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top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn "newsroom" starts right now. ♪ im pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. ill talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police...

just a short time ago cnns manu raju reported that there would be a republican conference meeting tomorrow morning. that, however, we understand has now changed. i want to go to cnns melanie zanona at the capitol with the new reporting on that and mccarthys frame of mind as well. melanie, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, things have not moved in kevin mckarth chriss direction since that third ballot where he failed to get the votes. its been back to the drawing board for kevin...

that third ballot, where he failed to get the votes. its been back to the drawing board for ken mccarthy and his allies. we have seen supporters going into his office. we are told he has been working the phones. he still hoping to negotiate and not planning to drop out. but meanwhile, i spoke to a gop lawmaker. this is some breaking news here. this lawmaker texted me and said this is someone who supported mccarthy. they said they have just gotten a phone call from one of the never kevi...

July 31st, 2016, the fbi opened the trump russia investigation. And spied on four american citizens associated with President Trumps campaign. They took the dossier to the fisa court appear lied to the court 17 times. Didnt tell the court the guy writing the dossier was desperate to stop trump. Department tell the court the guy was working for the Clinton Campaign didnt tell the court the guy writing the dossier had been fired by the fbi for leaking information to the press. And the fbi continue...

>> the good news, says transportation secretary pete buttigieg, is that cancellations are down compared to last year. >> there need to be more resources for air traffic control, but it is important for airlines to create enough cushion and resilience in the system. >> despite delays, friday stands to set a new post-pandemic record for air travelers. the transportation security administration says it will screen 2.82 million passengers nationwide rifle rivaling an all-time record set in 2019. tho...

This interview and was diagnosed with cte by the doctor played by will smith in the movie "concussion". >> how many blows to the head does it take to cause a problem? >> its like how many cigarettes are safe? we dont know. >> it pushed the league to implement 50 rule changes since 2002. an independent study from 2020 still concluded the new rules, as well intentioned as they may be, have proven to be too weak to make the nfl game demonstrably safer. the amount of time players sat out because of ...

Does it take to cause this sort of problem? >> its like asking how many sticks of cigarette are safe. >> right. >> we dont know. >> reporter: the focus on concussions pushed the league to implement over 50 rule changes since 2002, including making head-to-head contact a foul, moving kickoffs from the 30 yard line to the 35 yard line, and introducing spotters to eye for potential blows to the head. but an independent study from 2020 still concluded the new rules, as well intentioned as they may b...

By dr. -- whose character was featured by will smith in the movie concussion. >> how many blows to the head does it take to cause this sort of problem? >> it is like asking how many [inaudible] we dont know. >> they focus on concussions push the leak to implement over 50 rule changes since 2002, including making head to head contact a foul. moving kickoffs from the 30 yard line to the 35 yard line and introducing spotters to eye for potential blows to the head -- but an independent study from 20...

It comes as britains most senior general has warned that afghanistan could slide into civil war, once foreign troops are out of the country. mrjohnson said the uk was not turning its back on afghanistan. i hope that no one will leap to the false conclusion that the withdrawal of our forces somehow means the end of britains commitment to afghanistan. we are not about to turn away, nor are we under any illusions about the perils of todays situation and what may lie ahead. the prime minister has be...

Grounds ever used to impeach an american president. we call this an impeachment a sham because we dont have a better way to describe it. house democrats have been working to impeach donald trump since the very beginning they no introduced four separate impeachment resolutions and a new one on january 19 when they took the majority. as many as 95 house democrats, including 16 of the 24 democrats sitting on the other side of the room in this committee have already voted to proceed with impeachment...