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happy holiday. my first time seeing you. i'm fredricka whitfield. it's official. after a grueling 15 rounds of voting, the house speaker has a new speaker. >> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after four days of voting. the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite the sometimes c contentious days of negotiations, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. >> i make this promise. ...

committee dropping a brand-new batch of key testimony and for the first time we are now seeing interview transcripts from 19 additional witnesses and they include some of the closest people inside former president trump's inner circle. his son, donald trump jr., former fox news anchor kirsten gillibrand as w-- kimberly guile so let's get right to cnn's sara murray looking through all of these documents. sara, thousands of pages of transcripts. some we've seen through the january 6th committee hearings and you've been reading through donald trump jr.'s transcripts. what are you findin...

right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the white house on defense as republican house members escalate their demands about those classified documents found at president biden's former office and home. biden officials try to contain the damage. [ many speaking at once ] still not answering questions. the battle over the debt ceiling. opening rounds in what could become a global economic meltdown if the u.s. fails to pay its debts. republican congressman george santos' mysterious background now includes possible ties to wealthy russians, adding to the legal and ethical questions s...

headquarters in new york city. a failed candidate turned suspected gunman arrested in albuquerque, new mexico. and we just learned he will make his first appearance in court tomorrow afternoon. police say that when lawmakers wouldn't listen to his claims about election fraud, he put a plan in place to target their homes. >> epd essentially discovered what we had all feared. and what he suspected, these shootings were politically motivated. >> the latest details on the charges and how these attacks could serve as a warning for the rest of the country. plus a new call for doj and the...

hello, i'm abby phillip in washington. thank you for joining us today. it is the nightmare that just won't end. southwest airlines canceling thousands more flights with airports coast to coast already packed. more than 4,800 flights today and tomorrow no longer on the books, nearly 16,000 canceled since thursday. all week we have been meeting miserable passengers and southwest says it'll be days before this all clears up. busloads of stranded customers arriving at houston hobby airport this morning, some on the road for more than 24 hours and at chicago midway, this is the sea of lug...