plus a look ahead at what is expected to be one of the key political storylines of 2023. trump versus desantis. more on that ahead. we are going to start with some breaking news. kevin mccarthy set to hold a call with a gop conference in about an hour s time. he s facing some tough numbers in his fight for the house speaker. abc s ali roth joins me now from capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about your scoop. just about an hour from now, this big gop meeting. yeah, lindsay, my colleague haley talbot and i getting the scoop about an hour ago that really explains what kevin mccarthy is doing in these last two days before that make-or-break moment, the speaker s election on tuesday. sources are telling us that in less than an hour at 4 pm he s going to hold this call with members of the house gop caucus, really trying to solidify every last gop vote, every ounce of support he can be for that critical vote on tuesday. the last thing he wants to happen is for, is to no
looming large over this summit is the role of cartels pushing migrants and drugs into the u.s. and the question of whether mexico truly controls its own border. biden s dhs secretary admits the vast majority of migrants who crossed into the u.s. illegally go through smuggling rings. and mexico tried to show strength with that high profile arrest. it s been described as a gift to biden and a message that mexico s approach to cartels called hugs, not bullets, prevents blood shed. tonight, president biden receives a dignified reception in mexico city for the summit with his north american counterpart to talk immigration and drug trafficking. but just days before. [gunfire] it took three it thousand 586 mexican soldiers descending on sinaloa to capture drug king pin son of chapo. cartels forced down two air force planes and shot up a commercial airliner. and authorities confiscated 26 barrett rifles, six machine guns, 26 long arms. nearly 600 magazines. bullet proof vests and
enforcement says saved lives bravely confronting and disarming the monterey park gunman. we ll have more on that interview and the latest in that investigation in just a moment. meanwhile, in northern california, a beach side community is the scene of the state s second deadly mass shooting in three days. this time the gunman appears to have targeted his coworkers. also ahead, more convictions for members of an extremist group, heavily involved in the january 6th attack on the capitol. and it appears kevin mccarthy made a bff during his day s long struggle to become speaker of the house. we ll have the new reporting on his alliance with one of the most extreme members of the gop. plus, mike pompeo is making headlines for his criticism of an american journalist who was murdered by the saudi regime. we ll show you those excerpts from the former secretary of state s new book. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 24th. with us, we have the host of
heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel s office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. come on, guys. reporters didn t hear from the president s lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. good afternoon, everybody. and the press secretary. i have been forthcoming from this podium. and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel s office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president s personal attorney. we have within trying to answer questions thor
watching us here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead right here on cnn newsroom plenty of action on the house floor, but still no one has been elected speaker. what concessions will kevin mccarthy now have to make to win the 12th ballot? vladimir putin is calling for a temporary ceasefire in ukraine, ahead, why many are skeptical of his proposal. and later more details about what s in prince harry s upcoming memoir spare including begging his father not to marry camilla. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. the house of representatives will convene today at noon for a 12th vote to elect a new speaker or at least try to and get on with the business of governing. republican leader kevin mccarthy is making major concessions to conservative holdouts, but he hasn t swayed a single member of the so- called never kevins. the streak of 11 failed votes over the past three days is now the longest in 164 years. democrats say if the gop