snchts is there a deal for speaker in the works? i m erin burnett and we re out front . we re at a key moment in this totally grueling fight for speaker of the house. we re told negotiations are under way at this moment as an 11th vote is now under way. it appears that kevin mccarthy has lost, lost 11 votes. five just today. despite now the longest speaker contest in generations. as we re watching this, we re told that mccarthy support aernz his critics are at least talking. they ve been behind closed doors trying to hammer out a deal in an attempt to show some progress. but what might that deal look like? mccarthy already essentially given them everything that they want. he is promising votes on term limits, allowing just one member to force a vote to oust him, just one. and there are four in the never kevin camp. if there is just one more republican that mccarthy can t get the gavel without help from democrats. there is so much to get to tonight. let s go to capitol
Begin on the border with gaza with the clock is ticking down to an Israeli Ground offensive, what negotiations continue to tried free more than 200 hostages being held by hamas and other militant groups in gaza. Sources say those negotiations appear to reached an impasse, with a mask demands for fuel. Israel says that is a nonstarter, at the same time israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have reassure troops who have been on standby for more than two weeks, the Ground Offensive is still on track with just one goal to smash hamas in retaliation for the militant groups attack on october 7th which killed more than 1400 civilians. Even before any ground incursion unrelenting israeli airstrikes have had a devastating impact on gaza, and more than 2 million palestinians who live there are now facing a dire humanitarian crisis. On tuesday, only eight of the expected 28 trucks crossed over from egypt. As the civilian death toll in gaza climbs, higher the Jansen Qatari General Ant