in his controversial autobiography. the great british race to space the countdown s on for the first ever rocket launch from uk soil. two years to the day since the capitol riots in washington which saw supporters of donald trump try to stop the ratification of the election results there s still gridlock in the us house of representatives as members attempt for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. this is the scene live on the floor of the house where a 12th vote has not broken the deadlock. but, there has been some momentum favouring the frontrunner, kevin mccarthy. 1a conservative republicans who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority have now swung behind mr mccarthy. but it still leaves him five votes short of the 218 he requires. business cannot be conducted in the lower chamber of congress without a speaker. the honourable band mac of the state of california has received 213. no member elect having received a majority of the votes cast, t
i am laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. well, here we go again. they will come back and do it all over again a couple of hours. you know exactly what i am talking about because the house voted to adjourn until noon tomorrow, a vote that kevin mccarthy won by a skin of his teeth. and coming back to vote again, because there has not yet been a speaker of the house elected. it s all right now about buying time for more negotiations behind closed doors, so the fact that the motion to adjourn even past, that s a little bit of good news for kevin mccarthy. he did speak to manu raju just a little while ago saying that he still believes that he will become the next speaker of the house, but he would not commit to when that would actually take place or even getting it wrapped up by tomorrow. wrapped up by tomorrow night? no, i am not putting timeline on it. i think we have progress going on, members talking. i think we have a little movement, so we will see. we will have mor
watching us here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead right here on cnn newsroom plenty of action on the house floor, but still no one has been elected speaker. what concessions will kevin mccarthy now have to make to win the 12th ballot? vladimir putin is calling for a temporary ceasefire in ukraine, ahead, why many are skeptical of his proposal. and later more details about what s in prince harry s upcoming memoir spare including begging his father not to marry camilla. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. the house of representatives will convene today at noon for a 12th vote to elect a new speaker or at least try to and get on with the business of governing. republican leader kevin mccarthy is making major concessions to conservative holdouts, but he hasn t swayed a single member of the so- called never kevins. the streak of 11 failed votes over the past three days is now the longest in 164 years. democrats say if the gop
i m jake tapper in d.c. kevin mccarthy is living on a prayer today is a day a deal will come together. we ll shock you, mccarthy promised reporters last night. so far shockingly no deal. only assurances of some progress. we were told that yesterday, of course, and the day before and the day before. the math today looks nearly identical to the math on tuesday, ballot one, ballot two, 19 rebels, ballot 3, add another rebel to the resistance, four, five, six, a present vote on top of the 20 hard-liners, seven, eight, nine, the math remains the same, more evidence the opposition is dug in. ballots 10 and 11, no show of momentum towards mccarthy. something his allies said he needed to demonstrate then and still needs to demonstrate soon. this farce in the house is also clashing with a deadly and sobering anniversary. lawmakers crowded the capitol steps earlier today to mark two years since the mob emboldened and incited by donald trump s many lies about the election tried to preve
today s vote. and just so you know the prompter could add two asterisks and some boldness to it to make sure i said it. all of this we are told contains more concessions to the conservative fold outs but insiders are signaling that even that may not be enough to get him to 218 votes and the stalemate could continue to route that we can. this is outnumbered i m harris faulkner with my cohost emily compagno also joining us today kennedy, jessica tarlov, and bill hemmer, you know the news is big when you get for lexmark let s do this. let s take a look at things live on the floor today. one thing we have not seen, bill, as we haven t seen them come right out and reconvene for a recess. we are probably not likely to see that anymore because it s so hard to get them to agree on a journey. bill: i was wondering because i can t remember but how did that bill murray movie and after all? groundhog day? harris: oh, my goodness! they were in love! to think she is in the movie? do