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snchts is there a deal for speaker in the works? i'm erin burnett and we're "out front". >> we're at a key moment in this totally grueling fight for speaker of the house. we're told negotiations are under way at this moment as an 11th vote is now under way. >> it appears that kevin mccarthy has lost, lost 11 votes. five just today. despite now the longest speaker contest in generations. as we're watching this, we're told that mccarthy support aernz his critics are at least talking. they've been behind closed doors trying to hammer out a deal in an attempt to show some progress. but...

and good evening, along with jake tapper in washington, d.c. we are watching the house of representatives' longest running drama since the civil war era. republicans failing time and time again, 11 times so far to elect kevin mccarthy speaker. >> 11 times. the latest vote, not only on that, merely on whether to adjourn and end kevin mccarthy's rolling humiliation for this evening. >> manu raju has new reporting on the state of play tonight. he joins us from the capitol. m manu, if they adjourn for the evening, what happens then? >> then the negotiations will continue. actually, the m...

>> [inaudible] >> more on this in a moment, but let's get right to the very latest on capitol hill. cnn's monumental mona is there tonight, you have some new reporting i understand with negotiations. any movement, what is going on? >> not quite yet, laura. all the negotiations have wrapped up for the night, the people who are in some of these key meetings have left the building, and not a single person who voted against kevin mccarthy on the house floor has said they are going to change their votes just yet. now kevin mccarthy did make an offer to these members, there is some sort of...

right? it also buys time for more negotiations to take place behind closed doors after kevin mccarthy suffered five more defeats today for a total now of 11. so, what's gonna happen in just a few hours? how will that change things, he hasn't seen the progress yet? plus, we have new news on the buffalo bills damar hamlin. he is awake and making remarkable progress just three days after he collapsed on the field in cardiac arrest during monday night football. the nfl has officially canceled that game, and cnn has newly-obtained audio from the moment hamlin collapsed. >> i don't like ho...

>> 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...