running, we ve had better than 2,000 flights either delayed or outright cancelled. the trend will not be the traveling friend. mark meredith on the latest in washington. mark? hi, neil. good afternoon to you. both airlines and passengers are bracing for turbulent days, a record number of travelers, this could create a perfect storm and major delays. they re pushing back that this is somehow their fault and blaming staffing shortages. major u.s. carriers says the industry is doing everything possible to create a positive customer experience since it s in the airlines interest to keep customers happy to return for future business. bernie sanders does not buy it. he says airlines won t act until money is involved. now sanders is calling on the department of transportation to do a couple things. requiring airlines to refund people for delays quickly and wants a $15,000 time per passenger on domestic flights delayed two hours or more as long as weather is not to blamed and airli
Been speaking for a few minutes. We will hear more on what he says later. If no deal is in place by the end of today, Government Agencies will begin shutting down injust under ten hours time thats midnight local time. It would mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. Much of the attention is focused on the republican speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Heres what he had to say earlier. Because the senate cannot act in time, the government would shut down. The house is going to act so government will not shut down. We will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. The house is debating over the Funding Plans now. And Hakeem Jefferies, democratic Minority Leaders has been speaking in the last few minutes. We are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely unavoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme Maga Republicans who have decided that rather than pursue
Nagorno karabakh was controlled by Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. Azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. Heres more from dickran khodanian, a Freelance Journalist currently in goris. Im actually in goris, which is 30 minutes right after the illegal checkpoint that azerbaijan has set up. As you can see behind me, there are a few tents set up. As of now, theyre reporting that around 100,000 armenians have entered the republic of armenia. And just to give you an idea, the population of goris is 20,000. So one of the first stops is the city, because this is where they are registering. This is where theyre getting a media assessment. And this is where theyre being then later sent for accommoda
By Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. Azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. We will have more on that later. The Us Government will run out of money to fund itself by the end of saturday unless congress can agree a last minute deal. It would be the 22nd time in the past 50 years that Us Government services have had to be shut down because of a Budget Deadlock in congress. The House Of Representatives will reconvene in washington On Saturday Morning local time. Sean dilley has the latest. Well, this is what you get when the House Of Representatives is led by a Different Party to the one that controls the senate and also occupies the white house. Deadlocks. Not unheard of. The government shut
good evening. on the eve of a crucial vote for the prime minister on his plan to send illegal migrants to rwanda various factions of conservative mps have been meeting and giving their opinions on whether the plan will work and by extension whether they are likely to vote for it. and in an indication of how divided the party is over the issue, the opinions vary widely. some have given it their backing as long as it doesn t change others say it has to change or be junked altogether. others say it has to change or be junked altogether. our political editor chris mason is in westminster. this plan is something that rishi sunak has made central to his premiership but he s struggling to get his party to back it. he really is. that s the reality tonight. there are few more awkward places for a prime minister to find themselves than one where they are transparently and very publicly at the mercy of their own mps. clumps of conservatives who have been meeting throughout the