the u.s. house of representatives still without a speaker after ten votes. good evening, i m wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is a special edition of the the situation room. good evening, wolf. i m erin burnett, tempers and frustration mounting, if you can say that, possibly at a peak. the last time the race for speaker has gone on this long was more than 160 years ago. here we are tonight, wolf. it s amazing what s going on. what s taking place is truly stunning. 21 republicans declining to vote for kevin mccarthy today, leaving the california congressman without the votes needed to finally grab the speaker s gavel. the humiliating losses comes despite him privately offering up even more concessions. and we re learning that the negotiators are pushing to strike a deal tonight, in an attempt to show progress. what will that progress look like? will it be enough to give mccarthy the supp
so often done. it looked to house democrats to govern and to lead, and under the leadership of weft greatest speaker in the country s history, nancy del asand rho pelosi, and that s what we did. if we want to talk about history, let s talk about recent history. two years ago tomorrow i stood here with so many of you in this chamber, as our democracy was attacked. as you re colleagues on the other side of the aisle tried to overturn an election. the country yet again did what it has done before. it looked to house democrats to lead and to govern. that is exactly what we did when