one opportunity we have to fix it, and we say we d love to have fixed it but it was election season so i thought i d wait. that s republican senator kevin cramer of north dakota, one of the very few gop lawmakers to go on record in favor of passing the border deal despite donald trump s demands. we ll have more from capitol hill on those negotiations straight ahead. plus a potentially significant development in the hostage negotiations between israel and hamas with the cia director set to travel abroad in hopes of closing a deal. and also ahead, we ll go through donald trump s temper tantrum in court and get legal analysis on what s next in the defamation damages trial. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, january 26th. we made it to friday. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with this news from the middle east. cia director william burns expected to travel starting in europe in the coming days to help broke
course, which is, again, why we are monitoring it. jesse: the comey spy balloon airspace and fingers around a joystick and flying it towards major cities but we are not shooting it down. you said this is violating our airspace so why not take it down? yeah, so, you know, clearly as we assess options and considering the size of the pay load on this, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage, and so out of an abundance of caution, cognizant of the potential impact to civilians on the ground from a debris field right now we are going to continue to monitor and review options. biden was against the bin laden raid and now he is against the balloon pop. he missed his shot over montana. what s the worst it can happen it hits a guy s barn? cut them a check like you did with covid. now it s heading into illinois? do you think it s going to last over chicago past midnight couple strays and that thing is in lake michigan. ch
despicable acts of terror. the world before 9/11 looks different than the world after 9/11. every nation has a choice to make. in this conflict, there is no neutral ground. the facts show that saddam hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction. in this battle against terrorism, there is no silver bullet. today, america is again forging its future by choosing a man to lead it into the 21st century. this is cnn s coverage of election 2000. this is the last official stop of campaign 2000. [ cheers and applause ] if people do what i think they re gonna do, you re looking at the next president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] the schedule over the last 48 hours reflected a major worry florida, home of governor jeb bush. and when he looked me in the eye and said, florida s gonna be bush/cheney country, i believe him. in texas, george w. bush was known as a bipartisan governor. at the time, the s
alexandria hoff live on the late-night session. hey, alex. alex: late night, indeed, 14 failed vote over 4 days and tense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in final tally that took place well after midnight and ended up with speaker mccarthy handed the gavel and met with standing ovation. from the great state of california and next speaker of 118th congress kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? i never thought we would get up here. squeezedded by 216 votes, democrats backed ha ha hakeem jeffries. right after the 14th vote failure congressman elect mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after antic anticipate appeao confront matt gaetz. some of you are new but i hope one thing is clear after this week, i never give up. the first matter of business swearing in of the 118th congress that was delayed by the stalemate that started tuesday was led by members of the house freedom caucus that resistance broke do
gulf coast more than five people rescued in charlotte and lee county so far. if you need to be evacuated step out of your front door. the fort meyers fire chief said they conducted 200 water rescues overnight. lee county was the hardest hit. this is a home on fire after the storm. fire crews as you can imagine unable to reach it. this is a neighborhood completely inundated as you can see floodwaters have yet to receive. new video from the lee county sheriff s office confirming the work worse. whole towns have been completely level and mayors giving details about their town out the day. i came here in the mid-70s and was on the police department for 25 years and saw a lot of storms. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. debris is everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone. as of this hour there is some places that are impossible to reach by road. this is the only bridge destroyed in multiple spots as a result of hurricane ian. this is fort meyers bea