Election interference case. Stand by for new details on what meadows reportedly told the Special Counsel and a grand jury about Donald Trumps 2020 election claims. Also breaking, intense talks aimed at freeing more hostages abducted by hamas. While a newly released captive opens up about the, quote, hell she went through as the israel hamas war rages. The idf now says its naval foforce s clashed with hamas divers at sea. The House Speaker crisis deepens with the latest gop nominee for the job dropping out only hours after being chosen. Is there any republican who can pass muster in that very divided caucus . As farright lawmakers and donald trump are flexing their muscle. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News tonight. The former Trump White House Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, reportedly offering damning testimony against the former president t
Good evening everyone im lurk coats here with audrey philip, this is a Special Edition of cnn tonight. Kevin mccarthy obvious house speaker. He has said hes not going to run again. Now the house will be assessed for a week, and they wont even return until next tuesday night for a conference meeting, before theyre a potential vote later that week on electing a new speaker. That means the house will be closed for business, meanwhile mccartney who lost that speakership gavel today, he said this tonight. These are the same people that never voted for me, but after we went through 15 rounds, im not sure those individuals are looking to be productive. Well this is certainly a moment in american history, in a string of number moments, ive never seen anything like this before. Never before has the speaker lost the job in a vote on the house floor. It happened with with the pounding of a gavel. The office of speaker of the house, of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared
Good evening, everyone. Im laura coates, here with abby philip, and this is a Special Edition of cnn tonight. Kevin mccarthy, i listed as house speaker, he says hes not dont even run again. Now, the house will be in recess for a week. Theyre not even planning to return till next tuesday night for cough conference meetings, before then, a Potential Vote later that week on electing a new speaker. So that means the house will be closed for business, maybe well get another speaker. Me while, because he lost that speakership gavel today, police said this tonight. These are the same people that never voted for me, they thought it was big they went to present. After we went through 15 rounds. Im not quite sure those individuals are looking to be productive. Well, this is certainly a moment in american history. And a series of a number of moments that weve never seen anything like before. Never before has a speaker lost the job in a vote on the house floor. And it happened with the pounding of
school now. because in a way, we have all become law students. how could all of this legal trouble just maybe fade away? i will explain to you, but don t worry. no pop quiz. no socratic method. that s all coming up. but first, i want to look at what we have learned just in the past few hours. first, kenneth chesbro coming back to maybe haunt the former president. he is the ex-pro trump lawyer whose claim to fame is helping to cook up the fake elector s plot and who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the election interference case. well now, he is talking to investigators in michigan, nevada, wisconsin as well as georgia. if we were in an old time gangster movie, you could say he was singing like a canary. this is what he told michigan prosecutors about a photo op gone wrong in the oval office way back in december of 2020. i ended up explaining that arizona was still hypothetically possible. it was i think clear in a way that maybe hadn t been before that we had un
the prosecutor. providing a plethora of details about the days and weeks after the 2020 election. when donald trump and his allies tried anything and did everything they could to reverse what they knew was trump s election defeat. we re getting a look at what sidney powell and jenna ellis told prosecutors during the recessions. those are the meetings where defendants who take plea deals reveal any information that could be used against the other defendants in this case. which includes rudy giuliani and donald trump. former trump attorney general ellis descriing a chilling conversation with trump aid at a white house christmas party. i said something to him like i m sorry that we haven t been able to do more. and i emphasized to him i thought that the claims and the ability to challenge the election results was essentially over because of the dismissal of the case from the the supreme court. he said to me in an excited tone, well, we don t care. we re not going to leave. i