representatives or family offer any further information about when they may be releasing more information? >> we know that, look. i've been in touch with the team and with people close to him all day. really they have wanted to provide the family some private time right now. this is the latest surgery and we know he is in stable condition in the icu unit. he has posted videos for years dating back to 2018 and 2019 of himself on this property in nevada using this machinery. this was something he was accustomed to. many questions on social media about did he fall off, did it back over him? i'm sure we'll learn more in the coming days. >> he made it through the two surgeries. really appreciate that update. a lot of people are pulling for him and thinking of the family. thank you. thanks to you for joining us. ac 360 starts right now.

good evening. we begin with the very real possibility house republicans tomorrow will do something that has not been done for a hundred years. it's possible perhaps even likely that when the chamber's very first piece of business comes up choosing the next speaker, something necessary for anything else to proceed, they will fail to get the required number of votes to make former minority leader kevin mccarthy nancy pelosi's successor as speaker. and beyond the drama of the history that could be made tomorrow if the first vote fails and it goes to another and then as many as it takes there is the irony. mccarthy who wants to succeed floesa woman widely acknowledged to be one of the most successful legislative head counters and arm twisters of all time is still trying with just hours to go to count enough heads and twist enough arms. >> do you have the votes tomorrow? >> i think we have a good day tomorrow. >> that remains to be seen. just ask a fellow republican.

>> i won't be voting for kevin mccarthy tomorrow. he is part of the problem. he's not part of the solution. >> that was congressman bob good speaking on fox this morning. he is one of five republicans who are hard nosed enough on their own to deny him the speakership. nine others today said they're not yet ready to vote yes. specifically they said they are not satisfied with the concessions mccarthy has made so far to win their support which is probably not for lack of trying on his part. in addition to a recent provision that could make removing him as speaker incredibly simple he has been contorting himself in other ways to get the backing he needs. consider congresswoman marjorie taylor green. after condemning her anti-semitism in may of last year for the second time in four months he is now promising to restore her committee assignments without any restrictions he says on which ones. and she now says she will support him for speaker. so does the former president whom mccarthy never directly mentioned by name after taking a week to denounce the dinner he

had with the anti-semite rapper formerly known as kanye west and white supremacist nick fuentes. that is nothing compared to other efforts to keep the man sweet on him including drumming liz cheney out of the party leadership and out of congress at the former president's bee left and of course going from this -- >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. >> to this just a few weeks later making the pilgrimage from mar-a-lago paying fealty to the man who used to refer to him as my kevin. that said for all the fealty he gets he is not voting tomorrow but this man is new york congressman-elect george santos the one with nearly as many lies on his resume as lines. he lied about being jewish later saying he only ever claimed to be jew-ish which was also a lie. he lied about working for goldman sachs. he lied about working for citigroup. he worked for neither. he lied about his college education, the prep school he went to. he lied about his mother's heritage when he said his

grandparents were holocaust survivors. yeah. he lied about that. he lied about a check fraud charge he still faces in brazil. according to the "new york times" authorities there intend to revive the case now that they know where he is. that george santos. to this day would be speaker mccarthy has yet to utter a word about the guy who makes the character of the movie the talented mr. ripley look like honest abe. keeping them honest he needs this guy's vote too. the fact he will countenance a well documented liar as a colleague says a lot about how needy he is right now. for the latest on how his quest for votes is going we'll go to the capitol where there have been a number of new developments through the evening. does mccarthy have the votes? he has been meeting with house allies and critics in the final hours. what is going on behind the scenes? >> no he does not have the votes as of right now and he is trying to make an 11th hour push to lock down the speakership and salvage what is left of his bid. he is already making a number of concessions to critics which he outlined in a call last night

including making it easier to topple the sitting speaker. his critics are unmoved. he is continuing the talks today including a meeting in his office not long ago with some of the hold outs including matt gaetz, loren boebert and scott perry. they left saying it was short but productive. he has also been meeting with some of his allies to try to rally support and discuss a floor strategy heading into tomorrow. while his allies still express confidence he will eventually get there even they acknowledge they don't know how long this will take. >> that is the other question. eventually. what does that mean? does mccarthy have a plan b if he can't get votes tomorrow? >> he is not going down without a fight. he is vowing to go through as many rounds of voting as it takes. if he doesn't get the first ballot he has an option to try to adjourn the proceedings or keep voting and the allies think he'll just keep voting, try to wear his opponents down.

