A temporary speaker has taken the gavel, Patrick Mchenry of North Carolina. Until mccarthys replacement is elected, legislative activity in the house is essentially halted. On wednesday, President Biden called for an end to the polarized atmosphere in congress. More than anything we need to change the poisonous atmosphere in washington. We have strong agreements but we need to stop seeing each other as enemies. We need to talk to one another, listen to one another and work with one another and we can do that. Ijoined the minority leaderjeffries in saying that our republican colleagues remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion and we are prepared to do it as well for the good of the American People. Earlier my colleague Caitriona Perry spoke with catie edmondson, congressional reporter with the new york times. We have two names in the ring now. Ill be expecting any others . I now. Ill be expecting any others . ~ now. Ill be expecting any others . Now. Ill be expecting any othe
By Flaunting His business value. That the scene as he makes his way to the court. We will take you back there live if there developments. We begin in the us, Wherejoe Biden Has said the us will continue to provide support for ukraine after further military funding was excluded from a last minute congressional budget deal. The temporary measure was pushed through to avert a government shutdown, but it doesnt include 6 billion in military aid for kyiv which is a top priority for the white house. Lets get the latest on this with our north America Business they pushed it to the wire, an 11th hour deal but a deal nonetheless. Well, look, it is a deal of sorts, and in the sense we are talking about workers being put, government worker, federal workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. Instead this deal pushes the condition down the road for another couple of weeks, they have passed a Stopgap Resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. At which point, the c
About workers, Government Workers being put on furlough or having their pay delayed. Instead this deal pushes the can down the road for a couple of weeks they have passed a Stopgap Resolution that funds the government through to november 17th. At which point, the clock resets and we start again. What it does, as you say, is fund the government, what it doesnt do, is provide aid to ukraine, and it doesnt address the keyissue ukraine, and it doesnt address the key issue for republican, which is addressing concerns they have about the border, and so i think that is the border, and so i think that is the debate, that is where it shifts to next but complicating all of this, ben, is the fact that now, you have the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, whose position, Leadership Role is under threat because one of the hard liners in the republican party, his own party, has threatened to try and have him removed from position. So, the talks, next time round, could be even more fractious than w
This time, it is a civilfraud trial. Hes accused of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms. Before entering court, mr trump berated the us Justice System and the new York Attorney general who is bringing the case. He described Letitia James as racist and a horrow show. And he dismissed the case as a sham and a scam. He also denied the claims against him. We have a great company. I built a great company. Its got tremendous value. Its got some of the greatest real estate assets in the world. And now i have to go before a roguejudge, as a continuation of russia, russia, russia, as a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time, and i dont think the people of this country are going to stand for it. If i werent leading in all the polls, or if i werent running, i wouldnt have any of these cases, i wouldnt be seeing you this morning. But ill be seeing a lot of you, because this is a horrible thing thats happening to our co