congress has started 2024 right where 2023 left off, gridlock on immigration in the wake of an unprecedented surge in border crossings. a bipartisan group of senators is scrambling to reach border deal that would also free up key aid for israel and ukraine. house republicans the, though, could be standing in the way. dozens of those lawmakers led by the speaker of the house, mike johnson, they are visiting the border to see the crisis firsthand. will this visit and those talks in washington result in congress his first meaningful action on immigration in decades? let s check in with all of our reporters from washington to the border to see where everything stands. what is this large group of republicans led by speaker johnson, what are they going to see today? reporter: they have been out here at the border beginning to make their way over to the area of where the press conference with the speaker and several members will take place, but they have been here getting a bri
of the greatest night of his darts career. we will see where it all started for the 16 year old. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the longest strike in nhs history is in under way afterjunior doctors in england began their six day walk out in the long running dispute over pay. thousands of routine appointments and operations have been postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. the strike started at 7am this morning and will end at 7am next tuesday january 9th. doctors in wales will also go on strike for three days from january 15th. a pay increase of 8.8% has been awarded by the government and they have offered an extra 3% on top of that. but the doctors union the british medical association says that is still not a credible offer that reflects the rise in inflation. the government says the union s demands are unrealistic. in scotland, doctors have already agreed to a 12.4% pay rise. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been at university college hospita
i looked and i seen the sun this morning, bright red. oh, my god, what s going on? when you look high up the buildings, looks pretty rough. looks way different from now than yesterday, way different. completely agree. i feel i have a blocked nose as well. slightly irritated. a little concerned about my kids going outside, but so, for once i ll actually let them stay on their devices. sandra: begin with the smoky skies that have become an air quality emergency for millions of americans and officials are warning things may only get worse in the coming hours and days. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. john, hello. john: if you have some masks left over from covid, might want to dig them out. smoke is blanketing the eastern u.s. triggering air quality alerts in big cities like new york and philadelphia, and more than a dozen states. outdoor activities have been canceled at schools across the region and tens of millions of americans are advis
does what it was built to do, more than a0 years later. and coming up on bbc news, spurs make ange postecoglou the first australian to manage a premier league team. he joins from celtic just three days after claiming a treble and has signed a four year deal. to give evidence in court for 130 years, after taking to the witness stand in his civil case against mirror group newspapers. he s accused the publisher of using unlawful methods, including phone hacking, to get stories about him, something they deny. 0ur media editor, katie razzall, has been following the case at the high court in london and has this report. in a cul de sac in central london, the world s media. ..focused on itself and one man. others have settled claims over the years, but here was prince harry, determined to have his day in court, telling those inside a packed court 15 and an overflow annex that every single article written about him had caused him distress and agreeing he had felt hostility to the medi
until then, i ll send it back to you, guys, from the bottom of the world. all right. the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, good afternoon, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. we re beginning with another dangerous close call involving a commercial airliner on a u.s. runway. the faa is now investigating. so here s what happened, monday night in boston logan airport, a jetblue flight and a private jet reportedly came within 565 feet of colliding. just a weeking in burbank, california, a mesa airlines had to abort its landing because a southwest flight was on the same runway. there was a close call between a fedex carg honolulu. days before that, aiines flightt of a delta flight at jfk in new york. this is all taking place as president biden s nominee to lead the faa sits down for his confirmation hearing and it hasn t exactly been smooth sailing for him. cnn aviation correspondent pete muntean joins us now. pete, if confirmed, he clearly has a lot on hi