Scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. Im Edward Lawrence in for neil cavuto. This is a Special Edition of your world. The first of 2023. More on the tax hikes in just a moment. First to chad pergram where the Leadership Drama is unfolding. Chad . Edward, its been 100 years since theres this much uncertainty as to who would be speaker of the house. Kevin mccarthy can only lose four votes, but theres five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. Kevin doesnt have the votes. Theres more than five people. Youll see that as we go into the election on january 3. There was 36 people that voted against Kevin Mccarthy on the conference vote. Mccarthy made a concession last night to those that oppose him. They demanded that he lower the bar for members to call for a new speakers election in the middle of the congress. He agreed. Some members still have reservations. Rosendale called his olive branch disingenuous. You think the package has moved any votes to yes . Yes. What will you
as thousands of teachers and junior doctors walk out in disputes over pay. oscars glory for the short film an irish goodbye. james martin talks to us about hobnobbing with the stars on the day he turned 31. manchester city in seventh heaven as star man erling haaland scores five. pep guardiola s side thrash rb leipzig and ease into the champions league quarterfinals. good morning. under clear skies last night, the northern lights once again when clearview, but under those same clear skies it is a cold start with a widespread frost, the risk of ice and some sunshine, but rain piling in from the west preceded by snow, but also milder air. i will have more later. good morning. it s wednesday 15th march. our main story. chancellorjeremy hunt will today announce his spring budget, with an expansion of free childcare for working parents in england expected to be top of the list. getting thousands of people into work, including those with disabilities and people on universal credit,
of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t
shares in the swiss banking giant credit suisse fall to a record low as investors remain worried after the collapse of silicon valley bank. a high court in pakistan orders police to halt their operation to arrest former prime minister imran khan until thursday, following clashes between police and his supporters. conflicting accounts from washington and moscow as a us drone crashes into the black sea after an encounter with russian fighter jets. and a small number of wolves settle in belgium for the first time in more than 100 years as numbers rise across europe. hello. we start here in the uk where the chancellorjeremy hunt has been setting out his budget, pledging to build for the future . the uk economy is set to shrink this year, but it is no longer expected to enter a recession. mr hunt also says the inflation forecast is to fall from above 10%, to just under 3% by the end of 2023. but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, accuses the government of dressing up stagnat
it s 10:00 a.m i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york we re following a lot of breaking news on this busy monday morning, including president biden assuring the country our financial system is safe amid heightened fears of a banking crisis after the collapse of both silicon valley bank and new york-based signature bank americans can rest assured that our banking system is safe. your deposits are safe let me also assure you we will not stop at this we ll do whatever is needed. the government is taking extraordinary new steps to ensure customers will have full access to their money, a major move by the treasury and the federal reserve to shore up the banking system and prevent the panic from spreading to other banks. plus, a promise no losses will be shouldered by taxpayers and officials will hold the people responsible fully accountable. more on this in moments and what you need to know about your money. plus, no-show. donald trump s lawyers say he wi