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
territory in the east. and conflict erupts in jerusalem amid a controversial celebration. we will take you there for a live report. emotional day in texas as u.s. president joe biden and the first lady try to comfort the heartbroken community of uvalde. just days after a mass shooting inside an elementary school. the two met with families and local officials and laid flowers at a memorial outside robb elementary school, where 19 students and two teachers were killed. this is the second time in less than two weeks mr. biden traveled to the site of a mass shooting to meet with grieving families. cnn s arlette saenz is following developments and has more now from uvalde. reporter: president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday, trying to offer some sense of solace and comfort to the families grieving the loss of those 19 young children and two teachers gunned down here at robb elementary school just last tuesday. the president and fi
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im Rosemary Church at Cnn Headquarters in atlanta. And im Becky Anderson in tel aviv for you, where we are standing by for u. S. President joe bidens arrival here. Biden is stepping directly into a geopolitical mind field made even worse by a blast at a hospital in gaza that the Palestinians Say has killed hundreds of people. The Subject Matter and the video that we are about to show you are graphic. Palestinian Officials Say the hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. Israeli military officials blame a rocket misfired by Palestinian Islamic jihad. They are presenting video evidence, which they say backs up their case. The World Health Organization says that the hospital has been caring for patients and sheltering thousands of people displaced from their homes. The Hospital Blast has brought condemnation from around the globe. A m
until last week israel s prime minister warned it will lead to violence that will endanger human life. he has convictions for inciting antiarab racism said the temple mount is open to everyone. if they think it would deter me, let them understand times have changed. under the so called status quo, jews are allowed to visit at certain times but are not allowed to bray there. ben gvir has asked for a lefting of the ban. the new prime minister says there will be no change. elliott gotkin, cnn, jerusalem. beijing is hitting back at countries trying to restrict travel over its covid surge. a live report from the chinese capitol coming up. plus, the disgraced founder is in a federal court. sam bankman-fried makes his plea
yesterday, there were also journalist who s came under attack from some of the marches including one of my colleagues. the only thing in the end that was seen flying overhead, the old city of jerusalem, that wasn t expected was a small drone carrying a palestinian flag as a kind of rebuttal to the israeli flag-waving going on below. rosemary? all right, elliott joining us live from jerusalem, bringing us new details there. appreciate it. well, leftist former guerilla and a popular social media star are headed for the next round in colombia s presidential election. left-wing gustavo petro will face off against the self-proclaimed king of tiktok. rodolfo hernandez on june 19th. their runoff comes after the first round of voting finished on sunday. stefano pozebon fooi filed this report from petro s headquarters in bogota. reporter: colombia took a step towards the unknown on