certainly he had the boos there. earlier this year police fined johnson for attending his birthday party in 2020 when fe fellow brittains were stuck at home under lockdown. cnn s bianca is there and staff writer for the atlantic is in london. bianca, i m going to start with you. first just lay out the process for us and the likelihood that boris johnson can survive this. reporter: victor, so it s started with letters from 54 of boris johnson s own mps to a committee that expressed they had no confidence in the prime minister. 15% had to be met, it could well have exceeded that number. this evening, right now, his own mps are voting whether or not they want boris johnson to remain on as prime minister or oust him. it requires a simple majority to stay on. even if he only needs 180 of his mps to vote for him to remain prime minister and live in the building behind me, he ll actually need more, decisively more, if he wants to continue with my semblance of political power and
minister boris johnson s political fate now comes down to a secret vote. results due any minute will determine whether he survives. and more shipments of baby formula on the way, but so many u.s. parents desperately want to know where is all this formula going, and how do i get some? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our national lead and what seems to be growing optimism among negotiators in the u.s. senate that some kind of deal on guns can be reached. as the united states reels from yet another horrific weekend of gun violence. now, it s not clear exactly what this compromise on capitol hill might look like, whether it includes increased background checks or new mental health provisions and funding or encouraging states to enact red flag laws or all of the above, or none of the above. but one of the lead democratic negotiators, senator chris murphy of connecticut, told me this yesterday. i have never been part of negotiations as serious as t
party you probably not want to hear this forecast from election experts political analysts he posted this tweet last week projecting that republicans would gain a hefty 20 to 35 seats in the house in november midterm election. ouch. exactly the kind of defeat that president obama was called special lacking. republicans are already planning for that victory, full control of congress. what are they going to do? i ll tell you this. it s not gonna be health care policy or tackling prices. conservative think tankers on eastern shore of maryland trying to find ways to investigations into the biden administration. that s right. they re already looking for excuses to launch congressional probes according to axios, that retreat was painful at a heritage foundation by the conservative partnership institute and by the american accountability foundation, which apparently is run by the trump administration. alumni. yes, the accountability foundation. any such thing as accountability w
on a day when the way critical issues are handled right now may well determine the outcome of the elections from primaries through november s midterm. not just for candidates, but for our economy, our safety. consider these new pieces of the puzzle. there s a brand new poll that shows 83% of americans describe the state of the economy as poor or not so good. prices for everything from clothes to food on the rise. the average cost of gas hitting another record high today. this hour we ll hear from americans about the pain at at the pump. plus this weekend saw another devastating round of mass shootings that left at least 12 people dead, 38 injured. among the communities experiencing these latest tragedies, philadelphia, chattanooga, saginaw, mesa, arizona. that s according to the gun violence archives. this weekend is pushing some americans to the brink. here s one philadelphia woman after the shooting there killed 3 and injured 11. i m furious. not just for my neighbor, but
our latest reporting on what s in, what s out, and the timeline of what votes, if any, could happen. and the house january 6th committee gears up for the most consequential week of its investigation, holding the first public hearing in primetime, in front of a country with a growing divide over who is to blame for the deadly riot. one member giving us a preview of what to expect. talking about new evidence and the conspiracy and premeditated activity before the riots. plus, the news coming in about the world leader in imminent danger of losing his job. what we know about the no-confidence votes around the uk prime minister boris johnson. good afternoon. i m chris jansing in new york in for hallie jackson. joining me now is josh letterman by the white house. liz mclaughlin is in uvalde, texas. and john is with us, as well. so allie, we just learned about this meeting between senators involved in the talks. what are they talking about? what more can you tell us? yeah, loo