in spirit. plus, celebrating orthodox christmas in ukraine. no cease-fire, but new american firepower heads to the front lines. i m ian lee in kyiv with ukraine being promised heavy weapons that the pentagon says can change the battlefield. weekend journal, a minnesota cancer survivor pays it back by sharing her hair. wow! and later, double duty on capitol hill. the four-day stalemate complicated lives and child care. challenging, but it s been fun. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it took 15 ballots and heated moments, but tonight congress finally has a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy won early this morning, putting an end to days of raucous debate and a historic standoff with emboldened hard-line republicans. the gop s strife playing out for all to see and ending with arm twisting, flaring tempers and phone calls from former president donald trump. cbs christina ruffini leads us off with what happen
the ground ahead and missile strikes across ukraine leaving destruction and injured. we ll have a live report from kyiv. the funeral for japan s shinzo abe will be held next week. a wake is scheduled for monday with his memorial service set for the next day. a hearse carrying the former prime minister s body arrived at his tokyo home a few hours ago. hundreds of mourners lined the streets outside. just one day earlier abe was giving a campaign speech in western japan when he was shot at close range with a homemade gun by a man. police found several crude guns made from metal pipes and other materials. under japan s strict gun laws, it s very difficult for citizens to own guns. the dockers tried to say about abe but say his blood loss was just too great. he was the longest-serving figure and a world known figure on stage. blake is covering this for us. reporter: earlier the body of shinzo abe accompanied by his wife arrived back here at his home in tokyo located just down
spectrum this morning, and keeping you up to date with the very latest. and i ll be looking at the big challenges for a new chancellor. with rishi sunak out, will the prime minister try and spend his way out of the cost of living crisis? also this morning, police in the us have charged a man with seven counts of murder, after a gun attack at an independence day parade near chicago. good morning. it is said to be the biggest women s sporting event in european history. the euros begin at old trafford tonight, with england opening the tournament against austria. good morning. to date are going to be windy in the north. also some rain. further south, some cloud to start. sunny breaks will develop and it will feel pleasantly warm. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, july 6. welcome to breakfast. how did you sleep last night? rather better, i suspect, that the man who lives here. it s been a whirlwind 2a hours for the prime minister, who is fighting for po
the children s minister will quince and ministerfor schools robin walker among the latest to hand in their resignations. developments coming thick and fast in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in downing street to keep you up to date with all the latest developments. the july 4th shootings in illinois took weeks to plan and the suspect dressed as a woman to escape, say police. a 21 year old has been charged with seven counts of murder. the british number one cameron norrie is to face novak djokovic in semi finals at wimbledon. the women s european championships will kick off this evening with england taking on austria. hello and welcome back to downing street. as you join us again i m just looking at a letter that has been sent by robert halfon mp which reads, in my last statement, i said that if governance doesn t improve i will have reached the end of the road. i haven t had a chance even yet to read through all the details of this letter
lows and he shared a compilation of the barrage of threats of violence his office is receiving. we ll describe it as deeply disturbing, but worse than that. here s just a snippet of what they posted. . going to come protest in front of your house this weekend. we know who your family is and we re going to get you. the wrath of the lord god almighty come upon you, your health, your family, your home, your livelihood, and i pray if it be god s will that you suffer. you and liz cheney can both go to hell. we re going to get you. coming to your house, son. going to get you and liz cheney. going to get you two little [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] we re going to get you. so against the backdrop of a campaign by extremists to literally intimidate kinzinger, cheney and all of their fellow january 6th committee members into submission, house republicans are now plotting to do the ex-president s dirty work out in the open with what can only be described as a disinformation campaig