the authorities in south sudan are facing calls to release journalists who were arrested after video footage appeared to show the country s president wetting himself. welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o donoghue explains. 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,
iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . 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 his 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 w
to retire by the age of 65. not 67 as some lawmakers were proposing. mayor pete said you can still be president of the united states, but you re definitely not allowed to fly planes. he never explained how that would improve the reliability of travel ahead of the holiday rush but insisted it would help. six months later, this is the state of air travel in the united states. in chicago, and around the country, mountains of luggage with no travelers to claim them. i m going to cry. i m tired. frustrated, tired. pissed off. this woman and her mom and grandmother spent this little one s first christmas stuck in the dallas airport. it was hard. it was hard seeing the families with other newborns around children sleeping on the floor. the family from new mexico says southwest rebooked and cancelled their flights five times. kimberly day is pregnant and travelling with two children. they ve been trying to get from phoenix to new york to visit a sick relative. tuesday s
it s barack obama to the rescue. the dynamic duo are expected to get back together and bail out democrats in pennsylvania. obama is sure to be a welcome sight because back in d.c., joe biden has all but checked out. instead of barnstorming the country with a flood of midterm rallies, biden was getting his updated covid booster shot and yamerring on about the pandemic he said was over. he s just no use to his party who are struggling hard to deliver a coherent message. but top democrats strategist james carville thinks his party can be saved. but there s a catch. if we keep this kind of npr foundation strategy of left politics, we re going to lose. i m telling the same elite coastal people, forget everything. we are going to advertise and push the fact that they want to throw people off of medicare and social security. and they want to shut the government down to do it. and that s how you win. jeanine: you know, dana, it was, i believe, in november of 2021 that james carvi