happening now, breaking news. kevin mccarthy trying to seize the momentum right now in the fight for the speakership. the house is preparing to return to session at 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight, after two very dramatic votes saw the republican leader flip more than a dozen hardliner holdouts coming up just short of a majority. the country marks the second anniversary of the january 6th insur re insur insurrection. president biden honoring the defenders of democracy today, including several police officers brutally attacked while holding off the mob at the capitol. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the momentum in the speaker s race swinging heavily toward house republican leader kevin mccarthy. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us live from capitol hill. i understand you are getting new understand.
good morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthy s speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard line members who is held out against his speakership are still meeting behind closed doors. these new concessions include what was once a red line for mccarthy. once a red line. agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. but even with that concession, it is not clear at this hour if mccarthy will ultimately be able to lock down the votes he needs. do you have a deal with those guys right now? a lot of progress. he s
Time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. Like, he is shaken. I mean, heres the front page of the daily news, Talking About Poor Donald. Of course, theyre talking about him coming off the forbes list. If you want to understand donald trump, weve said this from the beginning, just understand the money. The money. I still think a lot of these criminal investigations and the possibility of going to jail, too abstract for him. But him sitting there, the possible of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 250 million he doesnt have, i think thats getting to him. Look at a clip of Attorney General in New York State that i think has just kind of had enough. This case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a pattern and practice of fraud. And i will not sit idly by and allow anyone to subvert the law. Lastly, i will not be bullied. So mr. Trump is no longer here. The donald trump show is over. I will
He was number two, at least not public support. Jordan is known for punchy interviews on cable news, for leading hard Liner Investigations in support of President Trump and against President Biden. Hes a member of the Freedom Caucus who could theoretically help the extreme of the party get in line. Hes making the rounds selling what he could do. Here he is with nbcs ali vitali this morning. One of the things the country wants is the government to stay open. How would you deep with the looming Government Shutdown on november 17th. Send the bill, the bipartisan bill, the no Government Shutdown act you, get the Shutdown Politics and this chaos, and all the crisis is coming, you get that off the table, and you pass legislation. Which is common sense. Its bipartisan, and is t simply says if you dont get your work done, you stay here and get it done. Its around the clock. It sounds reasonable but reasonable is not the representation reputation jordan has, in places like new york, home to fre
republican conference hostage. there s one name we haven t talked about tonight. the t word. at the end of the day, is donald trump going to take credit if kevin mccarthy gets sure. that seems we are sure where that s going. he did just write a few moments ago he was saying, it looks like this is a big day for republicans. hinting about what is to come after mccarthy said he was confident he was going to get there. byron donalds, he said he did get a call from trump. other republicans are more skeptical. it has to do with concessions. byron donalds, at the center of a lot of this and had his name nominated several times said he got a call from trump and he believes it was effective. i just want to let our