and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c.. it has been quite a day in quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his 60 vote to become house speaker. the house then adjourned around temps a deal making. consumed members reconvene briefly, only to adjourn again until noon tomorrow. the would-be speaker announcing more upbeat about his chances. cnn s manu raju first broke that news for us. he joins us again tonight from the capitol. so, why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? he s hearing some more positive responses from those opponents, the people who have essentially seemed immovable for the past two days. but after a meeting in which mccarthy made a number of concessions on arranging on political issues, how the outside group engages on some key issues as well as giving more power and more sway over themselves the rank and file, at the expense of the leadership. some these members sound like they re moving in his direction.
anonymous donor gave $3, 333, an apparent nod to his number three jersey. growing up in mckees rocks, pennsylvania, outside of pittsburgh, damar hamlin seemed destined for football greatness. at pittsburgh central catholic high school, he led his team to a 15 and one record. some recruitment sites named him the top rated defensive player in pennsylvania. he went on to play for the university of pittsburgh. according to what he told the point park globe last year, playing close to home was a priority. i was just so pittsburgh, everything was pittsburgh for me, he said. but soon came the 2021 nfl draft. and the buffalo bills selected him in the sixth round. he took over as a starting safety in september, after his teammates suffered a neck injury. this season, he played 15 games, and had 91 tackles. a lot of people never really get to see behind the scenes. football may be in his blood, but for damar, it seems family comes first. he posted this on his instagram on father s day