from the united states all around the world, [ cheering ] the 15th time is a charm for kevin mccarthy, after four days and a bruising floor fight, the california republican is officially the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, all the dramatic scenes unfolding exactly 2 years after a violent mob stormed the capital in a failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election, we will show you how the white house marks the anniversary. the promised christmas fire fails, spending the holiday and bomb shelters. live from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with layla harak. 15 bouts and evening of high drama but kevin mccarthy secured enough votes to become speaker of the house. never has a leadership contest taken so many votes in modern times and out of 222 republicans in the house it only took six hard-line conservatives to derail him in the 14th ballot on friday night, a vote he had believed was in the bag. but right-wing firebrand matt gaetz, who had sworn to ne
initial reports claimed that all four victims who were killed were asleep, but now what we ve learned. what police believe played out just 25 minutes before the attacks. kayna whitworth tonight. buffalo bills star damar hamlin breathing on his own and surprising his teammates, face timing with them. what he did on camera and what he said. the moving words tonight. two powerful storms slamming the west. the new flooding concerns and what the east will see the weekend. rob marciano tracking it all. two years to the day since january 6th. the moving honors at the white house today. for the brave officers, the elections workers who were simply trying to do their jobs. prince harry and the new backlash tonight. what he revealed about his time on the battlefield, and some in the british military are now reacting tonight. and what a he said charles said about meghan and money in the royal family. the other news this friday night, the former football star now in critical co
tonight on the reidout we have got to get to proceedings. there has to be somewhere we can maintain the sense that people have that there is some security or some confidence that government can function and that we can elect a president of the united states. it s been exactly two years since the january 6th insurrection. and watching nancy pelosi s leadership in a crisis is a stark contrast to how we currently have no speaker of the house at all. and while kevin mccarthy may have gained votes today, he has now lost the speaker s race 13 times. not exactly inspiring confidence, and another glaring example of his failures as a leader. and on january 6th, we would be remiss if we didn t mention mr. fist pump, josh hawley, lucas kuntz, the democrat who announced he s running against hawley, joins me tonight. and we begin tonight with the two-year anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. when 64 days after election day a mob of donald trump loyalists stormed the
victims who were killed were asleep, but now what we learned. what police say played out 25 minutes before the attacks. kayna whitworth tonight. damar hamlin breathe on his own and surprising his teammates, face timing with them. what he did on camera and what he said. the moving words tonight. two powerful storms floodig the west. the new powerful storms. rob marciano tracking it all. two years to the day since january 6th. the moving honors at the white house today. for the brave officers, the elections workers who were simply trying to cotheir jobs. prince harry and the new backlash tonight. what he revealed about his time on the battlefield and some in the british military are reacting tonight. and what a he said charles said about meghan and money in the royal family. the other news this friday night, the former football star now in critical concern tonight after saving two children from drowning. the fda s major decision on a promising new alzheimer s drug.
like so many other local election workers in 2020 he was harassed and threatened as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the political threats and pressure. he he s so trusted by both political parties that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro appointed him as pennsylvania s secretary of state, a republican to ensure that the integrity of the election. that s a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitments speak volumes. we the people. that s what we also see in mr. benson. twice elected secretary of state to save the right to vote and have that vote counted fairly. that s what she did in 2020, when she oversaw a record number of michiganders turn out in that election only to find an armed mob an armed mob outside of her home on christmas eve and she and her son were decorating their christmas tree inside, but she refused to back down. she had done her duty. she had kept her oath full of integ