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hello, a very warm welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary odonoghue explains. it took them...

of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm—twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i dont think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning....

again today. passengers missing some of lifes most important events. >> at this point, because i cannot get there, michael is there without a bride. it is hard to get married without your bride there. the word i can say is devastated. i dont know how else to explain how were all feeling right now. >> more on the companys new apologies and the changes theyre making ahead. let begin in ukraine. ben wedeman is live there in kyiv and, ben, your team could hear explosions on the ground an...

[screaming] help. >> jesse: thats what the office of every democratic candidate and strategist across the country looks like right now. d.c. insider mark hall who is one of the most plugged in people in politics says democrats he is speaking to are in a living nightmare. they finally see the massive wave surging toward them and they admit there is nothing they can do about it. democrats say their private polls are showing worse numbers than the public polls. and the public polls are ju...

exceptional leaders, men like ronald reagan who wouldnt let america be pushed around. in the midst of simmering tensions with the soviet union, reagan went to the communist strong hold, berlin. and reminded them who ran the world. >> general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. [cheers and applause] mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [ch...

news from ukraine, where a series of explosions rocked the capital city of kyiv this morning. ukraine says, the russian missile attack is targeting critical infrastructure. we will go live to ukraine for the latest. plus, the house under republican rule. we will look at the chaos the gop has brought in congress in its first week in charge of the house, and the latest on the investigation into president bidens handling of classified documents, and whats behind the double standard in how...

carley -- todd, carley, i didnt have, our stockings hang will with care, and were going to talk with st. nick in about an hour. we welcome you in here on an amazing christmas morning edition of "fox & friends." carley: merry christmas, everybody. i was reminded of a childhood memory where we would open all of our gifts, and then i would fit about the stock isings -- stockings because all the presents were so exciting. and then my mom and dad would say, oh, but theres more. and that was...

and if i find that you are trying to corrupt my first born child, i will bring you down, baby. >> jesse: unfortunately for america we can no longer trust the democrats. have some questions on the wuhan lab? boom, you are a covid denier. have questions about the election? election denier. looking for a second opinion on global warming? sorry, climate denier. heres the united nations official, we pay her salary by the way, confessing that they have been colluding with google to rig the a...

and that may make you wonder why anyone would choose to move to a city, but the fact is, 3 quarters of the worlds population now live in town. so cities that is over 5000000000 people. and as these areas grows, so do the problems from traffic congestion to storing energy demands. what we need are urban visions. our topic today on may to welcome. now did you know that one in 8 people not only live in a city, but in a mega city, sharing limited space with millions of other inhabitants? a...

in the early hours of this morning, they practised the processional route for the lying in state. this soon the sombre reality for those inside and outside the palace. lucy manning, bbc news. jane hill is outside the palace and we canjoin her now. just in the last few minutes weve seen the king arrived back at the palace after that visit to northern ireland. there were cheers and applause from the crowd as he was driven in through the gates of the palace, and there are still thousands ...