thank you. good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, november 19th. i m braun wianna keilar with jo berman. you re looking at live pictures of the house chamber now, in minutes speaker nancy pelosi is expected to speak ahead of a vote on president biden s build back better social agenda. the bill is poised to pass along party lines. it is a major milestone for the president. a vote was planned for last night, but kevin mccarthy had some other ideas about that. the republican leader taking to the floor, he started talking and then he didn t stop for the next eight hours and 32 minutes. he swerved from one topic to another during a record-breaking talk-a-thon that did force democrats to delay the vote
we know who the keynote speaker will be later this month at the republican convention. it is chris christie. cnn political director mark preston is joining us live from washington this morning. jo berman and were talking about how similar, we have chris christie and paul ryan, one of the similarities, they re both tough talkers. is this a surprise pick do you think? not at all. this has been long rumored, certainly over the past couple of months. if chris christie was not going toe the vice presidential pick, he was going to get a key speaking slot at the rnc. you can t get much better than the keynote. chris christie, this will be announced in just a few short hours. chris christie did speak to usa today previewing his speech. let s take a quick look at what he said to usa today as he prepares for his speech. chris christie telling the paper, i ll try to tell very direct and hard truths to people in the country about the trouble that we re in and the fact that fixing t
tonight on nightline, executed? shocking new details in the billings murder case files including the claim that organized crime lay behind the house invasion. was this a contract killing? and food for thought. this self-described fat kid grew up to be perhaps the most feared restaurant critic in the world. frank bruni reveals his tortured existence who ate gourmet food for a living. plus it s war. nick watt faces off against the germans in this battle for the sun lounger. it s a sign of the times . captions paid for by abc, inc. good evening. i m cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight in pensacola, florida. the crime committed july 9 was so fast, so coordinated, so shocking in its violence the murder of a couple beloved in their community that it left those who knew bud and melanie billings reeling. there s been one mystifying question why? why would anyone want to kill the couple who had taken so many children with disabilities into their home? tonight, some answers beg