Scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. Im Edward Lawrence in for neil cavuto. This is a Special Edition of your world. The first of 2023. More on the tax hikes in just a moment. First to chad pergram where the Leadership Drama is unfolding. Chad . Edward, its been 100 years since theres this much uncertainty as to who would be speaker of the house. Kevin mccarthy can only lose four votes, but theres five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. Kevin doesnt have the votes. Theres more than five people. Youll see that as we go into the election on january 3. There was 36 people that voted against Kevin Mccarthy on the conference vote. Mccarthy made a concession last night to those that oppose him. They demanded that he lower the bar for members to call for a new speakers election in the middle of the congress. He agreed. Some members still have reservations. Rosendale called his olive branch disingenuous. You think the package has moved any votes to yes . Yes. What will you
carley: we had a session isment specifically designed for you in the 6:00 hour, hangover remedies. and if you were up at 6 a.m. and and you did some partying night before, i m sure that was the most useful segment that we ve had over the last three hours. lawrence: this is true. and if you thought things were going wrong for you this new year s already, well, just watch todd. [laughter] this is watch it. let s just [laughter] todd: all right, so here s the deal lawrence: this is todd cutting into a cake. todd: a couple things. first of all, hay put it on a golf tee. there s no way i can handle the balance. okay? second, i told everybody i was cutting carbs this year. i didn t realize i would have so much trouble actually cutting the carbs carley: clever. todd: i still got it, america, still got it. carley:you weren t watching when that moment happened, we were cutting into a cake that brings you luck if you re in greece. i can t remember the name of th- todd: not if y
where the suspect is being held. good afternoon. if. reporter: good afternoon. that s right, mike, he is being held right here behind me at the monroe county correctional facility, and there s a lot of legal maneuvering going on this weekend about those extradition plans now that he has a public defender who has said that he plans to go back to idaho. he is going to waive his extradition hearing and he wants to go back to fight those charges. as we take a look at that mug shot that we have here from this jail, the attorney says kohberger is waiving that extradition hearing so he can quickly be brought to idaho, adding he s eager to be exonerated. we are also learning more about what led to the sudden stop of the cleanup at the crime scene in moscow, idaho, last week, the day kohberger was arrested here in pennsylvania. something that was briefly discussed on friday by idaho investigators. the house cleanup has been halted, and that came by a legal request from the court.
the lead starts right now. new witness tran scripts released from the january 6th committee, including one from donald trump s own son, and an unusual request from one sitting gop senator. then, officials are calling it the largest russian missile strike since the war began. ukrainians say it could have been so much worse. plus, some signs of relief on the horizon for tens of thousands of southwest pas passengers who have been stuck in the airline s meltdown for now eight days. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. and we begin with our politics lead and new insight into the january 6th investigation. the committee released more testimony transcripts from 19 witnesses, including trump s son donald trump jr., trump attorney christina bobb, kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller and former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. there s one key thing that sticks out, and that s the role of mark meadows. he was, of course, trump s chief of staff on january 6th an
to sensor his political opponents. it s now time for adam schiff to be held accountable in a court of law. we have a full detailed report. devon nunez will join us. and the plan to form a happy coalition government on capitol hill. the aoc can keep dreaming. plus a close look for the person the democrats would pefr to be the speaker of the house. hakim jefferies. later, one of you will grade yours truly live in our last call segment. you get to have the last word on the show. we begin with more drama from washington and the swamp today after two days, six ballots. kevin mccarthy has not gotten to the magic number of 218 to be speaker of the house. 20 republicans continue to oppose mccarthy. including a congress woman that will join us. today she and others voted for donalds. a rising star in the gop, strong conservative track record. cory bush, she referred to him as a prop and accused byron donalds of up holding and perpetuating white supremacy. he said his name being in the