Online. Go to www. Cspan. Org, and you will see the icon to click on our live coverage. The Supreme Court oral argument having today. We have been getting protesters and speakers outside all morning. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god we give you thanks for giving us another day. Once again we come to ask wisdom, patience, peace and understanding for the members of this peoples house. Give them the generosity of heart and the courage of true leadership to work toward a common solution to the many issues facing our nation. As true states men and women, may they find the fortitude to make judgments to benefit all americans in their time of need. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal st
I interviewed the Prime Minister. She promised the residents they would be rehoused within three weeks. Two weeks before christmas, more than a hundred households are still in hotel rooms. So where have things gone wrong . The council has allotted huge sums of money for rehousing kensington and chelsea have set aside £235 million to secure accommodation for the people made homeless by the fire. So why is it is stalling . Justice for grenfell nojustice no peace this protest outside the Council Offices last week was only a fraction of the size of the ones in the summer. They are living a second trauma because theyre not considered worthy enough to be given housing. The focus of this is to demand permanent new homes for the survivors. There are still people stuck in hotels with their children. Their children are in a room next door. It is not an adjoining room so the children will sleep with the parents. So then you may have a family of five in one room. Because actually they dont want t
The Capital Region another shot at the olympics. And trending online tonight, the nfl team that just hired a woman as part of its coaching staff. First tonight, its effective immediately. Boy scouts of america lifting the ban on gay adults serving as scout leaders. It was a landslides vote to prevent criticism and future lawsuits. Darcy . Reporter er with live outside the Council Offices of the boy scouts here along rossville pike. Its important to note that this policy change does have a religious exemption and one advocate told me tonight, this is a monumental decision. The boy scouts lifting the ban on openly gay and dults. The National President , former secretary of defense, bob gates, continuing to fight legal challenges to the policy would result in staggering cost. Due to special, political and legal changes taking place in our country and in our movement i did not believe the adult leadership policy could be sustained. The vote means gays can serve as employees and in troop le
in tune with democracy. Hatians prepare to vote in longdelayed elections. Live to portauprince plus. Im Florence Louie in myanmar. People in a floodravaged country are not sure what will happen to them when aid runs out. Its been a year since the u. S. Led coalition began air strikes in i. S. I. L. And iraq and expanded so syria a month later. The rapid advance of i. S. I. L. And the threat to stability prompted several countries to come together. The coalition includes bahrain jordan, qatar, u. A. E. And saudi arabia. It carried out 6,000 strikes since the campaign began, at a cost of 3. 2 billion. The focus of the mission is i. S. I. L. Held cities of mosul and fallujah. The coalition carried out about 1400 attacks have been carried out in syria, focussing on raqqa, kobane near the Turkish Border and other places. Our coent has been speaking to iraqis who say the campaign against i. S. I. L. Is not working. With hopes as faded as the pictures that surround them, its a mournful atmosp
Four days after the las vegas shooting, some Senior Republicans say they may be willing to consider a form of gun control. The number of families forced to live in emergency accommodation in england is the highest for a decade. Mr stevens. Yes . The british author best known for his novel the remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro, has won the nobel prize for literature. England score and a late goal from harry kane secures englands place in the semifinals. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news a big blow to castleford tigers hopes of winning the Super League Grand final on saturday. One of their star names withdrawn from their squad. Good evening. Wiltshire police have been criticised for their handling of an investigation into the former Prime Minister sir edward heath, who died 12 years ago. The force said today that if hed been alive, sir edward would have been questioned about allegations of historical child abuse made by seven individuals, including an allegation of raping an 11 yea