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Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

This is a special edition of the Situation Room and the vote for speaker.

Good evening to you, Wolf. Good evening to all. I'm Aaron Burnett.

We are following Kevin McCarthy's failure to lock down the votes that he needed to win that speaker's

gababba Wolf.

That fight plunging the Republican Party right now into a truly historic struggle on the floor.

And as of tonight, despite losing three votes, McCarthy remains defiant, refusing to give up despite

a band of now some 20 right-wing lawmakers who remain united, united in opposing the minority leader. The House now

adjourning until tomorrow. And that's the crucial thing. Ajourning till

tomorrow, what will happen? Can he get the votes? Does he lose he lose is someone else all together let's begin

with monu Raju live tonight on capital hill and monu what is the latest you are hearing

in this unprecedented moment from Republicans where you are yeah we are where are where we are from the beginning of the day at an impasse, a serious impasse,

no end in sight, something that could drag on for some time, at least until tomorrow, maybe beyond even that, because the two sides simply

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