migrants arriving on its shores. charles watson is standing by with more on that, but first, lucas tomlinson live at the white house with a preview of the president s trip. reporter: jon, a short time ago the white house says president biden called new house speaker ken mccarthy to congratulate him on his victory, but the border a growing issue perhaps that s one of the reasons the president s making this trip tomorrow to the southern border. the most extreme republicans continue to demagogue this issue and reject solutions. i m left with only one choice, to act on my own, do as much as i can on my own to try to change the atmosphere. reporter: the president s in delaware today. he has never gone to the border as president or in the eight years he served as vice president, jon. and ahead of this trip to el paso tomorrow, president biden outlining new plans here at the white house late this week to crack down on migrants crossing the border illegally. this new parole pla
a pivotal vote for house speaker coming up. mccarthy s focused on two holdouts right now. can he change their minds? one congressman who did change his mind is outfront. plus, who are the final holdouts? one of them just arrived in washington for the first time, has never held elected office and was a contestant on shark tank, a successful one. and another top story we re following, chilling new details emerge tonight that tie the suspect in the idaho murders in a really sick way. outfront tonight, the breaking news. we are counting down right now until a crucial 14th vote for speaker. and this vote is extremely important. it is a vote that congressman kevin mccarthy and many of his supporters believes will finally give him the gavel after this excruciating week. as of right now the house will reconvene at 10:00 p.m. eastern time, which is when the next vote for speaker of the house is likely to begin. they ll nominate, and we will be off to the races on that. you
ac 360 meantime starts now. and good evening. it is another night of drama and uncertainty in washington tonight. in a little less than two hours the house will reconvene and test congressman s kevin mccarthy confidence he can win the remaining hold outs he need to become speaker elect and avoid this fate for a 14th straight time. a majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. after that losing effort which saw him flip 15 no votes over to his side, the house adjourned to allow time to deal with the rest. what exactly got him this far is unclear. we know some of the proposed concessions or at least one he made has many democrats concerned it could lead to a government default. we re in territory unchartered since the 1850s. this is also taking place on the second anniversary of the attack on congress. president biden honoring defenders of democracy in both parties and law enforcement heroes of that day, and remembering those whose lives were lost. at th
after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting. the house finally elects a speaker. how the chaos ended and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. and there are new details in the horrific murder of four idaho college students. what we re learning from a recently released affidavit and a former fbi agent will be joining us with her perspective on that investigation. also remarkable progress for buffalo bills player damar hamlin. an update on his condition and the moment he face timed his teammates from a hospital bed. and a major policy for military parents. the change that will allow them to spend more time with their newborn coming up on cnn. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it s january 7th. alex is gracing us with his presence. thank you for being with us, alex. hopefully you got some sleep last night. i got some sleep, that means i missed the historic, you know, end of the speakership race. yeah. and woke up to that news
the football field last weekend. we ll be joined by a former basketball player who experienced the very same thing. we ll have his story and how he used that scary moment to help save lives. plus, the new study that says social media could be changing your kids dreams. that s all ahead on cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 7th. thank you so much for waking up with us, especially you, alex. good to be with you. great to be back with you. how late did you manage to stay up watching the drama unfold? about 8:00 p.m. that was the latest for me. how about you? 9:45. you got a little more in. it was quite dramatic as well as being historic and chaotic. kevin mccarthy finally won the race for speaker of the house after 15, 15 rounds of voting, which ended earlier this morningening. the next speaker of the united states for the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers ] [ applause ] mccarthy engaged in some intense negotiations and made some major