the senior republican, kevin mccarthy, says he s confident he ll win enough support today to be elected speaker of the us house of representatives. so far he s failed thirteen times, leading to deadlock in the chamber. it comes on the second anniversary of the january the sixth attack on the us capitol building. the latest session has been adjourned for several hours but mccarthy is just a handful of votes short of victory. with the latest, here s gary 0 donoghue. commemorating the heroes of january the 6th two years ago for their courage in the face of overwhelming odds. it was the moment american democracy teetered on the brink, as protesters, supporters of donald trump, stormed the capitol, bent on preventing the ratification ofjoe biden s victory. you know, for those who lost someone on that day, they re proud as the devil that their kin are being honoured, but, boy, is it hard. up on capitol hill, democrat members of the house marked the moment in solemn silence, while d
fighters in afghanistan. hello and welcome to bbc news. the republican kevin mccarthy says he s confident he ll win enough support today to be elected speaker of the us house of representatives. so far, he s failed 13 times, leading to deadlock in the chamber. it comes on the second anniversary of the january the 6th attack on the us capitol building. the latest session has been adjourned for several hours, but mccarthy is just a handful of votes short of victory. with the latest, here s gary 0 donoghue. commemorating the heroes of january the 6th two years ago for their courage in the face of overwhelming odds. it was the moment american democracy teetered on the brink, as protesters, supporters of donald trump, stormed the capitol, bent on preventing the ratification ofjoe biden s victory. you know, for those who lost someone on that day, they re proud as the devil that their kin are being honoured but, boy, is it hard. up on capitol hill, democrat members of the house mark
the russian orthodox christmas. ukraine never agreed to a truce and they ve dismissed it as a cynical ploy by the russians to resupply their forces. a little bit of british space history is happening next week in cornwall. for the first time, the uk is attempting to launch a rocket into space from british soil and send satellites into orbit. the blast off will take place at spaceport cornwall, in newquay. coming into land at spaceport cornwall, a jumbojet with coming into land at spaceport cornwall, a jumbo jet with a difference, getting ready to make history. the plane will release a rocket midair which will fire engines and send satellites into orbit, the first time this has been done from british soil. matthew stannard will be at the controls. a, stannard will be at the controls. stannard will be at the controls. ., ., ., controls. a huge amount of ride controls. a huge amount of pride that controls. a huge amount of pride that i controls. a huge amount of pride tha
touch. you were right. that was kind of a buzz kill. politico sam stein, thank you for the great polling information. we will speak to you again soon. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday morning. stick around for morning joe, which starts right now. a senator who has never run anything at all, but his mouth. the senator obviously resorting to lying, cheating and trying to steal. senator, how gullible to you really think florida voters are? repeating yourself again. we ve seen this show before. socialist, socialist, crazy, marxist, silly when one would you prefer? on your list for talking points. look, the senator can play national security expert all he wants. i know he needs that for his next presidential run. yeah. i mean i don t know what you mean playing national security, vice chairman of the intelligence committee and previous chairman. it s actually my job. some of the highlights from last night s fiery
brief weather window, but not for long. that dry spell for many today, replaced by wetter weather over the weekend particularly tomorrow, then showers follow, some of the wettest weather perhaps wales and the southwest. that s where the met office have won it out for further concerns for flooding but ahead of that at least we ve had drier weather, hazy sunshine for the rest of the day but it time the rain is gathering, light and patchy to start with but you can see waiting in the wings something more significant. it s still relatively mild, average is around 6 7 this time of year and temperatures won t drop below much of that tonight but the rain, once it arrives, its stock for 6 10 hours. it looks set to clear from northern ireland later in the night, temperatures dip back to 7 degrees but for most it sits a mild night and rather grey and dreary start to our saturday. it might be a while before the rain reaches the far south east and east anglia but for most of us if it s no