i m ann marie walker. i m alex march quart in for boris sanchez. the house of representatives finally elects a speaker. how kevin mccarthy gets the votes. remarkable progress for damar hamlin and the moment he face timed his teammates from his hospital bed. and new details on the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and the father of one of the victims tells cnn why he believes the group was targeted. plus, the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug. the reported benefits and the concern coming up on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us. thank you so much for having me back. alex, it s great to be with you. we re matching. we re in lock step together. good to be with you, alex. happy new year. and to you. thank you so much. who needs reality tv when you have cspan. cnn after days of deadlock, 15 ballots and a lot of deal making, republi
begin to fade. that s what early alzheimer s feels like. when 80-year-old jack driscoll got his own alzheimer s diagnosis in 2019, he was doing okay but he worried what his future would eventually have in store. i talked to my wife and i talked to my kids and let them know that maybe down the road i wasn t going to be the same as i was then. reporter: so in 2021 jack enrolled in a clinical trial for an experimental drug just approved by the fda, this drug is showing to postpone early alzheimer s. in part, by removing a.m. ma lloyd plagues from the brain. we re finding this particular type of amaloyd when removed associates or correlates with the slowing of cognitive function. most importantly, clinical trials of the drug found that it slowed cognitive decline in people with early alzheimer s by