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plus a look ahead at what is expected to be one of the key political storylines of 2023. trump versus desantis. more on that ahead. we are going to start with some breaking news. kevin mccarthy set to hold a call with a gop conference in about an hour s time. he s facing some tough numbers in his fight for the house speaker. abc s ali roth joins me now from capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about your scoop. just about an hour from now, this big gop meeting. yeah, lindsay, my colleague haley talbot and i getting the scoop about an hour ago that really explains what kevin mccarthy is doing in these last two days before that make-or-break moment, the speaker s election on tuesday. sources are telling us that in less than an hour at 4 pm he s going to hold this call with members of the house gop caucus, really trying to solidify every last gop vote, every ounce of support he can be for that critical vote on tuesday. the last thing he wants to happen is for, is to no
just days away from being seated, despite an avalanche of lies about almost every facet of his life. helping him, out the fact that kevin mccarthy needs santos and every single vote he can get to win his bid for speaker of the house. we will have a bit the latest on that battle ahead. but first, millions of people around the world already saying, hello to 2023. here are some live pictures from dubai where the clock is striking midnight. just a beautiful spectacular display at the world s tallest building. the burj khalifa. and, earlier australia rang in the new year with fireworks along the sydney harbor. and, crowds in new zealand were among the very first to enter 2023. here is a look at how they ring in the new year on pretoria island in, victoria harbour i should, say in hong kong. gorgeous colorful display there. and, here in new york we have still got several hours to go, but revelers are getting excited for the times square celebration with no covid restrictions for th
resigning from the papacy because of the sailing how. nbc s molly hunter is joining us at the vatican. molly, welcome. we know every other pope since the 15th century have led the catholic church until their death. so what do we know about funeral plans, especially since there hasn t really been one for a retired pope in what, six centuries. six centuries. and certainly the vatican didn t release any plans over the last several weeks or days, alex. before i go to the actual, planning i do i don t know if you can hear the hints of the background. i do want to just bring our audience a little bit of this. this is the final prayer service of the year 2022. pope francis had already scheduled. does this was pre-scheduled. he started his plans even other news of course this. morning this is the first time that we saw him since the news of his predecessors that broke. i just want to share a little bit of what he said tonight to open up of service. he said, with emotion, we remembe
become speaker of the house. no no many having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. he and, with that, the 11th rejection, within three hours shy of the 11th hour of the third day of his failure. the speaker called went up to end the proceedings tomorrow. the question is on the motion that the house stands adjourned, until noon tomorrow. those in favor say aye those opposed no. [screaming] [screaming] [crow] those in favor of a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number members will record their vote by electronic device. well the counting, instantly they ended without congressman mccarthy having won a single hold out despite more interesting moments, the cnn manu raju spoke with him a short time ago, he told us. yeah, kevin mccarthy still told us there is the path of the speakership despite losing 11 times, despite losing the first multiple ballot speaker election occur in a century and seeing this many ballo