hello and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m paula newton ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. 15 ballot votes later, and kevin mccarthy is finally the new speaker of the house. when you look at all the drama and of course the historical background of this long battle. and new details on the group of murder investigation in idaho. look at the painstaking hunt that finally led the suspects to capture. plus, cnn s andy scholes joins us here live on the set to discuss damar hamlin s remarkable recovery and what he said to his buffalo bills team. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so it took 15 ballots and an evening of high drama, but kevin mccarthy finally secured enough votes to become speaker of the house. never in modern times has
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.
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i m paula newton ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. 15 ballot votes later, and kevin mccarthy is finally the new speaker of the house. when you look at all the drama and of course the historical background of this long battle. and new details on the group of murder investigation in idaho. look at the painstaking hunt that finally led the suspects to capture. plus, cnn s andy scholes joins us here live on the set to
above their devotion to a person or a party. they are shining examples of political courage that ought to be emulated by others. just to see the contrast between someone like rusty bowers and on the other hand the spectacle in the house of representatives where you have people that lack that devotion to their oath having so much trouble getting the support of their own people. congressman adam schiff, thanks for joining us. thank you. coming up, we will get back to the breaking news, kevin mccarthy now closing in on the speaker s gavel after swinging more than a dozen votes in this favor. the house is returning to special session later tonight. we are going live to idaho for the latest on the quadruple murder investigation. right now, we are getting new information about the painstaking hunt that finally led to the suspect s capture. not that one. that s the one. at university of phoenix, you could earn your master s degree
breaking news in the hunt for missing malaysia airlines flight 370. this image, check it out right know, chinese officials say this was picked up on their satellite, and it shows a large floating object in the southern indian ocean. now, it s still unclear, however, if it s related to the missing jet. take a look at its location. authorities say it is less than 80 miles from where australia spotted debris six days ago. search efforts are ramping up as 26 countries, including the united states, take part in this painstaking hunt over thousands of miles of ocean off coast of australia. officials there say they are not giving up. we intend to continue the search until we re absolutely satisfied that further searching would be futile.