captions by vitac www.vitac.com and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c. it has been quite a day and quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his sixth vote to become house speaker. the house adjourned. members then reconvened briefly, only to adjourn until noon tomorrow, with the speaker more upbeat about his chances. why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? reporter: he s hearing more positive responses from those opponents, the people that have essentially seemed immovable for the past two days. but after a meeting in which mccarthy has made a number of concessions, ranging on political issues, how his outside group engages on key issues, as well as giving them more power and more sway over themselves, the rank and file at the expense of the leadership, some of these members sound like they re moving in direction. congressman mike cloud, for one, says the talks are moving in a positive light, in his view, as well as scot
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? get t thbestst rult t poiblele. call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome, everyone. i m rosemary church in atlanta and we are following a major development in breaking news out of the national football league. about an hour ago the buffalo bills confirmed it was a cardiac arrest that brought down player damar hamlin in monday night s game. the bills said his heartbeat was restored on the field and that he remains sedated and in critical condition at a cincinnati hospital, a closer look now at what happened. hamlin who plays safety collapsed after a hard tackle in the first quarter of the game against the cincinnati bengals which has since been postponed. hamlin is number 3 and wearing white. watch as he makes the tackle and you can see him stand up fairly quickly, but then he falls backwards. an ambula
come from and i m committed to using my platform to positively impact the community that raised me. reraises funds for toys for children hardest hit by the pandemic. something i have been doing back home at pittsburgh for three years. reporter: the initial goal was $2,500. after his injury donations poured in and are now approaching $7 million. in all, more than 200,000 donations have been submitted. some include messages from fans of other teams. this one reads, love from a niner fan. and this donation came from bengals damar fans. one donor gave $3,333, an apparent nod to hamlin s jersey. growing up in pennsylvania outside pittsburgh, damar hamlin seemed destined for football greatness. in high school he led his team to a record.
holidays. hamlin s gofundme is a christmas toy drive aimed at bringing joy to kids in need. this is footage of him meeting fans, signing autographs and posing for photos at that toy drive last month. since hamlin s injury donations have been growing exponentially. at last check they had ballooned to more than $3.1 million. we will, of course, keep an eye on how much more is raised. that is incredible. thank you so much for your company! i m rosemary church. our coverage of this developing story continues with max foster and bianca nobilo next. rfaces than lysol disinfectant spray.