0 relentless in the face of this gridlock happening in washington. the dow is up today. the reason for that, the longer this goes on, there s likely to be gridlock in congress the next two weeks and wall street likes gridlock because nothing changes. sandra: see you tomorrow, john. thanks for joining us. i m sandra smith. john: we ll see you tomorrow. i m john roberts. the story with martha starts right now. martha: all right. breaking news. continuing coverage this afternoon of a cliff-hanger in the house of representatives. republicans battle over who will be the speaker in the majority that they will hold for the next two years. house republican leader kevin mccarthy failing falling short on the fifth ballot to become speaker. blocked by another challenger from his own party. byron donalds of florida. he joined john sandra last hour after he also blocked mccarthy in the fourth vote. watch this. what we want to see is that leadership actually reflects where the american