fight. that was easy, huh? after 14 failed attempts. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. house republicans finally elect a speaker, in a battle that hasn t been seen since the run-up to the civil war. we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. kevin mccarthy gains the gavel after making major concessions to a small group. because it took so long, now we learned how to govern. a preview of how the house republicans will govern. we will never compromise our principles. while republicans were divided this week, democrats remained enthusiastically united against their history leader. plus bridge building. we can work together. we can get things done. as washington was consumed by the house drama, president biden showcased hi bipartisan accomplishments. we look to things we agree on. and try to do those even while we have big differences on other t
florida, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster unlike anything that anyone alive today has ever experienced. top of the hour. hello, everybody. i m cade ballian in for pamela brown and you re live in the cnn newsroom. tonight growing concerns and calls for more answers over what the fbi recovered during their search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago resort. people want a congressional briefing and damage assessment now after the justice department remained eleven sets of classified documents including materials marked with one of the highest levels of classification. some of those document were marked top secret, sensitive compartmented information and that s among the heist designation in terms of the extremely grave damage to national security that could be done if it were to be disclosed so the fact that they are in an unsecure place, guarded with nothing more than a padlock or whatever security that they had in the hotel is deeply alarmin
and pulled the driver to safety. others in china not so fortunate. at least 37 people have been fouled dead. late-night attacks in iraq pushed yesterday s death toll to 103, making it the deadliest day this year. bombs and bullets ripping across several cities mostly targeting shiite muslims. no group has claimed responsibility, but they claim days after al qaeda announced it was making a comeback against iraq s weakened government. as the violence in syria escalates, the european union is calling for tightening sanctions. in may last year, member nations will now be required to search ships and airports suspected of carrying suspicious cargo to syria. meanwhile, the opposition reports heavy fighting, and they say 54 350e78 have been killed across the country today. angelina jolie, brad pitt and paul mccartney are among the alleged victims in britain s phone-hacking scandal. police are charging some prime suspects. a former aide to david cameron and former protege of ru
wolf blitzer, let me start with you. this is something that a lot of critics have said is a subject changer because we had real bad jobs news on friday and that just it riveted people throughout the weekend. is this an effort to change the narrative? it may be, in part, because the white house clearly believes this is a winning political issue for the president. he is going to make the point that for 98% of the american people, there will be no increase in their taxes. individuals making $200,000 or less a year. families making $250,000 or less, they will see no increase whatsoever. if nothing is done, everyone s taxes go up starting january 1st 2013, that s the so-called fiscal cliff. for 2% making more than that, they will go back to the tax rates that occurred during the clinton administration before the bush tax rates went into effect, 2001 and 2003. they will go back up to 39.6% from 35 or 36% right now. so, he will say these people can afford it. they will pay a lit
interesting that the highlighters were requested but no questions. i thought that perhaps it came from the fact that in california and in this case the jurors were allowed to take notes. so, rather than come back into the courtroom and ask for read-back of testimony, which was sort of the practice when i was practicing law in washington, d.c., as a prosecutor, perhaps they needed the highlighters to remind themselves of the most powerful evidence that came in front of them or perhaps to go through those jury instructions. remember, there s only one count here, involuntary manslaughter, but the jury instructions were actually quite kmrefl. that is because this case is much more of a medical malpractice type case rather than sort of the typical hom stied that we all see on csi and that sort of thing, homicide by gun, by knife. so perhaps they needed it to weed through the elements that were outlined in the jury instructions, which again were pretty complicated. reporter: le