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following too close. we have confirmed those reports are accurate, wolf. interesting. i know you re staying on top of this story. thank you very, very much. and erin, i know we re going to turn back to our top story right now. the bitter fight for speaker of the house. that s right, wolf. and a good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett. welcome to a special edition. because right now we are in the midst of an open revolt over who will become speaker of the house. and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. it has been a very, very historic and dramatic day here in washington.ngressman kevin m far unable to secure enough votes to become the next speaker of the house. it s been such an incredible day to watch. here we are making history. he lost the support of 19 members in the first two votes. as we re sitting here, wolf, in the third vote he loses nanothe one. this is not how this is supposed to go. it s not how it ever has gone. it s a bruising rebuke of mccart ....
world. this is a special edition of the situation room and the vote for speaker. good evening to you, wolf. good evening to all. i m erin burnett. we re following kevin mccarthy s failure to lock down the votes he needed to win that speaker s gavel, wolf. that fight plunging the republican party right now into a truly historic struggle on the floor. as of tonight, despite losing three votes, mccarthy remains defiant, refusing to give up, despite a band of some 20 right wing lawmakers who remain united, united in opposing the minority leader. the house adjourning until tomorrow. that s the crucial thing, adjourning untul tomorrow. what will happen? does he get the votes? let s begin with manu raju live on capitol hill. what is the latest you re hearing in this unprecedented moment from republicans where you are? reporter: we are where we are from the beginning of the day, a serious impasse. no end in sight. something that could drag or for some time, tomorrow, ....
His mother especially. and she was just shaking almost in that front seat when he walked in, he scanned his family but looked at his father, acknowledged his father, didn t smile, kept looking back at his family. specifically his father, scanning it. the judge took command of the courtroom. wanted to know if this was freely and voluntarily waived, if there was co-erercion. time after time he had to say, no, i am doing this voluntarily. kept responding to the judge. when she said, you are going back to idaho to face murder charges, his mother really collapsed into the shoulder of her daughter. now, while this was happening, the paperwork was signed, it was a done deal. court was over. cnn has confirmed that on the trek from washington to pennsylvania, his father driving him, there are pictures of the indiana state police pulling them over two different times. bryan kohberger is driving once for speeding, one s for ....
handcuffs, expressing no emotion. now we go right to the attorney carl remminger. what is your reaction to the conviction? well, obviously i m a little disappointed. i will take a little solace in the fact that the witness i cross examined, mike mcqueary, did not sustain the count of sodomy that the government had promised which cost joe paterno his job. we felt we were a little rushed based on the fact that discovery was given to us, thousands of pages, right before trial started. but joe amendola rose to the occasion and we presented some key evidence. that s part of the reason we got the acquittals that we did. people have been raising eyebrows at joe amendola s conduct over the last couple of days. he seems to be taking a strangely frivolous view of what is going on, cracking jokes, saying today he would have a heart attack if his client was acquitted. what was that about? well, you know, you have to understand joe has worked tirelessly, and i mean the man has ....
what is your reaction to the conviction? well, obviously i m a little disappointed. i will take a little solace in the fact that the witness i cross examined, mike mcqueary, did not sustain the count of sodomy that the government had promised which cost joe paterno his job. we felt we were a little rushed based on the fact that discovery was given to us, thousands of pages, right before trial started. but joe amendola rose to the occasion and we presented some key evidence. that s part of the reason we got the acquittals that we did. people have been raising eyebrows at joe amendola s conduct over the last couple of days. he seems to be taking a strangely frivolous view of what is going on, cracking jokes, saying today he would have a heart attack if his client was acquitted. what was that about? well, you know, you have to understand joe has worked tirelessly, and i mean the man has worked 17-hour days, dinner being brought to him at his home. i ve seen the work ....