vote for house speaker starts right now. any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i m erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnn s special live coverage. i m jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebels have been the most productive conversations yet in a week characterized by breakdowns, backroom bitterness, back stabbing and six very public rebukes of mccarthy and mccarthy has offered the 20 hard-line hold-outs a cornucopia of concessions including ones dealing with the rules such as lowering the threshold to recall a speaker. you only need a single vote according to what mccarthy offered but the outlines of a deal running the risk of alienating the 200 some member was voted for mccarthy ag
case. people who had their campaigns funded by david macintosh and club for growth are not listening to him. they re not listening to former president trump so do they really have the influence that they think they have? yeah, chaos feeds on chaos, happy birthday, congressman. we ll go up to the capitol to manu raju and, manu, tell us about the key meeting of these rebels, of these conservative holeouts happening right now. tell us more. reporter: this can be a pivotal meeting. several members we are looking closely to see how they will vote are holed up in emmer s office, a member of the republican leadership. it includes chip roy, scott perry, byron donalds, dan bishop, all people who have not three of the four haven t indicated how they may vote on this particular round. i asked byron donalds himself who first had been nominated here in this ballot whether he will vote for himself. he refused to say. he would not say whether he would vote for himself. you guys have a
Situation room. I will see you tomorrow. Got to transcript of todays but the Adult Film Stars such money deal. And the prediction that if for Affair Allegations went public, it could be the final nail direct quote, your final nail in the coffin for trump just weeks before the 2016 election, the explosive testimony wrapping up shortly after trump was forced to take take down inflammatory post complying with the judges ruling. That is violated. His gag order. Trump. Now, i noticed that he could be jailed. Yes. Jailed if hes found in contempt. Again for the next hour, well take you inside the courtroom from gavel to gavel are reporters an experts are standing by to break down on todays most important developments and look ahead to whats next welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer with a Special Report in the Situation Room, the trump trial today Donald Trumps historic criminal trial is set to resume on thursday with more compelling and poten
5. 9 trillion. The tax package, the driver right now getting closer and closer to a done deal. In the Senate Committee will be procedural motions, then 20 hours of debate, then the tax cut vote should be by friday. Believe it or not, it is possible senator mccain will pass the deciding vote. He killed obamacare repeal, will he kill tax cuts . We simply dont know. Will Claire Mccaskill vote yes . That too is possible especially after President Trump speaks in her home state of missouri today. He will say tax cuts, quote, poor rocket fuel on the economy. Just let missouri voters want to hear. Senator mccaskill is up for reelection. Have we got a show for you, including Nbcs Matt Lauer has been fired. Varney company is about to begin. This is truly a bomb show. Nbc not lower its outcome is fired from the today show. Heres the reaction from savanna guthrie in the morning show today. Roll it. For the moment, all we can say is we are heartbroken. Im heartbroken. Matt is made dear, dear frien
A man wearing explosive device detonating a bomb inside of the citys subway system. An investigation is currently underway into the suspect. His background and his motive. How the effects of the attack are spreading across the country two weeks before christmas. Plus President Trump is looking to deliver on tax reform. New details on the president s closing arguments to overhaul our nations tax code. Well take to you the alabama where it is the final day of campaigning between republican roy moore and democrat roy jones. David less than 24 hours away. Meanwhile a recap of the markets. The dow shrugging off a attempted terror attack in the Financial Capital of the world, closing at a new high for the 66th time under President Trump. Nicole petallides, any sign at all there was a terror attack in this town . Youre absolutely right. The markets seem to be unfazed. Unfortunately these events are terrible but at the same time the markets have really become somewhat resilient because weve ha