been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. and millions of catholics around the world prepare to say a final farewell at the funeral of pope benedict xvi. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. without a speaker the chamber is unable to swear in members, fill vital committee roles or adopt rules for passing legislation. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. what has just happened, what is going on? good question. another rollercoaster david the end result is the same, voting for the new speaker, in that there is no result, the impasse, the deadlock continues because kevi
been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. and millions of catholics around the world prepare to say a final farewell at the funeral of pope benedict xvi. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. without a speaker the chamber is unable to swear in members, fill vital committee roles or adopt rules for passing legislation. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes.
what has just happened, what is going on? good question. another rollercoaster david the end result is the same, voting for the new speaker, in that there is no result, the impasse, the deadlock continues because kevin mccarthy didn t get the required number of votes, 280, to take on that role. there is a hard core of opponents, rebels, some people are calling them, about 20 you consistently vote against him. what happened after the three rounds of voting earlier, they adjourned and that allow the republicans, at least some of them from that group, and kevin mccarthy, to get together in a room behind the scenes. they brought in the pizza, they sat around the table in an attempt to thrash this out in that meeting broke up with kevin mccarthy suggesting that some progress was being made, but he also said he didn t see any point in having another round of voting this evening. clearly
now. peter bowes, our north america correspondent, - now. peter bowes, our north | america correspondent, thank you very much. we can now speak to republican strategist rina shah. this stalemate upon what is it say about the factions of the republican party? say about the factions of the republican party? what it says about the republican - republican party? what it says about the republican party - republican party? what it says| about the republican party writ large as they are showing the american public that they are enduring a once in a century humiliation. this is the kind of thing that i would have never thought was coming this soon. 0f never thought was coming this soon. of course for many years, i saw the firebrands in the house, typically those that come from the far right house freedom caucus, really make demands and say that they wanted to get rid of the establishment, they wanted to break it once and for all but what has transpired in the course of today and even yesterda