residents. officials fearful people living alone without power may not have survived. buffalo police cracking down on looters. mona kosar abdi in buffalo, rob marciano standing by timing out a major rainmaker for new year s eve. news just coming in from the cdc. the u.s. imposing new covid restrictions on all travelers from china, as the country faces a surge of new covid infections, pushing hospitals to the brink. urgent concerns tonight for the health of retired pope benedict. the vatican revealing today the 95-year-old former pontiff is, quote, very sick. marcus moore at the vatican, where pope francis is asking for prayers tonight. growing frustration at the southern border. after the supreme court extended the trump-era immigration policy known as title 42. will carr reporting on the urgent need for more facilities to cope with the crush of people. new details tonight on congressman-elect george santos, already facing accusations he lied about much of his biograp
i am laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. well, here we go again. they will come back and do it all over again a couple of hours. you know exactly what i am talking about because the house voted to adjourn until noon tomorrow, a vote that kevin mccarthy won by a skin of his teeth. and coming back to vote again, because there has not yet been a speaker of the house elected. it s all right now about buying time for more negotiations behind closed doors, so the fact that the motion to adjourn even past, that s a little bit of good news for kevin mccarthy. he did speak to manu raju just a little while ago saying that he still believes that he will become the next speaker of the house, but he would not commit to when that would actually take place or even getting it wrapped up by tomorrow. wrapped up by tomorrow night? no, i am not putting timeline on it. i think we have progress going on, members talking. i think we have a little movement, so we will see. we will have mor
his mother had to move six times in six months to get away from walker s violence. walker responded to this quickly. he denied the abortion claims instantly vehemently, and in a fox news interview today, walker denied knowing who his accuser is. despite this get well card that allegedly shows his signature and an alleged image of a personal check that was signed by walker. have you figured out who it is? not at all, and that s what i hope everyone can see. it s sort of like everyone is anonymous, everyone is leaking, and they want you to confess to something you have no clue about. but it just shows how desperate they are right now. so, what may surprise you as much as the claim is the reaction among some prominent conservative antiabortion voices. how many times have i said four very important words? these four words, winning is a virtue? so, i don t care if herschel walker paid to abort, endanger baby eagles. i want control of the senate. endanger baby eagles. oka
conspiracy theory. opening statements were delivered for stewart rods in a courtroom today. they re accused of plotting to overthrow our government by force on january 6, 2021, among other crimes. all five have pleaded not guilty. three other members of the oath keepers have pleaded guilty to the sedition charge, as part of plea deals. two more sedition trials are scheduled to take place this year. but this is the first time in over a decade that federal prosecutors have argued that americans plotted to violently oppose the u.s. government. they re opening statement featured videos capturing the oath keepers actions at the capitol that day, along with messages and other communications among the defendants. stewart rhodes himself never entered the building on january 6th, but he was videoed on the capitol grounds. the doj has a recording from rhodes from four days after the attack saying his only regret is that the oath keepers should have brought, rifles, end quote on januar
77 minutes. the major development tonight in a disturbing case that made national headlines, after roe was overturned. the 10-year-old girl from ohio who was raped, who went to get an abortion in indiana, because of no exceptions for rape in ohio. tonight, a suspect now charged in the case. the january 6th committee and their new focus before their last hearing now. a detailed account of what president trump did and did not do for 187 minutes inside the white house, as the january 6th attack was unfolding. and what about the witness who congresswoman liz cheney says the former president tried to reach? where that stands tonight. rachel scott live on the hill. president biden on his first trip to the middle east tonight. the president visiting israel, then the west bank. and next, his controversial trip to saudi arabia. who he will meet with. and mary bruce is traveling with the president. the shark attack on long island. the second attack in ten days. what we ve learn