live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle for the first time in 100 years the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 202. no persons have received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. 0ur correspondent on capitol hill, will grant told me more about the significanc
and american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime nfl game. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle. for the first time in 100 years, the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday, after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required his chances scuppered by members of his own party. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. cheering and applause. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in 1000 years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. 0ur correspondent in washington, will grant, explains the significance of the stalemate. of this is not the way that kevin mccarthy or the republicans wanted the first day in congress is a majority to go. not by a long way. by the third round of voting, as many as 20 republican colleagues did not vote for him, denying him the chance of taking speaker of the house. why does any of this matter? first and foremost because of that role is particularly important in
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s great to have you with us. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in a hundred years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. our correspondent in washington, will grant, explains the significance of the impasse. this is not the way that kevin mccarthy or the republican leadership wanted their first day as the majority in congress to go not by a long way. with each round, it seemed to be getting gradually worse for him and by the third round of voting, as many as 20 republican colleagues did not vote for him, denying him the chance of taking speaker of the house. why does any of this matter? fir
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in 100 years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. the heart of us government deadlocked because its members can t agree on who will be the next speaker. the house of representatives is meeting for the first time at the start of the first time at the start of the new congress with the republicans in charge. pursuant to law and republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, the - republicans in charge. pursuant to law a