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defend taiwan with u.s. troops if china invades. setting off another episode of confusion over american policy and prompting a condemnation from beijing. there were also comments about inflation and his own political future. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. this was president bidens first sitdown interview with a u.s. reporter in more than seven months. and in it we learned white house offi...

the justice department, according to the presidents personal lawyer. that makes a total of three batches, including at least one marked top secret that were found. though the number of biden documents is far smaller than found in donald trumps possession in mar-a-lago and in bidens case were turned over immediately rather than withheld for more than a year and only recovered by the government after a court-ordered search. republicans are still claiming there is a double standard favori...

midterms. and in georgia 1 million preelection ballots have been cast. lets bring in cnns eva mckend live in a polling place in georgia. eva, what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, a common answer from voters when you ask them why they are turning out early is because they want to take advantage of the opportunity. they dont want work to maybe get in the way on election day. so they are exercising their right early. been record turnout daily since early voting began lasweek. secretary...

good morning. im erica hill. >> im jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthys speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard ...

vote for house speaker starts right now. ♪ any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. im erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnns special live coverage. >> im jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebel...

case. people who had their campaigns funded by david macintosh and club for growth are not listening to him. theyre not listening to former president trump so do they really have the influence that they think they have? >> yeah, chaos feeds on chaos, happy birthday, congressman. well go up to the capitol to manu raju and, manu, tell us about the key meeting of these rebels, of these conservative holeouts happening right now. tell us more. >> reporter: this can be a pivotal meeting. sev...

question what will pennsylvania voters think of john fettermans debate performance? the senate race showdown produced big policy clashes between the two. it was also an hour long look at fettermans ongoing recovery from a stroke. >> im also having to talk about something called the oz rule that if hes on tv, hes lying. >> he didnt pay for his own house. he got it for a dollar from his sister and he hasnt been able to earn a living on his own. >> plus, 13 days out, president biden tries...

insurrection, a insurrection which the police welcomed the insurrectionists inside the building. we thought it was funny. what we didnt note, though, last night was the moment where that airhead reporter claimed that a police officer was killed by the mob that day. now, if you watch television, youve heard that line so many times, so many times that you may not even notice when people say it anymore. theyve been saying it constantly for nearly two years. police officers were killed. ma...

shows the candidates separated by a point. john fetterman struggled to communicate and did not commit to releasing full medical records after suffering a stroke this spring. dr. oz did not focus on his opponents health and hit him on the issues. >> lets also talk about the elephant in the room, i had a stroke, hes never let me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate, put two words together, it knocked me down, i will keep coming up. this campaign is about fighting f...

sat by while donald trump used the rally to go farther than he has before in this cultish alliance with this dangerous sometimes amorphous group called qanon by pushing lies that may sound bizarre and absurdist you can underestimate how serious they are and how theyre building a following. im not going to repeat or amplify all of them, but among them is the claim that certain hollywood actors and democrats are part of some secret pedophile group aligned with satan or who eat children. ...