dana: fox news alert top of the hour now topping the news. alec baldwin charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal smooth shooting on rust in mexico. the brutal slaughter of a family of six in california putting a spotlight on drug cartel violence and their deadly reach across the u.s. we have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first. president biden: i think you are going to find there is nothing there. i have no regrets. i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. it s exactly what we re doing. there is no there there. dana: president biden says he has no regrets when it comes to how he has been handling the discovery of classified document at his home and former office telling reporters he is fully cooperating with investigators. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: it s friday. are you good? dana: it with as a fast week. bill: i m bill hemmer good morning. the president sa
states and right around the world, i m paula neaten. ahead on cnn newsroom, we are hours away from joe biden s visit to the u.s./mexico border. i will speak to a nonprofit director about what she hopes to see come out of his first visit to the frontier as u.s. president. plus, reports of new russian strikes right across ukraine. all this on the heels of what was supposed to be a russian ceasefire. we will have a live report from kyiv. and for the first time since his cardiac arrest on a football field, buffalo bills player damar hamlin is speaking out on social media. what he is saying about his recovery so far. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so for the first time since taking office president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border in the hours ahead. officials say he will assess immigration enforcement operations in el paso, texas, where border crossings have surged so much, the city recently declared a
american voices with castro starts right now on msnbc. thank you, reverend sharpton. hello everyone and welcome to american voices. i am in for alicia menendez this hour. we kick off the new year with a finale of political theater in the house of representatives. what it means for doing the peoples business and the year to come. 14 ballots tonight kevin mccarthy finally got what he wanted. last night he became speaker of the house, who knew the 15th time could be the charm. instead of using his historic moment to lay out a vision for the american people, the speaker made it clear his party s top priority is waging political warfare against the biden administration. we will hold the swab accountable from the withdraw of afghanistan to the origins of covid and to the weaponization of the fbi. let me be very clear, we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. now, mccarthy might have the gavel, but not without a frankly embarrassing
ruhle starts now tonight, after two days and six separate votes, there is still no speaker of the house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal they re not giving up without a fight. republican lauren boebert is here to explain her beef with ken mccarthy. and as the house is divided in washington, a rare moment of bipartisanship in kentucky. what the next two years of a split government may look like as the 11th hour gets underway on this very important wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with the deadlock on capitol hill, as republicans struggle to elect a house speaker. just hours ago, lawmakers voted by a narrow majority to adjourn to until tomorrow at noon. earlier today, a second round of votes failed to give kevin mccarthy the speaker s gavel. he has now lost six separate votes in a row. tonight, mccarthy, his backers, and his opponents met to try to hammer out an agreement. the discuss
still no speaker of the house. the divide in the republican party, as both sides signal they re not giving up without a fight. republican lauren boebert is here to explain her beef with kevin mccarthy. and as the house is divided in washington, a rare moment of bipartisanship in kentucky. what the next two years of a split government may look like as the 11th hour gets underway on this very important wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this evening with the deadlock on capitol hill, as republicans struggle to elect a house speaker. just hours ago, lawmakers voted by a narrow majority to adjourn to until tomorrow at noon. earlier today, a second round of votes failed to give kevin mccarthy the speaker s gavel. he has now lost six separate votes in a row. tonight, mccarthy, his backers, and his opponents met to try to hammer out an agreement. the discussions are going well and will continue. but that does not mean they re done. it d