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
stalemate over sending tanks to ukraine. we re going to take you there and report on why this aid is so crucial. not sharing, at least for now. the gop rebuffs an investigation, a move certain to frustrate newly empowered republicans. three active duty marines have been arrested for taking part in the january 6th insurrection. how they landed on the fbi s radar. and new developments in the death of elijah mcclain. the charges. that s coming up on cbs this morning. welcome to weekend, saturday, january 21st. we re grateful to have you with us. our weekend is starting out great. mine is. i get to be with amara walker. and me with you. and i got my chocolate cupcake my daughter baked. please send one in my direction. we ve got a lot to get to. up first, a plea from ukraine. german officials says they won t send their leopard 2 tanks unless the u.s. agrees to send theirs to the battlefield. and president volodymyr zelenskyy said there s no alternative. he said h
his departure could happen in the coming weeks and marks a rare and significant turnover for the biden administration. the news comes at a time when the president is dealing with classified document controversy, and questions about his 2024 ambitions. let s get right to cnn s she joins us from delaware where president biden spending the weekend. here we go, some saturday news for us from the biden white house, what can you tell us? yes jim, pretty big news, as we have learned that white house chief of staff, ron klain, is expected to the part his post in the coming weeks. sources said that the transition is expected to happen after the save the union address, which is currently set for february 7th. really, this comes as there has been very little turnover amongst president biden s most senior staff. ron klain of courses within that inner circle of advisers that has been with president biden since he joined the white house, and has worked for biden before in the obama adm
happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. and then a few hours later president biden will honor 12 people at the white house including police officers injured in the capitol attack. we ll take to you both events live. also just a few moments from now, house republicans set to hold a conference call as the standoff over who will be house speaker continues. this, of course, after kevin mccarthy failed to get the votes needed after three days and 11 rounds of votes. mccarthy allies continuing to negotiate with the hardliner holdouts. the situation fluid but mccarthy remains confident this morning. we re going to get it done. let s go straight to correspondent manu raju live there on capitol hill. so, this meeting, just about 15 minutes from now as i understand it, it is about to begin. where do the negotiations stand going into that meeting, manu? reporter: well this is a critical moment for kevin mccarthy because he needs to demonstrate that the deal-cutting going on b