only by the barest margin and only by winning the votes in the 11th hour of the most extreme members of his party. one promise he made while campaigning to be speaker according to cnn s the new york times is to make thousands of hours of security footage from the january 6th attack public. today here is how house speaker mccarthy justified his decision to release the video. because i think sunshine matters. i don t care what side of the issue you re on, that s why i think putting it out all to the american public, you can see the truth. so what could be wrong with that? well, for starter, he is not actually doing what he said. he is not putting it all out to the american people. he is giving it to fox host tucker carlson, the one who spent months downplaying the significance of the day and hosting people peddling conspiracy theories about the day, lies about the election. when asked about that today, the speaker suggested the objections were just sour grapes. did you
so i take garlique to help maintain healthy cholesterol safely and naturally. and it s odor free. i m taking charge of my cholesterol with garlique. good evening, we begin tonight keeping them honest with what is one of the most powerful elected officials in the country said today about transparency versus what he s actually doing about it. house speaker kevin mccarthy is the highest ranking republican in congress, and is second in line to the presidency, but became speaker only by the barest margin and only by winning the votes in the 11th hour by the most extreme members of his party. one promise that he made while competing to be speaker, according to cnn s melanie zanona, the new york times, was to make thousands of hours of security camera footage from the january 6th attack public. today, here s how speaker mccarthy justified his decision to release the video. i think that sunshine matters, i don t care what side of the issue you are on. that s why i think that gett
two trains crashing into one another, killing 36 people. we have the latest developments. for the first time in more than 30 years, chicago sitting mayor has lost re-election in a race that was dominate bid rising crime. is it a warning sign for other big city democrats? you re talking about a potential leak. the fbi providing his first public confirmation on their assessment about covid originally leaking from a chinese lab. we ll have more on the comments ahead. all that ahead, first, to our breaking news. a devastating train crash in greece killed more than 36 people. dozens are injured. a passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided head on with a freight train. multiple cars derailed. several catching fire. this happened north of athens. state broadcasters reporting that both trains were traveling on the same track for several miles before this collision. first responders still working, trying to find survivors in the twisted melted wreckage. hospital offic
very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children
welcome to inside politics. . i m john king in washington. the attorney general facing a barrage of questioning from the judiciary committee. republicans and democrats willing the attorney general on a host of issues including hunter biden. chicago s mayor is out. she falls short in her reelection bid. is this a warning sign for democrats? and a trump slauump, new reporting on donald trump s allies are pressing to get house republicans to endorse his 2024 bid. so far, they are not getting what they want. we begin the hour with the attorney general on capitol hill facing sharp questions on a range of critical issues. merrick garland defending the integrity of his justice department at a time some suggest it s weaponized against conservatives. the attorney general agreeing much more can be done, including getting tougher on social media companies to deal with the fentanyl scorch. he said he was keeping husband promise to stay walled off from the investigation of the presi