world, i m max foster. bianca nobilo is off. the president will host for a high-stakes meeting. the president keeps changing positions, waiting those days and changing positions. why the financial markets are nervous about this, is it the 1st or the 14th. it is they destroyed us, it s tragedy tonight, but for today, in our hearts. three, two, one, engines, full power, and liftoff, falcon 9. this is just the beginning of a great journey for all of us. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, may the 22nd. 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington where the clock is ticking down until the u.s. possibly defaults. negotiations in debt ceiling are set to resume between president joe biden and house ecker kevin mccarthy. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen is again warning congress anded white house they must come to a resolution soon. i indicated in my last letter to congress that we expect to
bryan kohberger s attorney said he drove to pennsylvania with his father. kohberger s attorney was told that he was driving home for the holidays. authorities tracked the suspect all the way to pennsylvania and watched him for days before finally making an arrest in the middle of the night. veronica miracle is following the story for us from moscow, idaho. what s the mood like now there after there s actually finally an arrest? reporter: paula, the community of moscow has really been on edge for the last seven weeks. it has been very tense here. businesses have shut down early so their employees could get home at a reasonable hour. in fact, other businesses say that some of the employees left the city because this is a college town. students make up a lot of the employees. they didn t feel safe being here. there s such a sense of relief now. of course, it doesn t change the fact that these four gruesome murders happened at the house behind me in this very seemingly safe com
cnn has learned bryan kohberger, the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students, was with his father as he drove cross-country from washington state to pennsylvania before the holidays. police began tracking them at some point during the trip. the four students were stabbed to death in their beds in november. kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the first degree as well as felony burglary. cnn s jean casarez is in pennsylvania. jean, what else are you learning? reporter: we re learning a little bit more about that trip and we do want to say there is nothing we have learned that his father knew anything about what was happening allegedly with his son in idaho. it s a long drive from idaho, washington, here to pennsylvania. so common sense would say that sometimes it s better to have two people. we do understand that his father flew to the west coast, met his son. it was because it was the holidays. the doctoral courses, school was out. he
and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c.. it has been quite a day in quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his 60 vote to become house speaker. the house then adjourned around temps a deal making. consumed members reconvene briefly, only to adjourn again until noon tomorrow. the would-be speaker announcing more upbeat about his chances. cnn s manu raju first broke that news for us. he joins us again tonight from the capitol. so, why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? he s hearing some more positive responses from those opponents, the people who have essentially seemed immovable for the past two days. but after a meeting in which mccarthy made a number of concessions on arranging on political issues, how the outside group engages on some key issues as well as giving more power and more sway over themselves the rank and file, at the expense of the leadership. some these members sound like they re moving in his direction.
warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy failed to get the vote for speaker of the house. the house is in a state of stop. come on, come on, come on, get up. states under tornado watches. the severe weather threat is pressing east. already a trail of damage left behind. announcer: lev from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello. it is wednesday, january 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where a growing feud within the republican party is threatening to overshadow the new majority in the house. on tuesday a band of conservative hardliners blocked kevin mccarthy from securing the 218 votes needed to become the speaker of the house and that s after three rounds of voting. it s the first time in 100 years that the house has failed to elect a speaker on the firs