detail the events around the theft from the british museum, and he said in a statement that he did not respond as comprehensively, or the british museum didn t, as it should have done, in response to the warnings back in 2021. and so, he has offered his resignation to the chairman of trustees, and will step down as soon as the board have an interim leadership arrangement in place. he will remain in place until a new director is chosen, but hartwig fischer, director of the british museum, will be stepping down. now, let s look at some other news. a busy day today and there is other news from the united states. the authorities in hawaii have published the names of almost 400 people who ve been missing since wildfires swept the island of maui earlier this month. they want any survivors on the list to come forward, so the number of people unaccounted for can be reduced. teams are still searching the charred remains of the historic
immediately, but he says he will be stepping down as soon as the board of the british museum have established an interim leadership arrangement, and that will then stay in place until a new director is chosen. he was living in the near future anyway, but obviously, the events of the last we at hastened his departure. obviously, he made a statement earlier this week, where he criticised the person that had actually come to them, saying that treasures were missing from the british museum, that he believed had been sold online. in a statement, the director of the british museum actually said that this person didn t actually tell us how many of these items they had. we now believe they had many more items than they initially actually told us about, and that was unfortunate, and it is impeded to the british museum s investigation into what has been going on. he has now withdrawn those remarks, and describe those remarks is being misjudged, and said he
ceiling for two years. after republicans demand it s demanded spending cuts, the deal caps non-defense spending to just a. 1% increase over the next two years. it claws back unspent covid aid, and places new work requirements for some adults on food stamps. some house conservatives are worried mccarthy gave up too much into floated the idea of replacing him as speaker. if i can t kill it, if we can t kill it on the floor tomorrow, then we are going to have to then regroup and figure out the whole leadership arrangement again. mccarthy, of course, needs 218 votes to get this bill passed, and if he fails to get enough republican votes, he s going to need support from democrats. but here s the problem there, some of those are far, far, far from being the lock. i m still undecided. and those words are exactly how i still feel. we are being held hostage.
the key points in it. the bill will raise the debt ceiling for two years. after republicans demand it s spending cuts, the deal caps non-defense spending to just 1% increase over the next two years. it claws back unspent covid aid, and places new work requirements for some adults on food stamps. some house conservatives aware wade mccarthy gave too much and even floated the idea of replacing him as. if i can t kill it, if we can t kill it on the floor tomorrow, then we re gonna have to then regroup and figure out the whole leadership arrangement again. mccarthy of course needs 218 votes to get this bill passed, and if he fails to get enough republican votes, he s going to need support from democrats. but here s the problem there, some of those are far far far from being the lock. i m still undecided. and those words are exactly how i still feel. we are being held hostage.
vacate saying the speaker made in his words an unrecoverable error. chip roy confirming to cnn that if this deal can t be killed they are going to have to reassess and maybe take a look at the leadership arrangement. do you believe that the speaker s job at this point, that the gavel is in jeopardy? look, i know that those republican members are great members. the group of republicans, there is a lot of emotion because there is a lot of frustration. i mean, they are watching an administration that has driven spending to a level that s caused double-digit inflation. people are paying more at the grocery store, more at the gas pump. it s harder to get by. and these people want get something done for the american people. i understand that they didn t get everything they wanted in this deal, but this is a good deal. i mean, it s with $2.1 trillion cut. it has a provision that s going to force the senate for once to