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breaking news, a fire has brown out at russias defense ministry in moscow. u.s. intelligence tonight is pointing to ukraine meantime as the likely culprit behind that drone attack on the creme line. were live on the ground tonight. and she was simply the best. tonight, the legendary tina turner has died. singers bryan adams and ruth pointer of the pointer sisters will join me to remember their friend and a true musical icon. lets go "outfront." and good evening, im erin burnett. out ...

his green energy policies are endangers our national security and increasing americas reliance on china for critical raw materials. and still biden is forging ahead on a radical proposal to crack down on gas powered cars with insane new environmental regulations. meanwhile, a new report from nbc news found that china did in fact gather sensitive intelligence from the spy balloon that it piloted over nuclear sites and military installations in the continental united states. china was ab...

incredibly careful in sort of steering clear of commenting on the details given that the doj is currently looking into the matter, so well have to see whether the president is a little bit more willing to dive into the details and share anything more that we dont know but again, you know, earlier today just sort of exemplifying this, the white house counsel spokesperson said theyre just s simply limited in what they can say because the doj is looking into the matter but they want to ha...

iran hangs two men for allegedly killing a security official during anti—government protests. and its a huge weekend for the technology industry as the annual consumer electronics show gets under way in las vegas. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded...

president zelensky welcomes the announcment of us military as ukraine celebrates its orthodox christmas, russian—backed forces say they have downed a drone. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was ...

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...

at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. >> mr. putin, dont misunderstand what im saying. >> ukraines president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putins move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administrations r...

432 elected congressmen or calling them congressmen-elect. he needs three more to close the deal. republicans are hoping at 10:00 p.m. time when they reconvene, he will have the three. that is a stubborn six that is left over. lets get the details from chad pergram with the very latest. chad? >> neil, the speakership is a game of inches. today for the first time since tuesday, kevin mccarthy finally showed he was gaining ground towards securing the votes to become speaker. >> i think y...

>> good evening, chris. >> what a ride. >> i mean -- >> history, day three, we hadnt today three of history. >> they, as rebecca saying on friday, big british parliament energy without the intelligence and the phone. she did say that part, but i will. >> i do love british parliament energy. >> i -- >> i like the rockets this. im into it. >> theres something into the rockets in this, although this is just uncontrolled chaos. nobody is driving the bus. and here we are. thank you, as alwa...

set to hold the seventh vote for speaker of the house, but within the past, hour the house voted to adjourn, to close up shop for the night and come back tomorrow, because why not check this thing out another day. now that vote to adjourn was on par with the rest of the chaos and confusion that as characterized this entire speaker debacle. majority of republicans voted to end the session and wait until tomorrow, while all democrats voted to keep the session going. but since right now n...