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world. this is a special edition of the situation room and the vote for speaker. good evening to you, wolf. good evening to all. i m erin burnett. we re following kevin mccarthy s failure to lock down the votes he needed to win that speaker s gavel, wolf. that fight plunging the republican party right now into a truly historic struggle on the floor. as of tonight, despite losing three votes, mccarthy remains defiant, refusing to give up, despite a band of some 20 right wing lawmakers who remain united, united in opposing the minority leader. the house adjourning until tomorrow. that s the crucial thing, adjourning untul tomorrow. what will happen? does he get the votes? let s begin with manu raju live on capitol hill. what is the latest you re hearing in this unprecedented moment from republicans where you are? reporter: we are where we are from the beginning of the day, a serious impasse. no end in sight. something that could drag or for some time, tomorrow, ....
They are fundamentally wrong about the company, if you will, that they want to lead. yeah. to answer kaitlan s question, that s what s changed. it s the actual reality of what we ve seen play out on the floor of the house all day long. that has changed. the psychology has changed. it s not the side that kevin mccarthy thought would be ground down. it s his allies that feel they re being ground down as they re waiting this out. this is the nature of speaker races in general. there s a psychology on the floor that does take place with each of them. we re in a whole new world here. none of us were alive 100 years ago. to see it go to multiple ballots. i think what is kevin mccarthy s task tonight it seems, is either find a path to 218 or find a path out of the race. i don t see a third option for him at this point. no. there isn t third option for him. i think the reality here, too, remember, a big part of what s driving, as john has said repeatedly today, these rebels, is the conserv ....