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a reminder that election date is november 8th, everyone. chris, thank you as always. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us at home tonight. were just two weeks away from the midterm elections, in the battle for control of congress in the state houses could really could not be closer. polls have been tightening for weeks, as republicans have edged into democratic gains that were made over the summer. tonight, debates just wrapped in races for your governor and the senate, well have ...

live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. its newsday. its 8am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle — for the first time in 100 years the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarth...

and american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime nfl game. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle. for the first time in 100 years, the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballo...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasnt been able to secure enough support from his own party — a group of right—wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. its the first time in 1000 years that a speaker hasnt been ele...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. its great to have you with us. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. as speaker of the house have failed. he hasnt been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right—wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. its the first time in a hundred years that a speaker hasnt been elected in the openi...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasnt been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right—wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. its the first time in 100 years that a speaker hasnt been elected in the opening round ...

sports. hello and welcome. we begin in washington where the us house of representatives has adjourned in disarray after three failed attempts to elect the republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. its the first time in a century the procedure has a small number of hardline republicans are refusing to support mr mccarthy. nothing can go ahead in the house until a new speaker is elected. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. the heart of us government deadlocked because ...

literally not be closer. polls have been tightening for weeks, as republicans have edged into democratic gains that were made over the summer. tonight, debates just wrapped in races for new york governor and the senate, well have much more on that. but before, that its worth remembering exactly how we got, here considering how much of a rollercoaster of an election year it has been. remember a few months ago on june 7th, when the city of san francisco shocked the country, when it recal...

when it called its district attorney boudin. and that local election in blue, blue california was held up by pundits as a canary in the coal mine for democrats the party, according to them had a crime problem that republicans would seize on in an election year, one that already favored and here were some of those headlines. progressive backlash in california fuels democratic debate over crime. california voters send a stark message to democrats on crime and homelessness. democrats need...

fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski—lift, but wheres the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europes winter sports. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. russias defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied...