fight. that was easy, huh? after 14 failed attempts. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. house republicans finally elect a speaker, in a battle that hasn t been seen since the run-up to the civil war. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. kevin mccarthy gains the gavel after making major concessions to a small group. because it took so long, now we learned how to govern. a preview of how the house republicans will govern. we will never compromise our principles. while republicans were divided this week, democrats remained enthusiastically united against their history leader. plus bridge building. we can work together. we can get things done. as washington was consumed by the house drama, president biden showcased hi bipartisan accomplishments. we look to things we agree on. and try to do those even while we have big differences on other t
politics. at this hour president biden looks to change the midterm trajectory. three weeks exactly from election day and the president promises new federal efforts to protect abortion rights but he needs democrats in charge of congress to succeed. plus, the trump tapes. cnn exclusively obtains recordings from a new audio book over the course of 20 interviews, the former president brags about his nuclear button, says he respects vladimir putin and more. and democracy is always on the ballot but this year is very different. three republicans who might win house seats were at trump s january 6th rally and a red state republican senator who tried to help trump hold power takes heat at a campaign debate. any moment now we will hear directly from the president of the united states. his goal today, to shake up the final three weeks of the midterm campaign by focusing on abortion rights. the president s remark, we are told, will include a new promise to open next year with legislati
welcome back. data download time. now that we finally have the 118th congress worn? , let s look at the makeup of the so-called people s house and upper chamber, if you will, to give us an idea. spoiler alert, they really don t. gender, 72% is male. despite the deficit of women leadership, this is actually the highest ever recorded in congress. let s like at race. this congress is more white and less diverse than the overall national population. and yes, while overall the numbers have been increases, still badly lacking being reflective of the overall population. religion is another place, where it seems to be two different stories. in congress, 88% are christian. you have people or more jewish in congress than the overall pop laying.
ukraine the timing of it, as you say, is coming, i m feeling the chill here standing right now. by the end of the week it will be even colder entering that period where the temperature could drop below freezing. so for ukrainians it seems really callous and that s the point that president zelenskyy is making, these are attacks of terrorism, not on the front line but attacking the pop laying and the way they live but rather than weakening resolve, you know, people are telling us that it s strengthening their resolve and their determination in the fight and will go through a cold winter if they have to. they re not going to give in to these acts by putin. nic robertson live for news kyiv, thank you. any moment president biden will speak on abortion rights at a big democratic event in washington. you see the live shot from the room right there. quick break. we ll be right back.
northern virginia have altered what was once a moderate to right of center state. vo virginia s foreign-born pop laying nearly doubled from 2000 to 2017 and immigrants are mostly concentrated in fairfax, loudon county, outside of d.c. and alters the demographic make jaup jamakeup of the state. i don t know what she s talking about. college-educated women left trump what about the notion and term foreign born ? horrible. listen, she ought to take her racist policies go sit with donald trump and have a good afternoon talking to each other s we don t want that in the commonwealth of virginia. we are a strong state because of our diversity. demographics are shifting? america is shifting s it makes us the strong country we are. it makes virginia strong.