kevin mccarthy does not have 218 votes. kevin mccarthy. and you have 20. i i asked you a very specific question. if by friday you don t have 30 i will not, sean. i will not withdraw. i mean, it s really uncomfortable when mom my and daddy are fighting. they are fighting. the u.s. house is completely frozen right now with a rebellion under way by far right republicans. good morning, everyone. don lemon with poppy harlow. there you see kaitlan has moved back to washington. we had her in new york for a little bit now she s in d.c. didn t last long. was it us? are you holding up there? kevin mccarthy no closer to becoming speaker of the house even as of this morning, congress is still without a leader. so what is mccarthy s new strategy to end the chaos? that s a question this morning. he voted for mccarthy six times. straight ahead, kaitlan is going to speak with ryan zinke. we have new details this morning on a royal feud between prince harry and prince
institution. he s not alone. kevin mccarthy is now agreeing to major concessions overnight as he tries to appease the group of gop hard liners who are standing between kevin mccarthy and the speakers gavel. we have an update this morning on damar hamlin still in critical condition but showing signs of improvement. we ll talk to his close friend, indianapolis colts safety rookie robby tomlin who just visited him. first to the speaker drama on capitol hill set to continue for day three as republican leader kevin mccarthy is seeking the job but apparently no closer to it after two days, six votes in which he has failed to secure the 218 votes needed to become sp speaker. the stalemate has rendered the house of representatives useless. no business can be conducted until a speaker is elected. mccarthy insists he is making progress, giving concessions to the 20 hard liners. the question is will it be enough. right now mccarthy does not appear anywhere ready to give up the fi
be denied the speaker s gavel. plus a monster storm is pommeling california and it has turned deadly. more rain and flooding and ferocious winds are battering the state. and the man accused of killing four college students is set to appear in an idaho courtroom today. that is what we re watching at this hour. thanks for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are two big stories that we re following at though hour. first the house will convene once again in an hour to try to elect the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has lost rounds of voting and making more concessions to lawmakers to try and turn the tide for him. in the meantime. the house is paralyzed. members could not sworn in, committees cannot be formed or do any business. and now the incoming chairs of the key national security committees foreign affairs armed services and intel, they say this delay is putting the safety and security of the united states at risk. as a republican stalemate grips congress, p
making sure that our families are taken care of. making sure that the families in our communities are taken care of. and what we ve seen in this chamber is tough. it s tough to watch. it s tough to imagine what would happen in this chamber today if we were debating social security and medicare. what would happen? what would the votes be? where would people stand? that s why it s important that hakeem jeffries leads this body. on behalf of the democratic caucus, i am nominating the leader of the governing party in this chamber, hakeem jeffries from new york. [ cheers and applause ] for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? madam speaker, i would like to rise to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house. the gentlewoman is recognized. i ve known byron for roughly about four years now. and being that he s from the state of florida i can tell you that i ve come to know him on both the campaign trail and personally. but i want to clarify something real
so we want to bring in now, cnn s lucy kavanaugh, she is live for us in denver, what is the situation, lucy? well, alison, this is what not a lot of fun looks like. denver airport unfortunately leaving the airport a shunt in terms of flight delays and cancellations, more than 500 flights delayed, more than 468 flights canceled, 75% of those coming from southwest. and that is unfortunately not denver alone. those numbers reverberating. those delays reverberating across the nation. impacting travel all across the country. i wasn t anticipating a nightmare, but it became a nightmare, it did. christmas maybe over, but for thousands of passengers, the travel nightmare goes on. they canceled our flight. they said they can t help us. so we don t know what to do. southwest airlines at the top of the list for cancellations. the airlines ticketing counter at baltimore s airport is a zoo. denver s airport lines for the southwest to counter even longer. we have to wait in a l