i m ann marie walker. i m alex march quart in for boris sanchez. the house of representatives finally elects a speaker. how kevin mccarthy gets the votes. remarkable progress for damar hamlin and the moment he face timed his teammates from his hospital bed. and new details on the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and the father of one of the victims tells cnn why he believes the group was targeted. plus, the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug. the reported benefits and the concern coming up on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, republi
who have been on their heels for a while. general, i want to ask you about this huge aid package, almost $3 billion in aid to the ukrainian military. it includes for the first time 50 armored vehicles known as bradley fighting vehicles. these are not quite tanks which of course ukrainians have been asking for for a long time. how do you expect that these bradley fighting vehicles and the other armored vehicles that other allies are sending to ukraine, how is that going to impact the fight? well, it s quite a significant enhancement in terms of the ukrainian ground forces being able to achieve a level of maneuvering. maneuver allows forces to eat up large swathes of terrain but they need to be used. maneuverability is achieved through a combination of ground capabilities, air capabilities, long distance, you know, deep fires, great intelligence.