Unhinged rally in ohio for an hourandahalf, he delivered some migrants, animals and warning of a quote, bloodbath asked if he loses to joe biden, trump, spread more lies about the 2020 election saluting those convicted of crimes. On january 6th for their attempt to subvert democracy ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated january 6, tass ditches. You see the spirit from the hostages and thats what they are as hostages. Theyd been treated terribly, unbelievable patriots and they were unbelievable do you its nr that was met with fierce backlash from a handful of republicans, including trumps former Vice President mike pence, who has now refused to endorse his former boss well i think its very unfortunate at a time that there are american hostages being held in gaza that the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our Justice System as hostages. And its just its just unacceptable all right, lets discuss was he didnt poli
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
john, thank you very much. and you guys, everyone is not going to want to miss this. new cnn original series, giuliani, what happened to america s mayor, premiers this sunday, back to back episodes. cnn this morning continues now. i would love to know, but we re working through it and made progress today. three days into this, the longest since the 1850s. well, i have the longest speech on the floor so i like to make history. another round, but the question is, is it the last call for kevin mccarthy? good morning, everyone. caitlyn live in washington, d.c. at capitol hill once again. this is becoming my new home. i miss you guys. do i still have a chair in the studio? bring her chair back. she s coming back on monday. i swear if you re not here, we re coming there. yeah, it s remarkable. day four of the speaker s election. don, as you see what s playing out here. it certainly is. the house will be on their 12th vote when they reconvene in just a few hours. m
institution. he s not alone. kevin mccarthy is now agreeing to major concessions overnight as he tries to appease the group of gop hard liners who are standing between kevin mccarthy and the speakers gavel. we have an update this morning on damar hamlin still in critical condition but showing signs of improvement. we ll talk to his close friend, indianapolis colts safety rookie robby tomlin who just visited him. first to the speaker drama on capitol hill set to continue for day three as republican leader kevin mccarthy is seeking the job but apparently no closer to it after two days, six votes in which he has failed to secure the 218 votes needed to become sp speaker. the stalemate has rendered the house of representatives useless. no business can be conducted until a speaker is elected. mccarthy insists he is making progress, giving concessions to the 20 hard liners. the question is will it be enough. right now mccarthy does not appear anywhere ready to give up the fi
his attempt to be speaker of this house. this historic fight now surpassing the last time it went to multiple ballots. the prolonged 1923 ballot which was decided on the ninth ballot. this one will not be decided on the ninth ballot. it looks. yet for first time this week, there are some positive signs for the republican leader. they re drawing a line in the sand whether they go to the holdouts. it s not clear a deal will even net kevin mccarthy the total of 218 votes he needs to be speaker. republicans, they say they are firmly in the never kevin mccarthy camp. never. they just have one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to breaking re