the u.s. house of representatives still without a speaker after ten votes. good evening, i m wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is a special edition of the the situation room. good evening, wolf. i m erin burnett, tempers and frustration mounting, if you can say that, possibly at a peak. the last time the race for speaker has gone on this long was more than 160 years ago. here we are tonight, wolf. it s amazing what s going on. what s taking place is truly stunning. 21 republicans declining to vote for kevin mccarthy today, leaving the california congressman without the votes needed to finally grab the speaker s gavel. the humiliating losses comes despite him privately offering up even more concessions. and we re learning that the negotiators are pushing to strike a deal tonight, in an attempt to show progress. what will that progress look like? will it be enough to give mccarthy the supp
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congressman norman. he just walked out of that meeting. what he had to say is this is changes we want. he then continued to say this is round one. does that make you feel good or bad? zbl i don t think we have a lot of rounds left. i think there is one more round left in this fight. we ll see where people s patience goes. i think what you ll see after this vote is support for a motion to adjourn. people will have dialogue about what s in the deal, not just the people that have been at the negotiating table but the whole conference has to come up to speed on this deal. and then at some point whether it s later tonight or sometime tomorrow we ll probably have another vote. and then we ll see where does everyone stand. but on this vote, i wouldn t expect anything to change on this outcome. but when it s just been called now as they re working through the roll. all right, congressman, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you. and you see the vote board there now. u.s.
comprised of layers of fried eggplant, tomato, potatoes, carmelized onions, and chicken sautéed and simmered in a broth with nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, and rice. it s a big family, children and grandchildren all living under the same roof. and it can get chaotic. so let s talk about food and eat food because it s just sitting here. laila: yeah, yeah, yeah. sure. sure. sure. anthony: what do we have here? laila: okay, so this is called maqluba or maqluba. traditionally made with lamb and this case chicken. [ speaks arabic ] they re very concerned that we re being very rude, and we re not. anthony: yeah, eat. laila: we re not allowing the others to eat. no, he s saying how can you be eating and you re letting everyone stand.
[ speaks arabic ] they re very concerned that we re being very rude and we re not. anthony: yeah eat. laila: we re not allowing, no the others to eat. no, he s saying how can you be eating and you re letting everyone stand. anthony: wow. laila: for me, being from gaza, being a child of diaspora, i always thought food was a really interesting way to be able to tell the palestinian story. being able to discover this lost history, this palestinian past. plus, the food is really damn good. anthony: right that it is. laila: and it was i think also important to be able to provide palestinians an image of themselves that they recognize, a very humane image. because all they re seeing in the media, whether here or there, whether i m on arabic channels or abroad, you know, is this kind of very caricatured images of, you know, gunmen and you know, wailing women, and