the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of negotiations, with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. [ cheers and applause ] cnn s eva mckend is live for us on capitol hill. so, eva, you know, how did mccarthy eventually get those votes that he needed? reporter: fred, by convincing those holdouts, those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately to vote present. that isn t a ringing endors
united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. just ahead after listening with him against fetterman, it s definitely oz. doing that debate wasn t exactly easy. conservative voters are rallying behind him. trump is not saying whether he s going to comply. doesn t get anymore important than mark meadows. she said she saw these bodies being disposed of. we re going to finish this one way or another. we re going to get this the answers to this. announcer: live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s thursday, october the 27th, 9 a.m. in london, 4 a.m. on the east coast. we are now just 12 days away from election day in america. that fact isn t lost on many voters who have already taken part in early voting or mailed in their ballots ahead of the critical mid-term elections. a huge turnout is being seen in several key states including florida and georgia. candidates now have less than two weeks to go to make their pitches a
are going to push as far as they can in russian territory. what do we know did the counter offensive that continues?, right? reporter: yes. it continues even as the referendums continues. the state agency putting out new numbers this morning. this is in the 1960s. as you say, this counter offense continues. and ukraine president zelenskyy said it addressed on monday evening. and now it is the priorities. they said they want to cain goal over it. that is one of the key objectives. it is continuing to try and push this. we want to thwart all and my activity. russia supporting this shell schools in the enhanced regions. this is being used as a polling center. is it one of the ways that they are trying to thwart the enemy activity is by thwarting the rev referendums. this is happening in the presence of armed guards. we are expecting to move quickly once the voting is over and russia declare that the regions said they will join the region. they said they believe they ha
dozen states in the middle of legal battles over a abortion bans. and now some states are bracing for an influx of patients across state lines. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. we begin in ukraine where a u.s. supply advance weapon is reportedly starting to gain traction on the battlefield. the senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the high rocket launchers to take out russian command posts and other targets. at least four of those systems are already in ukraine. four more on the way. meanwhile, president zelenskyy accusing russia of terrorism following friday s missile strikes on a residential area near odesa. at least 21 people were killed. 40 others wounded. zelenskyy also says no one should buy russia s usual spin on attacks like this one. three missiles hit an ordinary residential building. a nine story building in which no one hid weapons, military equipment or ammunition. as russian propaganda and officials always te
him and he deserves it. he put these people through hell. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is friday, august 5, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we re getting more revelations in the january 6 investigation including this cnn exclusive. donald trump s lawyers are now in direct talks with the justice department for the very first time. sources tell cnn that they are discussing the claims of executive privilege which he hopes will stop members of his inner circle from testifying about their conversations. we know that the federal investigators have subpoenaed trump s white house counsel pat cipollone and his deputy patrick philbin to answer questions about schemes to overturn the 2020 election and there is more, sources tell cnn trump s own attorneys are warning him that there could be indictments on the horizon. the former president apparently skeptical grilling his legal team about whether they think that he will actually