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like so many other local election workers in 2020 he was harassed and threatened as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the political threats and pressure. he hes so trusted by both political parties that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro appointed him as pennsylvanias secretary of state, a republican to ensure that the integrity of the election. thats a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitments s...

lets hope we can improve. tonight. all right. but first, we ar are now on nighthouse three of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news. i can confirn m major negociate vote been going on all day behind the scenes while these votes were taking place todayhe with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. thi and i can report that at this hour, a documented being put together that will go a long way to settling differences. 28 will it get kevin t...

elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. >> sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthys bid but more than ...

still dont have drinking water or power, and more than 1,000 people have been rescued so far. in the dominican republic, mudslides and sinkholes are a big concern. this is just what we can see. rescuers are still trying to reach remote areas that are cut off. and also the immigration fight, a texas sheriff now look into the floridas unprecedented move to fly immigrants to marthas vineyard. donald trumps legal team has one more hour to respond to a justice department request for a par...

>> i rise today to nominate the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy, as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominee kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate the gentleman from california. >> madam speaker, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. >> i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house...

but hes not going to do the deal, not on this roll call. maybe not today. chris jansing, my colleague is going to take over this roll call. watch with steve kornacki. this has been an extraordinary day already. we have another flip here. >> we knew it was going to be historic. steve kornacki, what did we just seethe? i want to go back to steve. what are we looking at? >> mary miller from illinois, another one of the holdouts, she also flipping over and voting for mccarthy. that means t...

♪ ♪ the u.s. house of representatives still without a speaker after ten votes. good evening, im 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. im 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...

top secret documents were in president bidens possession. oversight chairman james comer pushing to get the visitor log particularly for bidens home in delaware. where aides found classified materials not once but twice so far. special counsel robert hur on the job, were told, after the investigation steeped in americas national security was hidden from the public. why? how could this surface november 2nd and get handed to the archives on november 3rd, and nothing ever leaked about the...

zero—covid policy. the move comes as china struggles with the virus�* ferocious spread after restrictions were lifted. now on bbc news — its time for review 2022 — and its been a year where health news has again dominated the headlines. our correspondent dominic hughes looks back now on some of the biggest challenges faced this year by the uks health services. was 2022 the year we finally learned to live with covid? at the start of the year, driven by the highly infectious omic...

we are together. >> theyve sat there, they have laughed and they have chuckled and pointed fingers at us. you know what? as my friend from florida just said, were together. >> neil: well, not quite all together right now. the 20 that are resisting kevin mccarthy remain about that now. were about the halfway point of a ninth vote to see who will lead the house of representatives. looks like for the ninth time in a row, kevin mccarthy is going to have to suit up for number 10. that is if...