measures ahead of his visit to el paso this weekend. before he travels, it appears the needs to study up on specifics. we re going to have to use title nine title eight am i right? we begin in washington where 11 rounds of votes over three days, the house of representativeses have failed to elect a speaker. a deal might be coming to move more support to kevin mccarthy. kevin cork is live in d.c. with the latest on this. good evening, kevin. the house has gavelled out tonight and will come back again friday at noon. as it stands, the majority of republicans, some 200 of them, want kevin mccarthy to become the speaker of the house. the other 20 have backed everyone from florida republican byron donalds to even former donald trump. they don t seem to be budging. this isn t chaos. this is a constitutional republic at work. i m a mom of four boys. i know what chaos and dysfunction looks like. mccarthy, meanwhile, said all he needs to do is flip at least 11 votes. ton
be denied the speaker s gavel. plus a monster storm is pommeling california and it has turned deadly. more rain and flooding and ferocious winds are battering the state. and the man accused of killing four college students is set to appear in an idaho courtroom today. that is what we re watching at this hour. thanks for being here. i m kate bolduan. there are two big stories that we re following at though hour. first the house will convene once again in an hour to try to elect the next speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy has lost rounds of voting and making more concessions to lawmakers to try and turn the tide for him. in the meantime. the house is paralyzed. members could not sworn in, committees cannot be formed or do any business. and now the incoming chairs of the key national security committees foreign affairs armed services and intel, they say this delay is putting the safety and security of the united states at risk. as a republican stalemate grips congress, p
player and what authorities believe might have happened. the severe storms as we come on the air tonight. the system sweeping its way east. tornado watches in effect across multiple states. a twister hitting a school. and tonight, the national weather service already warning about something else. in the west, the next system set to hit tomorrow. after deadly flooding already. ginger zee standing by to time all of this out. tonight, the stunning new images. officers approaching the car. the suspect charged with murdering four college students in idaho. how this played out. and tonight, what the suspect is now saying. kayna whitworth reporting. surrounded by scandal, one of the newest members of congress arriving on capitol hill today, sitting alone in the house chamber. republican congressman george santos, his alleged lies. and tonight, there is news that brazilian authorities have reopened their investigation involving santos. the images coming in tonight from vatica
groups as shoplifters have become more violent and employees more terrified. grocery stores may soon lock up their items. we began with a white house insisting that it s being transparent over the investigation into classified documents found in president biden s personal space. white house correspondent kevin corke is live for us in the nation s capital with more on this. good evening. critics argue that the white house s definition of the word transparent is decidedly different than, say, merriam-webster s definition which says it means among other things free from pretense or deceit, to be frank or obvious, readily understood or characterized by visibility or accessibility of information. all right, that all sounds simple. critics say none of that is how they would describe the process that saw the white house make a major discovery back on the 2nd of november and then not divulge it to the public until mid-january. so much for transparency. case in point: the infamous g
players in tears, the stadium falling silent. tonight, we have news on the player and what authorities believe might have happened. the severe storms as we come on the air tonight. the system sweeping its way east. tornado watches in effect across multiple states. a twister hitting a school. and tonight, the national weather service already warning about something else. in the west, the next system set to hit tomorrow. after deadly flooding already. ginger zee standing by to time all of this out. tonight, the stunning new images. officers approaching the car. the suspect charged with murdering four college students in idaho. how this played out. and tonight, what the suspect is now saying. kayna whitworth reporting. surrounded by scandal, one cong arriving on capitol hill today, sitting alone in the house chamber. republican congressman george santos, his alleged lies. and tonight, this is news that brazilian authorities have reopened their investigation involving santo