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following too close. we have confirmed those reports are accurate, wolf. interesting. i know you re staying on top of this story. thank you very, very much. and erin, i know we re going to turn back to our top story right now. the bitter fight for speaker of the house. that s right, wolf. and a good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett. welcome to a special edition. because right now we are in the midst of an open revolt over who will become speaker of the house. and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. it has been a very, very historic and dramatic day here in washington.ngressman kevin m far unable to secure enough votes to become the next speaker of the house. it s been such an incredible day to watch. here we are making history. he lost the support of 19 members in the first two votes. as we re sitting here, wolf, in the third vote he loses nanothe one. this is not how this is supposed to go. it s not how it ever has gone. it s a bruising rebuke of mccart ....
no person, having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, they voted again. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, the third time was not the charm. and this lasted for almost five hours. we re talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurrence. this hasn t happened in the last 100 years, not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone after three rounds and there s still no conclusion. a tough day, everyone can say, for kevin mccarthy. after all of this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach. and he believes it still is. but so far, it has succeeded his grasp. so, the question tonight is where are we now? so, there s still no speaker of the house. and they re going to do ....
top of the hour this tuesday morning, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill, it is a busy hour ahead to let s gigt rue to it. a horrific scene during monday night football, damar hamlin in a hospital after the 24-year-old collapsed on the field following a violent collision in the game against the cincinnati bengals. on the field reacting in shock and horror in those moments. medical staff performed cpr on hamlin for some nine minutes before his heartbeat was restored. he was driven out of the staid in an ambulance. that game ultimately suspended by the nfl. the bills updating this morning that hamlin did suffer card rack arrest after the tackle. we ll take you live to cincinnati to get the latest on his condition in just a moment. it was so hard for us to watch and i m sure for many of you. we ll do what we can to answer questions. and also a new congress begins with republicans in control. but there is still a battle underway. republican lawmakers are meeting behi ....
we need to say clearly and forcefully, white supremacy, all forms of hate, fueled by violence have no place in america. let s call it out in its complicity. there when we bring it up, we divide the. country if we bring it, up we silent. it instead of remaining silent. i left this week s white house summit on hate crimes as international action network, thinking about the spike in the driven violence from the far-right over the last six years. i appreciated that president biden was candid about that threat. but i couldn t help but think, this week especially, about how comfortable even mainstream republicans have become with cruelty as a political tactic. in addition to the two prominent gop candidates who thought a decent to leave migrants and asylum seekers stranded to score political points. there was a maga republican, senator lindsey graham, announcing his bill for a national abortion ban. just three months after the reversal of roe, and its effects on millions ....
as he lies in state at the vatican a hearse carrying pele s coffin makes the journey from sao paulo to santos where the brazilian football legend will lie in state ahead of his funeral on tuesday. and a warning from the international monetary fund, it says a third of the world will be in recession this year. for most of the world economy this is going to be a tough year. tougher than hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says russia attacked kyiv with waves of explosive drones overnight, targeting critical infrastructure. the military said air defence forces shot down all 39 iranian made drones. but the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, said energy facilities were damaged, disrupting power and heating supplies. let s speak to our correspondent, hugo bachega, who s in kyiv. what is the latest on those overnight attacks? the what is the latest on those overnight attacks? what is the latest on those overniaht attacks? . ., ,., overnight attacks? the mayor said one person ....