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♪ ♪ the u.s. house of representatives still without a speaker after ten votes. good evening, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is a special edition of the "the situation room." >> good evening, wolf. i'm erin burnett, tempers and frustration mounting, if you can say that, possibly at a peak. the last time the race for speaker has gone on this long was more than 160 years ago. here we are tonight, wolf. >> it's amazing what's going on. what's taking place is truly stunning. 21 republicans declining...

alexis mcadams and live in new york city with more details for us. >> when we were out there last night for new year's eve celebrations we saw a lot of police activity in the area rushed in to help the three officers who are recovering we can tell you the teenage suspect is being called a violent islamic extremist who was on the fbi radar for weeks. take a look on your screen this is where it unfolded in midtown manhattan there were thousands of people out there with the three officers were attacked in the area and it was during the major celebrations with police say the 19-year-old ...

To have an officer commit suicide the day after, the night, i'm sorry, that's just, you know, it's sad, it didn't have to happen. >> let's listen as they get to crane. >> >> >> jeffries. craig? jeffries. crane? jordan. crawford? mccarthy. crenshaw. >> 55 names away from -- >> mccarthy.

Which he could make his own selections. that is a little bit of insurance that other discussion items that may or may not be in the final framework agreement about how those come to floor, whether in is open rules or not. and having the people on the rules committee means you don't have to trust the word of the speaker quite as much as you might otherwise. and as we talked about at some length, a lot of these folks who voted against mccarthy are against him because they just don't trust him. the language about what has been agreed to here, to get these members who have been anti-mccarthy, to b...

Concessions are really the two big pieces, one is that motion to vacate the chair that we have talked so much about. lowering the threshold to just one vote. by any member who brings forward this idea of getting rid of the current speaker. scott perry in the break between these votes talked about that this is oversight for the speaker. and making the case that speaker, he or she the most powerful person in congress, and needs constant oversight, okay, you're going to get it. by the way, if it is attendance problems, it makes it that much more important every single day of your congress going f...