badly. governor jim justice is running for a senate seat with west virginia. i ask you to run right with me. democratic senator joe manchin is up for re-election. to the finish line together. lost four don t want to lose another. the 2023 nfl draft now officially open with the first pick the carolina panthers select bryce young, quarterback, alabama. it is a blessing to be here. all right. we begin with a fox news alert. it s not good news. three u.s. army pilots are dead. a fourth fighting for his life after a helicopter crash in central alaska. steve: officials say the helicopters collide on their way back home to the base. alexandria hoff joins us live with the breaking developments. good morning. good morning to you. the soldiers names have not been released. we are expecting that some time today. according to the army the soldiers were returning from a training mission when two h 64 apache helicopters collided in flight. two soldiers died at the sc
this predator as a neighbor and they may not know it. one of the victims will tell us what she is thinking knowing the man who attacked her will soon walk free. i m sandra smith in new york. mike, great to have you here today. mike: great to be here, mike emanuel in for john roberts. sandra: tiffany was 13 years old, one of the nine attacks he has admitted to. we will hear her message, and the bureaucrats decided he only had to serve part. and the race to control congress a month before america casts their ballots. and, here we go, battle to control congress as tight as it gets at this point. exactly four weeks out from election day, that s particularly the case in the senate. but let s begin with the house. brand-new fox news power rankings show republicans holding their advantage. gop forecasted to win 231 seats, democrats 204. keep in mind, 31 house races are considered toss-ups. since last month, republicans have gained two in the rankings, three races shifted towards
top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. i ll talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police say she was shot by her 6-year-old student. as football evolves, so does its safety practices. you re in the cnn newsroom. an olive branch this saturday from president biden to the new house speaker kevin mccarthy. the president called mccarthy to congratulate him on his hard-fought win on the 15th vote. it s the kind of civility lacking at times among the speaker s own republican members overnight. moments after mccarthy confronted matt gaetz for forcing that 15th vote, congressman mike ro
jeanne moos, cnn, new york. hello again, everybody. thank you so much for joining me. happy new year. i m fredricka whitfield. news just in to cnn, an update on buffalo bills player damar hamlin. he continues to make a remarkable recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during monday s game. hamlin is now breathing on his own after having a breathing tube removed late thursday. the 24-year-old also surprised his teammates in buffalo yesterday, facetiming with them on a phone from his bed in the hospital in cincinnati. cnn has more live from the hospital in cincinnati and new information on his medical update. reporter: yes. from the physicianses here at the hospital where tamar is receiving treatment damar is receiving treatment. he is still in critical condition but continues to make progress. and here s perhaps the line in this tweet the bills just published that sticks out. as he continues to breathe on his own, his neurological function is excellent. a
concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. the big one is he agreed for any single member to be able to call for a vote on ousting the sitting speaker. that s something he used to say he would never budge on. now any member could call for that vote. he s agreed that his leadership pack is not going to play in primaries to try to beat conservatives, at least in safe districts. that s something conservatives have complained about in the past.