tomorrow, morning members say committee will meet, which means that by this time tomorrow, night we could learn more about the deals that kevin mccarthy made, which include key committee positions, in exchange for this party needs to some are not known, even the members. joining us is cnn capitol hill reporter, melanie zanona, what do we know more about these so ideals of the speaker movement? anderson, gop leaders are not committed to making a list of every concession kevin mccarthy made in his quest to become speaker. despite the fact they have called for a more open and transparent government. now, some of these concessions were explicitly spelled out and a house rules package, which republicans did pass last, night with the support of every republican except for one. but some of these other promises that were, made ridden through more of a handshake deal. gop leaders are insisting that there is an official master, list and wasn t aside, deal they tried to walk members
attack on the capitol city. president biden right now in mexico for the first time as president, getting ready to go one-on-one with the mexican leader as the politics over immigration top headlines. we re live in mexico city. also this hour, you ve got the house getting ready to come into session. kevin mccarthy now officially in charge. trying to set the rules and set the tone for his term with the gavel. this hour, not all republicans on board for today s vote. even with some of the concessions mccarthy made. with our new reporting on what is being called an aggressive pace of gop-led investigations. plus, hundreds of people under arrest under violent protests of brazil s congress. supporters have recently ousted jir bolsonaro, storming the capitol building and why presidential extradition could be part of the conversation. i m talking with a top national security official about that later on in the show. we have a ton to get to in the next hour. let s get startsed wit
viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. bianca s off for the day. just ahead on cnn newsroom. there has been another set of documents that have been discovered. some of those documents have been classified. this is an ongoing process. he takes it seriously when it comes to classified documents. there s no indication that santos is going to resign because he clearly has no shame. we don t need george santos but if he wants to do the right thing, i think he should resign. his father s friends calling him a sociopath and be court documents dated in 2019. he s leaving tools, clues, signs everywhere. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. well, it is thursday, january 112th, silence speaks louder than words. in the case of the misplaced classified documents the white house is very quiet. that s after president biden s legal team found a second set of classified doc
mitch mcconnell s reelection campaign for the election campaign back in 2014. perhaps you will find it reassuring to know that they had a reason for doing this. under u.s. campaign finance rules, politicians are prohibited from coordinating with the super pacs that support them. but over the years, campaigns have found creative ways around those rules. a campaign watchdog group noted at the time that mcconnell s campaign at the time likely put out that campaign publicly so he s super pack could use the footage to make their own mitch mcconnell. plausible deniability for finance collaboration would be hey we re not collaborating with super pacs, we just want to make this strange stock footage video. we needed to be out there. the story of that weird very video is helpful in understanding what just happened with ron desantis s campaign. according to the new york times, a firm associated with the super pac that is taken over desantis is presidential campaign, posted online
are played by the senior senator from kentucky. now, that video was released by mitch mcconnell s re-election campaign back in 2014 and perhaps he will find it reassuring to know that they had a reason for doing this. under u.s. campaign finance rules politicians are prohibited from coordinating with the super pacs that support them, but over the years campaigns have found creative ways around those rules. a campaign watchdog group noted at the time mcconnell s campaign likely put out that video publicly so that his super pac could then use the footage to make their own mitch mcconnell ads. the plausible deniability for any campaign finance violation here appears to be, hey, we re not coordinating with any super pacs, we just really wanted to make this strange stock footage video. we just needed it to be out there. and the story of that weird video is actually pretty helpful in understanding what happened with ron desantis campaign.