This is bbc news, the headlines we can go to the Scottish Parliament where there is an election taking place to choose the new First Minister, to replace humza yousaf. John swinney is now in the process and the votes are being cast for him and the votes are being cast for him and it is expected he will imminently be leader of the Scottish National party but he needs to be formally elected as First Minister by the Scottish Parliament and that is what is happening right now. All of the Party Leaders are allowed to nominate themselves as First Minister and it is now the turn of john swinney and he is expected to have a majority of votes. Voting is pretty simple, msps press a button to register their preference. We can now have a listen. The to register their preference. We can now have a listen. Now have a listen. The vote is closed. Could now have a listen. The vote is closed. Could any now have a listen. The vote is closed. Could any member. Now have a listen. The vote is l closed. Coul
Annual Homelessness Count Starts Tonight “Fairfax County, along with the greater Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virgina region, will conduct a ‘Point-In-Time’ count of individuals and families experiencing homelessness, beginning in the evening on January 24, 2024, and continuing through the morning of January 25.” [Housing and Community Development] Region’s Economy Lagging, Forum Speaker
laura: with the economy lagging, democrats know they can t win on their achievements. instead, they have embraced january 6th and they are using it as a bat to basically hit against the face of the republicans in order to then rig future elections. as the federalist nodes, they are tying the nuclear option on the filibuster and the passage of the voting bills to attempt to turn the one-year anniversary of the january 6th riot into a festival that s aimed at demonizing all republicans. joining me arkansas senator, tom cotton. i didn t see you at the cnn festivities last night. they had the whole statuary hall decked out. pelosi was pointing to various statues that would have agreed with her and so forth. how do we move forward given this dynamic they have created? well, laura, you are right,
it s probably going to hit in 23 and 24. i mean it. there is only one way to deal with inflation at this point right? you have to raise the interest rates. everybody understood this, that this day was coming. if trump were still president we wouldn t have had to deal with this. we don t have trump. we have biden. but we still have trump s ideas and policies for those that continue them. biden can attack supply siders but you tell me let any sane ordinary, middle american wonderful blue collar person tell me how is it that spending $5 trillion and raising $2lu trillion or $3 trillion in taxes, how is that going to help the economy?2 where is the common sense here? that s the part i don t get. laura: larry, great to see you tonight. happy new year. you too, laura. laura: with the economy lagging, democrats know they can t win on their achievements.
thought funding dangerous experiments hotbed coronavirus is at stuart: lab was a grand idea. with the economy lagging of the virus spreading like wildfire again biden announced a new 2-pronged plan to get the pandemic under control. program, browbeat and vilify the unvaccinated. if you are not fully vaccinated you have good reason to be concerned. you are a high risk of getting sick, you re putting other people at risk. your loved ones, your friends, neighbors, strangers. your choice can be the difference between life and death. from m2, more testing. one of the other things that we know has to be done is more testing was we will continue to add federal testing sites and we need to do better with at home testing so i m announcing today the federal government will