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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 spe...

of his teeth. and coming back to vote again because there has not yet been a speaker of the house elected. and it's all right now seemingly about buying time for more negotiations behind closed doors. so the fact the motion to adjourn even passed, well, that's a little bit of good news for kevin mccarthy. he did speak to manu raju just a little while ago saying he still believes that he will become the next speaker of the house, but he wouldn't commit to when that would actually take place or even getting it wrapped up by tomorrow. >> wrap it up tomorrow? >> no, no, i'm not putting a...

i am laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. well, here we go again. they will come back and do it all over again a couple of hours. you know exactly what i am talking about because the house voted to adjourn until noon tomorrow, a vote that kevin mccarthy won by a skin of his teeth. and coming back to vote again, because there has not yet been a speaker of the house elected. it's all right now about buying time for more negotiations behind closed doors, so the fact that the motion to adjourn even past, that's a little bit of good news for kevin mccarthy. he did speak to manu raju jus...

>> we will see. >> all that coverage, kaitlan, thank you. >> we will see you on monday. >> thanks, everyone, for hanging out with us this week. have a good safe weekend. we will see you monday. "cnn newsroom" is now. ♪ very good friday morning to you. no break from the news in sight yet, i'm jim sciutto. >> yeah, it is quite a friday, it's been quite a week, i'm erica hill. at this hour on capitol hill the standoff continues over who will be the next house speaker. we are entering the fourth day here and there is no clear end in sight. kevin mccarthy once again failing to get the...

concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? >> reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. t...