Thank you for sharing your day with us. Joe bidens lawyers confirm a second batch of classified files were discovered in his delaware home. The president says hes fully cooperating, but cant resist sniping at reporters questions. Classified material next to your corvette. What were you thinking . Let me ill have a chance to speak on this, good willing, soon, and as i said by the way, my corvette is in a locked garage. Its not like its sitting out in the street. Plus, a picture of fraud. More and more republicans plead with congressman George Santos to quit as we get a glimpse of his resume full of outright lies. And American Families exhale as new data Show Inflation is easing. Is it a return to normal or is a recession still on the table . Up first, the Attorney General makes a Public Statement next hour, as questions mount about how he will handle a blossoming controversy involving his boss. Joe biden also had classified files in his delaware garage. This morning the president and hi
warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy failed to get the vote for speaker of the house. the house is in a state of stop. come on, come on, come on, get up. states under tornado watches. the severe weather threat is pressing east. already a trail of damage left behind. announcer: lev from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello. it is wednesday, january 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where a growing feud within the republican party is threatening to overshadow the new majority in the house. on tuesday a band of conservative hardliners blocked kevin mccarthy from securing the 218 votes needed to become the speaker of the house and that s after three rounds of voting. it s the first time in 100 years that the house has failed to elect a speaker on the firs
also new this morning, surrounding new details surrounding former president trump s efforts to overturn the election, a georgia district attorney tells 16 so-called fake electors they are now targets of this ongoing criminal investigation in fulton county, georgia. it is a notable escalation. we ll explain why. and it comes as another election denier just secured the republican primary for governor in maryland. trump-backed candidate dan cox known for encouraging former president trump to seize voting machines will face off against the democratic nominee there in november. let s begin with the single text exchange that the secret service has provided to the january 6th committee, our justice correspondent jessica schneider is with us. just one back and forth, that s it? that s it. the committee members here continue to be dissatisfied with the secret service response. what we learned from this letter overnight, obtained by jamie gangel, the inspector general requested a m
league. 9/11 families say trump and others are pocketing blood money. this move is incomprehensible. this is the most evil form of greed that i ve ever witnessed. the fact you are, and even the players, this is blood money that you re taking, the same with him hosting these events. they are trying to sports wash their way through this. they have a very long history of human rights violations not just 9/11, and it s their way of trying to erase that through sports. i mean, i we re going to try to fight that as much as we possibly can because it s absolutely not right. but we start this morning with brand-new cnn polling painting the picture of an electorate that is both divided and depressed ahead of this november s midterm elections. straight to political director who is breaking it down for us. david? abby, we have these brand-new cnn polling numbers conducted looking at the mid-term electorate. let s start with what we call the generic congressional ballot. look a