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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn't been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right—wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it's the first time in 100 years that a speaker hasn't been elected in the opening round of voting. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. the heart of us government deadloc...

and we have laid out very clearly what occurred and, again, don't want to get ahead of this. the department of justice, you all can -- will get your questions answered from them during this time and so i would just refer you to the department of justice and now as you all know there is a special counsel. >> thank you, korine. another one on garagegate. what is the white house trying to hide? >> nothing. >> someone gave the president a statement to read on tuesday that was incomplete at best, misleading at worst. who? >> so i have read out the president's statement. i have read it out...

supposed to protect -- how can you -- if you know a vote is fraudulent, right, how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to congress? >> donald trump justifying the chants of his supporters calling for the death of mike pence. the january 6th committee holds its third public hearing today, focused on the pressure trump put on his vice president to overturn the election. we will tell you what to expect. plus, new reporting that ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, was in communication with trump lawyer john eastman as he tried to overturn the election. and ...

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