starts right now. martha: thanks very much. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. live in des moines, iowa. this is the story. we re just hours away from our third big event of this week. tonight we will speak with former president donald trump as he heads in to caucus week, monday night, very important night for him. he will take the stage here this evening with me and with bret baier. that will happen at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. here in iowa. we have a lot more ahead on tonight s town hall as we prep and get ready for all of that. we re looking forward to it. first though, a shocker on capitol hill this morning. hunter biden showed up at a hearing, no one was expecting him. it was his contempt of congress hearing that was getting underway after he defied a subpoena from house republicans to testify behind closed doors. that s the general procedure before you do a public hearing. so here s how that went over both sides of the aisle. watch. you re the epitome of whi
, we are getting word of the suspects of five killings in texas have not been captured. The fbi will hold the news very soon. The alleged killer was asked by neighbors to stop shooting before he turned the gun on them. A nineyearold boy and his mother or among those who were senses the kilt. The suspect is an undocumented immigrant who have been deported four times over the last decade, so we will get the News Conference to you as soon as it happens just a short time for now but that is where cnns at 11 there is in texas right now. It, what do we know about this arrest . We know that town of cut and shoot texas, which is about 10 to 11 miles north of where we are here in cleveland area texas, which is about an hours drive north of houston. In the four days that Francisco Oropeza has been on the run from Law Enforcement, he has not traveled a great distance. I think what we have seen over the last couple of days with patrols in the area, theres always this inclination, this thinking tha
the suspect of a massacre of nine people in texas including a 9-year-old boy have been captured. we have this man in custody. we have caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry. the fbi says a tip from the public came in at 5:15 p.m. at 6:30 p.m., they had actually apprehended him. the united states military poised to send 1,500 active duty additional troops to the border with mexico. military personnel will not directly participate in law enforcement activities. this additional support really underscores just how concerned the administration is about a potential major migrant surge. in this text, he said he found himself briefly rooting for a mob of trump supporters to kill a person. according to the new york times, carlson wrote, quote, jumping a guy like that is dishonorable, obviously, it is not how white men fight. then somewhere deep in my brain an alarm went off. this isn t good for me oop.i m becoming something i don t want to be. it s too bad
, we are getting word of the suspects of five killings in texas have not been captured. the fbi will hold the news very soon. the alleged killer was asked by neighbors to stop shooting before he turned the gun on them. a nine-year-old boy and his mother or among those who were senses the kilt. the suspect is an undocumented immigrant who have been deported four times over the last decade, so we will get the news conference to you as soon as it happens just a short time for now but that is where cnn s at 11 there is in texas right now. it, what do we know about this arrest? we know that town of cut and shoot texas, which is about 10 to 11 miles north of where we are here in cleveland area texas, which is about an hour s drive north of houston. in the four days that francisco oropeza has been on the run from law enforcement, he has not traveled a great distance. i think what we have seen over the last couple of days with patrols in the area, there s always this inclination
his attempt to be speaker of this house. this historic fight now surpassing the last time it went to multiple ballots. the prolonged 1923 ballot which was decided on the ninth ballot. this one will not be decided on the ninth ballot. it looks. yet for first time this week, there are some positive signs for the republican leader. they re drawing a line in the sand whether they go to the holdouts. it s not clear a deal will even net kevin mccarthy the total of 218 votes he needs to be speaker. republicans, they say they are firmly in the never kevin mccarthy camp. never. they just have one more house republican continues to join those four, he can only afford to lose four. kevin mccarthy will never wield the speaker s gavel. that is without help from democrats or changing the rules in some way. let s go straight to cnn chief correspondent who is live on capitol hill. we keep hearing progress is being made. progress is being made. kevin mccarthy is well on his way to breaking re