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by president putin. mexico's president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. all eyes are on the us house of representatives, where a 14th ballot is under way to chose the next speaker. the senior republican kevin mccarthy had said he was confident he'll win enough votes in the ballot taking place as we speak. david willis is our...

>> david scott. >> effries. >> so here's the thing you can see the tally chart on the right-hand side. we are making sure everybody has voted. we believe the magic number is 217. as you see right there kevin mccarthy has 216. when they start another roll call we will go back to that immediately but in the meantime let's bring in our chief congressional correspondent chad pergram chad do we appear to be one vote short. >> that's right. this is why it always takes a while at the end because you have the tellers, the tally clerks in front of the chamber they are going through manually a...

series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries today. >> we'll come back tonight and i believe at that time we'll have the votes to finish this once an...

>> only scares you -- is only bad if he's scared of it and he said he's not scared of it. we've seen how it's wielded in the past. he should be scared of it. >> the reality is the concessions he's making will make him weaker and there's no way around that very crucial fact. not even talking about this vote to oust a potential speaker but also the fact that all of a sudden he has to put freedom caucus aligned members on committees like budget like appropriations, like the rules committee. those kinds of concessions really make a strong difference in how you can govern, legislate....

elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. >> sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthy's bid but more than four never kevin lawmakers who will never vote for him. we will have more with the congressman-elec...