potentially you could see horse trading on the floor, last-minute deals being made. other candidates could start to jump in. it is uncharted territory. there is a big question, anderson, at what point if mccarthy keeps failing does he decide to step aside? that is the big question we're watching tomorrow. >> if he did step aside who could emerge as an alternative? >> steve scalise is seen as the obvious front-runner. he is mccarthy's top deputy, popular conservative, experience in leadership and these types of leadership campaigns but even with scalise there is a big question whether he can get 218 votes because he would be beholden to the same concessions and demands critics are making of kevin mccarthy and scalise is really not making any moves behind the scenes. he has been frozen because he doesn't want to be seen as having his fingerprints on the dagger so to speak. scalise himself has said he is not willing to challenge mccarthy outright. i do think if mccarthy drops out you will see a number of

candidates throwing their hat into the ring. >> stay there. i want to bring in cnn's one and only senior data reporter and talk about the numbers complicating mccarthy's life beyond the raw head count. why does mccarthy have so little room for error? >> look historically at potential first time speakers, anderson. he has 222 republican seats, right? if you look at the last few speakers, people who went on to be speaker they had a lot more seats in their majority. they had a lot more room for error. kevin mccarthy can only lose four seats. you have to go all the way back to 1931 to find a speaker who had less room for error, john nance garner back in 1931 so basically talking about a guy who isn't all that popular among his caucus. on top of that has such little room for error. >> if you can only lose four votes what does the math look like? >> so essentially we've been outlining this. it is all a math game. what we know right now if he can only lose four votes there are

five hard line republicans who say not a chance. we're not going for him. then there are the other nine who say the compromises that he has made, they are unsatisfied with those. at this point it looks like he could be upwards of 14 seats in the hole and can only afford to lose four. i am not that good at math but i know 14 is way bigger than four so at this point the question is where does he get the votes? i don't know. >> he's been close to the speakership before. what happened then? >> you know, it's like the same old song over and over again, right? you go back to 2015. kevin mccarthy was next in line to be speaker after john boehner. but he had to step aside. he couldn't get the votes back then. keep in mind, his house majority back then was 245 seats, 245 republicans in the house. now we're significantly less at 222. the question is if he couldn't do it at 245 how is he going to do it at 22 #it? one little nugget, you can't beat something with nothing. there was a clear alternative

back there. the popular paul ryan. there is no one like that today. it kind of is a jumbled mess. >> paul ryan didn't fare very well. >> no he did not. >> could he win with less than 218? >> i think one thing we keep mentioning 218 votes, majority, majority. he needs a majority of the people who vote yes or no. there could be people who vote present. there could be people who decide to step aside and not vote at all. there have been a number of speaker candidates over the last century who have been able to win with less than 218 votes. one was fredrick gillette in 1923. i know we all remember him. >> yes. >> why i point him out is because it took nine ballots for him to actually reach the speakership. could we be looking at nine ballots again? it could go on forever, baby. >> not until 1923. gosh. thank you. >> thank you. joining me now is former texas congressman william hurt. you served alongside kevin

mccarthy for many years. should this be this difficult? >> it shouldn't be this difficult. the problem that we're going to see play out tomorrow at high noon on the house floor is a problem of leadership that goes back years. the fact that the republicans in congress haven't been able to define what the gop stands for and that we only define ourselves on the things we don't want and the things we hate, that has what's caused this problem. that's why there was no red wave which should have happened in 2022. this is why he has such a narrow margin of effort. if kevin mccarthy is not able to pull this out tomorrow he is not a martyr. this is his own doing and thinking he could negotiate and cajole and sweet talk the far right. it is just not something that can be done.

