Mollyjong Fast News Today

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. paralysis continues in the us congress — the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthys own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in novembers midterm elections, but the dead...

harvest and to store what they can, whatever the risks. steve bannon — the former aide to president trump — faces jail after being found guilty of contempt of congress. speaking to reporters he remains defiant: the prosecutor missed one very important phrase, right? i stand with trump and the constitution and i will never back off. never. never. thousands of people are evacuated from their homes — as spanish wildfires continue to rage in the north—east of the country. gridlock ...

faces jail after being found guilty of contempt of congress. speaking to reporters, he remains defiant. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase — i stand with trump and the constitution and i will never back off that, ever. struggling to cope with record—breaking temperatures: large swathes of europe, north america and east asia issue their highest heatwave alerts as firefighters battle wildfires. gridlock at the english channel as the port of dover is overwhelmed with traf...

Every one of them weakening the position for whoever ends up as speaker. that means this wafer—thin republican majority in the house will be hard to manage and the internal strife is set to continue for the next two years. eventually, pressure will go for some kind of compromise candidate among republicans, but no one has any idea how long that could take. gary odonoghue, bbc news, washington. lets talk now to mollyjong—fast, special correspondent for vanity fair and host of the fast politic...

Strategist steve bannon guilty of contempt of congress. it follows his failure to co—operate with a committee investigating the former presidents actions during the attack on the capitol in january last year. steve bannon could now face up to two years in prison but speaking outside the courtroom, he remained unrepentant. i want to start by thanking the jury. we respect their decision today. i really want to thank those hard—working citizens of washington, dc, that had to take an entire week...