the football field last weekend. we ll be joined by a former basketball player who experienced the very same thing. we ll have his story and how he used that scary moment to help save lives. plus, the new study that says social media could be changing your kids dreams. that s all ahead on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, alex. good to be with you. great to be back with you. how late did you manage to stay up watching the drama unfold? about 8:00 p.m. that was the latest for me. how about you? 9:45. you got a little more in. it was quite dramatic as well as being historic and chaotic. kevin mccarthy finally won the race for speaker of the house after 15, 15 rounds of voting, which ended earlier this morningening. the next speaker of the united states for the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers ] [ applause ] mccarthy engaged in some intense negotiations and made some major
his departure could happen in the coming weeks and marks a rare and significant turnover for the biden administration. the news comes at a time when the president is dealing with classified document controversy, and questions about his 2024 ambitions. let s get right to cnn s she joins us from delaware where president biden spending the weekend. here we go, some saturday news for us from the biden white house, what can you tell us? yes jim, pretty big news, as we have learned that white house chief of staff, ron klain, is expected to the part his post in the coming weeks. sources said that the transition is expected to happen after the save the union address, which is currently set for february 7th. really, this comes as there has been very little turnover amongst president biden s most senior staff. ron klain of courses within that inner circle of advisers that has been with president biden since he joined the white house, and has worked for biden before in the obama adm
motivation probably money. price per barrel which was over $120 in march by late september dipped below 80. and it also seems designed to help russia which has been hurt by sanctions since its invasion of ukraine and heavily depends on its oil profits. surely, opec plus knew the move would also impact america s election which is just a month away. when joe biden took office the national gas average was $2.39 a gallon by this summer, it more than doubled, $5. even higher in california, and his popularity plummeted. and then in the wake of the supreme court overturning roe versus wade on june 24th, the democrats have been getting more hopeful signs about the midterms, maybe hoping to hold on to the senate and a slim chance to keep the house which many attributed to abortion rights and that issue. but could the real issue be something else, as nate cohen suggested in the new york times this week isn t st. the gas price, stupid? cohen pointed out ten days before the issue on ab
russian soldiers calling putin s invasion a, quote, absolute hell. a six-month exclusive investigation by the reporter who exposed the russians behind alexei navalny s poisoning. wait until you see what he is going to show you tonight. he is one of the republican s biggest targets, a top democrat in charge of getting democrats elected. and now he could be taken down by someone who is not a household name, yet. and american teacher mark vogel was sentenced to 14 years in russia for marijuana possession. he s now believed to be on his way to a secret russian penal colony where he will be subjected to hard labor. his sister anne is my guest. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a new and bigger threat to the united states from putin. top official with russia s foreign ministry tonight warning that american commercial satellites could be a target because of america s aid for ukraine. it is a direct threat from russia to the united s
votes to certify the free and fair election even if the capitol building was off-limits. so let s say we finish at midnight or 1:00 in the morning. you would bring more back to the capitol and disburse? how do we look out for their safety? we will have time as we set up this operation and move forward with this democratic process. and we will adjust accordingly. but, obviously, the capitol is in no condition to go back. that remarkable video was captured by alexander pelosi, a documentary filmmaker, daughter of nancy pelosi. more behind-the-scenes footage. the panel subpoenaed donald trump. they want him to answer for his words and actions that led up to the insurrection. we have had plenty of reporting on january 6th. it is fascinating to see how lawmakers were working together to get this certification back up and running. what more did we learn from this footage? which, i mean, you can watch it over and over and over again and see a new wrinkle here or there. it s ju