the house voted in a nighttime session tonight to adjourn until noon eastern tomorrow. still don t know why 9 am wasn t a possibility, more now with day three of trying to get speaker, that s fine. we re gonna go into a second and third day tomorrow about this very issue, of course, republican leader, kevin mccarthy, has been enduring a c series of stinging defeats. now losing a total of six rounds of voting. in his attempt to become speaker of the house. he is saying tonight, well there s no deal yet, the emphasis on yet, there s a lot of progress that has been made in talks with some of the holdouts to end the ongoing impasse. it s possibly now paved the way for him to become the speaker. of course, it seems to be far from certain, knowing that there seems to be at least 20 who have not budged in many a vote at this point. his most strident opponents are vowing again tonight, they are going to block his bid. i want to go now to cnn s melanie zanona who s on capitol hill
good evening. we begin with the very real possibility house republicans tomorrow will do something that has not been done for a hundred years. it s possible perhaps even likely that when the chamber s very first piece of business comes up choosing the next speaker, something necessary for anything else to proceed, they will fail to get the required number of votes to make former minority leader kevin mccarthy nancy pelosi s successor as speaker. and beyond the drama of the history that could be made tomorrow if the first vote fails and it goes to another and then as many as it takes there is the irony. mccarthy who wants to succeed floesa woman widely acknowledged to be one of the most successful legislative head counters and arm twisters of all time is still trying with just hours to go to count enough heads and twist enough arms. do you have the votes tomorrow? i think we have a good day tomorrow. that remains to be seen. just ask a fellow republican. i won t be vot
holding last-ditch talks tonight fighting to win the speaker s job. we ll tell you who s been heading into his office. also, the suspect in the brutal stabbing deaths of four college students is expected in court tomorrow. authorities seeking his return to idaho to face first degree murder charges, even as they remain silent about a possible mo motive. a deadly new year of war in ukraine. russia suffers today what may be the biggest loss of life since the start of the invasion. ukraine claiming a major strike against russian forces as moscow unleashed a fresh barrage of missiles and drones, including in kyiv. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a very big cloud of uncertainty hanging over republican kevin mccarthy s bid to be the next speaker. lawmakers will vote tomorrow on whether kevin mccarthy should hold one of the most powerful positions in washington that puts him second
jessica schneider on exactly what the former president s lawyers are asking for and perhaps significantly which justice they re asking. jessica, what more do we know about what the former president is seeking from the court? right now they ve filed an emergency request at the court, anderson, even though they ve waited two weeks after the 11th circuit ruled on this. now we re finding out that the justice department has one more week to file its response. trump s team here, they re asking for very limited relief. basically what they want is the special master to get access to these 100 classified documents that he s been blocked from reviewing ever since the 11th circuit ruled and crucially here, if the special master regained access, that would mean that trump s legal team would also get to see the classified documents. that s something they ve long been angling for. what trump s team is arguing, they say the 11th circuit didn t have the jurisdiction to act when it did. now
j . so i m just going to leave it there. want to be prudent there. this is under review by the justice department, i m not going to go beyond what the president shared yesterday what my colleagues at the white house council shared with all of you as well. not many answers there, but a lot of questions about classified documents and a lot of no comments from the white house. good morning, everyone. poppy is off today. it s kaitlan and i in new york city. but we have a lot to cover in washington. you could be in washington again today with all the news. we brought washington here basically. we re talking about president biden s legal team finding another batch of classified documents. the new revelation now intensifying the republicans attacks on the president. also congressman george santos is under pressure to resign from members of his own parties. and kevin mccarthy side deals going into effect, a handful of detractors now on top of committee assignments. we be