Attacks by those inspired by the assault three weeks ago now. An attack even Donald Trumps former Defense Secretary now says was, quote, fomented by the former president. All of it in service to the big lie. Since january 6th, a lot of Members Of Congress are reporting, 32 Members Of Congress have now asked House Leadership for more protection. We will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the house of representatives. A threat that members are concerned about in addition to what is happening outside. What did you mean that the enemy is within in. We want to bring gun on the floor and have threatened violence on other Members Of Congress. There is of course already tension over initial moves to enhance Safety Procedures like Metal Detectors which some republican members have walked around, refusing to use. But there is also increasing anger among democrats about other members of the house, like freshman republican Marjorie Taylor greene of
in what police say was not an accidental shooting. president zelensky welcomes the announcment of us military vehicles, as putin s unilateral ceasfire appears to have had little effect on the frontline. it s a huge weekend for the technology industry as the annual consumer electronics show gets under way in las vegas. votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us house of representatives has a new speaker. after days of deadlock and dramatic scenes on friday night, the republican, kevin mccarthy, has finally been elected. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. this is how his election was announced. representatives. thereforety hahn rablt kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. applause well, kevin mccarthy addressed the house
happening now, breaking news, we re following chaos at the u.s. capitol. republicans huddling behind closed doors tonight after kevin mccarthy s bid for the speaker s gavel lands with a thud for the second straight day. the next moves for mack arthy and his to popponents are very unclear right now. new information emerging about the terrifying on-field collapse of damar hamlin. the buffalo bills say hamlin is showing signs of improvement although he remains in critical condition in the icu. this hour, the chief medical officer for the nfl joins me live for an exclusive interview. welcome. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the spectacle on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives now adjourned until 8:00 p.m. eastern. manu is standing by for us. republicans there working behind the scenes right now to try to resolve this deadlock. i understand you re getting new information. reporter: yeah.
responsibility, our responsibility, is to our country. our north america correspondent david willis has been watching all of this. he says it s been a dramatic night. it has been a breathtaking few hours, hasn t it, and kevin mccarthy has finally got the votes he needed, on the 15th attempt, that was the 15th vote within the space of the last four day, and it was achieved round about midnight, just after the house had voted to adjourn until monday, because there weren t enough votes to secure kevin mccarthy s victory, then there came an intervention from one of the hard liners, matt gate, the florida congressman, he has been staunchly opposed to kevin mccarthy on a speakership. he believes he is way too mainstream and as a trump supporter himself he wants to lead the republican party in a different direction, along with about two
right now, at least on this vote, they are not scared. right. but the big picture they re missing here is that the gop this is why kevin mccarthy is in trouble, the gop is narrow. but a weakened speaker in a narrow majority gives the narrow majority much less power. that s a scenario where if you re a republican and you want to yield actual influence in the country, you want your speaker to be powerful and be able to get things done. it s clear that makes it so crystal clear that for at least for certain the hard core edge of this group, it s just about them. for matt gates, it s all about matt gate. it s sport. it s a constitutional office. it s the person who s second in line to the presidency. it s a very narrow majority the republicans say, it s not like even if they had a powerful speaker house republicans can do anything by themselves.