this is rowan bridge in mold in north wales, where an amber weather warning for significant ice and snow could bring disruption through today. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least nine people have been killed in ukraine as the country has again come under sustained russian missile attack. there s been severe damage to parts of its energy infrastructure as well as residential areas. the mayor of kyiv says 40% of the capital s residents are without heating. shelling overnight in southern ukraine has damaged the only functioning power line used for electricity to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is occupied by russia. the ukrainian military said more than 80 mostly missiles were fired at areas, including these shown here. just under half are said to have been intercepted by air defences. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is what a cruise missile can do. a residential part of lviv in the far west of ukraine. homes turned to rubble, str
think the former president should run either. alexandria has details. good morning. alexandria: good morning, the announcement by the expect is expected to come via video message tomorrow. things with time have become more complicated of the 70% of americans who do not want the president to run, half cited age as the reason why. only 22% of independents said they would probably cast a biden vote in 2024. debbie dingell is unphased by this. i m not worried at all, remember who you are talking to, someone who does not believe in polls, they are a snapshot in time. people think joe biden understand their challenges andir cas and when we re in the midst of a campaign, i think you will see strong enthusiasm and passion for the outcome of the election next year. alexandria: 60% of americans do not want former president trump to run either and potential matchup is why asa hutchinson says he s in the race. what america does not want is repeat of 2020, with joe biden and donal
revolutionary war, but we are. good to be you with. i m katy tur. america has been arguing about it for its existence entirely, the first debt racked up during the revolutionary war in 1776 when george washington borrowed $7 a million, a ton for that time, to pay for it. 247 years, and now $31.4 trillion later, we have hit our self-imposed limit. again, so what does that mean exactly? house republicans are promising a political showdown in washington, and it also means the beginning of what the treasury department calls extraordinary measures to stave off default. we will explain what those measures are and how they re going to impact you. we will also see what the white house has to say, jared bernstein had so much fun with this yesterday, he is back with us today and while the tug of war how to pay the debt dominated the headlines today, the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents after leaving office is just getting started. we ve got new re
tonight on the reidout leader mccarthy, do you have the votes for speaker tomorrow? do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? we ll have a good day tomorrow. kevin mccarthy plays let s make a deal with the most radical fringe members of the republican caucus. with his longtime quest to become speaker in serious peril. or comical peril, depending on your point of view. one vote he needs belongs to george santos, the biggest liar in washington since donald trump left town. we re getting a look at trump s taxes but where did santos get his money? also tonight, gen z finally arrives in congress. congressman-elect maxwell frost joins me. and republicans love to call themselves pro-life, but in recent weeks, many of those same people were voting against bare minimum protections for women and children. tonight, we re calling them out. we begin tonight with happy new year to all. we re in 20-michael jordan and hopefully 2023 won t decide to play baseball i