kevin mccarthy lost the vote 11 times. do not, do not just show up at the border. president biden with a message to migrants as he gets ready to see the crisis up close. and the wrong moves made by the accused idaho killer. what investigators secretly watched him do and how it helped crack the case. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. the house of representatives reconvening again just hours from now without a speaker and no known path to picking one. lawmakers have tried and failed for three straight days to elect a new leader. the longest that has taken in, get this, 164 years. will it be kevin mccarthy in the end? he s the choice of most gop lawmakers, but even after making major, major concessions to his hard right opponents, mccarthy can t seem to lock in the 218 votes needed to win. no, no, i m not putting any time line on it. i think we have progress going on. i think we v
no new speaker of the house. will there be a breakthrough today? the food & drug administration just cleared the way for abortion pills by prescription at your local pharmacy. i m not a cryer, but like i never cried so hard in my life, man. damar hamlin s uncle relives the moment he watched his nephew collapse on the field. the latest on how hamlin s doing now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. in just hours republicans are expected to try again to elect a speaker of the house. yesterday after three ballots no one reached the 218 vote threshold to win that job. congressman kevin mccarthy earned the vast majority of republican votes, 202 on the final tally, but a small group of hard right conservatives is holding out keeping him from the speaker s gavel. members are talking. we re walking through. i think we ll find our way to get there and this is a healthy debate. might not happen on the
Destruction still raging today. Later this afternoon President Biden will hold his first News Conference since hamas carried out the Terror Attacks and escalating threats from iran target u. S. Forces in the region. A bunch of things moving on that front as we say hello. Im bill hemmer. Here we go today. Dana im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Hamas terrorists also trying to infiltrate israel from the Mediterranean Sea and foiled by the israeli navy. A whos who of top officials of hezbollah, hamas and Islamic Jihad holding talks how to achieve total victory over israel. The pentagon revealing more than 14 attacks, one more than yesterday against u. S. Forces based in the middle east in the last week. The white house trying to connect the dots saying all these militia and all these Terror Groups are working hand in glove with tehran. Iran is certainly complicit here. Without them there is no hamas or hezbollah, without them there is no Militia Groups firing rockets at our tro
you get it. kevin mccarthy 0 for 11 now in his bid to become speaker. the house reconvenes at noon today. what happens next? let s bring in lindsey mcpherson. it s clear the stalemate will affect ordinary americans. you have financial security, economic security, oversight of congress. these are important things, wall street, main street, washington all care about. at what point might democrats pick in to vote for a moderate speaker? i think we re a little ways off from democrats helping republicans. they are making progress on the republican side and democrats don t want to have to step in here. to some degree they do want the republicans obviously they do want the whole congress organized, especially before their committee staff, for example, that won t be paid after january 13th if they don t have a speaker, but they are
times the number 3 showed up in that game. it really is. nice to see you. thanks, andy. hire s today s fast forward look ahead. the house reconvenes at noon today and so does the battle for a new speaker. so far kevin mccarthy has failed on three ballots to get enough votes. russia s vladimir putin will talk to turkey s pred erdogan today. his boss also plans to have a chat with volodymyr zelenskyy today. president biden travels to kentucky touting an infrastructure project that connects a bridge in ohio. coming up on cnn this morning, the fda announces abortion pills could be offered at pharmacies. body cam video of the suspect stopped by police weeks before his arrest. why they let him go twice. ustome options chain, easy-to-use tools,s, and paper trading to help shsharpen your skills, you can stay on top of the market from wherever you are.