B welcome. Im cliff may. I say this objectively. Ukranians are defending their homeland from the unprovoked illegal and imperialist wars being waged by invading Russian Troops under the command of vladimir putin. I also say this objectively. Ukraine is on the frontline of a global struggle. They are fighting in defense of whittier pd persist in calling the free world. So we are pleased and honored to have with us today ambassador Oksana Oksana markarova. She previously served in ukraines ministry of finance so she is good with math as well as diplomacy and she two years working in the private sector a useful experience for most people and thats a subjective opinion of mine. Just a few housekeeping notes. As most of you know for more than 20 years now at td is operated as a nonpartisan Research Institute exclusively focused on National Security and foreign policy. Its a source of Timely Research analysis and creative policy options. We take no Foreign Government or foreign corporate fun
with transparency. now on bbc news, click. this week, we re back in berlin as europe s largest tech show powers up. yeah, we ll glide through the halls to see what s big, what s new, and what s bonkers. what are you doing? multitasking. meanwhile, lara s been to the british seaside. not on holiday, though. i ve been looking at how 56 is hoping to make our coastline safer. and it s robot floors! chris has been making a right mess to put vacuum bots to the test. our robot now has a tail. yeah, i m not sure that was the aim. it s big, brash, bright, bold, really big, and it s back. did i mention it s big? set in the heart of berlin, ifa is europe s largest tech expo. and for the first time in such a long time, i got to come back to the coolest city in the world to see what s cooking. ifa is back to its heady mix of showiness and practicality. a place where your fridge can be part of a massive light show, with colour changing panels and a party mode. your garden is also now porta
not on holiday, though. i have been looking at how 56 is hoping to make our coastline safer. and, it s robot floors! chris has been making a right mess to put vacuum bots to the test. our robot now has a tail. yeah, i m not sure that was the aim. it s big, brash, bright, bold, really big! and it s back. did i mention it s big? set in the heart of berlin, ifa is europe s largest tech expo, and for the first time in such a long time i got to come back to the coolest city in the world to see what s cooking. ifa is back to its heady mix of showiness and practicality, a place where your fridge can be part of a massive light show, with colour changing panels and a party mode. your garden is also now portable and lives indoors. those could do with a water, though. and, yes, they do go big on their washing machines, either that or i ve shrunk in the wash. disinfection robot. all right, i m disinfected, thank you. here s a tip if you re ever asked to do an action photo, do launch yo
the tellers agree that the total number of votes cast is 434 of which the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. [ cheers and applause ] the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. [ cheers and applause ]. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 19. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy for the position of speaker of the house. the gentleman is recognized. [ applause ] thank you, madam clerk. we all came here to get things done, to get big things done, the solve the problems. and i hope when we get through today that all of the members on both sides of the aisle will join together with us to solve the problems, to address inflation that is crushing middle class families, to get control over spending will