january 6th. and so while we can look at these negotiations and we will go back tonight at 10:00 in the evening, late in the evening, and vote a 14th time, and i have been told by steve scalise and others they ve got the votes. it s some compilation, you just revealed the tissue thin speaker who will be elected by their conference. tissue thin in terms of his authority, his ability to lead. but i want to go back to the fact that consider where we are. it is the two-year anniversary of january 6th, literally two years ago right now, we were determined to go back to the floor, determined to complete our constitutional duty in the face of insurrectionists who attacked our capitol, supported, supported by members of this republican conference. so it is poignant, strange, and sad. extraordinary losses that we
with the 14th time be the charm for the government kathy? and the reason why we have had our inside look into the inner workings of the house, that we ve done is kind of surprising. but the glimpse inside is not gonna last forever. that s next. stay with us, and we ll be right back. i gotta good feeling about this, yeah i m with it i gotta good feeling about this yeah, so let s get it i m feeling good vibes
this is bbc news, the headlines: there are signs that the historic deadlock in the us house of representatives could be coming to an end. the senior republican kevin mccarthy says he s confident he ll win enough votes to be elected speaker. so far, he s failed 13 times. the house has reconvened to vote for a 14th time. a six year old boy has shot his school teacher in the us state of virginia, in what police say was not an accidental shooting. officers have taken the boy into custody. the teacher is in hospital with what s being described as a life threatening injury. ukraine has accused russia of continuing its offensive despite president putin announcing a 36 hour ceasefire to mark the russian orthodox christmas. ukraine never agreed to a truce and has dismissed it
swung behind mr mccarthy. it still leaves him five votes short of the 218 he requires. the 13th vote initially followed and he picked up one more backer. this is the result of the 13th vote announced. is the result of the 13th vote announced. , ., announced. the tellers agree in their tallies announced. the tellers agree in their tallies that announced. the tellers agree in their tallies that the announced. the tellers agree in their tallies that the total - announced. the tellers agree in l their tallies that the total number of votes cast is 432. of which the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has 214. applause no member elect having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. that was the moment speaker has not been elected. that was the moment the result of the 13th vote was announced. instead of voting a 14th time for a speaker, the house voted to adjourn until 10pm washington time. well for more on the continued