following too close. we have confirmed those reports are accurate, wolf. interesting. i know you re staying on top of this story. thank you very, very much. and erin, i know we re going to turn back to our top story right now. the bitter fight for speaker of the house. that s right, wolf. and a good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett. welcome to a special edition. because right now we are in the midst of an open revolt over who will become speaker of the house. and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. it has been a very, very historic and dramatic day here in washington.ngressman kevin m far unable to secure enough votes to become the next speaker of the house. it s been such an incredible day to watch. here we are making history. he lost the support of 19 members in the first two votes. as we re sitting here, wolf, in the third vote he loses nanothe one. this is not how this is supposed to go. it s not how it ever has gone. it s a bruising rebuke of mccarthy who
ambulance. this whole thing playing out live on national television. and before clearly shell shocked players, and staff and fans. you see the team there together in prayer as the ambulance was leaving the field. let s go to vince right now. adrienne broaddus is standing by at the hospital where hamlin is being treated. what is the very latest? reporter: kate, at this hour, he is on a ventilator. fans are used to him fighting on the field to help lead his team to victory. but right now that 24-year-old is fighting for his life. the first monday night football game of 2023 between the buffalo bills and cincinnati bengals ended abruptly in tragedy after damar hamlin s tackle on bengal s wide receiver tee higgins. you see hamlin standing briefly and then collapsing on the field. now another bills player is down. when i saw that young man fall to the ground the way he did, it it felt like my soul had left my body. reporter: within minutes after hamlin s collapse, medica
could be called catastrophic conditions there. we ve never seen storm surge like the kind that is predicted in this area of florida. they re expecting surges up to 15 feet, the height in the past was four feet. so they re trying to shut it all down right now. that s what you re looking at on the right-hand side. airports closing, schools closing, waterways. ever battening down the hatches ahead of what is termed a 100-year storm. so most people by far have not witnessed anything like this who are living in florida right now, this is the stunning space image for you the space station. gives you a sense of how mammoth this area that is affected is, that is ready to lit florida. max gordon is live in st. petersburg on the ground in one of those areas that is expected to see some of this devastation. i can see just a little wind picking up there now as you get ready for this. hi, max. hey, good afternoon. mandatory evacuations are in place in pinellas county. folks in evaluatio
liv golf. i m sara sidner in for fredricka whitfield. thanks for joining us on this christmas eve. a winter wholall up leaving millions out in the cold, some enduring their coldest christmas in decades. right now nomore than 100 milli people under windchill alerts. the arctic blast extending from montana all the way down to florida. some areas in the midwest are dipping into the negative 30s. yes, i said negative 30s. new york state police are warning people to stay off the roads amid white outconditions. they say search and rescue is moving extremely slovakia slowly due to the blizzard. the bitter cold proving dangerous. at least 15 people have lost their lives across the country so far. in ohio, icy roads are blamed for a 50-car pileup. you are looking at it there. devastating. in north carolina and a tennessee, places not used to this kind of cold, power companies are running short rolling blackouts to keep up with unusually high energy demand. more than 1.6 million custom
we ll be live with our deputy political editor and our business editor and asking how the government can pay for its committments without cuts in public spending. also this lunchtime: manchester crown court hears how a nurse accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. and a bbc investigation shows how displaced families in syria are begging for money on tiktok, which then keeps a big slice of the proceeds. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s preparations for the t20 world cup continue in canberra, testing their credentials against the hosts australia in the second of their three match series. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public spending. she was speaking at the first prime minister s questions since last