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soon as december. and herschel walker now says hes not backing down despite the abortion scandal rocking his campaign. ma maggie haberman joins me this hour on donald trumps decision to back walker despite his checkered past. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." lets begin our coverage in ukraine where a furious counteroffensive is now sweeping russian troops out of territory. moscow has held for months. cnn is your national security editor. nick paton walsh is joining us li...

to -- >> yeah. zip it. >> that does it. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. im jose diaz-balart and we are just five days away from the critical midterm elections with many key races neck and neck. president biden and former president trump hit the trail. we are live in two battleground states this morning. plus, the economy is top of mind for many voters as things like mortgages, credit cards, loan payments will soon be ...

the tellers agree that the total number of votes cast is 434 of which the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ cheers and applause ] >> the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [ cheers and applause ]. >> the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman fr...

lets talk to steve more about this. steve, the problem is inflation is at decades high. recession around the corner. its a heck of a one-two punch. >> you better believe it. the good news is that the inflation rate has come down a little bit the last two or three months, charles. thats good news. we went from almost 9% inflation this past summer to now were down to about 7.1%. as you just said, that is still the highest inflation rate weve had in 35, 40 years. so americans are feeling ...

middle of his third season with the bills. he is considered one of the games star safeties. as i told you, guys, we are praying for him. we want to bring in our friend trey clevis here, found there. ive been waiting to talk to you all night. what is your reaction to this breaking news that is coming o out? >> lawrence, thanks for having me on. let me had a couple of things right off the top. the bills are one of the biggest families in the entire nfl. for people who know what its like ...

the honoring kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [applause] the honoring jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. [applause] no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by sur name of speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for the position of speaker of the house. >> the gentleman is recognized. [applause] the gentleman is recogn...

happy holidays were here at msnbc headquarters in new york city, thank you for spending time with us on this monday the death toll from the once in a lifetime multi-state winter storm over the weekend continues to rise today. up by about 20 from this hour yesterday. we now have at least 55 people dead across 12 states with western new york especially hard-hit nearly half of those fatalities are in new yorks erie county alone. the freezing temperatures and wind gusts also knocking out p...

imagine that my garage door made history. this is where the big pres conference took place. i dont even know how to explain 2020 it was a crazy, crazy year >> that things happened in philadelphia >> presidential biden to becom the 46th president of th united states. >> i had no idea what we would be in for. >> i thought my friends were messing with me. >> a philadelphia landscapin company has been thrust into the national spotlight >> the entire thing wa supposed to be anonymous >> it ...

tackle most important issues, including crime, the economy and inflation. youre watching "fox and friends first"s, on monday morning, im carley shimkus. >> ashley: im ashley strohmier, in for todd piro. house speaker nancy pelosi is downplaying the importance. >> it is about getting out to vote, everything else is a conversation compared to that. i hear people talk about inflation, we have to change that subjects, inflation is global phenomenon. >> ashley: this as america fays one of t...

mccarthy. the current republican leader has sent the new proposal to his colleagues to try to overcome significant resistance to his ascension. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill tonight. hello, chad. >> the math. there are at least five g.o.p. members who oppose mccarthy for speaker and, perhaps, more. >> kevin doesnt have the votes. >> what well do, well block kevin. there will be 10 to 15 members vote against him on the first ballot tomorrow that...