A warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u. S. And all around the world. Im max foster. Bianca is off dotoday. Just ahead jim jordan knows he has his work cut out for him. Hes been trying to win over the moderates and part of his pitch im told is that he is in the best position to try to unite the conference. You never expect it out of a president. He is giving secrets to people and carrying secrets into his home. The Biden Administration announcing that it is waiving 26 federal laws in order to green light the construction of a border wall in south texas. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is friday, october 6, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. Washington, d. C. Where the House Speakership took a surprise turn in the past few hours with former President Trump endorsing congressman jim jordan for the post. Jordan and fellow republican Steve Scalise are the only two lawmakers who have said that they will seek the Leadership Position when t
Right now. Outfront next, donald trump says hes accept the role of house speaker, quote, for the party and for a short period if necessary. It comes as hes placing himself in the capitol hill chaos. And abc news reporting that donald trump discussed Sensitive Information about submarines with a Maralago Club member. How does this fit into jack smiths case . And russia launching one of the deadliest strikes on ukraine yet. Putin claims he didnt start the war. Hes just trying to end it. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Tonight, donald trump for speaker . Trump saying tonight he will take the job, telling fox news digital today, i quote, they have asked me if i would take it for a short period of time for the party until they come to a conclusion. Im not doing it because i want to. I will do it if necessary. Also telling fox hell visit the capitol on tuesday. The vote is expected to be wednesday and this will be trumps first visit to the capitol since the insurrection on j
white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, shannon. we are seeing a groundswell of opposition to something that hasn t yet happened. the return of any federal mandates in some schools and localities are trying to tamp down on this recent rise in cases. tonight the governors of south carolina and florida are announcing that their states will not bring back any restrictions. as president biden s cdc is warning people to remain vigilant. we know that masks don t work. we knew that from the very beginning. president biden flouting cdc mask guidance this week after being exposed. 10 days or something. i got to keep wearing it but don t tell them i didn t have it on when i walked in. support for a republican bill ban the return of federal mask mandates. democrats unwilling to go that far. i think that would depend on the lethality of covid, if hundreds of thousands of people are dying, the government response is
Chicago is grappling with local backlash against moving homeless migrants into a new government-run tent encampment as temperatures drop and more migrants continue to arrive. Hundreds of migrants are still sleeping on floors or in tents outside city police stations. At the same time, dozens of protesters have been gathering daily near a construction site where one of two new shelters is being built in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood.
The city of Chicago is evaluating a plot of land in Brighton Park as a possible site for winterized tents to house recently arrived migrants, Ald. Julia Ramirez, 12th, confirmed. “This is all very preliminary,” Ramirez said Saturday when asked about the site at 38th Street and California Avenue. “They’re assessing the lot to prepare for winterized tents.” Ramirez declined to give further .