united states released him on $250 million bond. in order to live with his parents. if he flees, it could have been $10 trillion. nobody is putting up that money. you would not believe it. how are we going to get you out. how long have you been in there? carley: good morning, it is not just friday. it s christmas eve eve. how exciting is that? and santa is still flying around our all-american christmas tree looking for a special gift for a special someone. will: are you prepared? have all your special gift been purchased? carley: yes. and they are wrapped, too. will: wow. how about you? brian: what do you mean by done? i m still open to adding. carley: that s nice. brian: i m still open if something strikes me. carley: base gifts if christmas happened today no one would be let down but i could do better. will: i went to the department store yesterday. brian: the department store? gimbels? will: one stop shot. ainsley: picturing new black and whit
the man who negotiated the deal to deliver mccarthy key votes, republican congressman chip roy of texas joins me for his first post-vote interview. a lawmaker critical of the rebels, republican congressman dan crenshaw is ahead. and standing together. as republicans floundered, democrats were unified. house democrats stand together with you. how are they preparing to are the next two years? the new house minority whip, congresswoman katherine clark joins me exclusively ahead. president biden is set to visit the southern border as he expands a trump-era rule he had promised to overturn. it s important to step back and see the bigger picture here. will a divided congress address the immigration crisis. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is reeling from a wild week this morning after historic struggle, kevin mccarthy is house speaker. he won ugly, but he won. it took 15 ballots, a divisive speaker struggle not seen since before the ci
roy of texas, who was a key negotiator of getting kevin mccarthy elected as house speaker. let s make a deal. 15th time is the charm. the honorable kevin mccarthy is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [ cheers and applause ] but after a bruising fight, can kevin mccarthy govern? the man who negotiated the deal to deliver mccarthy key votes, republican congressman chip roy of texas joins me for his first post-vote interview. a lawmaker critical of the rebels, republican congressman dan crenshaw is ahead. and standing together. as republicans floundered, democrats were unified. house democrats stand together with you. how are they prepares for the next two years? the new house minority whip, congresswoman katherine clark joins me exclusively ahead. guy plus, going south. president biden is set to visit the southern border as he expands a controversial trump-era rule that he had promised to overturn. it s important to step back and see the bigg
concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. the big one is he agreed for any single member to be able to call for a vote on ousting the sitting speaker. that s something he used to say he would never budge on. now any member could call for that vote. he s agreed that his leadership pack is not going to play in primaries to try to beat conservatives, at least in safe districts. that s something conservatives have complained about in the past.
newsroom. we begin this hour with breaking news in iran where large plumes of smoke can be seen rising from an infamous prison in tehran. officials there confirming a fire has been set by the inmates of that prison. let s go to cnn s jamana. what more are you learning? we re still trying to find out what really is happening or happened at the prison. that notorious facility in northern tehran. of course, that prison that where many political prisoners, human rights activists, journalists, foreigners are kept in tehran. now, an hour ago, we started seeing video on social media showing this large plume of smoke billowing over the prison and according to the social media videos we have received, you could hear gunfire. according to the activist group that put out this video, they say that special forces were heading to the prison. now, according to the government s account of what is going on, they say that this was a fire that was started by these rioters. thugs as they desc