that was done many years ago. >> you say his own doing. how can you say that? what could he have done differently by not sweet taking them or playing along? >> sure. one of the arguments that the -- his opposition have, is that playing in primaries. well, guess what? they should have played a little bit harder. you should be working and trying to find candidates that are going to actually solve problems and do the work of the american people and not just be bomb throwers. you got to be willing to pick a side and potentially get in tough races. if he would have done that in some of these races then you'll have people that would actually govern and not burn the building down. you don't negotiate and give, make your friends and your allies hold their nose while you try to give concessions. the concessions of this arcane parliamently procedure called the motion to vacate. this makes it easier to bring

down the speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy is willing to make it easier to bring the speaker down in order for him to be speaker. but these are things that were a long time coming and when you only think about the next day and you don't think long term, this is the situation that we're getting into. >> interesting. >> and trying to overcome 14 votes is really difficult. that will also say i've seen a lot of crazier things happen when a deadline is looming. >> are any of the no votes persuadable? >> i think that is the chief question right now. and one of the chief concerns of mccarthy's allies. they are trying to figure out who is negotiating in good faith and who wants to watch kevin mccarthy crash and burn and has a personal vendetta against him. in the people like matt gates, andy biggs, they are seen as never going to vote for kevin mccarthy but the other dozen or so are seen as potentially more gettable. that is why you have him still working to get those votes to

try to potentially offer them more concessions. what he might end up having to do is give them even more power to depose the sitting speaker, the motion to vacate congressman hurd was talking about. even then, anderson, it is unclear whether that will be enough to deliver on the votes. >> congressman hurd, say there is a messy speaker vote with the fractured caucus. is it a stain on the gop's ability to govern? would it ultimately weaken mccarthy whoever the speaker turns out to be in the long turn especially with the rule making so easy to get rid of the speaker? >> yes. it absolutely is. this is already a victory for hakeem jeffries and his time as minority leader hasn't even started. and this is going to -- the reason we didn't see as many republicans win in this past election is because the american public was concerned about whether we're going to be able to show that we can govern. and the fact that straight out of the door we're going to have

this messy fight is probably going to go long and who knows? one of the things people should be watching is what the dems are going to be doing tomorrow because if all of the republicans don't show up at the time they're supposed to show up, if people are chilling back in their office, not coming to vote because they're sick and tired of their colleagues being jerks, and there is an imbalance in the numbers, some crazy things could potentially go down tomorrow. so it really is going to be fascinating how this plays out. >> we'll be watching. thank you. up next the latest on tomorrow's court hearing for the man suspected of murdering four university of idaho students. what one of the victim's parents has to say about him and what the college town of moscow, idaho is experiencing in the middle of the worst moment imaginable. later new developments in the machete attack on police officers in new york on new year's eve. what we are learning about the suspect and pieces of his background that were red flags to the fbi. he came in.

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>> if he is ultimately found guilty would you like to see the death penalty? >> i would have to talk with the other families. i mean, it is not really about what i want. it is kind of we got to do this all together. >> two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell cnn investigators focused on kohberger in part after his dna was matched to genetic material recovered at the home where the students were killed. we'll talk more about that shortly with two experts. first how the new developments are being handled. >> reporter: the police crime tape still remains at the house where four university of idaho students were killed. next door is an apartment complex. where dakotaa sparks lives with his girlfriend. he didn't know the students who died. but is grieving for them. >> how do you feel now that they've caught somebody? >> definitely a lot better. i feel like i don't have to worry as much making sure all the doors are locked and that there is -- being as cautious,

still going to be cautious because you never know anymore. >> reporter: moscow population of about 26,000 people has always been known as a very safe place to live. even with the arrest of the suspect the violent tragedy has dramatically affected the way people feel about their security. these two women are mother and granddaughter. how do you feel now that a suspect has been caught? >> very relieved. >> reporter: how scary has it been for you and your family? >> i've been very nervous. yeah. in moscow. >> reporter: how old are you if you don't mind me asking. >> i'm 19. >> reporter: in your previous 19 years of life have you ever been nervous in moscow before for your safety? >> no. >> reporter: life has changed in moscow. in the small downtown adele herrera is a barista at the one world cafe. >> it opened my eyes a little bit you can't be too careful anywhere you go. you can't feel too comfortable. >> reporter: andrew and emily

