your podcasts. the news continues with jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. tonight with exactly three weeks until the critical midterm elections here in the united states, candidates across the country in key races are increasingly taking extremism to the extreme. but what exactly is the definition of extremism? obviously that depends on who you ask. in a new ad airing in pennsylvania, republican u.s. senate candidate dr. mehmet oz paints himself as a middle-of the-road type of guy. his opponent fetterman is extreme for supporting criminal justice reform and supporting traditional democratic economic plans. guys like john fetterman take everything to the extreme. extremism on both sides makes things worse. we need balance, less extremism in washington. i m sure fetterman would respond that most of the extremism in contemporary american politics is coming from inside dr. oz s own party, but extremism, extremist, that s an insult we r
jake tapper starts now. i interviewed elizabeth alexander a few months ago. she s lovely. interesting you got her to open up. gave the first poetry reading she read a poem aft barack obama s first inaugural. yeah, she s wonderful. i m sure this is an obvious one, but have you i assume you ve reached out to the white house, because president biden losing his son, losing his wife and young daughter back in the 70s, that would be very moving. i once had a very long off the record conversation with him about it, and he s that s one of his that s one of the subjects that he is most human and authentic. yeah, he s obviously experienced incredible loss and speaks on it well. yeah, that would be a good conversation. thanks, jake. all right, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are just two weeks away from the critically important midterm elections and i have been talking to strategists and pollsters from both parties today to tr
difficult. it can be short term uncomfortable. but when you move to the correct path, all of a sudden, things ease up and you can start having success. the direction here in my opinion is to someone like a byron donalds, a man who is living the american dream, and is the example and the mentor for millions who need hope. here is a man who that has worked his way, has worked his way up. he is not a novice. he has the experience, he has the chops to be the speaker. he is a man, he has a lovely family, and they are politically engaged, they know what s going on. he has worked in florida politics, he s worked in the legislature, he has respect, he has the quiet confidence that a leader needs. i look around this body today, and i know it s hard for you to believe, i know it s hard for me to believe sometimes, when i m here, and i have the great honor and privilege of serving with you, but you represent the cross-section of america, the great american experiment. the experience tha
next? chief among them, when will congress have a new speaker of the house? plus damar hamlin remains in critical condition in the hospital. we ll talk to his high school football coach. a monster storm is hammering california right now. san francisco s mayor joins us live, as they prepare and are handling what they re going to do about the latest deluge. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being with us. i m kate bolduan. 24 hours later, we have no speaker of the house and no clearer view when that would be decided. very soon the house is supposed to attempt to convene. kevin mccarthy incests he will not be dropping out of the race, and insists he can get to 218, despite failing to secure support in three votes. it is the first time in a century that the house did not elect a speaker on the first round of voting. at the heart of this mess is a small group of conservatives, about 10% of the republican conference, all of whom want more power, all of
in pakistan now topping 1,300 as never before seen flooding leaves one-third of the country under water. clarissa ward is live on the ground. four people are dead this morning, three others hurt after a gunman went on a shooting spree in memphis, tennessee. a spree that all but shut down that city. police say the shootings took place across multiple crime scenes. it began around 1:00 yesterday morning and continued through the late evening hours last night. a shelter in place order was issued as police srchearched fo the suspect. police arrested 19-year-old ezekiel kelly after a high-speed chase. the mayor jim strickland called it a senseless murder rampage. i m angry for our citizens who had to shelter in place for their own safety until this suspect was caught. this is no way for us to live. and it is not acceptable. mayor strickland says that the suspect was previously charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder but pled guilty to the lesser charge of aggra