of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there and he was all in. it was donald trump s supporters who were all in with the storming of the capitol two years ago to the day and that will overshadow kevin mccarthy s speakership. he will probably be the weakest speaker in the modern history of the country and he will be held hostage to these 2021 radical republicans. the divisions may be resolved for the moment, but the next two years will be a rocky ride for the new speaker, as he resides over
the newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said i don t think anybody should doubt mr trump s influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co operating with this party. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right o
italy s first prime minister, the first far right leader and the first female prime minister. the first far right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, emma woolf, and martin bentham, home affairs editor, from the london evening standard. tomorrow s front pages. could there be a deal between rishi sunak and borisjohnson in the conservative leadership race? the sun reports what it calls a secret summit between the two men. the telegraph claims they are being urged to strike a deal and potentially team up to avoid a split in the party. boris is back according to the express, after his supporters claimed he had enough support to join the race. inside the paper, penny mordaunt pledges to unite the party if she wins. the observer reports some senior tories are trying to stop borisjohnson attempting any return to downing street, warning he could cause the e
together of neutron stars. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a peak tv audience of 7.6 million viewers tune in to see the lionesses book their place in the semifinals of euro 2022. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasury s economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. she s rejected concerns that the tax cuts she s promised if she becomes the next prime minister would increase inflation. ms truss and her conservative leadership rival, rishi sunak, are now setting out their pitches to win over the party membership, who will have the deciding vote over the summer. our political correspondent iain watson reports. his report contains some flashing images. it s going to be a busy six weeks. liz truss has been in the cabinet for the past eight years, but she s fighting this leadership election like an outsider. her pitch to party members is that s
here. stick around to see meaningful space speak mode to learn everything you need to know about the artemis 1 launch. then, for decades, the antiabortion movement had most of us convinced we were living in a so-called pro-life country. let s just marketing. a fall, overall americans are learning the truth about abortion. spoiler, alert abortion rights are popular. how we got to where we are and what it means for this year s elections, ahead. velshi starts now. good morning, it is sunday august 29th. i am ali velshi. for about a full year after donald trump left the white house, 184 unique classified documents totaling more than 700 pages of valuable intelligence reflectivity u.s. government was sitting at his palm beach resort in mar-a-lago. that batch was recovered in january of this year. since, then the national archives in the justice department have received even more classified material from trump this state. including, during a search of mar-a-lago three weeks ago. so