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 couldn t hide being visibly angry. lauren boebert and matt gaetz voted present while four other anti-mccarthy holdouts remained steadfast. it was dramatic and gripping to watch. a fistfight nearly broke out as mike rogers the chair of the house armed services committee, was physically restrained from matt gaetz who supporters rushed to his side. on enies were heard. mccarthy thought he d whipped the votes necessary. when it seemed they were going to be adjourning for the weekend there was more arm twisting. suddenly mccarthy was smiling a
if you can punch through this wall, you really are flash gordon. are you going to do it. i m going to punch through it. all right, sam. do it. [. oh my god. yes, yes. did he it. what the hell is your problem? you breakthrough my wall. right now, this country has a crazy neighbor problem. we re not talking about canada. although there is something funky going won trudeau. we are talking about our southern neighbors, mexico, who are in the middle of a hot war. yesterday, mexican officials arrested the son of chapo. a video guzman and when you go after the cartel king pin s son, can you expect all hell to break loose. for the past it 4 hours sinaloa, mexico has become a battlefield. [machine gunfire] [rapid machine gunfire] jesse: the cartels have just declared war on the mexican government which is ironic because the cartels own the mexican government. so this is a civil war within a civil war. and if you think the sinaloa cartel has anything to lose, you re w
the travel nightmare that began before christmas is is still not over. pamela brown here in for anderson tonight. and when we left you last night, southwest airlines ceo was apologizing to all the passengers stranded by all the flights the company canceled due to the weather and its system meltdown. well, 24 hours later there are about another 2,500 reasons to apologize, as in about 2,500 more cancellations today and nearly as many tomorrow. and it s gotten to the point that southwest has been busing some people from airports as far away as new york s laguardia and denver to houston. details now from cnn s gabe cohen. reporter: tens of thousands of travelers still weathering southwest s meltdown without a clear end in sight. i m hungry and exhausted. i just want to go home. reporter: the airline canceling more than 2,500 flights wednesday. 62% of its schedule according to flight aware. with a similar wave of cancellations already shaping up for thursday. this has been