live coverage. and aim jake tapper in washington. the united states still without a house speaker this hour and there is no sign that republicans are going to be able to settle on one any time soon. kevin mccarthy is going to come up short a fourth time. that s the vote we re watching right now. the hard-line opposition of about 20 rebels backing congressman byron donalds of florida this go-around. this vote is playing out as we re seeing quite an interesting split screen moment on the left side of your screen. you see senator senator minority leader mitch mcconnell at an event in kentucky with president biden there talking about the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was only passed because of democrats and republicans working together and now you see on the screen a place where bipartisanship is not happening, in fact, barely partisanship when it comes to republicans. cnn is tracking everything as it happens vote by vote. let s start with lauren fox. kevin mccarthy s a
nature hakeem jeffries. [applause] madam clerk, the lead vote getter in the last four tallies, democrats are united behind a speaker who ll work to codify the right to seek abortion into law. like all of us, like all of us, hakeem has spoken about consistently, the disasterous dobbs decision. he s spoken time and time again that it is well past time to codify roe v. wade. and he knows that young women should not grow up in a world with fewer rights than their parents and grand parents. he will ensure that reproductive freedom is enshrined into law. that s why, madam clerk as chair of the democratic caucus, i