hello, a very warm welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. 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, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the r
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, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there and he was all in. it was donald trump s supporters who were all in with the storming of the capitol two years ago to the day and that will overshadow kevin mccarthy s speakership. he will probably be the weakest speaker in the modern history of the country and he will be held hostage to these 2021 radical republicans. the divisions may be resolved for the moment, but the next two years will be a rocky ride for the new speaker, as he resides over
Winter, with above average snowfall keeping those roads slick. As kccis Cynthia Fodor shows us, thats keeping body shops so busy, theyre almost working nonstop. Cynthia this entire garage is full of wrecked cars are lined up, waiting to be worked on. With so many accidents this winter, the auto body business is booming. Seems like coming in every 3648 hours periods. A lot of front end, rear end hits. All hands on deck. That is our goto word. Cynthia at scottys auto body, its one of the busiest times ever. Four snowfalls in two weeks means a steady stream of bended fenders, broken bumpers, and dented doors. Kurtis mayfield blames the timing of the blizzards. Kurtis it is literally happening around 1 00 or 2 00 in the afternoon, and people are trapped, having to get out in cynthia and weve had smaller amounts of snow more often. So far, this month . 7. 9 inches, only 12 days in, which is the average february snowfall for the entire month. This winter, were already nearly 3 inches above a
Fight with another student at merill middle school in the bathroom over the lunch hour. That child then punched my son one time, my son when to return a punch. That kid ducked it and this child hit my son again then swooped down onto the ground and took my sons legs out from underneath him the fight landing john junior in the hospital, with a severe concussion and injures to his arm and leg. According to police the boys were involved in a play fight a few weeks ago. And tuesdays fight was a rematch. Witnesses say the fight the was mutual the victims father knew the boys were having trouble getting along. But claims emotions ultimately spilled over due to lack of adult supervision in the cafeteria. 380107 how many Staff Members or teachers would over see the cafeteria at the time, it seems like that you have a lot of kids there at once how many people on things. They told me three and in the same sentence there is only three is because they are understaffed. John senior says his son wil
And 6 yr old daughter, its a challenge for me to decide how much contact i want them to have personally, im very involved from West Des Moines Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa Stephanie Ram the senate bill will be debated in subcommittee on monday afternoon to see if it will continue to the senate floor. We want to know what you think. Should athletic trainers have to be at every varsity sporting event . Let us know by calling, on facebook or sending an email. Jack a horrible car crash in rural ankeny around noon today. The driver was traveling along northeast 29th street, when she lost control of her vehicle and skidded off the road. Into a ditch and violently hit a tree. A child in the passengers seat was taken by helicopter to the hospital. Investigators were trying to reconstruct the accident this afternoonbecau se no one actually saw it happen. Sgt. Brandon bracelin, Polk County Sheriffs Department we had some witnesses in the area thatve seen the vehicle travel down ne 29th