Fellow republicans were about to cast a doubt on his candidacy, a candidacy he said he expected to win. His colleagues said any leadership candidate who conducted misdeeds should withdraw. It has thrown the party into turmoil with the Government Party looming with Serious Business that needs to be done. Cnns dana bash and raja is with us. Dana, lets start with you. He made it look like he was still in the race. This was after two other candidates for speaker at the time had just given their kind of closing arguments behind closed doors to the republican caucus. He walked by our camera. I asked him how he was feeling. Take a look. Can you give a statement . Are you going to get the votes at 12 00 . The question was, are you going to have the votes at 12 00. 12 00 was the meeting where everybody filed in. There was going to be a secret ballot and he thought he was going to get all he needed at the time, which was a majority of the republican caucus, 125 votes, but it didnt even get that
This is new day with chris cuomo and Alisyn Camerota. Wow, look how beautiful our capitol looks on this historic morning. Welcome. This is your knew day. 8 00 here in washington, its Inauguration Day in america, just four hours away from history. Thats when our constitution says Donald John Trump gets sworn in as the 45th president of the United States and executes the office. What an improbable journey has gotten us to this point. The eyes of the world are on the pageantry of this day which dates back 228 years to our nations first president , george washington. The peaceful transfer of power is steeped in tradition. It is, of course, a pillar of our democracy. What will the president elect say when hes president in his inaugural address . How will the weather impact the ceremony . We have it all covered for you. Lets begin with cnns Sunlen Serfaty live on the west front of the u. S. Capitol. Whats happening there, sunlen . Reporter alisyn, this is where that historic moment will take
What comes next . And backed into a corner. President trump notorious for holding his ground in the face of facts that contradict him. Why didnt he change his mind on separating families . Tonight, new insight into the president s thinking. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. A rare retreat by President Trump. He signed an executive order, just a little while ago, ending his own policy, separating undocumented families at the border, caving to bipartisan outrage and wrenching images of children being taken from their parents. But the president insists, there will continue to be what he calls a zero tolerance policy for people entering the country illegally. And while his order may seem to solve a crisis thats rocked the white house now for days, its also creating new chaos and lots of questions tonight. Well talk about the breaking news with congressman Eric Swalwell of the intelligence and judiciary committees. And our
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