been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. and millions of catholics around the world prepare to say a final farewell at the funeral of pope benedict xvi. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. without a speaker the chamber is unable to swear in members, fill vital committee roles or adopt rules for passing legislation. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. what has just happened, what is going on? good question. another rollercoaster david the end result is the same, voting for the new speaker, in that there is no result, the impasse, the deadlock continues because kevi
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the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak has set out his priorities for 2023 in his first major speech of the year. let s have a listen to some of what he had to say. first, we will have inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunity right across the country. third, we will make sure our national debt is falling so that we can secure the future of public services. fourth, nhs waiting lists will fall, and people will get the kjaer they need more quickly. fifth, we will pass new laws to stop small boats, sunak making sure that if you come to this country sunak illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed. rishi sunak spent the first few weeks of his premiership last autumn trying to restore stability after the turmoil of liz truss go
the way through january 6th, 2021, they have hit that milestone, in terms of where they have finished leaving us off in the time line and now my information is that they will go further after that, potentially telling viewers about what was happening in the white house, after january 6th we know that they have been doing depositions in this downtime period, with people like mike pompeo, and others, who were serving at the highest echelons of power in t that is one of the things they might be keeping out. but committee member after committee bumember, even as the have been mum on the details has made clear that there will be new things revealed in these hearing the at the same time, though,th halle, there is still lot of questions looming over this committee, that they still have to figure out. theth first of them that you re seeing there, ginni thomas interview, they keep saying this will be in therv coming weeks, r expectation is that is not going to happen between today an
another day and another announcement is expected from the chancellor, this time about the timing of his medium term plan for the economy. as kwasi kwarteng says, he is listening and the much awaited detail on his radical measures to boost economic growth will now come sooner, possibly this month. the government had previously insisted the fiscal plan would still be published on november the 23rd despite the market chaos that came with the announcement of the chancellor s mini budget. on monday, he revealed a plan to drop the uk s highest rate of tax for top earners would no longer go ahead and addressing his party conference, he acknowledged shortcomings in the initial presentation of his economic plans. ifi if i can be frank, i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence, i get it, i get it. we are listening and have listened and now i want to focus on delivering the major parts of our growth package. because with energy bill skyrocketing and