speaker kevin mccarthy said the talks are, in his view, making headway. i think we re making progress. we re all working together to find a solution. the new concessions first reported by cnn include what was once a red line for mccarthy, agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member of the house to call for a vote to oust the sitting speaker. we re learning this morning that the new concessions are not going over well with some gop moderates who mccarthy cannot afford to lose. he needs all those votes. we re following all of the latest developments on capitol hill this morning. let s begin with cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju. so a lot of talks underway last night. you had a late one. more talk this is morning. where does everything stand? reporter: highly uncertain at the moment. it may happen or collapse. we simply don t know. he still doesn t have the votes to become the speaker of house. last night re reported about the key c
you for watching. i will see you back here next week in at 5 pm eastern. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now. thank you so much. as always, i m alicia menendez, and we begin this hour with two very different investigations into how president biden and donald trump handled classified information. this weekend the white house revealed five additional classified documents from his time as a vice president. president biden s delaware home won thursday. this comes after his team discovered two separate batches in the personal office of washington d.c.. the special counsel investigation is reviewing biden s case. another special counsel is looking into the trevor trove of classified documents, willfully stored at his florida beach resort. on the surface, there are stark differences. political reports quote, biden has had a smaller volume of out of play sensitive documents discovered than trump. unlike trump, he appears to have cooperated with authorities in tu
be denied the speaker s gavel. plus a monster storm is pommeling california and it has turned deadly. more rain and flooding and ferocious winds are battering the state. and the man accused of killing four college students is set to appear in an idaho courtroom today. that is what we re watching at this hour. thanks for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are two big stories that we re following at though hour. first the house will convene once again in an hour to try to elect the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has lost rounds of voting and making more concessions to lawmakers to try and turn the tide for him. in the meantime. the house is paralyzed. members could not sworn in, committees cannot be formed or do any business. and now the incoming chairs of the key national security committees foreign affairs armed services and intel, they say this delay is putting the safety and security of the united states at risk. as a republican stalemate grips congress, p
you can t get a better deal than that. never get a better deal than that. think you are finally even, they come back asking for more. do you know what i think? i m just going to have soup. yeah, i will save the meal for another time. [laughter] i had a lot dog earlier i m not that hungry. no, no. this is the dinner. the soup counts. soup s not a meal. you re supposed to buy me a meal. jesse: and if you steal 70 million in crypto from criminals and funnel it to the democrats, you expect a little something, you know, in return. and no a kiss from maxine waters, no relation, isn t enough. especially for a skinny fat kid like mini made al-jaafari. he wants to hang out with katy perry, tom brady and bill clinton while his harem feeds him vegan sliders. nothing major. oh yeah, i forgot. full access to the white house. tonight, we re learning mini madoff visited the biden house not once, not twice, not three times, but four times just last year. mini madoff was at the wh
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. president biden signing a disaster declaration from california as storm after storm rips through the state causing flash flooding and mud slides. and it s not over yet, we re tracking another round of heavy rain that s moving in. also, the death toll continues to climb in dnipro after a ukrainian official says a missile struck an apartment building. live to ukraine this morning. we re following a developing story out of nepal where a passenger jet has crashed shortly after takeoff. we ll break down what we know about the accident and the ongoing response. and days from hitting the debt ceiling, president biden and the new republican-led house could soon be sparring as the country inches closer to defaulting on its debt. how kevin mccarthy s concessions to become speaker could complicate talks. we are so grateful to have you this sunday, january 15th. it is a new week. great