institution. he s not alone. kevin mccarthy is now agreeing to major concessions overnight as he tries to appease the group of gop hard liners who are standing between kevin mccarthy and the speakers gavel. we have an update this morning on damar hamlin still in critical condition but showing signs of improvement. we ll talk to his close friend, indianapolis colts safety rookie robby tomlin who just visited him. first to the speaker drama on capitol hill set to continue for day three as republican leader kevin mccarthy is seeking the job but apparently no closer to it after two days, six votes in which he has failed to secure the 218 votes needed to become sp speaker. the stalemate has rendered the house of representatives useless. no business can be conducted until a speaker is elected. mccarthy insists he is making progress, giving concessions to the 20 hard liners. the question is will it be enough. right now mccarthy does not appear anywhere ready to give up the fi
speaker kevin mccarthy said the talks are, in his view, making headway. i think we re making progress. we re all working together to find a solution. the new concessions first reported by cnn include what was once a red line for mccarthy, agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member of the house to call for a vote to oust the sitting speaker. we re learning this morning that the new concessions are not going over well with some gop moderates who mccarthy cannot afford to lose. he needs all those votes. we re following all of the latest developments on capitol hill this morning. let s begin with cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju. so a lot of talks underway last night. you had a late one. more talk this is morning. where does everything stand? reporter: highly uncertain at the moment. it may happen or collapse. we simply don t know. he still doesn t have the votes to become the speaker of house. last night re reported about the key c
like i said, even i don t need no response, i don t need nothing. i just know what i said got across. like i said, i m going to see him in a little bit. can you you know, the players had to witness all of this. they were there, you know, with him on the field and we ve been hearing from players and they said finally they felt obviously it was awful what happened but they felt treated like human beings. can you talk to us about what the players are going through at this moment if you don t mind sharing? just like player wise, players now, football is a the world in general we re all one heartbeat right now. just all all just waiting for damar just to get healthy, just waiting for him to come out of there. and then just like i said we re all just together right
this morning one of hamlin s childhood friends now plays for the colts in indianapolis spoke about his friend for cnn. take a listen. it is a dangerous sport. and you kind of you don t just good around like every play and thinking about things like this, think being injury just the same way you don t go just regular life thinking that way. it is just a free play, a freak accident. player-wise, post players and players now, just football and the world in general, we re all one heartbeat right now. just waiting for damar to get healthy and come out of there. we re all one heartbeat right now. c coy wire is in buffalo this morning and i know you have
the attendance limit of 500 at large scale outdoor events will be lifted from monday 17th of january. that means, for example, that spectators will be permitted again at major outdoor sporting events, including football fixtures scheduled for early next week and the forthcoming six nations rugby matches. the scottish tories said this was possible due to the uk vaccination programme and the public. the outlook is much better now, not because of government restrictions but because of people s good sense. the people of scotland got this right, not the government. we will have our first i game here on tuesday. livingston football club say they are delighted that next week s game against dundee can go ahead as normal. it s absolutely fantastic first and foremost for the club. i i think a player wise, staff wise, none of us really wanted to be i playing here in front i ofjust 500 spectators. i think from the fans perspective