all paths lead through michigan. president biden is on his way to a must-win state trying to lock down key voting blocks that could give him an edge in that tight battleground. plus, gut punch. that s how defense secretary lloyd austin is describing his prostate cancer diagnosis as he admits for the first time publicly that it was wrong to keep his surgery and hospitalization private, and a cnn exclusive. the district attorney leading the georgia election case against trump is refusing to step down amid allegations she had an affair with the lead prosecutor. we ll tell you why she s defiant. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start in michigan where president biden is about to meet with the group of voters critical to winning this battleground state, union workers. just hours before the president s trip, cnn learned he plans to issue an executive order targeting violent settlers in the west bank. the white house is clearly hoping that w
the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with florida governor ron desantis set to launch his campaign today in an audio interview on twitter conducted by elon musk, part of an attempt to reset the table as donors express concern. there are other unconventional aspects like this dramatic teaser video tweeted out by his wife. is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. jessica dean has more from miami. reporter: news coming on tuesday that makes it official, something that has been talked about for months and months. ron desantis will announce that he is running for the republican nomination for president. what is unique is that he will be sitting down to do so with the owner of twitter, elon musk. he will be doing that on wednesday night. that is not typically how someone would announce their candidacy, but it goes with what we ve been told about what the likely campa
and good evening, along with jake tapper in washington, d.c. we are watching the house of representatives longest running drama since the civil war era. republicans failing time and time again, 11 times so far to elect kevin mccarthy speaker. 11 times. the latest vote, not only on that, merely on whether to adjourn and end kevin mccarthy s rolling humiliation for this evening. manu raju has new reporting on the state of play tonight. he joins us from the capitol. m manu, if they adjourn for the evening, what happens then? then the negotiations will continue. actually, the motion to adjourn is a good sign for kevin mccarthy, who has had one bad result after another. 11 straight times being rejected, not being able to get a majority of the house to elect a speaker, paralyzing this institution, the start of the 118th congress. that is the first order of business. if they can t elect a speaker, then they can adjourn. that s really the only two options. but the majority of
the u.s. house of representatives still without a speaker after ten votes. good evening, i m wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is a special edition of the the situation room. good evening, wolf. i m erin burnett, tempers and frustration mounting, if you can say that, possibly at a peak. the last time the race for speaker has gone on this long was more than 160 years ago. here we are tonight, wolf. it s amazing what s going on. what s taking place is truly stunning. 21 republicans declining to vote for kevin mccarthy today, leaving the california congressman without the votes needed to finally grab the speaker s gavel. the humiliating losses comes despite him privately offering up even more concessions. and we re learning that the negotiators are pushing to strike a deal tonight, in an attempt to show progress. what will that progress look like? will it be enough to give mccarthy the supp
republic. they re all enemies of the state. he is an enemy of the state. you want to know the truth. that comes as trump is contending with a slew of investigations picking up steam. how much will they impact his party this november? that s a big question. season two of the january 6th hearings are upon us. the house select committee is preparing for its end of the year sprint, expected to resume public hearings this month. the justice department presses on with its criminal investigation into the capitol attack. now there s the added suspense in the classified documents probe after the search of mar-a-lago. the washington post is reporting tonight that among the highly sensitive government documents found was one describing a foreign government s nuclear defense capabilities. the washington post sources didn t identify the foreign government in question or say where at mar-a-lago the document was found. other tersmaterials detail top secret operations so close ly gua