welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. paralysis continues in the us congress the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthy s own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now, into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a speaker has not been elected. and
been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party, but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. and while there s no speaker, the house can t do a thing no committees, no legislation, no rules. a chamber utterly paralysed and locked into a seemingly endless loop. well, it s groundhog day. democrats who have voted for their leader solidly on every ballot have been quietly enjoying the spectacle. som
of an infamous drugs gang. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. and the longest race in more than 150 years kevin mccarthy repeatedly loses the vote to be elected speaker of the house. hello and welcome. there have been more revelations by prince harry about his life in britain s royal family. his new book is not due out until next week but parts of it have already been made public after it was accidentally put on sale early in parts of spain. it contains a series of claims and deeply personal stories about his family, including an allegation that harry was physically attacked by his brother prince william in 2019. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. it s already been on sale in spain. the spanish language of spare, entitled in the shadow. the contents of harry s closely guarded memoir have leapt five days ahead of publicatio