by president putin. mexico s president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. all eyes are on the us house of representatives, where a 14th ballot is under way to chose the next speaker. the senior republican kevin mccarthy had said he was confident he ll win enough votes in the ballot taking place as we speak. david willis is our north america correspondent in washington. david, i know it is ongoing, but what can you tell us? it is auoin but what can you tell us? it is going and but what can you tell us? it is going and it but what can you tell us? it is going and it is but what can you tell us? it is going and it is quite - but what can you tell us? it is going and it is quite a - going and it is quite a cliffhange
david scott. effries. so here s the thing you can see the tally chart on the right-hand side. we are making sure everybody has voted. we believe the magic number is 217. as you see right there kevin mccarthy has 216. when they start another roll call we will go back to that immediately but in the meantime let s bring in our chief congressional correspondent chad pergram chad do we appear to be one vote short. that s right. this is why it always takes a while at the end because you have the tellers, the tally clerks in front of the chamber they are going through manually and comparing notes and making sure that everybody has the same numbers. let me do a deep dive right now. so this is where we stand. okay. so remember that the speaker must win an outright majority of all members casting ballots for somebody by their last name. okay? so the present votes do not count. the present votes do not count. so if you laura: chad can we pause? because i think we have matt g
series of concessions put forward by his opponents. that cut his margin of defeat to a handful of votes. what matters now is who shows up to vote next. senior correspondent congressional correspondent chad pergram has the very latest from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, mccarthy finally showed movement towards winning the speakership today. it came after a three days of parliamentary paralysis. mccarthy remains a few votes short but he earned the votes of 15 adversaries today. we ll come back tonight and i believe at that time we ll have the votes to finish this once and for all. i think getting together and just finding the ability to how are we all going to work together? it s new for us. one, being in the majority but being in a tight majority. i think at the end of the day we re going to be more effective. more efficient. and definitely the government is going to be more accountable. the dam finally broke after mccarthy made concessions to. they will score k
only scares you is only bad if he s scared of it and he said he s not scared of it. we ve seen how it s wielded in the past. he should be scared of it. the reality is the concessions he s making will make him weaker and there s no way around that very crucial fact. not even talking about this vote to oust a potential speaker but also the fact that all of a sudden he has to put freedom caucus aligned members on committees like budget like appropriations, like the rules committee. those kinds of concessions really make a strong difference in how you can govern, legislate. the rules speaker is supposed to be the speaker s committee, they dictate how the bills come up. so he is looking at a weaker speakership if he can pull this off. manu said at the end, you ve been trying for two months to get the votes. i think it speaks to why wasn t there a bigger push like this a month ago to avoid a scene like this on the floor. i think it s remarkable he went to the floor k
elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthy s bid but more than four never kevin lawmakers who will never vote for him. we will have more with the congressman-elect, davidson. he is in front of the camera right now, we ll get to him in just a moment. john: fox news live team coverage, martha will join us with more perspective on the speakership fight, and chad pergram kicking things off this afternoon, live from capitol hill and here we go for a 12th time. here we go again but also some changes. we indicated earlier this morning kevin mccarthy was going