Reporter ryan, suddenly back in the spotlight after a chaotic day on capitol hill. Kevin mccarthy, the republican frontrunner to replace john boehner abruptly pulled out of the speakers race. I dont want to go to the floor and win with 220 votes. I think the best thing for our party right now is that you have 247 votes on the floor. If we are going to be strong, we have to be 100 united. Reporter mccarthys move blind siding his colleagues and leaving the fractured Republican Party in disarray. Out of the way. Reporter with his budgets aimed at overhauling medicare, ryan has quickly become a favorite of the conservative wing of his party. Hes a prolific fundraiser and close to the party establishment. He appears to have the job locked up only if he wants it. Somebody in the leadership said they are thinking more and more paul might say yes. Reporter sources tell cnn ryan has not shut the door to the prospect and will listen to his colleagues pitches at todays gop meeting. Ryan refused t
They need help. Police officers were there as well. This was awesome to have this on your show and the fact she wanted to meet you and she felt like you were helping to support her as well so it goes both ways but people here, this is life or death and so you have to keep pushing and hopefully get that story out there. Thank you for shining the spotlight and for telling the full story and talking to those young people, including diane. Ryan young, thank you. Happy thanksgiving to you. Thank you. Happy thanksgiving. We continue on. You are watching cnn on this holiday thursday. Im brooke baldwin. Happy thanksgiving. As far as whats on tap today. Donald trump is calling on the nation to heal divisions on this holiday but as the president elect looks to move forward, a Million Dollar effort is under way to take a hard look back. The money to fund a recount of votes in three battleground states is there because of the possibility of hacking. However there is no evidence of tampering. We ha
Or four states instead of the 15 states i visited. I would have won more easily and convincingly, but smaller states are forgotten. His comments follow news as the Clinton Campaign is joining with jill stein in pushing for a recount in several states. Senior state of the union, trump adviser Kellyanne Conway blasted the recount effort. He has been gracious and ignamimous to secretary clinton when at a time, in whatever reason, her folks say they the will join in a recount to somehow undo the 70 plus electoral votes he beat her by. I was asked on cnn and elsewhere goodness, a thousand times, will donald trump accept the Election Results . Now youve got the democrats and jill stein saying they do not accept the Election Results . She congratulated him and conceded to him on election night. I was right there. The idea that were going to drag this out now, where the president elect has been incredibly magnamnimous is incredible. I dont know that theyre false claims but that millions of peo
Antiestablishment movement. Today, moore is now facing a flood of calls from his own party to step aside. If there is any shred of truth to these stories, he ought to step aside now. Allegations, if true, to me, means he needs to step aside. If thats true, i dont believe there would be any place for him in the u. S. Senate. And heres how the white house responded to the news. The president believes we cannot allow a mere allegation in this case one from many years ago, to destroy a persons life. However, the president also believes that if these allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. But roy moore is not dropping out. Hes not backing down. Hes not stepping aside. He says he is innocent. He is he himself a victim of, quote, liberal media and the forces of evil. He also says he will never give up the fight. So where does all of this leave this very important race as voters will get ready to head to the polls in just a month in alabama. Lets go to alabam
The white house says no comment following the news first on cnn that the first charges had been filed in the problem led by special counsel robert mueller. Mueller is investigating russian interference in the 2016 election, possible collusion with Donald Trumps campaign, as well as possible obstruction of justice by the president. A federal judge has ordered the charges remain sealed, but sources tell cnn anyone could be taken into custody as soon as monday. Still unclear who could be charged or the possible charges. All of this unfolding with President Trump at his golf club in virginia right now. Our correspondents and expert analysts are standing by to break it all down for us. We begin with cnns shimon propez who helped break the story. What are the expectations . The expectations so far from everything we know from sources that weve talked to that it will be possibly as soon as monday that we learn of these charges, that we learn of who exactly was indicted and what charges they f