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the gavel. this morning, he was not able to bring along a handful of far right lawmakers who oppose his nomination and are demanding more big power concessions from him as the price for going forward. >> we may have a battle on the floor. but the battle is for the conference and the country. that's fine with me. i don't see how a few people -- maybe it's 5, maybe it's 20 -- sit because they want a gravel that they can't earn. that's not what the constituents voted them for. >> this as house democrats united behind hakeem jeffries, with a new younger ship team holding business cards t...

>> hah keep jeffries. >> cleaver? >> jeffries. >> cline? >> kevin mccarthy. >> cloud? >> jim jordan. >> clyburn? >> jeffries. >> clyde? >> biggs. >> cohen? >> hakeem jeffries. >> cole? >> mccarthy. >> collins? >> as we listen to the roll being called by my count, five republicans have voted against mccarthy for speaker. two voted for jim jordan, one included boebert. and two for andy biggs. garrett haake, by my count that's five and he could only lose four. on this first role call, he said he will keep this going vote after vote until they get worn down or something breaks. is that y...

alphabetical order, they didn't even get past the cs, sealing a round one loss in a matter of minutes. mccarthy failing to whittle down the small but significant group of republican outliars all dead set on voting against him. the damage a failed first vote like this will inflict on the speakership position from the get go even if he does win, if it's a mess for republicans, a mess for mccarthy and it is shaping up to be a long day ahead for the brand-new 118th congress. he reminded reporters he holds the record for the longest speech ever delivered on the house floor, saying he does...

florida's governor just declared a state of emergency as floridians brace for a potential midweek hurricane. plus fiona packed a punch in canada overnight, communitied still flooded at this hour. and is a reception inevitable? new data is fuelling new fears. you're in the cnn newsroom. in coastal canada it is clear many residents will be spending it in total darkness. hundreds of thousands are without power after hurricane force winds swept through the region earlier today. though it's been downgraded to a cyclone, it's one of the strongest storms to hit canada's atlantic coast. it...

address making a new plea yet again for gun action. telling congress in the wake of more mass shootings, enough is enough. >> more kids and on duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god's sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough? enough. this time we have to take the time to do something. this time, it is time for the senate to do something. >> among the president's demands to congress, either ban assault weapons or raise the minimum purchase age to 21 years old. fact ...