president biden: without the truth there s no light. without light there s no path from this darkness. you really care about the lives lost here, call for a ceasefire in palestine. it s all right, it s all right. ceasefire now, ceasefire now, ceasefire now, ceasefire now. john: pro-palestinian protestors shouting down president biden at a campaign speech in charleston, south carolina, highlighting one of the many big challenges facing the president as he kicks his re-election bid into high gear, and john roberts in washington. here we go for another hour, sandra. already a busy day. sandra: it is indeed, this is america reports . one week out from the iowa caucuses and battling a blizzard there to get out the vote. nikki haley forced to cancel a stop due to weather and vivek ramaswamy hag fun with it. the other campaigns are cancelling events. if you can t handle the snow, you can t handle xi jinping, that s what i would say. john: the latest fox business pol
Experience as a lawmaker. You making the decision that he wanted to come to washington and served in congress, you had a successful business in South Carolina. Why was this institution something that interested you . To be honest, it was not. I wanted to stay in South Carolina and had embarked upon a race for the senate and governor and stayed in town fulltime. The more i campaigned, the more people told me that they thought i would be a Better Congress member. Ultimately, my congressman who was running for reelection decided to retire in the middle of reelection in february 2010. After much prayer and a lot of phone calls, i thought the people were right and i switched over to become a congressman. That was the impetus of the switch, the Health Care Law and my desire to see a guy who spent 23 years within the Insurance Industry want to make sure that had the opportunity to make their health cares decisions in the private sector. The impetus is that thinking coming here, one person can
operate, a rules package. he s facing a major test from some in his party who are not happy with what he gave away. the latest from capitol hill in moments. president biden at the border not far from where migrants crossing into our country have been forced to sleep out in the streets. it s his first visit to the border since taking office as president. he s facing pressure from all sides to address an issue that congress has failed to deal with for two decades. i want him to do something about it finally for sure. i want to not just empty promises, i want him to actually do something. . is there any chance that lawmakers can find common ground to fix this growing humanitarian crisis. echoes of january 6th in brazil. more than 400 people have been arrested after supporters of former president jair bolsonaro stormed that country s congress. how bolsonaro who is in florida is reacting. and more extreme weather out west. tens of millions of people bracing for heavy rain
the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of negotiations, with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. [ cheers and applause ] cnn s eva mckend is live for us on capitol hill. so, eva, you know, how did mccarthy eventually get those votes that he needed? reporter: fred, by convincing those holdouts, those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately to vote present. that isn t a ringing endors
behind the counter or add pickup lockers. there s a special place in hell for people who steal my chipotle. thank you joining us. i m christine romans, cnn this morning starts right now. are there circumstances you would consider pulling out of the race for speaker? no. not one? no. three strikes for kevin mccarthy but he says it s not over yet, it s not over yet. you re looking at kaitlan in washington. i told you she wasn t going to be here. i called it at the end of the show yesterday. she s going to need some friends and drinks and debriefing when she gets back. and some extra clothes. some extra clothes we ll send you before you get back. i m don lemon, poppy harlow, kaitlan collins is in washington as you see. what happens today when congress reconvenes and how long will the power struggle last? that s the question. there s still chaos on the hill. we ll speak with members of the mccarthy s party who voted for him and against him and for him an