new cnn reporting spotlights the momentum and the maneuvering inside the house gop effort to impeach the homeland security chief. and a revenge plot stoked by delusions of a rigged election. police arrest a former republican candidate in new mexico. they say he paid cash, gave gunmen address, even pulled the trigger in a scheme targeting the homes of elected democrats. up first for us this hour, the president of the united states unable to escape the gravity of a self-inflicted crisis. just moments ago president biden at the white house, you hear it there, appearing with the dutch prime minister. you can hear the president getting shouted questions. he gave no answers about the documents story that simply will not go away. the president s public posture sticking to the confines of what his lawyers have already said or avoiding questions altogether belies private angst inside the west wing. sources telling cnn the west wing mood where aides waiting along with everyone else to
measures ahead of his visit to el paso this weekend. before he travels, it appears the needs to study up on specifics. we re going to have to use title nine title eight am i right? we begin in washington where 11 rounds of votes over three days, the house of representativeses have failed to elect a speaker. a deal might be coming to move more support to kevin mccarthy. kevin cork is live in d.c. with the latest on this. good evening, kevin. the house has gavelled out tonight and will come back again friday at noon. as it stands, the majority of republicans, some 200 of them, want kevin mccarthy to become the speaker of the house. the other 20 have backed everyone from florida republican byron donalds to even former donald trump. they don t seem to be budging. this isn t chaos. this is a constitutional republic at work. i m a mom of four boys. i know what chaos and dysfunction looks like. mccarthy, meanwhile, said all he needs to do is flip at least 11 votes. ton
deadliest russian attacks since the invasion. at least 40 people killed in a cruise missile strike on an apartment building right in the center of the ukrainian city of dnipro. dozens more are injured or still missing and officials warn the death toll could climb. new developments in the classified document scandal looming over the white house. sources tell cnn that additional searches are possible and locations connected to president biden, who sources say is growing increasingly frustrated with the saga. we re also following the disaster right now in california, as another round of storms lashes the state. officials now bracing for more flooding and mudslides, as weeks of violent weather take a deadly toll. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. this is the situation room, special report. our top story tonight, ukraine counting bodies as it clears the rubble from one of the deadliest russian attacks since the invasio
good evening, everyone. i m laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. well, they re going to come back and do it all tomorrow. the house voting to adjourn until noon. that s congressional time for 9:00 a.m. and they barely got the votes to do that tomorrow, giving kevin mccarthy is few more hours to try to make a last-ditch deal that would give him the speakership. i think it s probably best that people work through some more. and i think i don t think the vote tonight will be any different but a vote in the future will. do you have a deal with those guys now? not yet but we re making a lot of progress. our reporting indicates that some members may actually be moving in mccarthy s direction, which maybe there is a break in the clouds for him. but there is no doubt the horse trading will go on well into the night, but it s been a long and chaotic and frankly embarrassing display so far. i mean, there were three votes yesterday. three more votes earlier today. no memb
tomorrow. the house voting to adjourn until noon. apparently that is congressional time as opposed to 9: 00am. and it just barely got the votes to even do that tomorrow, giving kevin mccarthy a few hours to try to make a last ditch deal that would give him the speakership. i think it is probably best that people work through somemo. i don t think voting for it tonight i think voting in the future will. do you have a deal with those guys right now? we made a lot of progress. he says he is making a lot of progress. our reporting indicates that some members may actually be moving in mccarthy s direction, which may be a bit of a break in the clouds for him. but there is no doubt the horse trading will go well into the night. it has been a long and chaotic, and frankly embarrassing display so far. there were three votes yesterday, three more votes earlier today. no member elect, having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast a speaker has not been elected