sumter are parent of four small children with a fifth on the way >> i started locking my car doors. i didn't really before but when i go in the store, you know, just i'm just going to lock it. you know, just to be safe. >> reporter: how do you feel now that a suspect is held? >> we are really thankful, praying justice is served. >> reporter: jeff and alisha peterson are the parents of two. >> it really changed our lives being worried about the community like that but i think for the most part our hearts were really broken for those families of the student. >> reporter: regarding the moscow police -- >> i think we want answers right away. we are used to csi where things are solved in 20 minutes so things get frustrating when not answered but we have to trust the process and know they were doing things correct to not jeopardize the case. >> reporter: the residents of moscow want to see justice. kelsey herbert works for the moscow school district >> i feel hope like in shawshank

redemption he says hope is a good thing and one of the very best of things and hope never dies. i won't feel full relief until whoever did it is convicted fully and is behind bars. >> do you think this is the right man? >> i feel it would be hard to prove he is not but he is innocent until proven guilty. >> so the accused killer doesn't fight extradition as expected. when is he going to idaho to be in cower? >> reporter: court authorities in idaho know. they haven't told us. they are staying relatively quiet for security reasons. that being said it is conceivable the suspect could leave pennsylvania tomorrow after his hearing and fly here to idaho tomorrow night and that he could be inside this courthouse in idaho for his preliminary hearing as early as wednesday. that being said it could take several more days.

we just don't know the answer yet. >> thanks. perspective from cnn's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst john miller, also joining us former fbi profiler mary ellen o'tool currently directing a forensic science program at george mason university. john, it seems like he is not going to fight extradition tomorrow. how significant is that? >> just a big jump forward in terms of time. we won't learn the facts until he lands back in idaho and is presented to a judge. that is when they'll unseal the complaint that has the basis for what they say is their proof to him being the suspect. everybody wants to know what is in that document. >> how surprised were you to learn the suspect was a ph.d student in the criminal justice program at nearby washington university? have you ever heard of someone studying in that field and then being accused of a heinous crime like this? >> actually yes i have. it is still unusual.

in the case of ted bundy he received his bachelors degree in psychology and of course btk got his bachelors degree in criminal justice as well. and then the unabomber got his ph.d in mathematics. so we do have precedent for it but it is still i think unusual and the fact that he was located so close to where the victims lived i think is also interesting and probably goes to personality traits. that is what we look for when we do assessments of people. what is their personality in their regular life because you bring it to the crime scene. that is helpful if we can describe for detectives this is the personality you're seeing at this murder scene. look for these traits. >> so if you know what you are looking for at a murder scene you can develop ideas about the personality of the person, the potential killer? >> yes. that is the whole basis for profiling is to look for the

offender's personality that is left behind at the crime scene. for example, if an offender goes in to a scene and treats the victims as callous, in a cold blooded way without any kind of empathy those are traits that in their every day life they'll have. they'll be calloused, come across as cold-blooded without empathy for people. if there is arrogance and grandiosity at a crime scene, that is the personality traits you'll see in an offender, yes. so we make that transition. >> john, cnn is reporting dna evidence played a role in identifying the suspect. is it clear to you the extent to which that may have helped investigators? do we know? >> i think it is going to be a key. you have familial dna which is controversial. >> explain what that means. >> familial dna, if i get a dna sample from you and compare it i

can match it to another sample you left somewhere else but familial dna gives me a partial sample and tells me you are with the coopers or millers because it compares it to the data bases of providers that collected dnas and have done geneology. >> it is not necessarily combining it to dna found at another crime scene but just to dna that is found -- >> that is the key. if it was dna found at another crime scene it would be in the fbi codis data base and you could match it up. but this puts you in the family. then you have cases where you've got second cousins, third cousins, and brothers whose samples led to identifying people like the zodiac killer, green river killer, i-65 killer. all of mary ellen o'tool's serial killer subjects that were vexing to law enforcement. it is solid science but controversial. >> given all the investigative

