welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in 1000 years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. 0ur correspondent in washington, will grant, explains the significance of the stalemate. of this is not the way that kevin mccarthy or the republicans wanted the first day in congress is a majority to go. not by a long way. by the third round of voting, as many as 20 republican colleagues did not vote for him, denying him the chance of taking speaker of the house. why does any of this matter? first and foremost because of that role is particularly important in
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s great to have you with us. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in a hundred years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. our correspondent in washington, will grant, explains the significance of the impasse. this is not the way that kevin mccarthy or the republican leadership wanted their first day as the majority in congress to go not by a long way. with each round, it seemed to be getting gradually worse for him and by the third round of voting, as many as 20 republican colleagues did not vote for him, denying him the chance of taking speaker of the house. why does any of this matter? fir
We make money from ads, but they dont follow you around. Good evening, welcome to join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Goli, taste your goals. By downloading duckduckgo politicsnation. We are following the breaking news out of israel. Right now, it is midnight there. Several hours, israelis and palestinians will be waking up to their third day of fighting senseless attacks by hamas on saturday. Some of our top headlines at this hour, Israeli Forces are still battling in gaza in their southern territory while marching retaliatory airstrikes into gaza. Leveling several buildings. U. S. Officials say they will be moving ships and aircrafts. Closer to israel in a show of support. U. S. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken says the State Department is working to verify that several americans could be among those killed so far in the conflict. There could be some u. S. Hostages. At this hour, the Israeli Defense force esti
a to cnn new central coast at this hour with presidents some in more legal peril, but this time the charges could land him in prison for 17 years. that is if he s found on guilty on 90 charges. this is just his apartment has brought for three of them are felony counts. counsel david weiss is accusing hunter biden of million-dollar tax evasion, tax fraud, and more. the new charges add to the fallout from that collapsed plea deal that he struggled federal prosecutors that the part of the summer. hunter biden s attorney says this, quote, if hunter s lesson was anything other than biden, the charges in delaware and now california have not would have been brought under five years of efficient and no new evidence, two years after hunter paid his taxes back in full, the u.s. attorney has piled on nine new charges when he had egregious month ago to resolve this matter with a pair of misdemeanors. president biden we should point out is not part of any of his sons charges. let s break
On the last morning of my trip I starting writing in my journal, pouring out my thoughts with pen and paper, as has been my habit for many years. As I read the words I wrote, I realized that this is what I am meant to share. Strangely enough, my post is already written, unbeknownst to me at the time. I even had a title written right there on those pages: Just You & Me God ~ For Such a Time as This.