all right, good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are watching right now debate wrap up at this hour, as the house gets ready to vote on the crucial debt ceiling deal. that s the speaker of the house speaking right there. earlier today, the republican proposal passed a key procedural vote, but it only passed with the help from democrats. it did not have the votes to pass it on their own, after 29 republicans defected. as of now, the bill is being discussed on the floor. it s expected to pass within the hour, despite that fairly significant republican opposition. this debt ceiling vote has been a crucial task for house republicans. for the moment, they took control in january, the big question was how the maga caucus, the majority of whom, let s remember, voted for trump s coup on january 6th, after the sacking of the capital, how are those folks going to actually govern? empowered with one of the two houses of congress. one half of one third of the federal governme
communication if you like but not enough was done. the other issue i think we will hear an awful lot about was obviously last week was a science week, we heard from some of the top scientists and again the general theme there seemed to be the scientists frustration with this government mantra of following the science which they said basically meant that scientists were used as scapegoats for controversial decisions that politicians were making. and then of course the general thing which has been bubbling along over the last few weeks has been the chaos and confusion right at the centre of government in downing street. a lot of that is to do with the personalities involved, and so i think we will be hearing more on all of that because michael gove really had a front row seat to all of it. and another big name that we are expecting to hear from this week, matt hancock, the former health secretary, of course, who has come in for a huge amount of criticism from those at the very
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It was supposed to be the night of a bright sit breakthrough summit britain and the European Union both agreeing to an amicable divorce but for british Prime Minister to resign may the best laid plans of london in brussels have indeed go in the wrong again i burnt off in berlin this is the day. I prefer to live in on the face of the british people to continue to put the tory partys interests they now want a second referendum good for the british people and secondly terribly sorry we think you got it wrong she could listen to you to this is simply an acceptance of the people point to which you seem to me the second referendum the people voted in
this cup. Also coming up tonight an exclusive report from the syrian city of raka and the legacy of fear and terror left behind by Islamic State. We notice the children freeze up whenever they hear shots and explosions which are still frequent here. We were playing with it and it exploded two children next to me died and an old man was badly hur