it certainly did. we have another great day on capitol hill. i never felt like they harry s teachings to different narratives depending on who was at that. it lasted close to three hours honing in on what chairman jim jordan called the weaponization of government freight you heard from two direct just sharing ke findings from twitter twitters internal communications. and controls what we do and do not see an even likening the government to germany and they issued chillingworth. we aren t asking for a national debate over limits of the first element freight they are creating blacklist and then pressuring and controlling that social media platforms in the people on those lists. they are aiming for what narrative is and they already know in advance what they are looking for. white house republicans dug into potential impacts to the first amendment, democrats took up different attempt freight they tried to trap the two journalist into revealing their sources freight further
in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat lying about everything for his family history to his finances. we ll talk to another new yorker, democratic congressman richie torres, with reprising which insulation to make in a crime for candidates to lie. in the new year brings new concerns about a new variant. new covid variant. according to the cdc. it now presents over 40% new cases. well astronauts prior to what we should do to protect our family and ourselves. we bring with you begin with you with some for some breaking news out of new york city. where three police officers were injured in a machete attack
morning. jose diaz-balart picks up for us. i am jose diaz-balart and a very busy monday morning. right now, president biden is in new mexico for a crucial summit where he is expected to ask the mexican president for help cracking down on border crossing and drug cartel. this comes today after he was visiting the first time as president, u.s./mexico border. we are live on both sides of that border. new details this morning from brazil were ex-president violently stormed the capital and several government buildings claiming the election was stolen. back here in the u.s., on capitol hill after kevin mccarthy dramatically when after 15 rounds of the votes on his first major challenge after securing. plus this is a storybook. an opening kickoff for hamlin and this place is absolutely going wild. and exciting and to emotional week. buffalo bills damar hamlin live tweets the winning game six days after his terrifying collapse on the field. we begin this hour with
happening now, breaking news, we re following chaos at the u.s. capitol. republicans huddling behind closed doors tonight after kevin mccarthy s bid for the speaker s gavel lands with a thud for the second straight day. the next moves for mack arthy and his to popponents are very unclear right now. new information emerging about the terrifying on-field collapse of damar hamlin. the buffalo bills say hamlin is showing signs of improvement although he remains in critical condition in the icu. this hour, the chief medical officer for the nfl joins me live for an exclusive interview. welcome. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the spectacle on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives now adjourned until 8:00 p.m. eastern. manu is standing by for us. republicans there working behind the scenes right now to try to resolve this deadlock. i understand you re getting new information. reporter: yeah.
hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir