warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy failed to get the vote for speaker of the house. the house is in a state of stop. come on, come on, come on, get up. states under tornado watches. the severe weather threat is pressing east. already a trail of damage left behind. announcer: lev from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello. it is wednesday, january 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where a growing feud within the republican party is threatening to overshadow the new majority in the house. on tuesday a band of conservative hardliners blocked kevin mccarthy from securing the 218 votes needed to become the speaker of the house and that s after three rounds of voting. it s the first time in 100 years that the house has failed to elect a speaker on the firs
cause. tactical on the scene in the neighborhood of 50. jackie: investigators hired by bryan kohberger s defense team went to the home where the murders took place, taking pictures of the property and getting look of december 15th, bryan kohberger was pulled over for a routine traffic stop with his dad. you can see it there. the family of one victim, kaylee goncalves, is speaking out on what they hope happens there daughter s killer. well, considering this person went in there with the intent to kill and showed no mercy, unprovoked and killed our daughter, her best friend and their two friends, we are glad we live in state of idaho with the death penalty. ashley: the probably cause affidavit must remain sealed until he your honor ares to idaho. ashley: we spoke with former fbi director who says law enforcement should be proud of pulling through and making this arrest, listen. there have been a few missteps in the investigation, but they recovered in terms of how the
no path to becoming speaker of the house because a bunch of conservative members of the republican conference have dug in against him. what has changed this morning? why should today be any different after the three failed votes yesterday? a couple things mccarthy is doing like send his allies fanning out across the conference, trying to get some members voting present instead of no. we ll talk about that in a second. keep in mind, the numbers here. mccarthy can only atord four defectors to become speaker. if everybody votes for a earn. he started with 19 tuesday. he finished off with 20. steve kornacki is going to join us to break down the math and tell us what to expect. another thing that s new today, former president trump getting off the fence to push fellow republicans to, i m quoting here, vote for kevin. close the deal. how much will that matter? we ll get into it because right now it is parls in the building behind me. nobody in charge. no end in sight. no work getti
violation of all international norms, laws, and israel s pledges to the american president. in the uk forfive days after the american president. in the uk for five days after industrial action by world workers. the last few minutes we have learned that kevin mccarthy has failed in his bid to become speaker of the house of representatives. these are like pictures from the capital hill could see mr mccarthy talking to colleagues, smiling a little as well but this will not have been what he wanted. as for you my colleague will grant straightaway. help us understand the process and understand why mr mccarthy cannot get there. in process and understand why mr mccarthy cannot get there. in terms ofthe mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we had a mccarthy cannot get there. in terms of the process we
well, you can see that the ambulances s out there on the field and they are invencely working on damar hamlin. look at the faces. showing the horror we all felt after that terrible event on the football field last night. i mean it is really, really tough to watch, and frankly, showing the video is we went back and forth whether we should show it, think you should see it and then won t play that much. i m don lemon along with kaitlan collins, and poppy harlow. damar hamlin, in critical condition after collapsing on the field last night. how did this happen? and tell you the league s response in the aftermath. today with only hours to go before republicans take control of the house, kevin mccarthy is still struggling to get the votes he would need to become speaker. we ll tell you what happens if he falls short. but we re going to begin with that terrible incident that happened on the field monday night. damar hamlin collapsing after making a tackle. the bills say he