let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had votes to elect mccarthy on the 14th ballot, but when that seem headed for baylor, mccarthy s allied huddled around the florida congressman, matt gates, to get him to vote for mccarthy. instead, gates voted present, which is not good enough to win mccarthy in speakership. after the roll call, mccarthy himself approached gates, the two exchanged words amid a group of other lawmakers. mccarthy was the
weinstein sequel. the disgraced movie mogul returns to los angeles, facing a new sex crimes trial. and later, carly simon s sorrow. the singer pays tribute to her two sisters, both women dying from cancer one day apart. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with the fast-approaching midterm elections. both parties are pressing hard to show why they deserve your vote. democrats focused on their legislative accomplishments, republicans on the economy and crime. at stake, both houses of congress. votes are already being cast in many states across the country in person and by mail. cbs s christina ruffini leads us off tonight from the white house. christina, good evening. reporter: good evening, jericka. well, after a quiet weekend at home in delaware, president biden will head to pennsylvania this week and florida the next as we come into the home stretch of thi
this despite her repeated pledge. we re not cooperating with ice and we re a sanctuary city. we re a city that is a sanctuary city. we have immigrants from all over the world who call chicago their home. we re a welcoming city, a sanctuary city. chicago police department will not cooperate with ice. chicago has been a welcoming city and a city of immigrants since its founding. proudly so. the crisis at the border growing more deadly by the day. border patrol confirming at least nine migrants have drowned trying to cross the rio grande into texas, garrett tenney is live in eagle pass, texas. what have you got? the last few days alone. those deaths prompted the border patrol to issue an extreme warning asking migrants not to cross illegally due to strong currents in the river after getting a lot of rain with potentially more on the way. despite that warning, large groups of hundreds of migrants continue to cross over the weekend including some with young children. former
but concerns this morning about national security after bombshell reporting that the documents of donald trump s florida home contain highly sensitive intel on iran and china. these new revolutions, today increase the odds of trump being criminally charged? we will talk to our experts. plus the january six committee officially issued a subpoena to donald trump. the very same day the steve bannon got four months in prison for contempt of congress. well donald trump comply, or with the set up a historic court battle. and later, we have seen the footage, florida residents visibly shocked by voter fraud arrests, courtesy of governor ron desantis. one of the cases has already been dismissed. will more follow? i will talk to a lawyer representing one of the people arrested. all that and more is coming up. and a happy saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. this morning, new details on the contents of at least some of those roughly 13,000 documents the fbi agents took from donal
with police. we want to willing our viewers in the united states and the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin with the political upheaval in britain. prime minister johnson resigning after a truly historic revolt in the conservative party over a series of ethics scandals. max foster is outside parliament for us. a seismic shakeup for the uk. walk us through the dramatic developments. reporter: wolf, you can say that johnson can claim notable wins. he was the man most responsible, the person most responsible for bringing the uk out of the european union. he was responsible for that. there was the vaccine rollout, him supporting ukraine and there were scandals and every time he managed to mishandle them. he said there with respect parties in downing street in lockdown and had to apologize and say there were. latest a member of the government accused of sexual assault. johnson s office said he didn t know about it but he did know about it. that wa