really spend the weekend kind of in cleanup mode here, despite the unprecedented action we saw on the house floor last week, trying to assure americans that that is not going to be emblematic of republican-led house. you have congressman jim jordan of ohio saying democracy is messy. that is how the founders intended it. games go into extra innings all of the time in reference to it taking mccarthy 15 votes to secure this speakership, that dispute is healthy. that s what we heard from steve scalise. that, of course, is mccarthy s deputy. and yes, that is essentially what they are trying to do. listen, mccarthy enters the speakership in a weakened state. that is just a fact. weaker than he would have been or weaker than speaker pelosi when she held the role. it will just take one member that could trigger a potential vote to oust the speaker.
steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said sir you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing, we are not going to the capital. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engle, and when mr. renata had recounted the story to me he motioned towards his clavicle. so elliott, this is still ongoing, this january six committee. with testimonies that say i wonder what you make of the potential, if bobby engle corroborates what she said, which was challenged if you are at the time, what impact do you think this would have on the investigation and obviously the forthcoming report? not a ton, laura. i ve spent a bunch of time working for congress and then around congressman i was at the justice department, helping to protest one myself. my sense is that the committee is in cleanup mode, because as you said, there was a factual dispute over whether or not those altercation took place. now cassidy hutchinson gave that testimony, but
cleanup mode following controversial remarks from vp kamala harris. white house white house corresponding kevin corke gets us started with those details. kevin, good evening. evening. great to have you on board. good evening, everybody. on the day that saw the president tore hurricane ravaged puerto rico at home it was a firestorm caused by his vice president they continued to reverberate across the political landscape. in case you missed it, as the roiling storm receded, the vp said this about helping those in need. we have to address this in no way that is about giving resources based on equity. understanding that we fight for equality but also we need to fight for equity. the comments as you can imagine caused many to wonder if the administration would do a lot help based solely on race which of course is not the case. today harris dodged questions about her comments which is if nothing else temporarily knocked the white house off message.
category 3 to near a category 5. at the same press briefing the sheriff acknowledged 42 deaths in lee county, the majority of deaths so far in florida from hurricane ian coming in this county. 42 out of 74 we have tracked so far. cnn has team coverage on the ground in florida following the latest on rescue and recovery efforts. we want to take you now to naples and cnn s leyla santiago. leyla, it looks like just rubble is behind you. i imagine that used to be a neighborhood. reporter: yeah, they are in cleanup mode here, boris. i want to show you what we are finding on every single street. lamps, mattresses, debris, furniture, the personal belongings of folks that lost everything with this storm. when i got on the street they told me you re not going to believe what i m going to show you. still a lot of disbelief and
trace: breaking no hurricane ian category one as it slowly moves northeast over central florida initially making landfall as a category four. one of the strongest the west coast of the state has ever seen. we will keep you posted on all the developments. meantime some other headlines making news in the white house and cleanup mode following president biden mistakenly calling for indiana congresswoman jesse laura ski during an i want to thank all of you including bipartisan s, senator booker, representative jackie where s jackie? help make this a reality. trace: white house press secretary was repeatedly peppered with questions over the calf during wednesday s briefing.