you. now to the gop in a state of disarray right now, except apparently when it comes to hanging on to a failed chapter of the past. reporters on donald trump is quick on the trigger after anyone disparages when utah senator mitt romney, the gop nominee in 2012 for president showed up at his home state for a convention. it s no secret i wasn t a fan of our past president s character issues. and i m also no fan. [ crowd booing ] aren t you embarrassed? and i m also no fan of the president s yeah, sure. my friends, this is the moment i was talking about. please, thank you. show respect. what a mess. senator romney, after the crowd settled down, said he expresses what he believes is right and follows his conscience. then there s republican congresswoman liz cheney, third ranking republican in the house. she s paying the political price for pushing back against trump. the ex-president and faithful in congress are vowing to punish her for supporting his second impeachmen
because of the disturbing denials by some republicans of what actually happened that day. and even now, the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy is saying not so fast. he has not signed off on this deal yet. cnn congressional correspondent on capitol hill. what s next? reporter: the short answer is they can pass this bill with or without kevin mccarthy s support. having him on board would make the process a whole lot easier and make it a lot more bipartisan. that s the goal of this independent commission is to draw a set of conclusions about what happened on january 6th. that is agreed upon by both republicans and democrats. this bill has been agreed to by the negotiators in the house homeland security committee, both republican and democrat. it will likely be brought to the floor as early as next week. democrats have enough votes for it to pass. how many republicans will get on board especially when you take into account there is a significant collection of hard rig
except what is happening right now across india isn t far removed. covid has shown that every move the virus makes is potentially a local story too to everyone anywhere in the world. but interest in this latest horrific uncontained outbreak goes beyond the biological fact that pathogens travel or the demographic fact that this country has a large indian american community with strong ties back home. there s the larger truth that empathy also travels. compassion flows forward, outward, along with the tools and initiative to harness it. right now with india reporting a record 3,645 new deaths and 380,000 new cases we begin with a deeply troubling but badly needed report from clarissa ward who joins us now from new delhi. clarissa, what have you been seeing? reporter: anderson, this is truly a terrifying and epic crisis. i mean it s just staggering the amount of suffering. people are struggling to breathe. they re literally dying on the streets, and there s just no end in sigh
i mean, it s just staggering, the amount of suffering. people are struggling to breathe. they are literally dying on the streets. and there is just no end in sight to this tragedy. in delhi, now, you re never far from heartbreak. almost everyone in the city has been visited by grief. at the crematorium, the loss weighs heavily in the smoldering air. and the dead are piling up. there are bodies, literally, everywhere you turn here. i have, honestly, never seen anything quite like it. and organizers say that pre-covid, they might cremate seven or eight people, a day. today alone, they ve already cremated 55 bodies and it s not even lunchtime. reporter: just months ago, india s leadership boasted that the country had effectively defeated covid. now, it has set global records for new cases, as a terrifying, second wave ravages the country. he says he and his men don t even stop to take breaks. and still, they can barely cope with the flow. a volunteer approaches. they ve run ou
states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom. we begin in northern israel where a tragedy has unfolded as a crowded religious festival early in morning turned deadly. at least 44 people have been killed there in a stampede and about 100 others have been taken to hospitals, many in critical condition. tens of thousands of orthodox jews and others were gathering to celebrate a holiday but the normally festive holiday became a catastrophe as many scrambled to evacuate. israel s prime minister is calling the tragedy a huge disaster. for the very latest cnn s hadas gold joins me live from mt. meron. details are still emerging, but what can you tell us? reporter: i m standing near the entrance to the tomb of an ancient rabbi where a lot of jews gather as festivities for this holiday. we have been seeing hundreds of buses as well as many police vehicles, ambulances driving up and down these roads. it gives you a sense of how many people were a