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
warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy failed to get the vote for speaker of the house. the house is in a state of stop. come on, come on, come on, get up. states under tornado watches. the severe weather threat is pressing east. already a trail of damage left behind. announcer: lev from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello. it is wednesday, january 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where a growing feud within the republican party is threatening to overshadow the new majority in the house. on tuesday a band of conservative hardliners blocked kevin mccarthy from securing the 218 votes needed to become the speaker of the house and that s after three rounds of voting. it s the first time in 100 years that the house has failed to elect a speaker on the firs
jeffries. my first vote for speaker of the house was for byron donalds. today i am rising to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house of representatives. now, here we are and for the first time in history there have been two black americans placed into the nomination for speaker of the house. [applause] john: standoff ratcheting up tensions and raising fears of a longer term rift among republicans as the gop leadership remains on hold. sandra: congressman elect donalds will be joining us in a moment, byron donalds is watching for the final vote cast on the float and then hop in front of the camera and join us live. john: first we go to chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, looks like groundhog day today. well, right now the one thing we know is that they are not going to elect a speaker of the house on this roll call vote. the first vote of the day, the fourth overall in the past two days and kevin mccarthy has not been able to get an outright majority of
anybody out here. so the sooner we all come together, just keep a calm head, i know you guys are getting excited. i don t think if you watch me that i get excited do i want to go through all this, no. but i think at the end of the day it s better to go through this now so we could be successful for this term. if you fail three times, how do you possibly pull this off? you get to 218. this morning, a speakership stalemate. the house adjourned last night without a speaker after kevin mccarthy failed to win enough support in three rounds of voting. we ll walk through what happened and how today is shaping up. plus, republican congressman-elect george santos had an awkward first day in washington. he kicked things off with another statement about something that didn t actually happen. we ll tell you what it was. also this morning, the family of damar hamlin says he s still fighting after his scary collapse monday night. we ll have the latest on his condition straight
needed to be the speaker for a fourth consecutive time. florida republican byron donalds appear to have received just enough support to prevent kevin mccarthy from getting to 218. so what happens now? the house remaining paralyzed this hour. no committees, no legislation, elected members can t even be sworn in. they don t even know if they are getting paid at this point after they have tried and failed again four times to elect a speaker. it s a level of dysfunction unseen in modern political history. so let s bring in an incredible panel. senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. yamiche alcindor is our washington correspondent. doug high is a republican strategist for the rnc. peter baker is chief white house correspondent for the new york times and an msnbc political analyst. steve kornacki is at the big board. garrett, tell us what s happening this second and what should we make of it? we re watching kevin mccarthy on his way going 0 for 4. byron donalds, the l