top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. i ll talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police say she was shot by her 6-year-old student. as football evolves, so does its safety practices. you re in the cnn newsroom. an olive branch this saturday from president biden to the new house speaker kevin mccarthy. the president called mccarthy to congratulate him on his hard-fought win on the 15th vote. it s the kind of civility lacking at times among the speaker s own republican members overnight. moments after mccarthy confronted matt gaetz for forcing that 15th vote, congressman mike ro
revealed today by the committee. one particularly interesting one is don jr. and the texts that he was sending to mark meadows. i want to juxtatoes what he sent the day after the election, the day after his father lost the election, and then what he sent on january 6th. i think there is an arc between the two. the first one that he sent that he claims is not his writing and doesn t sound like his voice frankly and he also claims he doesn t remember who sent it to him, it says we have operational control, total leverage, moral high ground. potus must start second term now. state assemblies can step in and vote to put forward the electoral state. republicans control 28 states, democrats 22 states. once again trump wins. that is the road map the day after the election, ron, for how to keep donald trump un-constitutionally in office. okay? now, fast forward to january 6th when they ve tried some of these things. and suddenly donald trump jr. is texting a different tune. here it i
also claims he does not remember who sent it to him. it says, we have operational control, total leverage, moral high ground, potus must start a second term now. state assemblies can step in and vote before the electoral slate. republicans control 28 states, democrats 22 states, once again, trump wins. that s the road map the day after the election, ron, for how to keep donald trump unconstitutionally in office. okay, fast forward to january six, when they tried some of these things instead of a donald trump jr. is texting a different tune. here it is. we need an oval address. he has to leave now, it s gone too far, it s gotten out of hand. i mean, what did they think their shenanigans would lead to? it led to chaos and violence. yeah, there is a dangling threat in the first series of text or emails that i cannot imagine the special counsel will be interested in investigating because as you know, donald trump jr. is really the first one to suggest, this in the report, sug
and failed to get german signoff on the allies of ukraine s tanks something that poland says they would do on their own. and president biden was asked about it today. polands call to send tanks and money. u.s. tanks to ukraine? president biden: ukraine s going to get all the help they need. anchor: that s ukraine s president, he says he needs more than western gratitude to hold off the russians. hundreds of thanks, are not hundreds of tanks. also, today, the white house told reporters, that the mercenary fighters made up in part of russian convicts, this all come as day after we learned that cie director briefed president zelensksyy on how the spring russian may play off. fred starts us off from kyiv. reporter: hugely important week in ukraine. one that could be pivotal for the war and the future of their country. they want it take the fight to the russians, they understand that they need more modern, western weapons to do that. at the same time they re bracing
philadelphia, new york to boston. and rob marciano timing it out. the war in ukraine tonight. and you ll see the new and harrowing images right here. a family rescued from the rubble of their home following a russian missile attack. and tonight, who vladimir putin has now arrested for that bridge explosion. ian pannell in ukraine. and here in the u.s. tonight, two americans on their capture in ukraine by russian-backed forces. they describe what they say was done to them in ca whit johnson with the interview. tonight, two navy officers and a doctor reprimanded in the death of a navy s.e.a.l. trainee at the end of what s called hell week. the new report tonight revealing his cause of death and martha raddatz is here. the former rookie officer now facing felony charges tonight after shooting that teenager while eating a burger in his car outside a mcdonald s. the officer now surrendering. the teen on life support. tonight, the chilling testimony from a member of the oat