Fabulous, who was expelled from congress after a series of lies and federal indictments that George Santos, he was actually in the House Chamber last night for the State Of The Union because hes still has floor privileges. Go figure. He announced he is running for congress in new yorks first congressional district. Lauren fox in washington, with the details, i guess my question, lauren is really yeah, it seems that George Santos has not gotten the hint from his republican colleagues that they are not interested in him coming back more than 100 republicans voted to expel him from the house. Just a few months ago, but he announced last night he is running a primary challenge against one of the new york republicans who lead the charge to get him out of the house that person nick lalota of new yorks First District in a tweet. Lynda made clear hes not afraid of challenging George Santos. George santos responding, pathetic little man, since you refused to move to the district, im coming in h
. first, we are now on night thre of the battle for the house speaker and we begin tonight with some good news i can confirm that major negotiations have been going on all day behind the scenes well these votes were taking place today. with kevin mccarthy and many of the republican holdouts. i can report that at this hour of document is being put together that will go a long wa to settling differences. will it get kevin to 218? we won t know until probably sometime tomorrow or monday. if anything it would probably b a couple of votes short, but progress is real tonight at thi hour. no doubt you the american peopl are being patient, but the patients is wearing thin. the vote totals remain unchange for three straight days for a 200 publicans supporting mc carthy 20 supporting somebody else in the past 24 hours might kevin mccarthy has made several additional assurances to the holdouts, thi is before these meetings today including eight new one-vote threshold for motion to vacat
live coverage. and aim jake tapper in washington. the united states still without a house speaker this hour and there is no sign that republicans are going to be able to settle on one any time soon. kevin mccarthy is going to come up short a fourth time. that s the vote we re watching right now. the hard-line opposition of about 20 rebels backing congressman byron donalds of florida this go-around. this vote is playing out as we re seeing quite an interesting split screen moment on the left side of your screen. you see senator senator minority leader mitch mcconnell at an event in kentucky with president biden there talking about the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was only passed because of democrats and republicans working together and now you see on the screen a place where bipartisanship is not happening, in fact, barely partisanship when it comes to republicans. cnn is tracking everything as it happens vote by vote. let s start with lauren fox. kevin mccarthy s a
sans speaker. kevin mccarthy failing again on a fifth ballot to capture the necessary number of votes, the number of opponents among house republicans has actually gone up from 19 to 20, to 21. now republicans are looking for a way out, an exit strategy. is that tossing mccarthy to the curb? is that brokering a deal with democrats to lower the vote? they have to get these 23 rebels on board. me melanie zanona is with us. what s happening here? reporter: republicans are searching for an offramp as it s become clear that kevin mccarthy s efforts to win over his opposition not working. i m told republicans have approached democrats on the house floor and tried to feel them out to see, what would it take for you to vote present or not show up? we re told these are informal conver conversations. it s still early. democrats said they would not bail out mccarthy, but they would be willing to talk about a consensus candidate. we ll see. the fact that republicans are even thinking a
is baking as fires rip through europe and temperatures soar across the u.s. we re live in rome and the cnn weather center for the latest. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where emergency crews are on the scene following a barrage of russian missile strikes. officials say 13 missiles struck a city north of mykolaiv this morning leaving a number of people injured or killed. the targets were reportedly a military airfield and railway city. meanwhile, the major says his city was also rocked by powerful explosions. meanwhile, four more high rocket launchers are part of a new batch of u.s. military aid announced friday. the european union is pledging more than half a billion dollars in new security assistance. and american weapons are already making a mark on the battlefield, according to a senior u.s. defense official. ukrainians have destroyed more than 100 high-valued targets in recent weeks partly due to u.s