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dangerous rhetoric. were talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, thats because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight...

good morning. s its 10:00 a.m. eastern. 7:00 a.m. pacific. im ryan nobles. after years of broken promises and legal battles, some of former president trumps tax returns are now public. a short time ago, the house ways and means committee release trumps tax returns from 2013 through 2020 and returns from some of his businesses. it comes more than six years after the former president made this pledge to release the returns. >> ill release them when the audit is completed. i have had audi...

in winter storms sweeping across north america, which are being described as the "blizzard of the century". thousands are still without power and there is ongoing widespread travel disruption — nearly 20,000 flights have been cancelled in recent days. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant so...

hello and welcome to bbc news. a major meeting of ukraines allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein in germany to discuss co—ordinating military support. germanys new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock i...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany — which hosted the meeting — is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but he added that ber...

mission heading for the largest planet in our solar system. welcome to the programme. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany, which hosted the meeting, is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but ...

people to pray for his predecessor, pope—emeritus benedict, whose health has worsened. officials say his health has deteriorated overnight. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant source of information. long—established news sources, like us at the bbc, are in a fight for audiences and, yes,...

people slowly being collected throughout the day. there is an eerie quiet at the moment, we twice had to take cover after being told by the military that there was another strike, by the military that there was anotherstrike, its by the military that there was another strike, its known as a double tap, the russians have done it before, they strike the same place twice to inflict as much damage as possible. and then you hear the sounds of sobbing and screaming when people realise that t...

you are watching bbc news. erling haaland became the quickest player to reach 20 premier league goals with two against leeds as manchester city won 3—1 to move to second in the table. you are watching bbc news. now, charles�*s kingdom. born a prince, he grew up in the public eye, the man who would be king. with the queens passing, the responsibility for the united kingdom and the wider commonwealth now rests with king charles iii. thanks amidst the pomp and circumstance, the royal ...

happy holiday. my first time seeing you. im fredricka whitfield. its official. after a grueling 15 rounds of voting, the house speaker has a new speaker. >> the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [ cheers and applause ] >> newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel after four days of voting. the longest speaker contest in 164 years. despite the sometimes c contentious days of negotiations, r...