hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with juice a range rover bulldozes migrants killing eight, authorities identifying the driver, signposting his criminal lift and unveiling eight manslaughter charges against him. plus, so much blood. horror stories from first responders to a mass shooting in allen, texas, as investigators now examine the gunman s obsession with neo nazi beliefs. and outlier or a warning? new polling shows america is deeply unhappy with president biden, including democrats, as the president confronts this week crises on the border and on capitol hill. up first for us, though, texas families measuring loss. police mulling over motive after a mass shooter blasted his way through an outlet mall taking eight innocent lives. the pop of gunfire there, screa we re all much ty afflicted by n epidemic. the mass shooting unfolding with great neck speed.shter stepped . the minutes that followed sent shop
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
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cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington on a very busy news night. we begin this hour with breaking news out of southeast georgia. this is a look at the massive plume of smoke in the town of brunswick, georgia. people who live within a half of a mile of this are being ordered to evacuate their homes at this hour. it s a fire at the panova manufacturing plant. you can just see some of these images now are the plume is just massive of fire broke out there earlier this morning and was thought to be contained after three hours, but this afternoon that glenn county board of commissioners posted on facebook that the panova plant fire has reignited and the evacuation order was put in place. you can see some of the images coming in from the scene, just showing some of the danger to the community there. it includes parts of the resort community of st simon s island. which of course, is a big holiday destination for people in that part of the country will keep an eye on all of this.
national guardsman, federal authorities say is responsible for perhaps the worst leak of classified material in a decade . airman first class jack to share his family had nothing to say, leaving federal court today in boston. earlier they watched him brought in shackles before judge he entered no plea to a pair of charges under the espionage act, unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention. of classified documents from material will remain in custody until the detention hearing next wednesday . as the hearing ended, a man in the courtroom shouted love you, jack to share a did not look back, but responded you, too, dad. according to the government s court filing on clt , the it specialists received top secret security clearance into 2021 may have had access to more sensitive material, the filing says. he quote maintained sensitive compartmented access to other highly classified programs, end quote and that he b