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the struggle is real for southwest. "the lead" starts right now. six days in, southwest has canceled more than 15,000 flights. tomorrow may not be better. southwests stock is taking a hit. then, new details emerging about the final days of the trump administration. a witness told the january 6th committee donald trumps chief of staff regularly burned documents. gives a whole new meaning to fireside chats. plus, why celebrities and social media are driving a shortage of a life-savin...

elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. >> sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthys bid but more than ...

the house voted in a nighttime session tonight to adjourn until noon eastern tomorrow. still dont know why 9 am wasnt a possibility, more now with day three of trying to get speaker, thats fine. were gonna go into a second and third day tomorrow about this very issue, of course, republican leader, kevin mccarthy, has been enduring a c series of stinging defeats. now losing a total of six rounds of voting. in his attempt to become speaker of the house. he is saying tonight, well theres...

angle. ♪ >> laura: now how often have we seen the press try to kind of pretend that religious americans are part of a fringe movement? liberals warn of christian nationalism and even link the faithful to domestic terrorism. now these same elites relishing headlines like christianity in the u.s. is quickly shrinking and gleeful to support that millennials are turning against organized religion. and if youre someone who offers thoughts and prayers after tragedies, well, they assume you...

garage gate. some of that sensitive material was stored in the same space bidens beloved corvette is stored. attorney general merrick garland under a lot of pressure to appoint a special counsel. yesterday he tapped robert hur for the role. this means the current president and his predecessor are now both facing special counsel investigations. president biden meanwhile was openly critical if you remember of former president trumps handling of classified documents. now he is getting the...

reported phone call between the white house and one of the rioters involved in the attack. the u.s. is warning russia to stop what antony blinken calls loose talk about nuclear weapons as vladimir putin continues to face military challenges in ukraine. also this hour, we will get an update from iran where the leader is issuing a new warning in the wake of historic protests after a woman died in police custody. we begin this hour with the latest on hurricane ian which is intensify...

house, but lets start with alexandria hoff whos tracking the races in three key swing states. >> reporter: hi, mike. lets start in pennsylvania, dre once-sizable lead that john fetterman once held. on tuesday the two are going to hold their first and only debate putting fettermans health in focus. he spoke earlier today. >> you know, we had a stroke back in may. and it really -- [inaudible conversations] and despite all that, i survived to be back. >> reporter: fetterman will be relyin...

flint, michigan. up first just before midnight justice department legal filing and what it tells us about the case against donald trump. the 36-page filing is full of critical new details. they include three classified documents in desks inside the former presidents office. more than 100 documents in 13 boxes with classification markings inside the former presidents residence. some of those documents so secret the fbi and d orkoj persl charged with reviewing them needed to get additi...

killing 14 students and three staff members at marjorie stone douglas high school. kerry, what do we know at this hour? >> reporter: well, the families of the victims who have been enduring this really difficult penalty phase where all the information of every minute of every second of what happened have been notified by the court that the jury of 12 has now reached a decision on what the sentence will be and we expect that sentence will be delivered here at about 10:30. family members...

richest man to buy twitter. thats right. the legal battle is over and the deal is on. the shares after being traded most of the day surging 22%. many interpreted that as a sign that the deals are back and if it can win over the worlds richest man, its off to the races. buyers were in droves. well have more on that later. now theres this. nearly a week after hurricane ian hit, rescue crews in florida continue to comb through damaged home looking for anyone trapped inside. the number kil...