details that may or may not become public john said in the court appearance tomorrow or whenever that is in ohio, in idaho, is there something specific you would be looking for in terms of figuring out a motive? >> obviously any information out of that affidavit. looking at that crime scene and understanding how the crime occurred in the middle of the night with unprovoked violence that is called instrumental violence, cold blooded, without empathy, and victims are treated like objects. so the focus of the murders were not to sexually assault or rob but make sure those people were killed. we do know there are offenders out there that can be sexually aroused by that kind of murder. we also know there are people out there who offend that are, that become really aroused and satisfied just by the act of that kind of a violent murder. so while that may not seem like

a traditional motive i think in this case based on the crime scene there will be multiple motives. there is never just one. multiple motives. but there are offenders that will, they will tell you i thought it was the greatest thing in the world when i went into that house or into that building and killed all those people. and their emotion, their response is part of the motivationment. >> john, there was obviously a lot of skepticism over the progress of the police investigation. they got outside help as well. it was a small police force. is this a normal length of time? for even getting familial dna is that a complex process? what do you make of kind of the length of the investigation? >> i say that first of all i think the police department, which was challenged with a quadruple murder, they had more victims than they had detectives, moved immediately to bring in the state police homicide people, the fbi resources, which gave them not just 20 fbi agents on the ground but fbi agents across the country, the lab, and so on.

they did all the right things. they are the people who knew the town. knew the people. knew the likelihoods of different things and had the relationship and sourcing. i am not critical at all of the police department or the way they handled it. but this is also the cadence of a major case. when you walk into the crime scene and it's harry killed sally, you still have to prove it in court but you have a great running start when you have a really good idea who did it. when you walk into a crime scene with four dead people who are popular kids with no known enemies, no witnesses to the crime, no one who saw the killer, and only the forensic evidence and your investigative abilities and profilers like mary ellen o'tool to give you offender characteristics and leads, that is a challenge. it could take seven days. it could take in this case seven weeks. or it could take seven years. >> john miller thank you so much. mary ellen o'tool, appreciate it. always fascinating. authorities in idaho are asking

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thousands of people were gathered. walking the streets, trying to get access into times square because right here, this is where police say this happened. this is where the security checkpoint was for people to go inside times square. there are still signs up here that tell people who were trying to come inside what they can bring in, what they can't bring in, backpacks. this is something the suspect had. this is where police say he attacked the two officers. one officer firing at him, shooting him in the shoulder. then the suspect dropping his knife here. >> get back. >> move, move! >> reporter: new information tonight about trevor bickford, the 19-year-old accused of attacking three nypd officers with a machete on new year's eve. multiple law enforcement sources tell cnn bickford's mother and grandmother grew concerned after he said he was willing to die for his religion and wanted to travel overseas to help fellow muslims. they contacted police on

december 10th. the teenager was interviewed by fbi agents in mid december. the fbi placing him on a terrorist watch list according to sources. investigators seeking information on his phone and online activities as well as searching his family home in wells, maine on sunday. >> just kind of hard to believe. i was just shocked. >> reporter: investigators believe bickford arrived in new york on thursday via amtrak. those travels not tripping any watch list data bases. and tracked into a hotel on manhattan's lower east side. on saturday he checked out carrying a bag authorities say he later discarded containing a handwritten diary in which he expressed his desire to join the taliban in afghanistan and die as a martyr. bickford also wrote in the diary on new year's eve, quote, this will likely be my last entry and left instructions for his last will and testament. that evening he traveled to times square and according to police approached a check point where officers checked bags for

weapons or suspicious items. >> unprovoked a 19-year-old male approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete. the male then struck two additional officers in the head with a machete. one of the officers fired their service weapon, striking the subject in the shoulder. >> reporter: all three officers have been released from the hospital and are heailed as heroes. truly impressive to see what they do every day and even more impressive how they respond in times of emergency. >> what else are law enforcement authorities learning from this guy's diary? >> reporter: they've been really going through it. this is information that comes from our colleague john miller. it is painting a picture of someone certainly going through some issues. in the diary according to sources who talk to our colleague john miller he talks about his brother, joining the u.s. military, being part of the ranks of his enemy but he also

