to today. we begin with 0,000-foa sixty ts foot in the sky balloon that s flying over the continentale. wa us somewhere where at this momentt this we re not exactly sure. it is a massive chinese spy balloon the size of, say,, hove three school buses.rir iout has been hovering overml our country for days. and why hasn td we our governmee told we, the people about this ,the self-proclaimed most transparent administration itras history? china says it s a weather balloon. i don t believe anyone here believe them can say it louder.l now. all right. they re saying accidentally that he s flying over america s critical military infrastructure. now it sy happening in multiple states . a lying communist spokesperson nameisd mao told us to calm dow, quote, any deliberateside speculation or hyping uperin will not help the chinese side n is gathering the facts and hopes all sides will handle this matter matter in a coolhes manner. how about we don t need lectures from the communist
transportation secretary. he has been utterlpothole pey mn just two years, he aimlessly is presided over multiple airline fiascos, chaos atao america s shipping ports,ship a supply chainping nightmare tht is still ongoing.a disast and now a disaster inn palestine, ohio, a train wreckkb followed by a control chemical burn that released all these dangerous chemicals into the air, the soil, the water.sh we have dead fish, deadnd dea animals, sick people. but pothole, pete, he s nowhere, to be found. he s nowhere to be found and same joe. h jo and four daye.s he has saidthin nothing, did nothing aboutould toxic fires so huge that itpitts could be seen on pittsburgh s pould be seen on pittsburgh s weather radar. now, ultimately, pothole pete,ps he was shamehame d into makingame a statement last week.cl he declared that his palestineat was getting more than enough attention. you decide. while this horrible situation has gotten particularly high amount of attention, there are roug
the democratic party all around the country. p they are now petrifiedetrifi by very real possibility that the democrats could lose the house and lose the senate, not to majr mention multiple major gubernatorial races all across this great country of ours. this weekend, barack obama, bernie sanders, even first lady jill biden, they re all hitting the campaign trail hard in a desperate attempt to salvager. some of these races. bujot noe t joe biden, the president. it s m he s just noort up to the taskt and it s more than he can handle at thishi point in his life. so he will be spending the weekend in delawarere with his wit granddaughter. so much needed rest and relaxation for the president.afe now, afterr al all, it was a vey nesy week for joe , public events almost every single day. needless to say, the struggle was very real. sed yesterday, for example, bideemn seemed to think that heg inherited five dollar a gallon gas pricesn ga and that america, you, the american people,
kevin mccarthy lost the vote 11 times. do not, do not just show up at the border. president biden with a message to migrants as he gets ready to see the crisis up close. and the wrong moves made by the accused idaho killer. what investigators secretly watched him do and how it helped crack the case. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. the house of representatives reconvening again just hours from now without a speaker and no known path to picking one. lawmakers have tried and failed for three straight days to elect a new leader. the longest that has taken in, get this, 164 years. will it be kevin mccarthy in the end? he s the choice of most gop lawmakers, but even after making major, major concessions to his hard right opponents, mccarthy can t seem to lock in the 218 votes needed to win. no, no, i m not putting any time line on it. i think we have progress going on. i think we v
it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan! now a look at paul ryan. the man. jamesville, wisconsin, is where i was born and raised, and i never really left it. the lawmaker. i have focused on solving the problems that confront our country. and his impact on the race for the white house. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. in this special hour, we re taking a close look at the man mitt romney has asked to join him on the republican presidential ticket, paul ryan. fittingly, romney made the announcement in front of the battleship the uss wisconsin. ryan, chairman of the house budget committee, made a name for himself here in washington by battling deficits and fighting for cuts in government spending. listen to how mitt romney broke the news. it s an honor to announce my running mate and the next vice president o