for votes. kevin pmccarthy huddling with those to become speaker of the house. one doubling down on his opposition just moments ago. plus new details of the idaho murder. how the spektrct was tracked do and putin suffer ing on the battlefield. losses growing inside russia. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. house leader kevin mccarthy still on the hill at this hour, still meeting with members of his party with just hours to go for that critical vote of speaker of the house. dozens of republicans seen going in and out of mccarthy s office. among them congressman matt gaetz. significant, one of the republicans who s been a hard no on his gavel. moments ago leaving mccarthy s office, gaetz offered this update. give in to your demands? might vote for him tomorrow? i don t know. i m a no. i m a no. tomorrow the entire conference gathers to hear mccarthy make his final case for the speakership. shortly after that, if he doesn t get su
yet. that is it for me. the lead with jake tapper starts now. kevin mccarthy playing an intense version of let s make a deal. the lead starts right now. promises and concessions as kevin mccarthy s bid to become house speaker comes down to the wire in a group of republican hard liners continue to push their demands. plus, those tragic idaho college murders. how police tracked down a suspected killer through dna evidence, the web, and his hyundai elantra. and air pressure. passengers still trying to get their bags back. how easy is it to get a refund if you were a stranded passenger? the points guy is here with answers. we begin today in our politics lead. time is running out for kevin mccarthy and his dreams of wielding the speaker s gavel, making the possibility of a real floor fight increasingly likely. that s something that has not happened in the united states since 1923. right now, he is in deal making mode. working the phones, trying to win overholdouts, including adw
the daring assault came after russian missiles hit the ukraine capital at start of the new year holiday. kyiv s mayor said that two people were killed and many other it s wounded saturday when rockets hit a hotel in residential neighborhoods. a new reminder needed, that this war threatens ukrainian lives far from the front line. many in kyiv spent the last day of 2022 sheltering in metro stations and underpasses. others put on a brave face to venture out. i guess this is how they congratulate us with the new year, she said. close to where the first explosion happened. it was very frightening. this man said shelling people on this day is nothing but villainous. they re just animals. russian shelling continued sunday, hitting a children s
a daring assault came after rus russian missiles hit the ukrainian capital after the start of the new year holiday. kyiv s mayor said two people were killed and many wounded saturday when rockets hit a hotel and residential neighborhoods. a new reminder if needed that this war threatens ukrainian lives far from the front line. many in kyiv spent the last day of 2022 sheltering in metro stations and underpasses. others put on a brave face to venture out. i guess this is how they congratulate us with a new year, she said. we were very close to where the first explosion happened. it was very frightening. and he said, shelling people on this day is nothing but villainous. they re just animals. russian shelling continued sunday, hitting a children s hospital in the southern city of