program in prison tonight, his health failing. his lawyers saying he s been poisoned. and morgues in china oesh flowing full of people who were sick from covid. the government is saying, though, they re not covid deaths. why? we re live in beijing tonight with a special report. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight putin calls it a war. for the first time vladimir putin using the word war to describe his brutal invasion of ukraine. for ten months it s been called a special operation. in fact the word war has been banned. and then today hours after zelenskyy visited with biden in washington, putin said this. translator: our goal is not to spin the flywheel of military conflict but on the contrary to end this war we have been and will continue to strive for this. war. the word war is not semantics for putin. calling this a war, which again has not been allowed. it s been banned. it has serious implications because it allows putin to
we have got lots of news to cover, lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. president biden just hours away from his first trip to the southern border, after announcing new immigration programs. we are live on the ground in el paso, texas, with the latest. plus, speakership fallout. kevin mccarthy s battle to win the gavel, laid bare, deep divisions within the party. and a possible opening for democrats. we will explain as we look ahead to another crucial house vote tomorrow. and, bombshell revelations, leaked from prince harry s upcoming memoir, less than a month after getting personal in a netflix docuseries. what is his endgame? all of that and more is coming up. and, a good sunday morning to you, i am katie fang. we got brand new details on president biden s first trip to the southern border since taking office. the white house says biden will use today s trip to call in congressional republicans, to fully fund his request for border security resources, and to s
you ll find out the things you disagree upon are not insurmountable and we can finally get to resolutions and get to yes. the first test is well, first test was electing a speaker and that proved to be quite difficult. but i m glad you can laugh about it now. the next one is rules package for anyone out there wonder what that means. it s a package that dictates how the congress, the house in particular is going to run for the next couple of years. and it s not clear whether or not even that will pass. what do you think? you know, a lot of people are coming into this and grumbling, well, the people who are negotiating got everything and kevin was giving away the store. but i think part of the process with a lot of other members in working with my group, the republican governance group and explaining along the way of what was taking place, and there s nothing in this package that really hurts us because, unfortunately and i ve seen it since my time here too much power
that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a
speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. a stunned mccarthy walked up the house floor to confront gaetz. as he walked away looking dejected, enter arms services committee chairman mike rogers who lunged at gaetz and had to be restrained by fellow republican congressman hudson. many thought this was game over and the vote to adjourn until monday box office to pass be but then a breakthrough with gaetz was reached. mccarthy changed his vote on adjourning, and dozens followed. then the 15th time was the ch