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[5] Hey, this is Daily Wire, Editor -in -Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howl.
[6] It's Tuesday, January 3rd, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.
[7] Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary amount of votes to win the race for Speaker in the first round of votes on Tuesday.
[8] With more, here's Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips.
[9] On Tuesday afternoon, for the first time in over 100 years, the vote for Speaker of the House ended in a stalemate, as Republican frontrunner Kevin McCarthy fell short of the 218 votes he needed to win.
[10] While every Democrat member voted for New York's Hakeem Jeffries, 19 GOP members split with their party and offered up votes for other nominees, including representatives Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Jim Banks, Byron Donalds, and Lee Zeldin.
[11] Under House rules, the Speaker vote will now head.
[12] to a second ballot for the first time since 1923.
[13] Buffalo Bill's defensive back, DeMar Hamlin, was in critical condition Tuesday after the bills say his heart stopped after a tackle during the Monday night football game.
[14] Following the disturbing incident, the game was indefinitely postponed.
[15] Hamlin's spokesperson, Jordan Rooney, had this to say on Good Morning America.
[16] It felt like in the moment there needed to be some clarity that, you know, he was awake at that time, and now he sedated.
[17] So, you know, the family's in good spirit, We're honestly just taking it minute by minute, hour by hour.
[18] Hamlin's family has since issued a statement expressing their sincere gratitude for the outpouring of support and asked for continued prayers.
[19] More than 150 ,000 fans have donated nearly $4 million to his charity toy drive fund.
[20] Republican Congressman George Santos, who admitted to, quote, embellishing his resume while on the campaign trail, was sworn into office on Tuesday.
[21] Santos is under investigation by federal and local officials related to, to false claims he made on the campaign trail.
[22] Now, a new report indicates that law enforcement officials in Brazil, quote, intend to revive fraud charges against Santos that stem from a 2008 incident involving a checkbook that was allegedly stolen.
[23] Co -founder of D .C. shoes Hunigan Racing and Action sports legend Ken Block has died after a snowmobile accident in Utah on Monday.
[24] He was 55.
[25] Officials say Block's snowmobile landed on top of him while riding on a steep Slope.
[26] During his career block made the move from an executive at DC's shoes to one of the most well -known names in motorsports.
[27] He was a five -time X -Games medalist in Rallycross.
[28] Sam Bankman -Fried, former CEO of Failed Crypto Exchange, FTX, does not want to reveal the identity of the two benefactors who put up a portion of his $250 million bond.
[29] SBF asked the court to redact the names, saying that his parents, who also signed for him, have received threats.
[30] Bankman Freed pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges at his arraignment this afternoon in Manhattan.
[31] Speaking on MSNBC this week, the architect of Obamacare, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, told Americans that they should return to wearing really high -quality masks as a precaution against a new COVID -variant plaguing China.
[32] A travel ban isn't going to, and the negative test results are just going to, they're delaying tactics.
[33] They're trying to get us information.
[34] They're not going to help.
[35] Individually, for your viewers, Andrea, the best thing they can do at the moment, and I know a lot of them are resistant, is masks, N95, really high -quality masks.
[36] You can't control what's out there in the airports or what's on a train or what's going to be in a shopping mall.
[37] But you can protect yourself with these very high -quality masks, and that's what I recommend.
[38] British royal Prince Harry stated in an interview set to premiere on January 8th that he would like to repair his relationship with his father, King Charles, and his brother William, the Prince of Wales, but claims that his family has shown no desire to sit down for the conversation.
[39] I want a family, not an institution.
[40] They feel as though it's better to keep us somehow as the villains.
[41] They've shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile.
[42] I would like to get my father back.
[43] I would like to have my brother back.
[44] Martina Navratilova, a tennis star whose winning career started in the 1970s, has breast and throat cancer.
[45] An early type of breast cancer was found as she was undergoing throat inspections.
[46] Navratilova, who also had a cancerous lump removed in 2010, vowed to, quote, fight with all she's got.
[47] Those are your drive home updates this afternoon.
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