top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. i ll talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police say she was shot by her 6-year-old student. as football evolves, so does its safety practices. you re in the cnn newsroom. an olive branch this saturday from president biden to the new house speaker kevin mccarthy. the president called mccarthy to congratulate him on his hard-fought win on the 15th vote. it s the kind of civility lacking at times among the speaker s own republican members overnight. moments after mccarthy confronted matt gaetz for forcing that 15th vote, congressman mike ro
department, but this comes just one week after the white house had revealed that additional documents had been found at the wilmington home just the previous week. there have now been three different times that are known so far where that wilmington home has been searched for documents since they first learned of the classified documents found at the penn biden center. on thursday, president biden responded to questions about this investigation when he was traveling out in california. he ultimately believes there is no there there. he also said he s been following the advice of his attorneys. he was asked if he had any regrets about the way they ve disclosed some of these classified document discoveries. president biden simply said no. it s interesting to note that the white house and personal attorneys are releasing this statement late on a saturday night. of course, there has been a trickling out of revelations regarding these classified documents, something that at times
over the republican party and will 2023 be the year democrats take on the judiciary? i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. good news, the house of representatives officially has a new speaker. in the early hours of the morning after four days and, yes, 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy managed to drag himself across the finish line. earlier today, president biden released a statement congratulating the new speaker. pledging the work with mccarthy to deliver for the american people. white house republicans spent the week bickering excuse me, while house republicans spent the week bickering, biden was busy building bridges literally. on wednesday, the president traveled to kentucky to celebrate last year s bipartisan infrastructure. lot more than one billion dollars in funding from that bill will go to words repairs to repair the great spence bridge. biden stood alongside senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, creating a stark split screen between what was happeni
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[inaudible] it s menendez, all she will be with you from 7 pm eastern for a special two hour look at matt dashed election day. that is where we begin this hour, with the question of whether american democracy [inaudible] in two days time, the biggest test yet amidst great amid election day is just the next three days. think again. also tonight, young voters [inaudible] now eligible voters this time around. at democracies peril. actress sofia busch is live tonight to reproductive rights and why it is nonsense to say this election is between the economy. this moment, she says, is nothing short of a national emergency. good evening, i m mehdi hasan. this is perilous and precarious time for american democracy. on the ballot in these critical midterm elections. of the weekend, it kisses like wisconsin, final early voters were casting their ballots. election day is now less than two days away. so, tonight, i want you to picture the scene as we take you to a post midterm future. i