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im jake tapper in d.c. kevin mccarthy is living on a prayer today is a day a deal will come together. well shock you, mccarthy promised reporters last night. so far shockingly no deal. only assurances of some progress. we were told that yesterday, of course, and the day before and the day before. the math today looks nearly identical to the math on tuesday, ballot one, ballot two, 19 rebels, ballot 3, add another rebel to the resistance, four, five, six, a present vote on top of the 20...

of covid-19. yet, as i mentioned earlier, there has not been a single hearing in the oversight committee to deal with potential waste, fraud, or abuse of the covid funds. not a single hearing. and we all know, despite what dr. fauci said, american tax dollars were sent through ecohealth alliance to the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasnt come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speake...

like so many other local election workers in 2020 he was harassed and threatened as he did his job faithfully. he did not bend. he did not bow. he did not yield to the political threats and pressure. he hes so trusted by both political parties that the new democratic governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro appointed him as pennsylvanias secretary of state, a republican to ensure that the integrity of the election. thats a high compliment. [ applause ] his character and his commitments s...

a remarkable turnaround today for the republican leader. mccarthy promised progress, he promised it tuesday and promised it wednesday, promised it thursday. today we finally saw it. even as he failed on his 13th ballot. 15 rebel holdouts today switched their votes in favor of mccarthy, giving him for the first time this whole week more votes than the democratic leader hakeem jeffries, but despite this break in the republican resistance, six hardliners remain and congress people matt ga...

concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? >> reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the...

its the subway series menu. 12 irresistible subs. the most epic sandwich roster ever created. ♪♪ its subways biggest refresh yet! its 3:00 p.m. eastern, and thank you for sticking with me. im sara sidner. this just in, the u.s. will now require all travelers entering the country from china to show a negative covid test. the new requirements come as cases in china surge following the countrys move to ease restrictions. cnns kevin liptack is traveling with president biden as he go...

savagely attacked by an assailant who intended to hold and harm her, house speaker nancy pelosi has spoken on camera about the ordeal. >> paul came home yesterday, that enables me to be at home with all of you. thank you, thank you, thank you for your kind words, your prayers, and your good wishes for paul. its going to be a long haul, but he will be well, and its just so tragic how it happened, but nonetheless, we have to be optimist you can. hes surrounded by family, so thats a wonde...

welcome to "cnn tonight." im jake tapper in washington. and tonight, make america great again again? were just four days away from the all-important midterm elections. and with republicans optimistic that theyre going to be able to flip both the house of representatives and the senate, donald trump is preparing to ride that wave right into a 2024 announcement. sources tell cnn that top aides to the former president are gearing up for a possible campaign launch around the third week of ...

jerusalem and is survived by her three children. tonight we remember hannah pick. what an incredible life. the news continues. i want to hand it over to jake tapper and "cnn tonight." welcome to "cnn tonight". im jake tapper in washington. and tonight, make america great again again? were just four days away from the all-important midterm elections. and with republicans optimistic that theyre going to be able to flip both the house of representatives and the senate, donald trump is p...

its the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." im alisyn camerota in new york. hurricane ian has killed at least 13 people. its the strongest storm to hit the west coast of florida in nearly 20 years. local officials say we should brace for that number of victims to rise. the life and death danger from ian continues as it pushes northeast, still pummelling florida. rescuers were pulling people from high water all day and night. survivors describe no time to wait as people had to carry chil...