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newsroom" -- >> the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. >> after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting and tense moments on the floor, the house elects a speaker. >> i never thought wed get up here. >> how the drama played out and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. we got our boy. >> excitement from buffalo bills players on safety damar hamlin. the latest on his condition and more on that moment when he facetimed his teammates. california slamm...

happy holiday. my first time seeing you. im fredricka whitfield. its official. after a grueling 15 rounds of voting, the house speaker has a new speaker. >> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after four days of voting. the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite the sometimes c contentious days of negotiations, r...

>> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of negotiations, with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise -- ill never give up for you, ...

>> the gentleman from the state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after 15 rounds of voting. it was the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite sometimes contentions and negotiations with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise -- ill never give up for you, the american people. and i wi...

speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy neede...

the world. im whitney wild. the death toll from that huge winter storm keeps rising. it is now up to 62 deaths across 11 states. of those by far the greatest share were in erie county, new york, where at least 37 people died. >> a horrible storm with too many deaths. we know without the work of these first responders and others, more people would have died. >> first responders are still checking on callers they couldnt reach in buffalo which was buried under nearly 52 inches of snow. o...

im whitny wild. "cnn this morning" starts right now. morning, everyone. were glad youre with us. its thursday, december 29th. don is off this week. and ukraine is our lead story. under attack. more than 120 russian missiles launched at ukraine overnight. 90% of lviv this morning is without power. well take you to crane. here in the united states, thousands of air travelers are struggling to find their way home still. one major airport is launching an investigation into the meltdown...

the fact that the decision on tanks must be taken. standoff on military aid, u.s. and nato allies push germany to provide key tanks to ukraine. were live in london on the diplomatic stalemate. and blow to republicans as the justice department signaled it wont hand over documents they demanded. how it impacts the biden and trump investigations. plus -- anti-abortion activists rally in washington, d.c. for the march for life demonstration. protestors say even though roe was overtur...

vi lerio reporting. hello again, everyone. thanks for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. were learning new details about the actions of the man accused of killing four idaho college students in the weeks before the murders. "people" magazine reports that bryan kohberger followed all three of the female victims on instagram but they didnt follow him back. thats according to an investigator familiar with the case combined with the magazines review of the now-deleted account. the 28-ye...

his departure could happen in the coming weeks and marks a rare and significant turnover for the biden administration. the news comes at a time when the president is dealing with classified document controversy, and questions about his 2024 ambitions. lets get right to cnns -- she joins us from delaware where president biden spending the weekend. here we go, some saturday news for us from the biden white house, what can you tell us? >> yes jim, pretty big news, as we have learned that ...