Scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. Im Edward Lawrence in for neil cavuto. This is a Special Edition of your world. The first of 2023. More on the tax hikes in just a moment. First to chad pergram where the Leadership Drama is unfolding. Chad . Edward, its been 100 years since theres this much uncertainty as to who would be speaker of the house. Kevin mccarthy can only lose four votes, but theres five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. Kevin doesnt have the votes. Theres more than five people. Youll see that as we go into the election on january 3. There was 36 people that voted against Kevin Mccarthy on the conference vote. Mccarthy made a concession last night to those that oppose him. They demanded that he lower the bar for members to call for a new speakers election in the middle of the congress. He agreed. Some members still have reservations. Rosendale called his olive branch disingenuous. You think the package has moved any votes to yes . Yes. What will you
scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. i m edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is a special edition of your world. the first of 2023. more on the tax hikes in just a moment. first to chad pergram where the leadership drama is unfolding. chad? edward, it s been 100 years since theres this much uncertainty as to who would be speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy can only lose four votes, but there s five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. kevin doesn t have the votes. there s more than five people. you ll see that as we go into the election on january 3. there was 36 people that voted against kevin mccarthy on the conference vote. mccarthy made a concession last night to those that oppose him. they demanded that he lower the bar for members to call for a new speaker s election in the middle of the congress. he agreed. some members still have reservations. rosendale called his olive branch disingenuous. you think the package has moved any votes t
international. orlando international is also seeing some disruptions. considerably shorter with delays now sitting anywhere between 30 to 45 minutes. tampa international appears to be doing well considering the situation. it posted on twitter that miami air traffic control is having some issues at the moment, but almost all flights in and out of tpa are unaffected. so at this hour, you know, folks are facing a lot of delays. you heard it, anywhere between 1 1/2 hours to 1 hour and 45 minutes. the faa says the issue with that computer system is being worked on right now. boy, what a frustrating holiday travel people for folks heading with the holiday destinations and now this as they try to make it back home. charles, it s a mess flying in to miami on a good day. i can imagine what it s like for folks at the airport there. thanks, charles watson in atlanta. fresh attacks in ukraine ramping
worst affected cities and flight routes? , ., ., , routes? this has been a really frustrating routes? this has been a really frustrating holiday routes? this has been a really frustrating holiday travel - routes? this has been a really l frustrating holiday travel season all around. frustrating holiday travel season allaround. right frustrating holiday travel season all around. right now we have storms in the midwest, so our hubs of chicago and denver are really hit hard, and atalanta, one of the busiest airports in the world, has also been hit. as you mention, there are more than 4000 cancellations worldwide, and roughly 2400 of those are here in the us. and this has just been going on since christmas eve. i think in total more than 12,000 flights have been cancelled since this started on christmas eve. and what are the airlines doing to try to help? try to help? airlines are doing their best try to help? airlines are doing their best to try to help? airlines are doing their
making frustrating holiday travel downright painful. cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. good tips there. keep it close. coming up, a tv show shocker. family guy stuns fans with the gruesome death of one of its main characters. fans are demanding a change. from $800 pillows to $5,000 beds. the store that promises a great night s sleep at a price. you are watching world news now. announcer: world news now continues after this from our abc stations.