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up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. >> reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. >> from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] >> that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought wed get up here. ing....

we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, were learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter irans nuclear threat. >> we mean what we s...

and, the race to save the giant sequoias in yosemite national park as a wildfire threatens trees that have stood for thousands of years. but we start with the january 6 house select committee final push with two more public hearings set to take place this week. this is going to be a really big week for the investigation. committee members are looking to build on the momentum. from the previous six hearings. the next one is set for tomorrow afternoon and will focus on what some panel me...

provide invaluable insight into what donald trump was doing as the capitol was under attack. also, japan in shock and mourning. really, the whole world is in morning after former prime minister shinzo abe s assassination in a country that had only one gun -related death in all of last year. his killer used what appears to be a homemade gun to shoot a in a campaign speech. the u.s. economy added more jobs than expected as a red-hot job market shrugs off looming fears of a recession....

the shooting, but at this point, his motive remains unclear. the murder of a long time leader has stunned japan, a country where gun violence is virtually unheard of. a former adviser likens abes assassination to that of jfk. president biden visited the japanese ambassadors residence to offer his condolences, and flags are half staff. lets bring in selina gomez. what more do we know about the suspect and the investigation. >> we learned from police that the suspect confessed to shootin...

politics in the uk at the moment, do you still have confidence in the prime minister, is he the right person to lead the uk? i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. hes doing a fantasticjob. he has led on... ..delivering on brexit, helping britain recoverfrom covid, we were the first country to fully develop the vaccine and get it rolled out and now hes doing a brilliantjob of supporting ukraine in the appalling war against russia. and the conservatives have just lost two imp...

the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession. there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in orlando to ponder. but for boris johnson, domestic politics is never far away —— commonwealth leaders in rwanda. the by—election defeats in wheatfield and tiverton and huntington have spooked some tory mps. and oliver dowden�*s resignation as party chairman has yet again put the spotlight on the prime ministers leadership. some think his behaviour is the problem and want...

where it was shipped. this is cnn. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." with kim brunhuber. u.s. president joe biden has arrived in japan after a three-day visit to south korea. air force one landed at the air base near tokyo, an hour ago to visit bidens first trip to asia as commander in chief. before leaving seoul, biden met the leader of hyundai. where hes tried to put focus on bolsterings americas security ties. the shadow of potential conflict is never far away. on sa...

custody. and as the push to charge an alleged grocery store gunman with a hate crime grows, buffalo begins reflecting on the lives lost in that deadly mass shooting. and we begin in seoul, south korea, where right now joe biden is holding talks with his newly inaugurated south korean counterpart on his debut trip to asia as u.s. president. now, earlier mr. biden participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the national saerm. he wore white gloves in a show of respect to the koreans wh...

military and economic might in the region and escalating provocations from north korea which u.s. intelligence thinks may be planning a missile test while mr. biden is there. lets bring in cnns paula hancocks live in seoul for us. good morning, tell us what is the underlying purpose of the presidents visit there? >> reporter: what the president is here for and what he would like to be talking about is alliances. and talking about economic prosperity and partnership with south korea, ta...