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jeanne moos, cnn, new york. hello again, everybody. thank you so much for joining me. happy new year. im fredricka whitfield. news just in to cnn, an update on buffalo bills player damar hamlin. he continues to make a remarkable recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field during mondays game. hamlin is now breathing on his own after having a breathing tube removed late thursday. the 24-year-old also surprised his teammates in buffalo yesterday, facetiming with them on a ph...

Open dispute over the course of a week. democrats say this really illustrates that republicans are not ready to govern. fred? >> all right. eva on capitol hill. thank you so much. so with the speaker now in place, a new republican majority will finally get to work ushering a new era for the biden administration. we were we have more from the white house. arlette, what is the president saying about this new house majority, the few speaker, and their expressed missions? >> reporter: fred, presid...

For. [ applause ] >> cnn has more live from capitol hill. eva, what finally pushed mccarthy over the edge? he was very confident just ahead of that 15th vote. >> reporter: fred, in the words of one of mccarthys key opponents, congressman matt gaetz, essentially this group of detractors were running out of things to ask for. ultimately enough of those never-kevin lawmakers voted present. that isnt a ringing endorsement of mccarthy, but it lowered the threshold necessary for mccarthy to secure the...

Them that abortion regulations on top of existing health care issues among women will further impact recruitment. >> this is fuel to the fire. >> reporter: what do you want people to know about women veterans, especially with these restrictions in place? >> we stood side by side, shoulder to shoulder when we served. there was not a problem. i was the most visible service member. now im the most invisible veteran. why? why is that? >> reporter: we pressed the va on why they arent expanding their ...

>> we are back with the fox health alert, cdc under fire accused of not reporting the deaths of two children suffering a mysterious polio like illness. parents a the agency is intentionally downplaying the seriousness of the disease by not publicly announcing the death. there have been 80 confirmed cases of the illness and 219 under investigation across the us. no more performing union duties at the va on the taxpayers time, donald trump ending the practice called official time that let hundreds...

Be moving in the right direction. >> sandra: it reminds me of something i had in front of me. the va health care costs are eating the defense department alive. i thought that was important to get in there and we did talk about the change that is being brought about for our veterans in the va on the state. >> no doubt about that. health care costs are rising in the private sector for every american, and its certainly no different inside the united states military and inside the va. health care is...

Injury to get treatment, improving care for our women veterans. at the same time, reduced homelessness and helped service members and their families pursue their education under the post-9/11 gi bill. so ricks commitment to our veterans is unquestioned. his service to our country is exemplary. i am grateful for his service, as are many veterans across the country. >> the president named deputy veterans affairs secretary sloan gibson as acting director. hes going to run the va on an interim basis...

About to end, we will never stop working to do right by you and your families. >> president obama has tapped deputy va secretary sloan gibson to run the va on an interim basis while he searches for a new secretary. make no mistake, whoever gets this job will have a daunting task ahead of them. right now, there are nearly 22 million veterans in the united states, nearly 9 million of them enrolled in the va health care system, a system that includes more than 1200 va vet centers, hospitals and out...

>> the va knows it has a problem. the va does not defend the backlog or say its not a problem but they do say its going to get better even though theyve been saying that a long time and no evidence its true. its not getting better, its getting worse. finally we had someone from the va on the show to talk about it. tommie source, himself an iraq war veteran and assistant secretary at the va. he came here to talk to us about it. im grateful he did it. they have not been willing to do it for a long...

Chief, you could just command were going to use the xbox. >> the va knows it has a problem. the va does not defend the backlog or say its not a problem, but they do say its going to get better even though theyve been saying that a long time and no evidence its true. its not getting better, its getting worse. finally we had someone from the va on the show to talk about it. tommie source, himself an iraq war veteran and assistant secretary at the va. he came here to talk to us about it. im gratefu...