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♪ ♪ good evening. im norah odonnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagon says killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed for the death of three soldiers in jordan. the united states says the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks aga...

432 elected congressmen or calling them congressmen-elect. he needs three more to close the deal. republicans are hoping at 10:00 p.m. time when they reconvene, he will have the three. that is a stubborn six that is left over. lets get the details from chad pergram with the very latest. chad? >> neil, the speakership is a game of inches. today for the first time since tuesday, kevin mccarthy finally showed he was gaining ground towards securing the votes to become speaker. >> i think y...

particular. jake, one of the things that you worry about when somebody has cardiac arrest is that there was simply not enough oxygenated blood getting to the brain, and you dont know until someone has woken up from sedation and is able to talk. he is not able to talk because of the intubation, but he is able to communicate with writing, and moving his hands and feet. but he is described as critically ill, jake, because it has only been 2 1/2 days, and so there may be periods of the rol...

mexico and attempting to enter the united states without going through our legal processes. we responded by using and ensuring there are two safe and lawful ways for someone leaving the country to come to america. that was one of the reasons you were proposing. first, if they are seeking asylum, they can use an app on their phone called cbpone. thats to spell it out. not the number 1. to schedule an appointment at a port of entry and make their asylum claim there without crossing the b...

on. >> the deadline is noon, but it could happen before then. the justice department has been ordered by a federal judge to release a redacted version of the affidavit used to justify the fbis search of mar-a-lago, again, by noon today. it could come out earlier. the affidavit lays out why investigators believe there was probable cause that crimes had been committed. >> and in his order that came out yesterday very quickly judge bruce reinhart said the justice department had made a goo...

factors in play, demographic factors, the pandemic through a hammer in everything. i think if they say, look, heres what we know, heres what we dont know and were doing the best we can, i think thats trust building. >> any one of the cross currents in the global economy now would be newsworthy and unsetting. and there are many. and coming out of this pandemic, we tried to measure the economy, is it recession, maybe not recession. were just trying to get back to normal at this point. we...

administration to end the remain in mexico policy put in place by his predecessor. these decisions also marking the end of justice stephen breyers time on the bench. in less than an hour, he will officially retire after 21 years, leading the way for ketanji brown jackson to officially sit on the supreme court. pete williams is here. pete, we obviously want to talk about the history playing out, but lets talk about these last two meetings of the session. >> on a 6-3 vote, what the epa w...

at the age of 93. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi, who vowed her country would never abandon the island. china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwa...

before its release. hello and welcome. china is preparing to begin a series of large—scale military exercises in the air and sea around taiwan. its a response to a visit to the island by the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi. the exercises will include live—fire drills. mrs pelosi vowed the us would never abandon taiwan. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its o...

also in the programme: one of americas top lawmakers, nancy pelosi is reportedly expected to visit taiwan on tuesday, putting further strains on relations with china. doctors successfully separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains in historic virtual reality surgery. champions! champions! and as englands lionesses celebrate winning the euros 2022, well talk to gurinder chadha, director of the classic celebration of womens football, bend it like beckham. now look — my god, we d...