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Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, th...

mitchell reports," house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday's funeral mass. ♪♪ good day, i'm andrea in mitchell. happy ne...

Contact with him? his mother had expressed some concerns. >> reporter: yeah. you know, a relative, apparently, reached out to law enforcement, federal authorities a couple weeks ago, and he was interviewed. so he was in a federal database. he was certainly on their radar, but, andrea, we should point out that he didn't have a criminal history. he was never arrested. but they have been tracking his social media postings. a lot of digging they need to do to figure out what motivated him to do this and whether he came here to new york city to target these officers. we do know he traveled here and...

Now to the fierce crackdown happening in china. authorities are looking to smother the wave of protesters over china's zero covid measures. the display of defiance is rare in china. people don't often speak out against the government for fear of what will happen to them. cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson is in hong kong. ivan, how is the chinese government responding to the unrest? >> reporter: ana, we're starting here the first real response from the chinese government at how it views the protests that erupted in more than a dozen cities across the country over the weekend....

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