up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we d get up here. ing. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present. since they weren t nos, the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressman matt gaetz. the victory came after that,s just one more round later. i may not know al
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
plus we will speak with the new secretary of transportation pete buttigieg live in this show in a bit. but, first, breaking tonight, just moments ago it has been more than 100 years since we have seen this moment on capitol hill. more than nine ballots for speaker of the house and just now after a tenth vote has just wrapped up. we still don t have a house speaker. the growing question now is who will blink first? we re in the third day day of the republican battle over this job. former minority leader kevin mccarthy still does not have enough support to get to the magic number and the top spot. about 20 opponents are refusing to buckle so far as negotiations continue behind the scenes vote after vote. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest tonight live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, kevin mccarthy expected to move the meter today. it never happened, despite concessions. the house is no closer to electing a speaker than when it started
are in pennsylvania, aishah hasnie in georgia and alexis mcadams is following the new york governor s race. first to rich edson live for us in pittsburgh. rich. reporter: good evening, jon. well, i guess western pennsylvania s going to have to be big enough for two former prime ministers. first it was former president obama, now 40 miles away and about an hour from now you re going to get former president trump. he will be campaigning in latrobe, pennsylvania, for a number of republican candidates including dr. mehmet oz who s running for senate and doug mastriano who s running for governor here. he has supported oz since the republican primary. he was the one, the former president, babbed in that backed in that primary in mayment. oz has trained his campaign on crime and inflation. mortgage rates are through the roof. couples all over the commonwealth, new families are worried about crime in their communities, and they re worried about fentanyl in their mailboxes. it d
hurts working americans and help the rich and of course climate and the private jets. john kerry or whatever. what are we to make of the main focus of their screaming these days? they are a threat to our very democracy. that our democracy. extreme threat to our democracy. attacking our democracy. our democracy. our democracy. steve: republicans are threat to our democracy. really? didn t they push early voting to nullify the election campaign and protecting incumbents sending out ballots just after labor day which anything can happen in two months something wild like debates between the candidates. sorry you cannot change your vote. to rate it is early voting. you are political outsider to politics to get your name out there when voter start to pay attention sorry to me early voting. do republicans do that? now we know why. and we know that the republicans close well. that s why democrats want early voting is not about saving our democracy but their political sk