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biden really needs the cooperation of partners like mexico as he tries to get a handle on the situation of migrants at the u.s. southern border. when the administration announced the expansion of title 42 last week, it included an agreement from mexico to accept tens of thousands of migrants who are being turned away at the u.s. border back into mexico. so that is going to be, again, a very important topic of discussion. jake sullivan reported by told reporters this morning, don t expect new plans or announcements from this bilateral meeting. the two countries are really just going to need to take some time to figure out whether the initial agreement is working. m.j., there are a lot of critics of president biden s trip to the border sunday, including the union, many officials, the governor of texas. have white house officials responded to any of the criticisms, including that he didn t meet with my migrants while there? reporter: yeah, you know, it was really notable tha
we are together. they ve sat there, they have laughed and they have chuckled and pointed fingers at us. you know what? as my friend from florida just said, we re together. neil: well, not quite all together right now. the 20 that are resisting kevin mccarthy remain about that now. we re about the halfway point of a ninth vote to see who will lead the house of representatives. looks like for the ninth time in a row, kevin mccarthy is going to have to suit up for number 10. that is if we get to a number 10. under others there, you can see 11 votes for someone other than kevin mccarthy. keep in mind the republican leader can shed no more than four of his republican colleagues. in this vote, as in the prior eight, he has failed to do so. chad pergram has the latest from capitol hill. chad? neil, this is the longest speaker election since 1923. the house is now taking the ninth vote for speaker. it must go to a tenth. the goal was for kevin mccarthy to move the dial today. p
we have teams on the ground as we prepare for the eventual landfall. we are in florida, and carlos suarez is in tampa in gulfport, and carlos, as we ve been discussing, tampa, that is where the real worry is because they re worried about storm surge and a lot of the residential areas there are vulnerable. reporter: that is exactly right, jim and poppy. the concern is the forecasted five to ten foot storm surge with hurricane ian. we are in gulfport. that is about a half hour drive outside of tampa where a number of businesses right before the barrier islands have already boarded up. they have their plywood out and sandbags in place. other business owners, they re about to start doing that right now. in fact, mike jackson, you own a shop out here. you ve got your sandbags almost in place but you have to start doing some work out here. we have to board up the windows and try to cover up these windows an the door. we still have to sandbag our door after we put some spray foa
news from ukraine, where a series of explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv this morning. ukraine says, the russian missile attack is targeting critical infrastructure. we will go live to ukraine for the latest. plus, the house under republican rule. we will look at the chaos the gop has brought in congress in its first week in charge of the house, and the latest on the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents, and what s behind the double standard in how the biden case is being treated compared to the case of a certain twice impeached ex president. then, the featured author for today s edition of the velshi banned book club is a story to herself, and author, yes, but also a filmmaker. folklorist and voodoo expert among many other things. we will dive into zora neal hearst in, their eyes were watching god, next hour. velshi starts now. and good morning. it s saturday, january the 14th. we are one week into hundreds 18th congress. in four