shootings at the homes of local democratic officials. solomon pena faces a slew of charges including conspiracy, attempted aggravated battery for the attempted attacks. he lost by a margin of more than 50%. police say he visited the homes of at least three of the officials before the shootings. some of those visits were caught on doorbell cameras. cnn s josh campbell joins us now. what do we expect at the hearing? reporter: this hearing is starting just minutes from now there in new mexico. this will be the suspects a first appearance in court since he was arrested by albuquerque s.w.a.t. officers on monday. look it a these charges. they re obviously very serious. he s been charged with felony possession of a firearm, aggravated attempt with a deadly weapon, as well as conspiracy. we ve reached out to pena s attorney, but what police allege he was the ringleader in this conspiracy to target democratic officials in new mexico, shooting at four homes. this came after pena a
happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
live pictures of st. peter s square in vatican city as we continue with our special coverage of the funeral of pope benedict xvi. very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster live from london. funeral for pope emeritus has just come to an end a short while ago at st. peter s square at the vatican. pope benedict asked for a simple ceremony. pope francis presided over the funeral delivering the homily a short while ago. before that, nearly 200,000 people paid their respects to the late pope during the last three days of public viewing. benedict will be buried in the vatican crypt inside the basilica. t the. now that the funeral services are over, what are your personal reflections? what did it mean to you as a catholic? well, one of the things that i was thinking as i looked out and saw all of these people that pope benedict had known for so many years was the real sort of scope of his caree
i think it s probably best that people work through it some more. i don t think voting tonight will be any different, but i think the vote in the future will. do you have a deal yet? not yet. a lot of progress. good morning, everyone. poppy and i are here and kaitlan is on capitol hill. day three of the speaker election, there she is. kaitlan, how you holding up? we ve been saying since day one you were there tuesday and it could go longer and it s playing out like you said. we expected it to go longer and now it has. when does it end? kevin mccarthy s desperate bid to become speaker drags on for a third day of voting. the stalemate has paralyzed the house. a big question today whether concessions kevin mccarthy made to lawmakers blocking his path, whether that s enough to get him to 218 votes needed to become speaker. the slow road to recovery for damar hamlin. the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll update you on that. prince harry with a stun
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