increase services to our veterans, we protect those who are homeless, housing insecure. we have protected foster children up to age 24. so we ve taken steps that are very compassionate. but, yes, iam hurt by the fact some people s lives will be more difficult. i want to win the election in november 2024, and i m going to do everything we can to make a difference for those people. democrats are in control of the senate. are you confident they will pass this bill in the senate as well? i will pass this bill in the senate as well?- will pass this bill in the senate as well? i am. it s a must pass senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. we - senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. we have - senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. we have to | must pass bill. we have to avoid the default and the total meltdown, notjust of our economy, but frankly, it would impact the economy is all around the world. and what i would s
the women s football world cup and no place for the european championships player of the tournament. beth mead is not included having not fully recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered back in november. however, millie brightened lucy bronze who have also had injury problems are both included. bright will captain the squad in australia and new zealand. striker beth england has earned a call up after 12 goals in 12 games for tottenham hotspur. we games for tottenham hotspur. - approach as always like we want to be at our best. we are a little bit in transition now so some changes in the team but i still think we are really good and with a very talented players. we are just going to make sure that we are going to be at our best and then we see how far we get. be at our best and then we see how far we get. meanwhile there is a big cloud how far we get. meanwhile there is a big cloud hanging how far we get. meanwhile there is a big cloud hanging over- how
nomia, tell us some of the reaction you have been seeing to the vote having passed? fix, to the vote having passed? huge sigh of relief, really, by those members of the republican party and democratic party who were somewhere in the middle and glad this has now past this hurdle before it gets to the senate. the numbers are really interesting. 71 republicans opposed the bill. some are not surprising. 46 democrats also voted against. again, some of those members were not surprising. but what is interesting, ultimately more democrats supported, 165, than republicans, 149. now the next big battle is the senate. find big battle is the senate. and what can we big battle is the senate. and what can we expect - big battle is the senate. and what can we expect in the senate, nomia? what can we expect in the senate, nomia? well, the democratic senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, - senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, chuck i democratic party, chuck schumer, the demo
to spend less and we achieved that goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but sitting with one house, a democratic senate and a democratic president who didn t want to meet with us, i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has the latest from capitol hill. there was a sigh of relief in the chamber when it was finally announced the bill has passed the house of representatives. remember, the magic number was 218. in the end, 314 voted yes, so they overwhelmingly backed the bill. in terms of breaking it down in numbers, ultimately more democrats supported the bill, 165. 149 republicans backed it. in terms of the republicans that opposed the bill, many of them were ones that we suspected, the ultra conservative members of the party, the house freedom caucus, who felt that the bill didn t go far enough in spending cuts. and then over on the democratic side, there were members of the more progressive parts of the party who voted no as
of the guard coming in south africa, the anc s decline is terminal. it s just a matter of how fast, did you really believe that? of course i believed it then. i think it s a fair assessment about where the anc find themselves in the last local government elections, in 2021, they, for the first time in post democratic south africa, lost their majority and fell below 50%. this obviously allied with the fact that our economy s not growing, we ve got 30 million people living in poverty, 12 million people unemployed, and loadshedding, rolling blackouts, which have reached into every home and switched off the lights, switched off our factories, and switched off our economy. south africans are realising that if they don t change the way they vote, south africa is going to end up in a very, very dark place, and it s going to be poverty and inequality deepening. well, in that bleak context that you ve just outlined, with the unemployment, what they call here loadshedding , the rol