communities flattened by deadly tornadoes. and now president biden approves a disaster declaration for the state of mississippi. donald trump rails against what he calls weaponization of the criminal investigation process will tell you what he s saying about the investigations he faces and look at where they stand and russian president vladimir putin planning a move we haven t seen since the end of the cold war details and a live report from moscow. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. and we begin in the southeastern us where millions are at risk today for severe storms, damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. this new extreme weather threat coming after powerful storms spawned deadly tornadoes that barreled through mississippi and nearby states friday night, leaving buildings crumpled vehicles scattered like toys and trees and power lines, stripped bare and strewn about at least 26 people were killed and dozens injured. just hours ago, president
in spirit. plus, celebrating orthodox christmas in ukraine. no cease-fire, but new american firepower heads to the front lines. i m ian lee in kyiv with ukraine being promised heavy weapons that the pentagon says can change the battlefield. weekend journal, a minnesota cancer survivor pays it back by sharing her hair. wow! and later, double duty on capitol hill. the four-day stalemate complicated lives and child care. challenging, but it s been fun. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it took 15 ballots and heated moments, but tonight congress finally has a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy won early this morning, putting an end to days of raucous debate and a historic standoff with emboldened hard-line republicans. the gop s strife playing out for all to see and ending with arm twisting, flaring tempers and phone calls from former president donald trump. cbs christina ruffini leads us off with what happen
happening now, another child s body found in the rubble of a ukrainian residential apartment building as the death toll from a powerful russian missile attack rises. this hour i ll ask key white house official john kirby about new u.s. and western military aid to ukraine and whether it s enough. also tonight the white house is ramping up its damage control as the crisis over classified documents intensifies. the biden team defending its delayed and incomplete release of information while accusing republicans of fake outrage. and the husband of a messing massachusetts woman is now charged with murdering his wife. we re breaking down the new evidence in this very high profile case as it takes a dramatic turn. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the growing carnage from russia s attack on an apartment building in ukraine, one of the single deadliest strikes of vladimir putin
coffin, in very yasmin vossoughian. it is now speaker kevin mccarthy, and we have learned he is at work to get today after an ugly week for where publicans and with a 15 ballot victory for mccarthy after last minute efforts that couldn t vince republicans to finally given. and even more chaotic than the beginning of this battle, even one near physical altercation between two members on the floor, now the question is how much did mccarthy give up to represent matt gates, and the other holdouts, and what will they deal with their almost limitless power over the speaker? preferably, you do this, the preference in politics is to always suffer indignities in private not in public. when you have a lower house of legislatures, anywhere in the world, it looks like trump s. i actually have newfound, i have new respect for people i knew. we have newfound respect for people. we do not engage in serious negotiations. i think that s good for policy. in a moment, i m gonna talk to co
take about $70 to fill up. before, used to be 40, 45. this is insane. almost $100 to full my tank up. another 1 1/2 months before it really breaks me. i thought it was going down but now it s the same price as my coffee. my fun could go elsewhere. i m trying to live in my travels. go from work to home. biden can do so much. so i appreciate anything and everything that he tries to do. with the influx of gas prices also suggest is that president biden is going to have a similar legacy as jimmy carter. martha: president biden blaming putin again today, about an hour ago, pandemic and the newly coined ultra maga republicans for the prices that we re seeing. former vice president pence had plenty to say about that, the supreme court, elon musk and twitter and a lot more. we begin with john barrasso, the number 3 senate republican leader. good to have you with us. thanks very much. there s no better barometer to go different places than the country. those were from