muster the vote to make their leader, kevin mccarthy the speaker. instead, and a test of his capacity for humiliation, he sat there smiling at times as well surpassed three times. the results were red. the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california has received 203. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. after the third rejection, republican moved to adjourn until noon tomorrow. this could all begin again. in 1923, it took nine ballots to choose a speaker. the record is 133 over two months in 1856. known expects it to go that long this time. but it was still historic and unprecedented in the modern era. it is also a repudiation of mccarthy
no person, having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, they voted again. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, the third time was not the charm. and this lasted for almost five hours. we re talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurrence. this hasn t happened in the last 100 years, not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone after three rounds and there s still no conclusion. a tough day, everyone can say, for kevin mccarthy. after all of this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach. and he believes it still is. but so far, it has succeeded his grasp. so, the question tonight is where are we now? so, there s still no speaker of the house. and they re going to do the wh
behind the counter or add pickup lockers. there s a special place in hell for people who steal my chipotle. thank you joining us. i m christine romans, cnn this morning starts right now. are there circumstances you would consider pulling out of the race for speaker? no. not one? no. three strikes for kevin mccarthy but he says it s not over yet, it s not over yet. you re looking at kaitlan in washington. i told you she wasn t going to be here. i called it at the end of the show yesterday. she s going to need some friends and drinks and debriefing when she gets back. and some extra clothes. some extra clothes we ll send you before you get back. i m don lemon, poppy harlow, kaitlan collins is in washington as you see. what happens today when congress reconvenes and how long will the power struggle last? that s the question. there s still chaos on the hill. we ll speak with members of the mccarthy s party who voted for him and against him and for him an
live coverage. and aim jake tapper in washington. the united states still without a house speaker this hour and there is no sign that republicans are going to be able to settle on one any time soon. kevin mccarthy is going to come up short a fourth time. that s the vote we re watching right now. the hard-line opposition of about 20 rebels backing congressman byron donalds of florida this go-around. this vote is playing out as we re seeing quite an interesting split screen moment on the left side of your screen. you see senator senator minority leader mitch mcconnell at an event in kentucky with president biden there talking about the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was only passed because of democrats and republicans working together and now you see on the screen a place where bipartisanship is not happening, in fact, barely partisanship when it comes to republicans. cnn is tracking everything as it happens vote by vote. let s start with lauren fox. kevin mccarthy s a
buck? bousean? mccarthy. jeffries. virg mccarthy. burleson? mccarthy. bush? jeffries. calvert? mccarthy. cannic? mccarthy. carvayo? jeffries. carbehall? jeffries. cardennis? jeffries. carry? mccarthy. carter of georgia? mccarthy. carter of louisiana? jeffries. carter of texas? mccarthy. cartwright? jeffries. cassar? jeffries. cast tin? jeffries. castore of florida? jeffries. castro of texas? jeffries. chaves? mccarthy. jeffries. cicilline? jeffries. mccarthy. clark of massachusetts? jeffries. clark of new york? jeffries. cleaver? schell jeffries. kline? mccarthy. cloud? clyburn? jeffries. collide? donalds. that was the 5th vote against mccarthy. it appears to now have been suffering a defeat. cohen? the latest round again. it continues. it continues? groundhog day, here we are. yes, it s clear, there s no concession he could make to bring these guys over. it seems h