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steve scalise, the man elected by the republican caucus to be the next speaker but was short of the votes to do so as just announced, apparently, inside the republican conference, that he is withdrawing his name from the speakership. we don t know why, other than the whip count a vote against him within the republican caucus today and ballooned to 16 or 17 votes. people were saying he could not get to 217 either to be elected speaker of the house. this comes a week and a half after mccarthy was deposed, successful with eight members voting i along with all the democrats. there s been a speaker pro tem, patrick mchenry since then, serving in a custodial fashion. this is all totally unprecedented in american history. we haven t had this before. it s 100 years since we had a motion to vacate the chair. amidst an unfolding global crisis, the second in line to the president and constitutional office of speaker of the house remains vacant, with no clear path for this house re ....
and microsoft gets the green light to buy up the makers of candy crush, one of the biggest deals of its kind in history. and coming up on bbc news: england pick owen farrell ahead of george ford, with marcus smith preferred at full back for their world cup quarterfinal clash with fiji. good afternoon from sderot in southern israel. we are less than a mile from the gaza border. there has been intense rocket fire this morning, fired from gaza. on the horizon, you can see the outline of gaza city, dark smoke rising in the air. israel has told more than a million people living in northern gaza to leave their homes and move to the south within the next 2a hours. israel is massing troops on the gaza border ahead of an expected ground offensive. the un has called on israel to withdraw the evacuation order, saying it s impossible for palestinians to fully comply it has also warned of a humanitarian disaster. israel says so far 1300 israelis were killed by hamas. in gaza, more ....
we meet the man behind the rocket man. bernie taupin talks about his career writing hit songs for eltonjohn. are you ready for an autumn chill this weekend? lots of sunshine to get with it but before we get there some pretty heavy rain across england and wales. all of the details coming up on breakfast. it s friday the 13th of october. our main story. the israeli military has told the un that more theni million people living in the north of gaza must relocate to the south within the next 2a hours. the united nations says the order included those sheltered in schools, health centres and clinics and warned the movement could transform what is already a tragedy, into a calamitous situation. our reporter nickjohnson has the latest. israeli air power continues to strike the gaza strip. buildings flattened in the blink of an eye. entire neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. israel says it s dropped 6,000 bombs on hamas targets in gaza over the past six days. with every fallen bui ....
great have you with us. how did they finally seal the deal? yes. great have you with us. how did they finally seal the deal? finally seal the deal? yes, this has been a nearly finally seal the deal? yes, this has been a nearly two-year finally seal the deal? yes, this has been a nearly two-year long - been a nearly two year long acquisition process which has been fierce with a lot of pushback. cma is the last major hurdle they create. the major issue the cma had with the activision blizzard deal was odd to most others in the industry, their issue with the cloud gaming market. it is currently about i% gaming market. it is currently about 1% of the total global gaming market which is 188 billion, cloud gaming market is about 127 billion, and the concern they had was activision blizzard was have a monopoly or unfair advantage with this acquisition and this is something that was a head scratcher for us. we are glad this has got through, activision blizzard got this rou ....
word with lawrence o donnell. . at evening and put me down as desperately available to be on to talk with you and rachel, talking about this trial any night. i marked you down. see you tomorrow night. thank you. well, the excitement and anticipation in the room had a new high at 10:32 a.m. she entered wearing all black, as if on her way to a funeral. the loosefitting, plain black clothing dripping from her shoulders to her toes suggested modesty. the makeup was minimal. the way she and the other moms in her neighborhood might look when shopping at the local grocery store. the long, blonde hair, held up with a clip at the back of her head, the way it might be in a utilitarian way while doing dishes or checking one of the horse shoes on her horse. she later spoke of so proudly. when she walked by him, her face had the same expressionless, somber look that all of the jurors always have when they walk by him. looking at the floor. she did not look at him. the first ....