to answer questions about a missing tennis champion who is accused of communist party leader of sexual assault. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. it is friday, november 19th. and we begin with u.s. president joe biden s sweeping plan to fight climate change and expand the social safety net for americans. the u.s. house of representatives were supposed to vote on it last night. but a marathon speech from republican leader kevin mccarthy went well into the early morning hours. in fact, it s still ongoing. democrats say they didn t want to vote on the bill in the dead of night, so they ll do it this morning. but mccarthy just kept talking. take a listen. you know, when i look at this bill, it angers me. we are so better than this. you are spending so much money. never before. we spent less, defeating hitler, mussolini and japan than you re spending tonight. we spent less! but it cost us lives. and you re celebrating it.
mccarthy has been common dering the floor there for over eight hours. you are looking at live pictures. he s been doing this rambling marathon speech, breaking house speaker nancy pelosi s record for the longest speech in history, and he s still going. that s right. technically it s not a filibuster, but it did block action on the $2 trillion build back better bill. daniela diaz live on capitol hill. how do we expect it, daniela, to play out this morning? reminder, mccarthy is still talking. reporter: that is a really important thing to know right now, christine and laura, because it depends when he stops. the plan was to have the house democratic leaders reconvene the house at 8:00 a.m., but you know it s 5:00 a.m., mccarthy is still speaking and sources tell me it doesn t seem like he s going to let up any time soon. he got a new binder of material just an hour ago. he keeps eating mints to keep him going. and the reason he s able to do this, it s not a filibuster. we r
To upgrade, just say “nhl center ice” into your voice remote or go online today. all right, it is friday, november 19th, 5:00 a.m. in new york. thanks for getting an early start with us. i m christine romans. you made it to friday. i m laura jarrett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. we have reports this morning from capitol hill, hong kong, georgia, istanbul, charlottesville, paris, and the pentagon. and we start in washington where lawmakers will meet again this morning to consider president biden s signature social safety net bill. if you went to bed thinking last night that they were going to vote on it, you re not alone. but house minority leader kevin