warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all over the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy failed to get the vote for speaker of the house. the house is in a state of stop. come on, come on, come on, get up. states under tornado watches. the severe weather threat is pressing east. already a trail of damage left behind. announcer: lev from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello. it is wednesday, january 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where a growing feud within the republican party is threatening to overshadow the new majority in the house. on tuesday a band of conservative hardliners blocked kevin mccarthy from securing the 218 votes needed to become the speaker of the house and that s after three rounds of voting. it s the first time in 100 years that the house has failed to elect a speaker on the firs
that gives congress more teeth to actually give more investigators for subpoena power. you mentioned the former president s legal troubles, neil, donald trump is facing, as you mentioned, a potential third indictment, up precedented in u.s. history. trump respond being on truth social is, quote, deranged jack smith, that s the special prosecutor, of course, with joe biden s doj sent a letter again, it was sunday night, stating that i am a target of a january 6th grand jury investigation and giving me a very short four days to report to the grand jury which almost always means an arrest and indictment. now, trump faces a may 20th, 2024, trial date in that classified documents case, and hunter biden will make his first court date appearance in wilmington on wednesday for those two misdemeanor tax charges and that felony gun charge. a lot of court dates. neil: i can t keep up with it. we need a big old spread sheet. thank you very much, lucas tomlinson. want to go to john yu right now,
hamlin collapsed during the first quarter of the critical bills/bengals game which has been since postponed. it s unclear if it will be resumed. reporter: as fans in buffalo pray for bills safety damar hamlin our prayer is that god heals damar hamlin now. reporter: the bills revealing in a new update tuesday that hamlin remained in critical condition in the intensive care unit at a cincinnati hospital where stunned fans gathered to show their support. he s going to pull through. that s what we re here praying for. now another bills player is down. reporter: hamlin still fighting for his life. nearly 24 hours after this up precedented scene on the field. the team saying he went into cardiac arrest. could be a condition that is rare which is basically a blow
phone to do that. you have and no doubt you will disagree with me on many issues. where we can agree we should. here on this bill we have proven that we can come together to do big things, important things for the american people. for the democrats that supported this bill, we can be proud of this up precedented investment that will transform the nation and change millions of lives for the better. think about what will happen in a practical sense. clogged arteries at the heart of our economy. they re going to be opened up. that will reduce transportation costs. reduce commuting costs. as a result, reduce costs overall for families and businesses. there s safety provisions as i said not long ago. everyone can tell you what the the most dangerous intersection theres the communities are. there s money to deal with those
they ve simply noticed the dmz and our commitment to the people of south korea going back decades. i think something like that would be appropriate for the president to do. but i do think they have to consider security and also, the possibility that those comments will be more provocative than historically consistent. the white house habit said for sure whether the president will visit the dmz. when he was asked about it the other day, he left open the possibility. he said somebody said this could be very provocative and he wanted to know more about it. senator, thanks very much for joining us. thanks, wolf. just ahead, president trump personally interviewing attorney candidates in new york and washington. what happens to be home to many, all of which new york and washington and other places as well seem to be home to many of his businesses. now, there s new backlash against this up precedented move to interview caiew candidates f u.s. attorney position,