we re talking through all the memos. i don t want to break all expectations i want you to follow it, to be on the floor, i want the anticipation i want you to see, i want you to see as the clock goes up i want you to write stories like teetering, whether i can win or not and the whole world hangs in the balance. or that s what you want kevin is still playing a dangerous game, joking about a debt default while refusing to specify what it is he wants to cut. his chaos caucus, meanwhile, grows more emboldened to make a spectacle out of, well, everything plus, the brand-new super pac that wants to help america move past the gutter politics of marjorie greenes and lauren boebert s and matt gaetzs. and ron desantis has put all his chips on fighting woke, going mia from its state as it endures an actual crisis, but surprise, he s getting the pudding squeezed out of him by donald trump when it comes to florida endorsements but we begin tonight with the kevin mccarthy caucus.
the media kept touting each ballot as a crushing defeat for ken mccash think kevin mccarthy, although he was winning 95% of house republicans. that was especially true late friday night when after flipping most of his opponents to his side, mccarthy lost by one vote. you could see he was stunned as he walks away there, and one ally, mike rogers, made a beeline for matt gaetz who had taken a half step by voting present. not until the early morning our hours yesterday did mccarthy win. some of the talking heads predicted mccarthy would drop out. i suspect that when they come back after dinner that mccarthy is going to end up withdrawing. oh, i think his goose is very much cooked. i don t think we re going to see a speaker kevin mccarthy. howard: only in the final late night drama did journalists say, hey, shocker, mccarthy, who we all branded the biggest loser, might actually win this thing. of i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, my exclusive int
vote for house speaker starts right now. any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i m erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnn s special live coverage. i m jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebels have been the most productive conversations yet in a week characterized by breakdowns, backroom bitterness, back stabbing and six very public rebukes of mccarthy and mccarthy has offered the 20 hard-line hold-outs a cornucopia of concessions including ones dealing with the rules such as lowering the threshold to recall a speaker. you only need a single vote according to what mccarthy offered but the outlines of a deal running the risk of alienating the 200 some member was voted for mccarthy ag
than the country. . i appreciate your time. dateline white house picks up with nicole right now. it s 4:00 in new york and yes, it s groundhog day, the crisis in the house of representatives and the united states of america is in its third day. there still no speaker of the house of representatives which means there are no members of the house of representatives. that despite and evening of negations. kevin mccarthy has lost eight votes to be speaker and is on track right now to lose the ninth vote. that s despite making a series of unbelievable concessions, things that were off the table sunday night and into monday, to the holdouts in his car gets caucus, a major allowance to the hard right republicans, he said he would lower the number from 5 to 1. he said he previously not accept that. congress and matt gaetz, he nominated donald trump for the speakership and described the power to remove the speaker as anyone, anywhere, anytime, raising questions about whether anybod
ambulance. this whole thing playing out live on national television. and before clearly shell shocked players, and staff and fans. you see the team there together in prayer as the ambulance was leaving the field. let s go to vince right now. adrienne broaddus is standing by at the hospital where hamlin is being treated. what is the very latest? reporter: kate, at this hour, he is on a ventilator. fans are used to him fighting on the field to help lead his team to victory. but right now that 24-year-old is fighting for his life. the first monday night football game of 2023 between the buffalo bills and cincinnati bengals ended abruptly in tragedy after damar hamlin s tackle on bengal s wide receiver tee higgins. you see hamlin standing briefly and then collapsing on the field. now another bills player is down. when i saw that young man fall to the ground the way he did, it it felt like my soul had left my body. reporter: within minutes after hamlin s collapse, medica