united states and all around the world. i am rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, u.s. house republicans and narrowly pass a bill to raise the country s debt limit, the fight with democrats and the white house is far from over. explicit and dramatic testimony, as the woman accusing donald trump of sexual assault takes the stand. plus prosecutors and now say the classified intel stolen by the 21-year-old in national guardsmen exceeds what s been reported. and the human side of the conflict incident, we will hear from a man whose mother died in his father s arms. after a mortar attack. good to have you with, us well republicans in the u.s. house are claiming a major victory passing a bill to raise the nation s debt limit potentially avoiding economic catastrophe. but their celebration will be short lived. the measure is dead on arrival in the senate, where democrats object to huge cuts in federal spending. the bill passed by only two. both but republicans say it will st
well, you can see that the ambulances s out there on the field and they are invencely working on damar hamlin. look at the faces. showing the horror we all felt after that terrible event on the football field last night. i mean it is really, really tough to watch, and frankly, showing the video is we went back and forth whether we should show it, think you should see it and then won t play that much. i m don lemon along with kaitlan collins, and poppy harlow. damar hamlin, in critical condition after collapsing on the field last night. how did this happen? and tell you the league s response in the aftermath. today with only hours to go before republicans take control of the house, kevin mccarthy is still struggling to get the votes he would need to become speaker. we ll tell you what happens if he falls short. but we re going to begin with that terrible incident that happened on the field monday night. damar hamlin collapsing after making a tackle. the bills say he
clock negotiations, speaker mccarthy achieved the biggest legislative accomplishment of his young speakership, pushing to move the bill on straight party lines to raise the national debt limit by 1.5 trillion dollars and getting that done on republican votes alone. the bill passed 217 to 254 republicans voting for conservative members of the conference. mccarthy lost one more republican that with a bit enough to sink the measure. but, behind the scenes mccarthy is trying to sway concern from the right and trying to put in a whole slew of provisions in the package. republican priorities, ethics to go after the biden agenda as well as across the board spending cuts on domestic discretionary programs. as well as new work requirements for beneficiaries of the medicaid entitlement program. all of which have been supported by most members of the republican congress. but given the narrow majority, mccarthy had very little margin for error. but we didn t convince
weeks, with a narrow majority, he can only afford to lose four republican votes. so far, five republicans have publicly said they d vote against him. nine more penning a letter warning his attempts to win them over have been too little too late. still, allies say mccarthy isn t going to bow out of the race. he s worked very hard to get the votes. he s worked very hard to earn the job as speaker. and we ll see whether this is placated the people that put out a list of demands. he gone really up to the line. conceded on virtually everything on that two-page document. reporter: mccarthy is determined to win, even if that means multiple rounds of balloting on the house floor. something that hasn t happened for a century. behind the scenes mccarthy is still scrambling for support. one of them a rooms change that would weaken the power of the very job he s vying for and lower the threshold it takes to call for a vote to oust the speaker from a majority to just
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