the death toll from the russian missile attack on the apartment building in dnipro, ukraine, a rising. ukrainian officials say the total number of people killed now stands at 44. earlier this morning ukraine s first lady olena zelenska speaking in davos condemning russia for the senseless murder of civilians. translator: there is nothing off limits for russia. this missile was built to destroy aircraft carriers and was used against the civilian infrastructure. these ordinary people at home on a saturday, that s enough reason for russia to skill. we will take you live to the site of that atrocity where search and rescue efforts are ongoing. here in the u.s. several meetings are happening today. president biden hosts the dutch prime minister at the white house, secretary of state antony blinken meets his uk counterpart in a high-level delegation from the united states is in kyiv at this very moment. all this as russia says it is planning to increase troop levels. we a
happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
candidates are all over the trail yuck trying to convince people to get the pole. we are in georgia and pennsylvania, where important races are still in play. plus i have my conversation with wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes. he could become the first black senator from his state. they also opened up about being the underdog at what republicans are telling him on the campaign trail. and congressman jim clyburn is joining us today. yes, the wig is here, y all. he s going to talk about why he is refusing to give into the idea of republicans winning control of the house on tuesday. i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say! today, y all. bring in the election is a. it has been a long campaign season, but now there s less than 48 hours until the midterm elections. and election day. there s so much at stake in so much going on in this race to the finish. i m talking about control of congress, balance of power in state legislatures and a handful of gove
leaders there. and a moment of silence as the uk and world prepare to say good-bye to a beloved monarch and how the queen consort camilla remembered her majesty, her mother-in-law. james longman reports from london. new horrors revealed in ukraine. they have found nearly a dozen torture chambers. tom soufi burridge is in the town of izyum as workers recover hundreds of bodies from mass graves. among them, women and children. and a warning from president biden to vladimir putin. the deadly earthquake in taiwan. buildings collapse, the images coming in of people running for their lives inside a sports cmplex. an urgent manhunt in louisiana after a popular college student is gunned down. her grieving family is demanding answers. dramatic new video. the cockpit footage of the moment a bird strike brought down a naval jet. how the pilots managed to get out just in time. the battle over the border is escalating. more buses carrying migrants arrive in washington and new yo
the house this morning. lawmakers set to vote again in two hours. but gop leader kevin mccarthy has put up a new offer he hopes will win over a faction of his party. that has been fighting against his candidate us is. what he s giving up now and why it might hurt him with moderates. also what is president trump trump s roul roel? he s made call to holdouts asking them to vote for mccarthy. what they told him to do instead and why he s now predicting a big win today. plus the man accused of stabbing four university of idaho students is back in idaho. what new body camera footage released by police shows. and the latest on buffalo bills safety damar hamlin three days after he suffered cardiac arrest in the game against the bengals. what the bills are saying about the change in his condition. next hour, president biden will address the southern border ahead of his first trip since taking office. what his administration is doing while the supreme court wait s to reconsider