jackie. good evening, bret, the administration is still gauging the scope of today s cyberattack on multiple federal agencies and pressure is on to stay tough on china after its foreign minister told secretary blinken to show respect in a call yesterday. but the president keeps getting questions on things he doesn t want to answer. on the cyberattack. president biden not responding to bribery allegations detailed on an fbi 1023 form allege ago burisma executive paid then vice president joe biden and his son hunter to gain u.s. oil rights $5 million each. that money going to hunter and indirectly to the big guy via shell companies. why telling [inaudible] why do you ask such a dumb question? the document did not say joe biden received any payment. but the president also did not want to comment on federal agencies hit in a global cyberattack. initial reports from the administration suggesting china may not be behind it? we are trashing it as a criminal group. many
strikes down alabama s congressional map, ruling in favor of black voters who challenged it. we ll break down what it means and what comes next. major developments in the investigation into former president trump s handling of classified documents. nbc news learned trump has been told he is a target in the probe. an apocalyptic-like haze from canada s wildfires blanketing more than 15 states with hazardous air, affecting more than 120 million people, causing ground stops at airports and closing schools. and presidential hopeful mike pence comes out swinging against his former boss. but he refused to slam trump on one issue. indicting a former president of the united states sends a terrible message to the world. i hope the doj thinks better of it. we begin with breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. the high court just issued a major decision in a very closely watched case centering around alabama s congressional district map. in a surprise decision, the court ru
ethics scandals. is this politics? it s tuesday, i m bill hemmer. good morning. dana: it s tuesday and politics. any day is politics. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. what s going on? the supreme court is facing renewed criticism over reports of justices failing to disclose what democrats say are questionable financial transactions. that includes justice clarence thomas accepting vacations from a wealthy donor and justice neil gore the democrats see the court needs more oversight. but should not have to answer to congress. dana: chief justice roberts submitted a letter saying that the court has reaffirmed a voluntary commitment to keep things above board. bill: democrats say it s not enough. republicans maintain sit a power grab designed to rein in a conservative majority on the court today. dana: if you ve been following this. the organization the news organization that first put out these reports about clarence tomorrow as. if you want to get th
and eli crane has voted president. review c of the bottom of your screen now. up next we are waiting for the votes of matt gaetz and bob good . matt gaetz we are told will switch his boat from present th kevin mccarthy and that we believe would be enough to put them over the top. is not a fair assessment quick. we have to go through the entire roll call and see how many total people have cast ballot by name. that is the process every singl time pretty don t know what the numbers going to be until you get to the end of the rollcall and because we had that vote to adjourn where they were pretty close to calling the vote in adjourning. they have the singular verse of people there right now. here is what will happen later tonight if they impacted elect kevin mccarthy a speaker of the house, there will be a wall and they will bring an escort committee and they will escort him into the chamber will be very ceremonial, much like bringing in the president of th united states into t
o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast and is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] that was easy. i never thought we were to get up here. now the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. will: 15 rounds of voting. after 15 rounds, the cost elects kevin mccarthy as speaker. rachel: mccarthy takes the gavel in a late-night session. the gop looks to get to work. pete: just after midnight, if you haven t seen it, alexandria hoff is in washington. reporter: the final tally took place after midnight. s