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russia has acknowledged a massive attack inside territory it controls in eastern ukraine. officials say 63 servicemen were killed just after midnight new year's day after an apparent ukrainian strike killed crews housed next to an ammunition cache. ukraine has not acknowledged any role in the attack but says the death toll could be higher and says the exact number is still being verified. cnn cannot independently verify the number of fatalities. >> reporter: this is the smoldering remains of what could be russia's single biggest loss of life since the war began.

ukraine says hundreds of russian troops in the occupied donetsk region were being housed next to an ammunition cache and were killed. officially russia says it lost around 60. for ukraine the new year started the way it ended. with a barrage of incoming russian missiles and drones. ringing in 2023 with the sound of air raid sirens instead of fireworks. thousands of kyiv residents took cover in metro stations. others defiantly stayed put, shouting glory to ukraine, from balconies as blasts hit the capital. in spite of seemingly endless russian strikes, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy still upbeat in his new year's speech. underlying the sense of unity among ukrainians and asking them to recharge and warning russia that moscow is fighting a losing battle. they're afraid. you can feel it.

they're right to be afraid because they're losing, he says. meanwhile russian president vladimir putin ended 2022 by vitsing a military base in southern russia. he toasted with his forces awarded the country's highest mil military award to its general. and said in 2022 russia laid foundations for its true independence. it was a year of difficult, necessary decisions he says. most important steps toward gaining the full sovereignty of russia. last year was brutal for both sides. this year there is still no end in sight. >> and joining us now from kyiv, why is there -- there is a discrepancy in the death toll of this weekend's attack and what is the reaction in russia to reports of soldiers lost? >> reporter: anderson, the reality is that the true number is almost impossible to verify

at this stage. it is very likely to be substantially higher than russia has acknowledged thus far because the former defense chief of the occupied donetsk territory says, look. there are still soldiers who are missing, unaccounted for, and haven't been added to that official death toll. meanwhile one russian lawmaker is calling for criminal liability over this and he is not talking about the ukrainians but the russian military leaders who allowed this many russian troops to be concentrated in such a small area, making them a very easy target. he is not the only critic inside of russia or not the only russian critic i should say. one prominent pro russian military blogger said that at this stage the russian command was sloppy. another said even 10 months into the war incompetence continues to be a big problem within the russian ranks. >> thank you. be careful. up next new details we are

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just look around. this digital age we're living in, it's pretty unbelievable. problem is, not everyone's fully living in it. nobody should have to take a class or fill out a medical form on public wifi with a screen the size of your hand. home internet shouldn't be a luxury. everyone should have it and now a lot more people can. so let's go. the digital age is waiting. just look around. this digital age we're living in, it's pretty unbelievable. problem is, not everyone's fully living in it. nobody should have to take a class or fill out a medical form on public wifi with a screen the size of your hand. home internet shouldn't be a luxury. everyone should have it

and now a lot more people can. so let's go. the digital age is waiting. just in tonight, new information about actor jeremy renner's condition. he was badly injured in a snowplowing incident outside reno, nevada. what have you learned? >> so, just moments ago, we were able to obtain a statement from his family. and they said that he suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries. the big question, anderson, has been what exactly what happened. we don't know whether he fell off the snowplow or what happened. there was unprecedented snowfall in the area. he's currently in the icu right now. he had a second surgery today.

his first immediately after. remember, he was air lifted from the area. he has this extensive property in lake tahoe in the reno, nevada area. there are reports a neighbor came to him. those details are still being found out. in the statement they thanked some families and some neighbors along with the doctors and people taking care of him. like i said, you know, on instagram, for years, anderson, he has shared videos of himself on these snowplows. >> and we're putting the statement up. it says, as of now we can confirm jeremy is in critical but stable condition. his family is with him. he's receiving excellent care. >> this is something that for years, he has been on this property. he took viewers along. he has over 18 million followers. he showed them as he built this property, working with these machines. he has a slew of them. i was asking a source earlier today what exactly happened because there were reports about a leg injury. the source said, listen, it's a

