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Happening now.

Now, Kevin McCarthy is denying reports.

He plans to resign from Congress after the House elects a new speaker.

We have new details on McCarthy's future and all the latest on the race for the gavel.

Plus, Donald Trump is trashing a bombshell report alleging he shared nuclear submarine secrets

with a foreign billionaire, accusations he's calling, quote,

false and ridiculous.

We'll take a closer look at the former president's checkered history with sensitive US

national security information.

And one day after launching the deadliest attack against Ukrainian civilians in months,

Putin's forces once again unleash terror on innocent people, a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother,

the latest victims of Russian missiles.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Flitzer, you're in the situation room.

Let's get straight to our top story right now. Congressman Kevin McCarthy

now pushing back on reports he plans to step away from Congress just days

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