weeks away, donald trump is taking his campaign rhetoric to dark extremes. we re getting new reaction to trump s immigrant-bashing that s invoking comparisons to nazi germany. the gop governor of new hampshire chris sununu joins us live this hour. also tonight, two former georgia election workers are su su suing rudy giuliani again after he was ordered to pay the women nearly $150 million in damages. we re going to tell you what they want now. and hamas releases video of three elderly israelis it s holding captive in gaza. the u.s. is playing a role in restarting negotiations aimed at freeing the remaining captives amid pleas from hostages. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. exactly four weeks from tonight, the first votes of the 2024 presidential election cycle will be cast in iowa. and gop front-runner donald trump is trying to fire up supporters with ugly and very chilling new attacks on immigrants. cnn s omar jimenez has more on trump s rhetoric and t
up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we d get up here. ing. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present. since they weren t nos, the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressman matt gaetz. the victory came after that,s just one more round later. i may not know al
we re monitoring any developments on that and we ll bring them to you. i m harris falkier and you with in the faulkner focus. mccarthy suggesting votes would continue through the weekend if the stalemate continues. the vote failed again on the 11th round last night. we re so far beyonn anything li this since 1859. and we re in a whole new territory. mccarthy and allies hoping their ne give him a viable path to speakership. they include pretty much all of the demands of the anti-mccarthy members. no word on any defectors budging yet. mccarthy backers aren t happy, to say the least. i m not a member of congress now. i can t get classified briefings. i can t do my job. i can t do what we are supposed to do to fix the border. i can t tell you what is go being on with the cartels. we can t do any of that because 20 people don t like kevin mccarthy. this is an extreme disservice to the american people. harris: former house speaker newt gingrich in focus. let s begin with se
A massive manhunt comes to an end in belgium after Brussels Police shoot and kill the suspected terrorist overnight. Ainsley police say the suspect opened fire just before a Soccer Match Killing Two swedish nationals and wounding a taxi driver. He later identified himself as a member of the Islamic State in an online Video Prompting belgium leaders to raise the terror alert to its highest level ever. Steve we didnt see that coming. Meanwhile the public is being asked to stay vigilant but prosecutors say nothing suggests the attack was linked to the war between israel and hamas. Apparently just a coincidence. Ainsley and to another alert this morning, President Biden will head to israel tomorrow as the jewish state strikes hamas targets and the terror Group Continues to fire rockets. Brian here we go. President biden will then continue on to jordan to meet with the countrys king the president of the palestinian authority. Steve all this as the war in israel reaches a new level with hama
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