as assistant to the secretary of state, and the international trade economist rebecca harding. welcome to the programme. if at first you don t succeed, try, try and try again seems to be the game plan for kevin mccarthy in his bid to become the speaker of the house, after failing three times yesterday to get enough support from his party. but 2a hours on, the stalemate continues. he s lost twice again already today and now we are heading to a sixth vote, all because a small group of right wing republicans are blocking his path. some of them say they will never support him, no matter what concessions he gives. but mr mccarthy isn t backing down. this is the scene live in the house now, where that sixth vote is expected. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, no bills can be debated, no decisions made. so, it has to be resolved, no matter how long it takes. it could go on and on until some sort of deal is made behind the scenes. to give you a bit of history if you
powell tries to force down inflation. let s get right to it. joining me now is full disclosure host, robin, have we gotten the number yet? lass it come out? or are we still waiting? still waiting for it to come out. we re waiting, all right. another 75. 75 basis points. what is that going to mean? i got it tell you, i got a song in my heart, special thanks to the bee gees. because we re dealing with the cpi that s still high and the fed will have to hike which we just won t like la la, la, la. and did i just destroy my career? i loved every moment of it. oh, the title is called how deep is this inflation? i really want to know. and that s the question on everybody s mind. are we going to go to 5%? 6, 7%? how deep is the buying power and consumer demand in this economy that we have to snuff out and i don t think mr. powell knows. we have it official. three quarters of a point. 75 basis points. i was talking to steve retner today about when the bottom is and whe
again why i m home, i tested positive for covid. but that s to the fact, i am vaxxed and boosted. i have no symptoms and i feel just fine. because i care about the health of my colleagues, i ve chosen to work from home, and practice social distancing. with so much going on, i didn t want to risk the chance to bring all the news to you. so, let s get started. tonight s need moment of truth, with following breaking news this afternoon that the senate has worked out a framework for bipartisan gun legislation, that could represent the biggest federal rule to curb gun violence in decades. at the same time, in the house, on the eve of the second round of public hearings from the select committee investigating january six, essentially tomorrow. morning taken together these momentous moves on capitol hill, give me help. on this sunday, because sunday is a dear hope for a ministry. that democrats and biden administration are making some progress, and fulfilling their promise to defe
Congress is planning to field prominent leaders from Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to strengthen its position. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge may be fielded from a reserved seat in Uttar Pradesh to attract Dalit voters, as the influence of BSP chief Mayawati is perceived to be diminishing. Rahul Gandhi is expected to run from Amethi, while Priyanka Gandhi may be fielded from Prayagraj, Phulpur, or Varanasi.
trillion. the administration. that they can to bipartisanship, showing congress up alongside the leader of the republicans in the senate, and what joe biden republicans in the senate, and what joe biden is saying he is the winner. joe biden is saying he is the winner, frank lately quite frankly, winner, frank lately quite frankly, this week. i ll voting kevin frankly, this week. i ll voting kevin mccarthy in the overall vote count. kevin mccarthy in the overall vote count. so kevin mccarthy in the overall vote count, so biden is showing he can reach count, so biden is showing he can reach across count, so biden is showing he can reach across the i ll out voting. now, reach across the i ll out voting. now. biden reach across the i ll out voting. now, biden looks to have a much stronger hand. in some ways, we use the term stronger hand. in some ways, we use the term lame duck for the candidate or member the term lame duck for the candidate or membe