lot more than the leg. it's very extensive. in this new statement, we know orthopedic injuries and this blunt chest trauma, lucky to be alive. like that previous statement from earlier, critical but stable condition. and he's in the icu, they say, receiving excellent care and surrounded by his family. >> we wish him and his family the best. prince harry will start the new year with new revelations about his life and british royal family. he has a new book coming out called "spare." i recently interviewed the duke of sussex. here's part of a clip that cbs released. >> why be so public? you say you try to do this privately. >> and every single time i've tried to do it privately, there have been briefings and leakings and plantings against me and my wife. the family motto is never complain, never explain. but it's just a motto. they will have a conversation with the correspondent, and that

correspondent will be spoon fed the information and write the story. and at the bottom of it, they will say, they've reached out to buckingham palace for comment. but the whole story is buckingham palace commenting. >> cnn, max foster joins us. max, is it clear to you how the -- how buckingham palace intends to deal with prince harry's book? >> well, we just can go on more recent examples. so, if we look at the netflix series, harry and meghan's series, i presume they haven't seen any of the book. they haven't seen any of the netflix series, for example. they're waiting to see what was in it. but it's pretty clear they weren't going to say anything unless there was something they really needed to address. and very quickly they said they wouldn't be commenting on it at all. after the netflix series went out, they just carried on with their public duties. in a way, they showed defiance.

they appeared at an event together, all the senior royals. i think the message there was really, we're going to carry on as normal. we're onot going to change the way we're acting in response to the netflix series. i suspect it's going to be very similar in relation to the book and your interview as well. they haven't seen it all. i've asked them for comment. i haven't even heard back that they're not going to be giving comment. i think it's difficult for them in the sense that they just don't know what's in it as far as i know. >> what has been the response among the british public to the netflix show so far? is there anticipation of this book there? i mean, i assume there is. >> well, again, if we look at the netflix series, you know, before that, i would have said people aren't as interested in the story as they have been. but again, the figures came out for netflix, and a huge amount of people watched that series. i think a huge amount of people will buy this book and read it. i think what's happening is that we are hearing harry return to

some familiar themes, initially set out in the oprah interview, the big bombshell interview. so, if he says something new, i think it will be a huge amount of interest. i think what really is happening here is that the couple are becoming more divisive characters. the whole story is becoming more divided. so, people are either on harry and meghan's side or they're on the royal family's side. and people are becoming much more entrenched, if that makes sense. and i think over time, it's becoming -- perhaps republicans are falling on harry and meghan's side and pro-monarchy people are more on the royal family's side. i think there is some concern here that these attacks on the royal family are seen sometimes -- or felt -- as being attacks on the uk. and that has created a lot more divisiveness. >> when yusing the term republicans, you're talking about the term in the british sense, people who are not particular fans of the monarchy.

>> exactly. yes. so, people are pro and antimonarchy here as they are around the world. and look at what meghan and harry are saying, it really resonates with them. >> are the plans all in place for the coronation of king charles? and is it clear the role that prince harry -- or the duke and duchess may have? >> well, of course, there's lots of speculation when we watch the full interview that you've done. and there's something really explosive in there. king charles and prince william will decide whether harry should be invited. i don't see any evidence for that. all the messaging i'm receiving about the coronation is that it's going to be completely inclusive. so, you're going to see a full diversity of people and religions, for example, in the congregation. but also the spirit of it would

not be to exclude harry and meghan. they haven't said that harry and meghan are not going to be invited, so we have to assume that they will be invited. then it will be up to harry and meghan about whether or not they want to come to that occasion. >> max foster, appreciate it. thanks. coming up in the hour ahead, house republicans still don't know for certain who is going to become speaker as soon as tomorrow, but they do know who and what they want to begin investigating with their committees. we'll take a look at some of the top priorities now democrats, including the white house,e, ar preparing. prebiotic oat. it's clinically proven to moisturize dry skinin for 24 hours. aveeno® postmenopausal women with hr+ her2- metastatic breast cancer are living longer with kisqali. so, long live family time. long live dreams. and long live u. kisqali is a pill proven to help women live longer when taken with an aromatase inhibitor. and kisqali helps preserve quality of life.

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