happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
than the answer. maria, aoc getting behind biden at this point is a big deal. it is big. absolutely. i think what it allows democrats to do is show unity at a time when i think it is important to show unity, especially when you have some others on the fringe trying to make the case against joe biden. i think that what it also shows is that the democratic party, in terms of what the biden administration and messaging is into the general election is behind him. the vast majority of democrats understand, again, the historical compliments, and frankly, i think that the american people will also see, the more that democrats unite behind him, the more that they are going to be focused on, this is somebody that we should continue to support. as joe biden says, be able to finish the job. scott, marjorie kayla green was booted from the house freedom caucus by her fellow conservative hardliners? a lot doesn t surprise us in
hunting them, he was just a person looking for an opportunity. it just happened to be in that house. it s hard to take. reporter: it s really hard to cover this story, the sadness you see from not only the family members of these victims but also people here in moscow and the neighboring town of pullman, washington. one other chilling thing we saw in the affidavit, according to the police, the cell signal of this alleged murderer was detected five hours after the murders right by the house. he apparently, they feel, went back after the sun came up. gary tuchman, thank you very much for that. just ahead, the fight for the speakership set to resume soon, after kevin mccarthy picks up key conservative hardliners. will the republican leader finally grab the gavel tonight? ahead, damar hamlin s
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