were, you know, put in exile. that s what they ll have to get to. you ll have the folks. mary miller just miller. let s wait and see, chip roy and if you have scott perry voting yes, you ll have the serious people will now come over to kevin and then you ll have the kind of the clown show for lack of a better phrase, right? the people who are just they re just here for theater, right? if those are the folks still outstanding mccarthy will win. that s i think the key point. that was mary miller. mary miller who had previously been part of the bloc of 20 just flipped her vote. you see this building momentum in terms of flitting the bloc of the 20 who are obstinate against mccarthy. the thing to look at if you don t read the tea leaves of politics every day, the difference if that 20 between the intransigent ones there not in good faith to simply make a stand and show and frankly burn the house down, and the ones who have principled policy differences where they re
welcome back to cnn live coverage. it took 12 balances but now a break in the republican resistance, mccarthy promised progress. we are seeing it. 14 rebel hold-outs moving from never to eventually kevin for the first time mccarthy netting more votes than hakeem jeffries. we should note mccarthy still on track to fall short of that magic number needed to clinch the speakership. we shall see. it s likely they ll move quickly to another vote. to manu raju on capitol hill. what are you seeing and hearing. reporter: there s going to be a real effort to win over those remaining hold-outs. patrick mchenry one of the top deputies of kevin mccarthy told me moments ago they see clear momentum moving in their direction. now they ll focus on those remaining hold-outs and may have support from some of those that flipped. scott perry the lead of the hard right height freedom caucus opposing kevin mccarthy all along but engaged in negotiations over the last day or so to give them more say over the
i personally have never seen anything like what the pictures show us. and right now, police and the atf are at suspect james holmes apartment building. we have some live pictures for you now. they re trying to figure out how they re going to get inside and get past those booby traps that they say he set. shock, anger and disbelief as the community tries to make sense of a mass shooting inside a crowded movie theater. it was supposed to be a night of fun. 12 people are dead, 58 others injured. and the cover of today s denver post sums up the feeling here our hearts are broken. how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me hundreds of people came together last night in front of the theater in vajil to mourn and remember those lost. and we re still learning more about the suspect, 24-year-old james holmes. take a look at this picture. it comes from the adult sex site adultsfriendfinder. police believe this may be a picture of holmes, but investigators haven t co
he lived alone, kept to himself. but james holmes was also a one-time ph.d. canned tate and an honor student. more on the man now in custody. plus i personally have never seen anything like whathe pictures show us is in there. trip wires, gas canisters, booby-traps. an apartment so dangerous law enforcement still can t get inside. we ll take you live to the suspect s building. it s saturday, july 21st. good morning, everyone. i m gary tuchman. a little over 24 hours ago the nation first heard the news. a shooter opened fire inside a crowded theater. 12 people dead, 58 others injured. as many as 11 of those are in the hospital in critical condition. we ll get you out to the scene in just a moment. first, i want to show you this picture. it comes from the adult sex sykes adult friend finder. police believe this is james holmes, the suspect in the shooting. but investigators haven t confirmed the picture just yet. sources did say holmes dyed his hair red before the attack.
against so many people? colorado police and the fbi have been all over james holmes apartment today, slowly and carefully since the front door was rigged to trigger a bomb. we re going to live to the apartment building in just a couple of moments. let s go to breanna keeler. don, the worst drought in more than 50 years is crippling farmers in the midwest. half of the states in the region are reported to be in severe to exceptional drought. that s the region that produces about 75% of the nation s corn and soybean crop. the drought is especially hard on livestock. many ranchers having to sell off their herds early. with the focus on the colorado movie massacre, the relentless gun violence in chicago is going almost unnoticed. but in the past 24 hours, 21 people have been shot across the city. three died. police are blaming a gang fight for the latest killing. and in syria, rebels are making slow but steady progress against government forces. that s noticeable especially alo