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the gop battle for speaker. kevin mccarthy losing round after round for a third day, but is there progress in sight? violence erupting as the son of drug kingpin el chapo was arresteded in mexicoco. the deadly bomb cyclone slamming the west coast and now a new threat. the moving funeral at the vatican for pope benedict. royal bombshell. prince hararry alleging in his new b book he wasas physysically attttacked by brother r william. >> and "hello, again," behind the scenes of neil diamond's surprise for fans after a health battle led him to retire from the stage. ♪ good time...

me snickering and chortling through the conversation you were just having. >> you know me, i like when i get a laugh. >> the idea that you just said, we are going to have a speaker and odds are that person probably will be a republican. that's where we are right now. >> i want to cover my bases because that's on tape. >> the fact that it's even a possibility that it might not be someone from kevin mccarthy's -- >> you never know. >> tells us where we are at. thank you. thank you to all of you at home for joining us. they say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and...

grabs, dysfunction and this is not a partisan criticism. understand this, it's embarrassing, it's dysfunctional. it's dangerous, it's stupid. those are the word that is republicans have used. >> 11 rounds of voting and we still don't have a house speaker. as the deadlock enters a fourth day we have new reporting about another potential deal in the works that just might give kevin mccarthy the gavel. plus, we get the latest from the war in ukraine as russia calls for a brief cease-fire to observe the orthodox christmas holiday. ukrainians leaders are dismissing the idea. some good new...

i think it's probably best that people work through it some more. i don't think voting tonight will be any different, but i think the vote in the future will. >> do you have a deal yet? >> not yet. a lot of progress. good morning, everyone. poppy and i are here and kaitlan is on capitol hill. day three of the speaker election, there she is. kaitlan, how you holding up? we've been saying since day one -- you were there tuesday and it could go longer and it's playing out like you said. >> we expected it to go longer and now it has. when does it end? >> kevin mccarthy's desperate bid ...

vote for house speaker starts right now. ♪ any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i'm erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnn's special live coverage. >> i'm jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebels have been the most productive conversations yet in a week characterized by breakdowns, backroom...