i think it s probably best that people work through it some more. i don t think voting tonight will be any different, but i think the vote in the future will. do you have a deal yet? not yet. a lot of progress. good morning, everyone. poppy and i are here and kaitlan is on capitol hill. day three of the speaker election, there she is. kaitlan, how you holding up? we ve been saying since day one you were there tuesday and it could go longer and it s playing out like you said. we expected it to go longer and now it has. when does it end? kevin mccarthy s desperate bid to become speaker drags on for a third day of voting. the stalemate has paralyzed the house. a big question today whether concessions kevin mccarthy made to lawmakers blocking his path, whether that s enough to get him to 218 votes needed to become speaker. the slow road to recovery for damar hamlin. the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll update you on that. prince harry with a stun
be denied the speaker s gavel. plus a monster storm is pommeling california and it has turned deadly. more rain and flooding and ferocious winds are battering the state. and the man accused of killing four college students is set to appear in an idaho courtroom today. that is what we re watching at this hour. thanks for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are two big stories that we re following at though hour. first the house will convene once again in an hour to try to elect the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has lost rounds of voting and making more concessions to lawmakers to try and turn the tide for him. in the meantime. the house is paralyzed. members could not sworn in, committees cannot be formed or do any business. and now the incoming chairs of the key national security committees foreign affairs armed services and intel, they say this delay is putting the safety and security of the united states at risk. as a republican stalemate grips congress, p
the condition of buffalo bills 24-year-old safety. new video tonight. is this your car? o donnell: .of the first time the quadruple murder suspect was pulled over, after allegedly stabbing four college students just one month earlier. tonight, he s on his way to idaho to face multiple charges. a cbs news investigation: is american technology being used in russian drones killing civilians in ukraine? and, unicorns, dreams, and the power of imagination. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, republicans are deadlocked, in disarray in the house of representatives over the battle for a new speaker. make no mistake, what we are witnessing is historic. some republican lawmakers tonight accusing far-right members of holding the people s business hostage, as they voted over and over to reject leader kevin mccarthy
signs of improvement in the icu after his cardiac arrest during a game two days ago. the growing tributes as the bills prepare to return to the field. the suspect in the murder of four idaho college students extradited from pennsylvania and the new body cam from the day he was pulled over twice weeks before his arrest. the stunning twist in the rescue of a family of four after their tesla plunged 250 feet off a cliff. police now saying it was no accident. and the mastermind in the varsity blues college admissions scandal sentenced today. how long he ll spend in prison. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. for a second day, the u.s. house of representatives has been effectively left paralyzed and leaderless and the man considered at the front of the line to become the speaker of a now majority republican house, kevin carthy, has faced a wash, rinse, repeat cycle of votes, each falling short of the numbers mccarthy needs to win the s
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.