covid lockdowns was anti science. tonight i can tell you that democracy is grinding through its process and there could be a speaker of the house elected tonight. now, i know that s a change from what you ve heard all week but we can report that in the next few hours, it could actually happen. the house is reconvening any second, and the ingraham angle is hearing from a high level source kevin mccarthy does have the votes to get elected. let s go live to capitol hill, things are very fluid they can change but senior congressional correspondent who has been working very hard this week, chad perfect gram is standing by. chad what can you tell us? laura good evening, kevin mccarthy gained support as speaker on two roll call votes today. he did not gain any support on 11 votes for speaker over the previous three days. the question is whether mccarthy can close the deal tonight. we are told he should have the votes later on and be sworn in as speaker. two of his supporters are b
they ve got everything that they want it essentially. they are out of moderates who may not want to move forward with this. and as ryan just said, that may play out in the passage of the rules package, so it govern mccarthy becomes speaker, we still got about three or four hours in front of us of work that congress has to do tonight that might not get done. and indeed, they won t have been i mean, there is the swearing in that has to happen. the opportunities for this to get delayed, for congress to still not be seated and functioning in the way that we have sort of gotten used to it functioning our myriad. and i think, as ryan rightfully points out, it s precedent. what we ve seen over the course of the last four days is very much a taste of what may be to come for the months, if not years ahead. all right, that part doesn t in tonight, alex. thanks very much. have yourself a great weekend. we ll see you next week! thanks, ali. good luck tonight. u next wand it is st
i m boris sanchez. i m an marie walker. tornado ripping through three states, leaving one dead and 10 others injured. a seven is under way for the missing and 100,000 people remain without power. plus, the final sprint. only three days to go until election day. we will tell you where candidates are making their final pitch to voters as we get a deeper look at the closest and most contentious races on the map. and a missed deadline. former president trump fails to hand over subpoena documents to congress. now, the skrapb 6th committee is giving him a new deadline. twitter slashing staff. thousands are now without jobs. what does it mean for the platform s future? it is the weekend. we are grateful you are starting it with us, this saturday, november 5th. good morning, amara. we have a new look but the same faces. we are just a few days away from the midterm elections. we will begin with severe weather after a tornado outbreak hits three states in the last 24 hours.
a kremlin crackdown. sham referendums trying to silence sentiment at home. translator: i ve got two kids at conscription age says this protester. i brought them up alone. i don t want to lose them, she cried. reporter: and for what asks her friend? just so they can kill the sons of other mothers, she answers. reporter: we begin with brand new cnn reporting on the justice department s january 6th investigation. sources telling cnn donald trump s attorneys are waging a secret court fight to stop a grand jury from gathering information from mr. trump s inner circle. the fight broke into public view yesterday and cnn teams three lawyers for the former president at the federal courthouse here in washington. the back-and-forth battle follows a deluge of new subpoenas from federal prosecutors demanding evidence from a slew of former trump aides and associates. let s bring in cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez and cnn s crime and justice reporter. i want to start w
special agent, trustee walter about these growing threats. and governor ron desantis, sparking even more controversy as he increasingly tries to consolidate power. one judge even comparing his state to the stranger things upside down. florida congresswoman, debbie schultz is here to weigh in. i love that in more, straight ahead. and i get saturday morning to, you i am katie fang and we began with new reaction from donald trump. to the fbi s unprecedented search of his florida home. the former president announcing that he is taking new legal action against the doj, claiming his fourth amendment rights were violated. and bc s julie tsirkin has the detail, julie good morning what do we know. well katie the president has been saying multiple times that he wants a full offer dated unredacted, on steel to that more people can see what exactly get into the search in his home. overnight however his lawyers, file action to do just that, take a listen to what he said. i this will