vote for house speaker starts right now. any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i m erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnn s special live coverage. i m jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebels have been the most productive conversations yet in a week characterized by breakdowns, backroom bitterness, back stabbing and six very public rebukes of mccarthy and mccarthy has offered the 20 hard-line hold-outs a cornucopia of concessions including ones dealing with the rules such as lowering the threshold to recall a speaker. you only need a single vote according to what mccarthy offered but the outlines of a deal running the risk of alienating the 200 some member was voted for mccarthy ag
particular. jake, one of the things that you worry about when somebody has cardiac arrest is that there was simply not enough oxygenated blood getting to the brain, and you don t know until someone has woken up from sedation and is able to talk. he is not able to talk because of the intubation, but he is able to communicate with writing, and moving his hands and feet. but he is described as critically ill, jake, because it has only been 2 1/2 days, and so there may be periods of the roller coaster still in terms of the recovery which you will see with critically ill patients, and maybe not a linear track of improvement. so that is what i heard. it was a quick response, and we kept hearing that, and we got details of what that means. on the field, he had cpr performed, and he had defibrillation performed. the defibrillation was performed to restore normal breathing restored, and he had a breathing tube in place, and paramedics came out, and the team doctors came out, and that
slow, obviously, frustratingly slow, but positive outcomes. mat gaetz said this ends one of two ways. either mccarthy withdraws from the race, or we construct a straitjacket he s unable to evade. do you support some that support mccarthy that say he is an conceding too much? to arsonists in some c concessions. that s the question. that s very frustrating. i remind your viewers, and i know most of them, and you know this. we had an election. in november, all the republicans and all the democrats got together in their individual caucus or conference and they elected their leadership, and w anyone could run. you could stand up and campaign and lobby, and kevin was elected our speaker. it wasn t even close. 190 to 30, so there is that frustration. is kevin giving too much? i don t think he has to this point, but he s very, very close, and i think he knows that he s very close. in fact, some of these individuals said there s really nothing more he can give or us to ask for, an
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
difficult. it can be short term uncomfortable. but when you move to the correct path, all of a sudden, things ease up and you can start having success. the direction here in my opinion is to someone like a byron donalds, a man who is living the american dream, and is the example and the mentor for millions who need hope. here is a man who that has worked his way, has worked his way up. he is not a novice. he has the experience, he has the chops to be the speaker. he is a man, he has a lovely family, and they are politically engaged, they know what s going on. he has worked in florida politics, he s worked in the legislature, he has respect, he has the quiet confidence that a leader needs. i look around this body today, and i know it s hard for you to believe, i know it s hard for me to believe sometimes, when i m here, and i have the great honor and privilege of serving with you, but you represent the cross-section of america, the great american experiment. the experience tha