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top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ i'm pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. i'll talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police say she was shot by her 6-year-old student. as football evolves, so does its safety practices. ...

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just a short time ago cnn's manu raju reported that there would be a republican conference meeting tomorrow morning. that, however, we understand has now changed. i want to go to cnn's melanie zanona at the capitol with the new reporting on that and mccarthy's frame of mind as well. melanie, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, things have not moved in kevin mckarth chriss direction since that third ballot where he failed to get the votes. it's been back to the drawing board for kevin mccarthy and his allies. we've seen supporters going into his office. we're told he has been wo...

Drop in concussions each season between 2018 and 2021. >> you're hearing from a lot of players saying are these protocols working, are they doing enough to keep us safe? what would you say to them? >> we try to use every situation as a learning opportunity and do that in a very transparent manner. >> tua tagovailoa took a hit and played on despite having an apparent head injury. a few days later he was hit again and con cussed. as a result the league updated their concussion protocol. most everyone agrees with this. going back to the days of joseph mason reeves, rules don't trump culture and h...

A lot of players saying are these protocols working, are they doing enough to keep us safe. what would you say to that? >> we try to use every one of these situations as a learning opportunity, as an opportunity to get better, and again to do that in a very transparent manner. >> reporter: this year miami dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa took a hit and played on despite having an apparent head injury. a few days later he was hit again and concussed. as a result the league updated their concussion protocol, now requiring an even more conservative approach to dealing with concussions. but mos...