The mayor of murdaugh says what is expected rise because it doesnt account for people inside of the buildings. In a few hours, Donald Trumps Legal Team Face as federal judge overseeing the 2020 election interference case as the Special Counsel requests an aggressive trial date. Five americans wrongfully detained in iran a step closer to free tomorrow this morning. The Details Behind that deal that includes 6 billion of frozen iranian assets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. This News Breaking overnight. The death toll from the catastrophic wildfires in murdaugh has risen to 55. There is also growing fear this morning that that number could rise significantly. Has risen to. There is also growing fear this morning that that number could rise significantly. Lahaina evoice ratesed by the fastmoving inferno. The mayor said those buildings havent been searched yet and the Death Toll Recommendation bo represents bodies found outside the buildings. We are waiting for fema to hel
update us on what took place there in torrance this afternoon, but we understand, from talking to our sources that law enforcement officers with the l.a. county sheriff s department were able to enter a white cargo van earlier this afternoon. that is believed to be connected to the monterey park mass shooting that happened last night. let me go to camilla bernal who is on the scene there for us. she was just listening into this press conference. i guess the one useful thing that was said there, and of course, throat understand that they want to, you know, reassure people in that community that things are safe, and that, i suppose is the purpose of that news conference, which is all well and good. but the useful thing that came out of that news conference is that they did announce that there s going to be a separate press briefing later on this evening here on the east coast, but later in the afternoon for you there on the west coast, it sounded as though he said 4:30 in the a
covering sort of that part of the van that we were looking straight at at the moment. so i m seeing that the law enforcement agents at the back of that bear cat and then we also saw the drone coming closer to the ground. so i m not sure if it landed or not. but i was seeing the drone and it appears that many of these law enforcement officers here are watching what was going on through video of the drone. as you guys have been mentioning, it has not looked urgent in any way over the last couple of minutes that we ve been here. it has been a slow process and a lot of the things that my colleague josh campbell mentioned, just so many law enforcement agencies working together, expanding the crime scene. we got here a while ago and they have moved us multiple times because they have tried to expand the crime scene telling us to be extremely careful because they were just not sure what was inside of that van. so, again, we saw the last vehicle that got here sort of circling around
from the united states all around the world, [ cheering ] the 15th time is a charm for kevin mccarthy, after four days and a bruising floor fight, the california republican is officially the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, all the dramatic scenes unfolding exactly 2 years after a violent mob stormed the capital in a failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election, we will show you how the white house marks the anniversary. the promised christmas fire fails, spending the holiday and bomb shelters. live from cnn center, this is a cnn newsroom, with layla harak. 15 bouts and evening of high drama but kevin mccarthy secured enough votes to become speaker of the house. never has a leadership contest taken so many votes in modern times and out of 222 republicans in the house it only took six hard-line conservatives to derail him in the 14th ballot on friday night, a vote he had believed was in the bag. but right-wing firebrand matt gaetz, who had sworn to ne
watching us here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. ahead right here on cnn newsroom plenty of action on the house floor, but still no one has been elected speaker. what concessions will kevin mccarthy now have to make to win the 12th ballot? vladimir putin is calling for a temporary ceasefire in ukraine, ahead, why many are skeptical of his proposal. and later more details about what s in prince harry s upcoming memoir spare including begging his father not to marry camilla. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. the house of representatives will convene today at noon for a 12th vote to elect a new speaker or at least try to and get on with the business of governing. republican leader kevin mccarthy is making major concessions to conservative holdouts, but he hasn t swayed a single member of the so- called never kevins. the streak of 11 failed votes over the past three days is now the longest in 164 years. democrats say if the gop