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of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it's starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that's because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we've now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn't even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as w...

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live pictures of st. peter's square in vatican city as we continue with our special coverage of the funeral of pope benedict xvi. very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> i'm max foster live from london. funeral for pope emeritus has just come to an end a short while ago at st. peter's square at the vatican. pope benedict asked for a simple ceremony. >> pope francis presided over the funeral delivering the homily a short while ago. before that, nearly 200,000 people paid their respects to the late pope during the...

good morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthy's speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard line members who is held out against his speakership are still meeting behind closed doors. >> th...