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bitter conflict among house republicans. former minority leader kevin mccarthy is being opposed by landful of lawmakers who are refusing to support him. a number that increased by one on the last balloting for speaking. chad pergram has been following this all day minute by minute. he tells us where things stand tonight from a chaotic capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, as you say. the most chaos for the beginning of a congress in 100 years. it marked a foreboding start for a g....

233 seats total. >> bill: on the senate side a toss-up expected to come down to four big races weve been watching all year. pennsylvania, georgia, nevada, arizona. >> dana: democrats appear to be stumbling in the homestretch. they have failed to put forward a coherent message on inflation and the economy, two issues where the president is seen as a liability. >> president biden: we the democrats are the ones fiscally responsible. lets get that straight now, okay? were investing in all ...

keep happening and what we can do to keep it from happening again. welcoming everybody, im neil cavuto. so glad to have you here. im glad i wasnt part of that ping-pong thing, but we do have lawyers ping-ponging back and forth on this. im trying to relate that, i guess not so well. anyway, hope your weekends going well. as for former president, present president dealing with special counsels looking into their classified documents, dont know if things are going quite as well with them....

to pay their respects to football legend pele, who died last week. archie. touch. and why a shortage of volunteer puppy trainers means visually impaired people are having to wait longer to get a guide dog. downing street has admitted that the nhs is facing an "unprecedented challenge" but insists the government is doing "everything possible" to ease pressure. senior doctors have spoken of the "unsustainable" pressure facing the nhs with some accident and emergency units described as be...

are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australias gold coast — three others are critically injured. brazils new presidentjoins thousands of mourners paying their respects to football legend pele at the santos stadium. and coming up, weve been talking to a guide dogs charity thats recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. that afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. downing street has admi...

violation of all international norms, laws, and israels pledges to the american president. in the uk forfive days after the american president. in the uk for five days after industrial action by world workers. the last few minutes we have learned that kevin mccarthy has failed in his bid to become speaker of the house of representatives. these are like pictures from the capital hill could see mr mccarthy talking to colleagues, smiling a little as well but this will not have been what h...

live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in singapore, and 6pm in washington where the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle — for the first time in 100 years the house failed to elect a speaker. the house has now adjourned until wednesday after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes shor...

tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. its the first day of the new us congress and its already one full of drama. the new us congress and its after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. weve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 2...

for votes. kevin pmccarthy huddling with those to become speaker of the house. one doubling down on his opposition just moments ago. plus new details of the idaho murder. how the spektrct was tracked do and putin suffer ing on the battlefield. losses growing inside russia. lets go "outfront." good evening. im erica hill in for erin burnett. house leader kevin mccarthy still on the hill at this hour, still meeting with members of his party with just hours to go for that critical v...

good evening. we begin with the very real possibility house republicans tomorrow will do something that has not been done for a hundred years. its possible perhaps even likely that when the chambers 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 pelosis successor as speaker. and beyond the drama of the history that co...