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
us on that topic and a lot more coming up in just a few moments today. sandra: we begin, america reports with a shake-up across the pond as prime minister boris johnson announces officially that he is resigning amid a string of ethics scandal. and look who came back for more, hello, welcome, everybody. i am sandra smith in new york. happy to have you. i am bill hemmer and for john roberts today, the outgoing prime minister acknowledging defeat after months of defiance with 50 senior lawmakers left office in a revolt against their leader, the final straw for some members of parliament coming after report saying that johnson knew about an investigation of sexual misconduct to a lawmaker that he had promoted. sandra: protesters gathered outside tenth avenue to give the prime minister a noisy send-off as they look for a replacement to lead the conservative party in the country now begins. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live on this from london for
a u.n. inspection team arrived today at europe s largest nuclear power plant to assess damage and shelling. this is vladimir putin. laying flowers at the casket of mikhail gorbachev. he will not attend the funeral. i will speak to senator jack reed coming up shortly. in alaska, crossover appeal beats out star power. the first alaskan native to win statewide and the first woman to win the seat. one of five races moving in democratic favor. a state of emergency continuing in jackson, mississippi. 180,000 people still without drinkable water with no word about when it s going to come back. first, the classified documents at mar-a-lago. joining us is ken dilanian, yamiche alcindor, and also with us former prosecutor in the robert mueller russia probe andrew weissmann and former communication advisor brandon buck. what do we expect about the special master hearing? didn t the trump lawyers stumble into opening pandora s box for the government to show the documents, spread them
latino. a texas lawmaker says ramos legally purchased the two rifles used in the shooting from a federally authorized dealer on his 18th birthday. just three days earlier a photo of two ar-15-style rifles was posted on an instagram account linked to the gunman. the massacre is the deadliest at a u.s. elementary school since 20 children and six adults were killed in the 2012 sandy hook shooting in newtown, connecticut. u.s. president joe biden says it is time for americans and lawmakers to stand up to the gun lobby and pass common sense regulations. why are we willing to live with this carnage? why do we keep letting this happen? where in god s name is our backbone? the president is just back from a trip to asia. he ordered flags at the white house and other public buildings lowered to half staff. well, parents waited late into the night at a civic center on tuesday hoping to be reunited with their children. cnn s ed lavandera in texas with more. reporter: late into the
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta. At any minute the United States senate could vote on a stopgap measure to prevent the shutdown that was going to take place just after midnight. This afternoon the house passed an 11th hour shortterm Spending Bill. Now it has to be signed by the senate and then signed by the president. All within the next six hours. Manu raju is on capitol hill for us. I guess its on the senate side right now, and thats where you are, if memory serves me correct. Youre tracking the latest. What do we know at this point . Reporter yeah, ive been talking to them this afternoon and its very clear. The senate will accept and will vote to give final approval in this house bill that would keep the government open past midnight for another 45 days. It would include money to help deal with natural disasters but does not include what many senators on both sides of the aisle wanted. 6. 2 billion in aid to ukraine. The senate was voting on its own plan as the house