House fight for Speaker intensifies as McCarthy loses third vote

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

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It's been a day of chaos on Capitol Hill, and a tough day for Kevin McCarthy. After three consecutive ballots in a session that lasted over five-hours, 20 Republicans revolted meaning they could not elect a Speaker of the House. Plus, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta joins to discuss the latest health update on Buffalo Bills star Damar Hamlin after his cardiac arrest during Monday night’s game. And, court documents obtained by CNN show Rep-elect George Santos admitted to using stolen checks in Brazil in 2008.Also tonight: the ‘Never Kevin’ camp is working on the phones in an effort to grow their opposition to McCarthy’s Speakership bid, and the Idaho student killings suspect waives extradition from Pennsylvania.Hosted by Laura Coates. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates, and this is CNN Tonight, and can we just say,
0:14.3	what a day. It's been a day of chaos on Capitol Hill. I mean, they voted.
0:21.5	No persons have received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname. A speaker
0:28.8	has not been elected. Well, and they voted again. No person haven't received the majority
0:39.5	of the whole number of votes cast by surname. A speaker has not been elected. So they voted
0:48.4	again. No person haven't received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname.
0:56.5	A speaker has not been elected. So the third time was not the charm. And this lasted for almost
1:04.3	five hours, talking about three consecutive ballots, and they could not elect a speaker of the house.
1:10.9	And this was frankly a once-in-a-century occurrence. This hasn't happened in the last 100 years,
1:16.9	not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone
1:23.2	after three rounds, and there's still no conclusion. A tough day, everyone can say for Kevin McCarthy.
1:30.4	After all this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach, and he believes it still is,
1:37.0	but so far, it has exceeded his grasp. So the question is tonight, where are we now? I mean,
1:42.8	there's still no speaker of the house, and they're going to do the whole thing over again tomorrow,
1:47.9	beginning at noon. So here's where it all stands tonight. Kevin McCarthy
1:53.0	does not, as we sit here today, have the votes. Does not have that magical number of 218, let alone
1:59.5	the majority of those who are voting in present. But then again, he's not alone, because neither does
2:05.2	anybody else. Now there's no doubt that the horse trading will be going on, frankly, all night long,
2:10.4	likely, as we are conversed with one another right now. But it's not at all clear what could actually
2:16.1	break the impasse. Jim Jordan, whose name was up there even getting votes, he says he doesn't want it.
2:26.0	But is there any chance that you may be speaker of the house? No, I beg clear, I want to
2:32.8	I want to chair judiciary committee. I mean, you guys now, I like, I like the ability to cross
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