After three rounds of voting on Tuesday there is still no speaker of the House. Republicans are at a stalemate and Wednesday afternoon they will try again as Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy still fights for the top spot.

Plus, China reels from a COVID surge.

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Chaos of historic proportions in the House