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dangerous rhetoric. were talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, thats because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight...

that began way back on tuesday. along the way, we were treated to an important at times chaotic civics lesson including near fisticuffs live and on camera. friday the fourth day of voefting we saw 15 holdouts switch their allegiance during the 12th and 13th rounds of balloting, and then after an adjournment mccarthy thought he had the needed votes and at 11:00 came to a 14th vote yet one vote shy of a majority. for the first time all week he couldnt hide being visibly angry. lauren boe...

expressing her concerns and asking for a meeting, and took place, and her concerns — for a meeting, and took place, and her concerns were expressed. regarding the hrc, they are willing to support and work with the scottish— to support and work with the scottish government if they can. however. — scottish government if they can. however, they make it clear their ongoing _ however, they make it clear their ongoing concerns are still on the record. — ongoing concerns are still on ...

let anyone know that if they have a boat, get people. >> our coverage of hurricane ian continues now with "anderson cooper 360." >> the sheriff here in lee county told reporters about the afternoon destruction that is everywhere tonight. no words to describe what we saw and are seeing in the present tense, which is important to note, because this is an ongoing disaster in florida and potentially in coastal carolina. hurricane in -- yes, it is a hurricane again taste is taking ada. this...

and he has done it again. >> it took five tries. everyone has a bad day. "cnn this morning" starts right now. everyone has a bad day. we hope yours is going well so far. were going to begin with solomon pena, he was angry he lost the election last fall and claimed that the vote was rigged. now he is in police custody in connection with orchestrating four shootings at homes of local democratic officials in new mexico. no one was injured in any of the shootings that happened in albuque...

in georgia tuesday. more new fallout from bidens reference to arm a guide when he addressed the risk attached to the threat of nuclear escalation in ukraine. heres the view from both sides of the political aisle. >> those comments were reckless and i think that, even more importantly, they demonstrate the greatest foreign policy failures of passing case which was the failure to deter putin in this way that trump did for four years. >> what the president is reflecting is that stakes are...

continuing coverage of the speaker of. kevin mccarthy has finally been sworn in as speaker after winning on a historic 15th ballot. >> it is now my solemn responsibility to hand over the peoples gavel to a son of bakersfield, a former -- of a firefighters household. the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118 congress, kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> that was easy. i never thought we would get up. here you know my father was told me, it is not how you...

democratic officials. republicans are demanding more answers from president biden over his handling of classified material, but the white house says those answers do not exist. well explain. in ukraine, hope of finding survivors is fading after a reportedly russian missile sliced an apartment building in half on saturday. were live with the latest. on capitol hill, a battle is brewing over the debt limit. the deadline to raise is two day was. congress isnt in session, so what happens...

to the mainland. and above the shear scale of the wreckage, the storm left some areas completely unrecognizable. one person told the tampa bay times lee koth looks like a bomb has been dropped. momentarily, well go live to fort myers beach where this side by side shows the destruction to the popular pier. heres a man from fort myers who had a terrifying experience. >> i stayed here as long as i could until i got scared for my life and went across the street. the it didnts last too long...

evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. unfold. republicans what sound at times campaign speech. >> thats how they are starting their new term. cutting taxes on billionaires. >> president biden touting his administrations achievements today as questions squirrel about the motivation tore keeping the news about his apparent mishandling of classified material out of the news for as long as it was. >> who made the decision to not tell the american people six days before an election? >> de...