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two dozen house contests, three gubernatorial elections are all within two points. that is called a statistical tie. now, as a reminder, three key swing states , if you go back to twenty sixteen , propelled donald trump to victory in 2016. the combined vote of those three swing states . seven thousand votes, 2020 forty three thousand votes in three states. that would be georgia, wisconsin and arizona decided the election. if you stay home, democrats. well, they re likely to win and you will get the government you deserve. we are warning we warned you. and this brings us to the most important question. every american this election needs to be asking themselves, are you better off? are you better off than you are ? twenty one months ago, are you happy we have a 40 year record high of inflation. we have backbreaking gas prices ,diesel prices and a diesel shortage. are you happy about that? is that is that the best we re capable of? are you happy that our borders are wide open?
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
institution. he s not alone. kevin mccarthy is now agreeing to major concessions overnight as he tries to appease the group of gop hard liners who are standing between kevin mccarthy and the speakers gavel. we have an update this morning on damar hamlin still in critical condition but showing signs of improvement. we ll talk to his close friend, indianapolis colts safety rookie robby tomlin who just visited him. first to the speaker drama on capitol hill set to continue for day three as republican leader kevin mccarthy is seeking the job but apparently no closer to it after two days, six votes in which he has failed to secure the 218 votes needed to become sp speaker. the stalemate has rendered the house of representatives useless. no business can be conducted until a speaker is elected. mccarthy insists he is making progress, giving concessions to the 20 hard liners. the question is will it be enough. right now mccarthy does not appear anywhere ready to give up the fi
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