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headquarters in new york. breaking right now, we re waiting for the first news conference from the brand new speaker of the house, mike johnson. he won with a slim majority from the republicans but they were lined up this time around, which we have not seen in the prior three rounds. this happened three weeks after they ousted former speaker, kevin mccarthy. this is a beautiful country. it s the beauty of america that allows a firefighter s kid like me to come here and serve in this sacred chamber where great men and women have served before all of us and strive together to build and preserve what lincoln referred to as the last best hope on earth. martha: we ll hear from mr. johnson about what he plans to do as he takes on this very big role in the united states government. also, on the other front, a very big afternoon as president biden spoke today, he spoke quite briefly actually, in a news conference that everybody was waiting all day for about what we now know ....
the money. yeah. jason carroll. thank you very much. there s an incredible story thanks for joining us. the news continues now here on cnn it s wednesday, may 22, right now on cnn this morning, the defense rests now, the fate of the former for president will be decided by 12 manhattan jurors deadly turbulence, one passenger killed dozens more injured when a singapore airlines passenger jet hits some very rough air and there s a devastating tornado tearing a small town in iowa hello, two pieces all right. 5:00 a.m. here in washington, eight live. look at new york city good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to have you with us the defense rests donald trump s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the former president yesterday in his criminal hush money trial. and two, almost no one s surprise, trump did not testify as promised. the jury won t return until tuesday for closing arguments with a verdict possible by the end of next week. trump s soundi ....
in georgia today. more on that in a moment. but tonight, there is a new report about arguably the person closest to donald trump and the months following the 2020 election, leading up to january 6th. his last chief of staff, mark meadows. abc news is now reporting that special counsel jack smith has granted mark meadows immunity for his under oath testimony. sources familiar with that matter tell abc news that mark meadows has spoken to jack smith s team three times this year, including to the federal grand jury. abc news reports, quote, meadows informed smith s team that he repeatedly told trump in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election that the allegations of significant voter fraud commit to them were baseless. meadows also told the federal investigators trump was being, quote, dishonest with the public when he first claimed to have won the election only hours after polls closed on november 3rd, 2020, before a final result for. and obviously he didn t, when a ....
statement visit. there you see the live images from the white house where in just moments the president will greet the prime minister of australia. also in washington, fourth time s the charm. the house could vote as early as noon today on their latest speaker designee. who is mike johnson and can he succeed where three others failed? thanks so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with the breaking news at the white house where we are about to see president biden welcome the prime minister of australia, and this is an official state visit with a world leader, and hence, all of this pomp and circumstance, it s happening as the tensions build in the middle east right now. you see these live pictures from gaza where we see smoke billowing once again from air strikes. the calls growing for a cease fire now in this war between israel and hamas. but let s start with nbc news senior white house correspondent gabe gu ....
played in trying to overturn the 2020 election, and will he cut a deal to avoid a government shutdown just three weeks away? also tonight, the stunning moment in court, former president donald trump storming out of his fraud trial in new york after the judge called him to the witness stand. what mr. trump said that landed him a $10,000 fine. with gaza on the brink, president biden today reaffirming support for israel, but saying it must do everything it can to protect gaza s civilians. our cameras in gaza as a girl trapped under rubble is pulled out alive. and new images of terror. nbc news exclusively obtaining dash cam of hamas bloody attack. hurricane otis making landfall near acapulco after exploding from a tropical storm to a category 5 in just 24 hours. forecasters calling it a nightmare scenario. why it took so many by surprise. new video, the pilot accused of trying to crash a plane led away in cuffs. and we re talking about shaft. remembering iconic ....