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432 elected congressmen or calling them congressmen-elect. he needs three more to close the deal. republicans are hoping at 10:00 p.m. time when they reconvene, he will have the three. that is a stubborn six that is left over. let's get the details from chad pergram with the very latest. chad? >> neil, the speakership is a game of inches. today for the first time since tuesday, kevin mccarthy finally showed he was gaining ground towards securing the votes to become speaker. >> i think you saw we made very good progress. we'll come back tonight and i believe tonight we'll have the vot...

staff burned documents. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ ♪ tonight, transportation secretary pete buttigieg tells me the biden administration will hold southwest airlines accountable for the meltdown in its operations that has left thousands of flights canceled and thousands of passengers stranded. gabe, what is the situation there right now? >> reporter: wolf, thousands of travelers are still stranded. the lines to rebook here in baltimore have been more than three hours long at times tod...

executives say they'll need to cancel many more tomorrow. then, breaking his silence -- >> did i embellish my resume, yes, i did. and i'm sorry. but i'm still the same guy, i'm not a fraud. >> republican congressman-elect george santos admits he lied about major parts of his resume, but wait until he explains his jewish heritage claims. and miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa has been placed in concussion protocol, hours after playing an entire game. welcome to "the lead," i'm phil mattingly, in for jake tapper. and we begin this hour with the winter travel meltdown plagu...

in "the faulkner focus." it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect -- they're all elect because they can't be sworn in because they haven't chosen a speaker -- those 20 like jim jordan for the job. jordan supports mccarthy. how will that work out? he said he is not interested in be...

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