i wonder what your initial reaction was. do you expect that mr. mccarthy would not get those votes as of tonight? laura, it was unclear until we really went to voting of how deep seated these 19 people are, how deep-seated they are in their resolve but, that i