welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. britain s new prime minister, rishi sunak, has moved into number 10 downing street and spent most of his first day in office appointing senior members of his government. on arriving in downing street, he said the uk was facing a profound economic crisis and he made a point of saying that he d need to repair the damage caused by some of the policies of his predecessor, liz truss. here are political editor, chris mason. 11:50, this morning, downing street s security gates had swung open, the motorcade swept in, heralding another new arrival here. here he comes, rishi sunak, walking up downing street alone to the podium to address the country for the first time as prime minister. i have just been to buckingham palace and accepted his majesty the king s invitation to form a government in his name. it is only right to explain why i m standing here as your new prime minister. right now, our country is facing a profoun
before we go, iranian state media says a 9a year old iranian hermit, nicknamed the world s dirtiest man , has died. amou haji, from the southern province of fars, is said to have not washed with soap and water for more than 60 years. he s reported to have eaten roadkill. the hermit is said to have believed bathing would make him ill, though it s claimed that a few months ago local people did persuade him to have his first wash in six decades. people in nepal have been celebrating a special festival for dogs. 170 dogs were decorated and given a special food for the day. it is estimated as many as 20,000 stray dogs are in kathmandu valley alone. during this festive period, showing compassion and love suffering dogsis compassion and love suffering dogs is considered especially weather. that is all for me for this half hour. you can reach me on twitter. more on our
republican candidates gather in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it is the first test for newt gingrich as front-runner. cairo bracing for a million-man sit-in. police beating demonstrators on the fourth straight day of violence, and now late word three americans have been arrested. is there anybody out there? nasa relaunching a program to listen for alien life, searching for signs, on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s tuesday, november 22nd. ali and christine are off this morning. i m alina cho along with carol costello on this american morning. so glad you re with us. glad you re with us. up first this morning, breaking news out of cairo. three americans arrested outside the interior ministry in tahrir square accused of throwing molotov cocktails. thousands of demonstrators are packed into the square for a million-man sit-in. a short distance away, our reporter says soldie