Nigerias capital after police clash with shall muslim protests. The man who led the campaign for braggs it will now have to deliver it Boris Johnson becomes the u. K. s new Prime Minister on wednesday after he won the race to lead the government in conservative party he has vowed to take the u. K. Out of the e. U. By the end of october do or die but johnson needs to unite the divided party an even even a more polarized nation the barco reports. It was a 2 horse race but theres only have a been one front runner Boris Johnson demolished his rival foreign secretary jeremy hunt with double the number of votes to become leader of the conservatives and on wednesday the country has now repair a party and a nation torn apart by bricks it deliver bricks it unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbett thank you no from somewhere it was already pointed out that deliver you night and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an Election Campaign since you are pushing its bills dud but they forgot the
Now the leader of the press a party in all but name and thats what he has to deliver or itll all be over very very quickly Boris Johnson famously prepared to news paper columns favoring both leave and remain before opting to support the leave campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum some wonder now whether hell be persuaded to opt for a softer briggss compromise one of the realities facing his heart breaks it promises become clear i think if faces a huge challenge i mean any any party takes faces huge constraints in terms of both what the e. U. Will agree to and what parliament will agree to and he might say that hes going to leave the e. U. On the 31st of october to deal with delhi or fundamentally that is not an issue entirely in his gift and it wouldnt surprise me at all if behind the scenes his team are preparing for a possible general election in the autumn because it might well go wrong supporters compared johnson to Winston Churchill a crisis leader. The e. U. Wont called hes bluff
Hydrogenpowered passenger ship. Regular tests are being carried out in the waters of st. Petersburg. Using this fuel, a river tram can operate for up to 20 hours without refueling. At the same time, it is completely harmless to the environment. Dmitry akimov found out how the new transport differs from its predecessors. Attention, the vessel must be removed from the moorings to the appropriate crew. Wall a unique vessel is unmoored. The installation, which has not yet been launched into the water in russia, is undergoing another test. And pay attention, the ship is leaving, its engines are running, but there is absolute silence here. Theres not even a Steering Wheel here. All control is from two joysticks. The military captain briefly understands and explains the main advantages. Modern, economical. Quiet, environmentally friendly. The engine is as usual. We dont understand here, the screws rotate using hydrogen energy, the closest analogue of electrosds, which are charged from a socke
Walking off the job. The strike now just hours away. As we get ready for a recordbreaking year of Holiday Travel. Good morning washington. Toss to brian cool breezy today cold thursday winter solstice mild Holiday Weekend looking dry now on christmas tonight today mostly to partly sunny, breezy highs around 50 winds northwest 510 mph tonight partly cloudy, much colder lows 2532 winds northwest 510 mph thursday mostly sunny, cold highs mid 40s breaking overnight breaking overnight breaking overnight the Senate Passing a onepointfive trillion dollar rewrite of the tax code. This morning the house will have a doover vote after the bill ran into some procedural problems. And that will seal the deal on tax reform. John gonzalez is live with more on what the bill means for you. Reaction to the approval, and promising that if the tax bill is approved in the house today. There will be a News Conference set for one this afternoon at the white house. Well have all eyes on capitol hill today. Dow
All right, thank you, doug. We have some breaking news now in Prince Georges County. Nine people are homeless after a fire in brentwood this afternoon. Fire crews there still on the scene at this home on 39th street. The fire broke out around 2 00 this afternoon on the first floor and it spread to the roof of the structure. Fire crews in Prince Georges County was caused by a toddler playing with burners on a stove. The flames raced through an open apartment door and up the buildings stairwell chasing residents who were trying nbcs chris palone is in new york. He has new details on the 12 people who were killed. Reporter a dozen people are dead and fdny investigators say a young boy is the blame. We found that this fire started in the kitchen on the first floor. It started from a young boy 3 1 2 years old playing with the burners on the stove. The fire broke out in a bronx Apartment Building thursday night. Investigators say it spread quickly to other floors when the young boys mother l