in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently
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santos. republican leaders refused to no matter how many times he s bizarre lies are exposed. and forget gas stoves. even more outrageous nothing burger involves a made-up story about a pregnant batman villain. it was in april 2010 that justice john paul stevens, after serving 34 years on the nation s highest court, announced his intention to retire in a letter to then president barack obama. the news, naturally, set washington into a tizzy, of all things. scotus usually do. overnight, every tom dick and harry had suggestions for who obama should name as a replacement. republicans got in on the action as well. even conservative republicans like the then long serving of utah. he proclaimed he had found the perfect candidate, a, quote, consensus nominee, a small seat conservative, a jurist who would bipartisan support. quote, no question. the man was merrick garland. yes, merrick garland. the same merrick garland who, a few years later, in 2016, would be catapulte
what they are applying to themselves and that is the truth. you can t hide from. that was good to see you, my friend. great monologue there as well on mlk, remembering his legacy as it was and how he conveniently wants to remember him. well then, my friend. coming up on ayman, targeting trump s special counsel jack smith s investigation kicks into high gear as the georgia election probe enters its final stage. plus, supreme four year. democrats are calling on the courts liberal justices to retire. yes. we will explain the rationale. and gop in disarray after a messy first week in charge. house republicans threatening even more chaos over the debt limit. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. all right, so after releasing a trove of bombshell witness transcripts in its final days, and now seems like the january six committee was still holding back. according to new court filing from the justice department and its prosecutors, 30 gigabytes worth of more evidence from the commi
congress is running out of time as it considers changing daylight saving time. and later, pirouettes for peace. the ballet company stranded abroad by war dancing across america to help their country. it s nice to fight. our task is to save ukrainian culture. good evening. tonight, president biden wrapped west aimed at delivering votes for democrats with critical midterms 23 days away. tonight, mr. biden stumped in portland with control of congress and the future of his agenda at stake. it was the last stop on a fur-day swing through oregon, california, and colorado. cbs skiler henry is at the white house with more. reporter: adriana, good to be with you. the president is doing everything he can to boost his party s bid to keep control on capitol hill, looking to lock up key votes in key areas where his approval rating is up. president biden wrapped up his west coast swing with a final stop in oregon, touting his legislative victories. including the inflation reductio