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good morning. im erica hill. >> im jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthys speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard ...

erica hill. a critical night of debates, candidates making their final push just 13 days to go until election day. in pennsylvania one of the most crucial senate races this year, the first and only debate between democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz. the two sparring on a number of topics. it was fettermans health, though, thats really controlling the headlines this morning. fetterman of course is still recovering from a stroke he suffered in may. he did struggle at times d...

vote for house speaker starts right now. ♪ any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. im erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnns special live coverage. >> im jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebel...

shows the candidates separated by a point. john fetterman struggled to communicate and did not commit to releasing full medical records after suffering a stroke this spring. dr. oz did not focus on his opponents health and hit him on the issues. >> lets also talk about the elephant in the room, i had a stroke, hes never let me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate, put two words together, it knocked me down, i will keep coming up. this campaign is about fighting f...

southwest. of. >> 2800 u.s. flights already canceled today, 2500, about 90% are southwest. >> challenge for our flight crews being stuck in locations not where they need to be along with the aircraft. at this point were working to accommodate our customers as best we can and offer the most options we can. >> cnns lucy kafnov is in denver. >> i wasnt anticipating a nightmare but it is. >> reporter: christmas is over but for thousands of customers the travel nightmare goes on. >> they ca...

can even rebook. but just looking at -- just look now at the never ending line of people on your screen right now, snaking through atlantas airport at the southwest counter. passengers are being told to expect even more delays and cancellations. the travel nightmare has caught the attention of the transportation department and investigating if southwest could have better handled the cancellations. the president of southwest pilots association tells cnn that a meltdown like this has bee...

kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. what is putins off ramp? where does he find a way out? where does he find himself where he does not lose face but significant power? his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. cnns fred pleitgen is in kyiv. fred, significantly under performing. there are voices inside russia saying the same thing right now. >> reporter: there certainly are. i think those voices are growing. weve also seen a lot of in fighting, if you will, betwe...

ballistic missile, most short range but one was an intermediate range ballistic missile that overflew japan. the u.s. will not be deterred in its exercises, the firing and testing of long-range missiles as long as trilaterals with the u.s. and japan that was conducted yesterday and will continue today. the u.s. will not be deterred from the region even as the u.s. warns north korea may be getting ready for another nuclear test. its possible theyre ready to go since may. if kim jong un ...

inflation? >> there are different ways to look at this. so for americans it means the hiring continues, 263,000 jobs and it was pretty broad-based hiring, but when you look at the trend, poppy, it is the slowest pace of hiring since about april 2021, it matches april 2021. so when you look at that nice bar chart you can see slowing jobs growth and thats exactly what the fed is looking for. its been raising interest rates now for six months and it actually takes about six months for mon...

with qualifying internet. thank you so much for joining me again at top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." we begin this hour with an air travel meltdown. it isnt all the weathers fault, lets be clear, more than 4,000 flights grounded today again, nearly 09% on southwest airlines. southwest patients from raleigh, denver, are all lining up at ticket counters looking for answers. many customers are completely fed up. >> im traveling with my senior citizen parents for their christmas vacati...