he met with border officials. he did not see or meet any migrants along the way or residents that live along the boarder that have to deal with the situation there. the migrant camps in the city with cleared from the streets in the days and weeks prior to his announced visit. border farmers and ranchers had this to say about it. you don t come after all the mess has been dealt with and cleaned up. you come when the emergency is happening. everything is picked up and clean. everybody is like on their best behavior. martha: yeah. so monica de la cruz represents texas border district. she has someone she wants you to understand about the president s trip and victor davis hanson weighs in as well. first to jacqui heinrich in mexico city covering this trip of the president of the united states. hi, jacqui. hey, martha. the big question coming out of the summit is whether there is any plan to address the cartels which are driving this human smuggling across the u.s. border
and after two years of repeated calls for members of both parties, president biden visits the southern border for the first time since taking office. plus teams and fans across the nfl honor buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. wait till you see what his team did. you are in the cnn newsroom. a relatively peaceful protest followed by an assault on the halls of congress. sound familiar? this is not january 6th two years ago in washington, d.c. it s happening in brazilia, the capital of brazil today. devout supporters of the former president breached security barriers this afternoon and spent hours vandalizing brazil s congress and supreme court and the presidential palace. reporter: over the last few hours we have seen protesters breaking windows and doors, vandalizing offices and clashing with police and government employees as they storm government buildings in brazilia the capital of brazil. protesters not only stormed the congressional building but the palace which is br
from the united states all around the world, [ cheering ] the 15th time is a charm for kevin mccarthy, after four days and a bruising floor fight, the california republican is officially the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, all the dramatic scenes unfolding exactly 2 years after a violent mob stormed the capital in a failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election, we will show you how the white house marks the anniversary. the promised christmas fire fails, spending the holiday and bomb shelters. live from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with layla harak. 15 bouts and evening of high drama but kevin mccarthy secured enough votes to become speaker of the house. never has a leadership contest taken so many votes in modern times and out of 222 republicans in the house it only took six hard-line conservatives to derail him in the 14th ballot on friday night, a vote he had believed was in the bag. but right-wing firebrand matt gaetz, who had sworn to ne
after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting. the house finally elects a speaker. how the chaos ended and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. and there are new details in the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and a former fbi agent will be joining us with her perspective on that investigation. also remarkable progress for buffalo bills player damar hamlin. an update on his condition and the moment he face timed his teammates from a hospital bed. and a major policy for military parents. the change that will allow them to spend more time with their newborn coming up on cnn. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s january 7th. alex is gracing us with his presence. thank you for being with us, alex. hopefully you got some sleep last night. i got some sleep, that means i missed the historic, you know, end of the speakership race. yeah. and woke up to that news
happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.