after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting. the house finally elects a speaker. how the chaos ended and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. and there are new details in the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and a former fbi agent will be joining us with her perspective on that investigation. also remarkable progress for buffalo bills player damar hamlin. an update on his condition and the moment he face timed his teammates from a hospital bed. and a major policy for military parents. the change that will allow them to spend more time with their newborn coming up on cnn. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s january 7th. alex is gracing us with his presence. thank you for being with us, alex. hopefully you got some sleep last night. i got some sleep, that means i missed the historic, you know, end of the speakership race. yeah. and woke up to that news
majorities and avoid the shellacking he experienced in 2010. i will speak to michigan democratic congresswoman debbie dingell about the battle for the house and cheri beasley on whether democrats can pull off a surprise in a traditionally red state. jon meacham will join me. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have breaking news from california where nancy pelosi s husband, 82-year-old paul pill pelosi was attacked with a hammer. he is recovering at the hospital. we are expecting a press conference late they are hour. we will bring that to you live. joining us from san francisco is nbc s jake ward and nbc news terrorist analyst jim kavanaugh. jim is a retired aft special agent in charge and hostage negotiator. first, jake, this is a violent assault with a hammer against the 82-year-old husband of the speaker in line for the succession, of course. what other details do we know? reporter: we know at this point that at 2:27 a.m., the house you see behind me h
democratic candidate for governor katie hobbs. a source shows this is the man who broke in earlier in the week. they have blurred his face. they have not identified any suspects in the case. items were taken but the hobbs campaign says it hasn t been able to get a full inventory. the campaign says hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of violent threats since she declared, which she blamed on her republican opponent. quote, let s be clear, for nearly two years carrie lake and her allies have been insighting threats against anyone they see. these are the direct result of a concerted campaign for lies. carrie lake pushing back. i m saddened that hobbs and her camp would try to pin this on us. it s defamatory and it s wrong and it s so obvious what s happening. her own party is attacking her. she s trying to deflect her own abysmal campaign and the fact that, you know, nobody even knows where her campaign office is. person who broke into it probably didn t even realize it wa
woo! i don t know what to say. just a dynamite performance. it is 7:00 here in new york city and we start with a fox news alert. if you are just waking up, these images are about last night and damar hamlin, who is now in critical condition after he collapsed on the field in the first quarter of the monday night football game. ainsley: he s a safety for the buffalo bills and is he leaving the field there in an ambulance. i think his mom is in the ambulance after a hit during a matchup with the bengals. the nfl postponing that game out of grave concern about his health. brian: all right. garrett tenney is live with the latest. garrett? good morning, y all. this was hard to watch. you could tell right away that something was wrong. this was five minutes into the first quarter of the game. damar hamlin playing defense for thes buffalo bills and made what looked to be a routine tackle on the bengals receiver. this wasn t one of those violent vicious collisions. hamlin
man who killed four people will not face the death penalty. the jury made the decision after the families of the victims pleaded for the shooter not to see another day. in moments we have can t miss reaction from the man who prosecuted the killer who executed 12 people in a colorado movie theater. pastor robert jeffords tells us what the bible says about the death penalty. plus, new york attorney letitia james made a name for herself going after former president trump and now she s on the hot seat. of republicans accusing her of leaking tax filings from the political nonprofit. we will tell you why attorney general merrick garland is facing new calls to the ag under the microscope. following the warning that saudi arabia will face consequences for teaming up with russia, delma cutting oil production, they are now punching back. suggesting the president s playing politics are urging oil producing nations not to cut production until after midterms. but we begin tonight in north