no new speaker of the house. will there be a breakthrough today? the food & drug administration just cleared the way for abortion pills by prescription at your local pharmacy. i m not a cryer, but like i never cried so hard in my life, man. damar hamlin s uncle relives the moment he watched his nephew collapse on the field. the latest on how hamlin s doing now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. in just hours republicans are expected to try again to elect a speaker of the house. yesterday after three ballots no one reached the 218 vote threshold to win that job. congressman kevin mccarthy earned the vast majority of republican votes, 202 on the final tally, but a small group of hard right conservatives is holding out keeping him from the speaker s gavel. members are talking. we re walking through. i think we ll find our way to get there and this is a healthy debate. might not happen on the
In his first to iowa in a long time. He was welcomed in hawkeye style today by the pull headline that said, some view jeb bush set skeptically. And he was asked, is there bush fatigue and iowa . The iowans that i know are thoughtful and they want to get to know the candidates. My answer to your question is that i will go make my case. Most people know my record as governor and my life experience, so i will get a fair hearing. We will be here tomorrow streaming live from jeb bush and other potential candidates. Lets start with jeb. What are the stakes for him and what should people be looking for on this big trip . First of all, he has to prove that he is a conservative. There is a suspicion as you know, that he is not, that he is a moderate. He has to make that case. He started to do it in an aggressive way in florida. And he has to do the retail thing. You know i saw him and las vegas, he was pretty good out there, but he was doing a lot you will face a lot more scrutiny and iowa. He
It is coveted by republican wannabes. That includes jeb bush. In his first to iowa in a long time. He was welcomed in hawkeye style today by the headline above the register that said some of you bush skeptically the use view bush skeptically. And he was asked, is there bush fatigue in iowa . The iowans that i know are thoughtful and they want to get to know the candidates. My answer to your question is that i will go make my case. Most people know my record as governor and my life experience, so i will get a fair hearing. We will be here tomorrow streaming live from jeb bush and other potential candidates. Lets start with jeb. What are the stakes for him and what should people be looking for on this big trip . First of all, he has to prove that he is a conservative. There is a suspicion as you know, that he is not, that he is a moderate. He has to make that case. He started to do it in an aggressive way in florida. And he has to do the retail thing. You know, i saw him and las vegas, h
Grateful to have your company as always, and i want to start with this news about the coronavirus pandemic. I mean, yesterday the u. S. Recorded, think about this number, more than 184,000 cases. That is the most ever recorded in a single day. And there are more people in hospitals. Yesterday more than 68,000 people were being treated for the virus. President trump says his administration will not enforce a lockdown to slow the spread. And as of this morning, were fewer than ten weeks out from inauguration day. The formal transition to a biden administration, as you know, has not started. Yeah, the president still has not admitted that he lost. A former white house chief of staff, jonquelly, he is criticizing the Trump Administration. He calls the delay a National Security health crisis. Jason carroll is following the biden transition in delaware. Sarah westwood is at the white house for us. Good morning, everybody. Sarah, i want to start with you. President trump addressed this pandem
no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. house republicans try, try, try and fail to elect a new speaker, at least so far. a historic defeat by congressman kevin mccarthy. the house decided to adjourn tuesday after mccarthy fell short three times in his bid for the job. he might still win today but it could, again, take more rounds of voting. let s bring in cnn political analyst margaret tallon. the last time an election for a speaker was decided by multiple ballots was, oh,, the 68th copying in 1923. it was before the civil war. the story this new year is not the new divided congress but the fight inside the gop, at least to start the year.