states, canada and around the world, i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. president biden is at home in delaware after a campaign swing to three western states. ahead, why he says this year s mid-term elections are the most important in decades. plus, chinese leader xi says they will take taiwan by force. a live report from beijing plus reaction from taipei. elon musk changes his mind when it comes to offering peace for ukraine. we ll look at the decision and huge implications in the war against russia. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with ken brunhuber. > . president biden has just wrapped up a rare four-day campaign tour across the west costa head of the critical mid-term elections. much is at stake as it tries to hold on in congress and win key local and state elections. biden s approval is low across polls fueling worries that it could weigh down the party at the ballot box. stumping alongside the most vulnerable candidates. the pre
virtual meeting with her privy counsel. palace declined to give further details, but members of the royal family have rushed to balmoral castle in scotland to be at her side. sandra: millions who have only known the reign of queen elizabeth over 70 years are now praying for her recovery. we are covering this from all angles. steve hilton will be joining us in just a moment. but we begin with greg palkot live in london what we are learning. hi, sandra, john. u.k., perhaps around the world holding their breath right now and yes, wishing prayers to the queen in the wake of the news about her ill health. this morning royal household announced following further evaluation, the queen s doctors are concerned for her majesty s health and recommended she remain under medical supervision, adding she remains comfortable at her scottish estate of balmoral. she was seen on tuesday meeting with the new prime minister liz truss. truss has underscored the longevity, and the queen had to
scrambling for support ahead of the big vote. i m 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, it s 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 there s five members that oppose mccarthy and perhaps more. kevin doesn t have the votes. there s more than five people. you ll 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 speaker s 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 t
we ll have a background in dance, so i m sure they re going to be really intrigued. good morning. we have got some rain this morning across wales and southern england which will be slow to clear, another band across northern ireland and england emergency call handlers being cheered as they walk out of the london ambulance service call centre. pushes just one of the picket lines that thousands of ambulance workers north into scotland and brightening up north into scotland and brightening up behind it. but it is be windy. something needs to change. the nhs is on its knees. we re all at breaking point. like i said, everyone s trying their best, but everyone s tired. hospitals are struggling with beds and then we get stuck waiting with patients for like four to five hours at times, and we just can t get out to see other patients that need us. nhs leaders say the system has coped as well as they could have hoped, but there s worry about the knock on effect on the health service ov
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