hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and everywhere around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn those opposed, no. no! no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast. a speaker has not been elected. dna evidence, a suspicious vehicle and a new witness account. critical information released publicly for the first time. now they want to use christmas as a cover to at least briefly stop the advance of our guys in donetsk. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, january 6th. 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. in washington where the house of representatives still doesn t have a speaker. we ve seen 11 votes over the last three days and each time publicly kevin mccarthy has fallen short despite his party s narrow majority in the chamber. no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast. a speaker has
overwhelmed funeral homes, crema crematoriums all over. there are crowded and chaotic scenes. this is the reason why china has been accused by the world health organization and world leaders for underreporting the scope and scale of the run away covid-19 outbreak. china says it has been open and transparent all along. let s bring up the most recent response. its spokesperson saying china has always maintained close communication with the w.h.o. and we have open communication. china s covid situation is under control. as you recall earlier this week the world health organization is warning that china is underreporting the scale of the outbreak in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of icu admissions, in terms of deaths. and the u.s. president joe biden
germany, greece, and sweden are the latest to join the growing list of countries requiring a negative covid test for travelers from mainland china. videos shows crowded hospitals as patients wait for care. despite scenes like this, the chinese government insists the situation isn t as bad as it appears. beijing is pushing back against situations it s not reporting the full scope of the current outbreak. cnn s kristie lu stout joins us now from hong kong with more. it s a difficult narrative to stick to though. we keep getting these images. reporter: yeah, absolutely, especially in the face of mounting evidence. look, earlier today china officially reported only five new deaths caused by covid-19 for january 5th. the previous day reported only one new death caused by covid-19 and these figures are remarkably low and do not match the video, the footage that we ve been screening on cnn of absolutely