florida. he s laying more groundwork for his expected re-election bid on the turf of donald trump and florida governor ron desantis. and biden administration officials now reveal new evidence that a massive chinese balloon was spying on the united states, saying it was capable of monitoring secret communications and gathering intelligence. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in t te situation room. let s go right to the scene of that massive earthquake where rescue and recovery teams are working into the night. they re finding far more bodies than survivors three days after the first powerful tremor hit. cnn is on the ground in turkey, covering the destruction there and in syria. first to you. tell us what s happening where you are in southern turkey. reporter: well, wolf, earlier today, we traveled down to the city that is in hatai province, one of the hardest-hit provinces here in turkey, and on almost e
more. bigger than football. damar hamlin gets tonight s last word, the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, the house is an order, or is it? speaker kevin mccarthy has the gavel, and his party has a preview of what the next two years of divided government could look like. then brazil s big lie, chaotic scenes as far-right supporters of former president bolsonaro stormed the capitol, while he appears to be in florida. the direct line from there to january 6th, tomorrow hamlin s remarkable recovery gets even better, in buffalo tonight with a massive pouring of support. as we get underway on this monday night. ht good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, after a marathon election, now speaker kevin mccarthy as gather the house into session for the rules, vote tonight. the house will be in order. since the speaker election took a total of four long days, the rules vote became a test of unity prowse republicans, and they managed to pass it with just
ensuring that the storage of classified records did not result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security so they said d.o.j., you get the documents, not going to trump, not going through the special master. so what happens next? the special master is still doing something here? the special master still has his job. we are here. it s not necessarily over. trump can still ask the 11th circuit to rehear the case en banc, which means all the judges. it wouldn t surprise me if trump tries to get the case to the supreme court. i don t think they take the case. the special master still has to go through the other 10,000 documents. trump wants it done by mid-october. d.o.j. wants to get it done quicker than that. d.o.j. has the 100 classified documents and can use them in the investigation. they more or less have everything that they really want. exactly. they cared about those 100 classified documents more than all the others. ginni thomas, the house vetting c
and supporting prop d to build more affordable housing hi, everyone, it s all happening. it s 4:00 in new york on election day. the end of a campaign that has been like none other in recent history. more than 44 million people have already voted and millions more will have voted before the polls close in the next few hours in all 50 states. it has been an election season defined not just by the issues that dominate every election including the state of the economy, how people feel about the state of the economy, but it s also been defined by an unprecedented threat to income on the ballot and the first national election after the january 6th insurrection. in nearly every state there are republicans who have affirmed their commitment to this same big lie that led to that attack on the u.s. capitol. their races for governor, attorney general, and secretary of state that could have major implications on the next election, 2024, especially if the twice impeached ex-president as
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning and welcome, everyone. it is sunday, january 22nd, i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. we re grateful that you are spending part of your morning with us. we begin with breaking news out of california where at least ten people have been killed after a shooting in monterey park, just east of los angeles. investigators say at least ten others were injured. we want to take you now live to the community where this happened. cnn national correspondent camila bernal is live on the scene for us this morning. we heard from law enforcement officials just about 10 to 15 minutes ago, and the main point that they were expressing was that they need help from the community because this suspect is still on the loose and they don t have a description of him that they can publicize right now. reporter: they do not, boris. good morning. they say they will likely release more information in the coming hours. but as of now, all they re s