in a century. history going on here. welcome to another hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: missed you. happy new year. dana: i missed you. are you glad to be back? bill: with you absolutely. i m bill hemmer. happy new year at home. the house is getting ready to end the 117th congress. the senate will do the same later this morning. the new house could convene in about two hours, 12 noon with a vote for speaker expected to begin around 1:00 eastern time. dana: five republicans have said they oppose mccarthy for speaker but can only afford to lose four votes. until the house elects a speaker it s frozen unable to swear in members or vote on any legislation. as of noon, everyone becomes representative elect including scott perry of pennsylvania. one of those republicans not sold on voting for mccarthy. i start evidence the negotiation with leader mccarthy back in the summer said status quo can t continue. everyone knows washington is broken. let s tal
you feel the wind i m going to surveil in paris and this is cnn cnn are welcome, everyone another hour in the cnn newsroom. i m omar jimenez in washington, big bucks and big bucks and big stars that president biden s campaign fundraiser tonight, the los angeles event has already broken a fundraising record for the democratic party, just two weeks before for the first debate between biden and trump, that debate will be right here on cnn. tickets for the hollywood fundraiser event went from $250 to half 1 $1 million so with the contest for small dollar donors to win tickets, which would let them meet president biden, former president obama julia roberts, george clooney, jimmy jimmy kimmel will also moderate a q&a with biden and obama tonight get then white house correspondent arlette saenz joins us now, or let big hall for the campaign even before the event starts, what else are we learning yeah, omar, the biden campaign says it says if this is the is the biggest democratic f
chest. is that the commonality that you find at all these cases that sort of jumps the heart and then leads the first responders to have to revive the individual? but in this case, doctor, i think this went on for nine minutes on the field. that seems like a very long time. very long time to be giving cpr. you have it right. it s a direct blow to the chest that basically stuns the heart at exactly the wrong time. that s what you saw there in that video. but not not a severe blow, just even a mild or moderate blow might be enough. the defibrillator senses whether you have a heartbeat. if you have any kind of quivering or messaging from the heart the defibrillator will initiate a shock. an automatic one. the american heart association says 20,000 lives can be saved a year using that defibrillator. one of the messages here it needs to be in more places. thank god it was there.
kevin: time for viral videos. man s best friend having an upgrade. an automatic one. virginia tech researchers are unleashing a robot dog with the purpose of helping construction workers. the robo pup seen here testing out the site collecting data, this is no walk in the park. accessing hard-to-reach or hazardous construction sites. pretty cool video. in connecticut, severe thunderstorm bringing intense wind and rain across the state. this footage showing tree narrowly missing a house. inches away from what could ve been a very damaging and dangerous situation. those folks are obviously very lucky. land of the free and the home of the brave kevin: encore, give it up
Here are some Album-a-Day projects which have been completed:
(The count so far is:
388 registered
albums-a-day!)
Spastic Moose - Then Come The Chunks (not yet digitized) -
This one was recorded right before my bandmate Sophia and I split for
college in 1997. We didn t know it was an album-a-day at the time, but
it counts!
Tom 7 vs. Ultimate Warrior - Barmy Badger Backpackers (30
songs, 23:42) - This one was made by me and my roommate Don, and was
the first conscious Album-a-Day effort. Mostly pretty embarrassing, but
there are some gems, I think. (Scroll down and start with one of my