his attempt to be speaker of this house. this historic fight now surpassing the last time it went to multiple ballots. the prolonged 1923 ballot which was decided on the ninth ballot. this one will not be decided on the ninth ballot. it looks. yet for first time this week, there are some positive signs for the republican leader. they re drawing a line in the sand whether they go to the holdouts. it s not clear a deal will even net kevin mccarthy the total of 218 votes he needs to be speaker. republicans, they say they are firmly in the never kevin mccarthy camp. never. they just have one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to breaking re
And other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. Meanwhile, ukraines generals are reporting significant progress in the counteroffensive against russias invasion. They say their troops have breached the first line of russian defences in the south near zaporizhzhia. The generals said extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But they say that painstaking Mine Clearance has now allowed the forces to advance, and they expect to face far weaker russian defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country, and has, in recent weeks, expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Live now to yuriy sak, an advisor to ukraines defence minister. He joins us from kyiv. Good to talk to you again. Let us first of all talk about the change of the defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov is going. Is it time for new
mccarthy camp. never. they just have one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to breaking records, certainly for this and last century. the negotiations are not expected to wrap up any time soon. the republicans are bracing for this to go into this tomorrow. this can go into the weekend. maybe even into next week. it is really, really a fluid situation here. after the ninth ballot here, they may vote on the tenth ballot. they don t have the votes at the moment to add journ the chamber.
well. the sticking point here is on this issue of qualified immunity, whether or not people who are victims of police violence can sue, hold accountable the individual officers who were responsible for it. republicans have not wanted that. they want to get to a compromise that might perhaps be those individuals or their families can sue the police department or the city instead of the individual officer. so that is where the sticking point is, but we are hearing on capitol hill, our colleague manu raju, is hearing progress is being made just in the last 24 hours. there s been a lot of work behind the scenes, and there s a glimmer of hope they can get to a deal. both sides want to have this done by june. abby philip, thanks so much. as the face of covid vaccination continues to slow, expert are concerned about a variant spreading here in the u.s. we re also getting an updated
political activity was wrong. and the burdensome questions and inquiries were totally inappropriate. the handling of these applications was gross mismanagement by the irs exempt organization division. that s why the day after the report was issued, i called for acting commissioner steve miller and the exempt organization division elector lois lerner to be replaced. since our hearing progress has been made to address the malfeasance that occurred within the irs exempt organization division. and to assure that all of the facts come to the surface and that all identified problems are corrected so that the confidence of the american people may be restored steve miller resigned as the irs commissioner. the president appointed