all right, good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are watching right now debate wrap up at this hour, as the house gets ready to vote on the crucial debt ceiling deal. that s the speaker of the house speaking right there. earlier today, the republican proposal passed a key procedural vote, but it only passed with the help from democrats. it did not have the votes to pass it on their own, after 29 republicans defected. as of now, the bill is being discussed on the floor. it s expected to pass within the hour, despite that fairly significant republican opposition. this debt ceiling vote has been a crucial task for house republicans. for the moment, they took control in january, the big question was how the maga caucus, the majority of whom, let s remember, voted for trump s coup on january 6th, after the sacking of the capital, how are those folks going to actually govern? empowered with one of the two houses of congress. one half of one third of the federal governme
christmas charts for 2023. millions of people are on the move across the uk as the christmas getaway begins. there have been long queues at the port of dover after a surge in demand for ferries caused by yesterday s eurotunnel strike in france. and road and rail travel is also heavy, with more than 13 millionjourneys predicted between today and sunday. here s our transport correspondent katy austin. the christmas getaway is in full swing after a very bumpy start. train services have been recovering after yesterday s severe disruption. these passengers at leeds were travelling hopefully. i was glad that i wasn t going back last night, so i had friends that were going from euston and everything was kind of chaotic, so. a little bit stressed, cos see if these trains get cancelled, not sure if my train s going to be cancelled or not, so. now that i ve looked, it s all right. there have been long queues at dover s ferry ports, partly put down to a higher demand after a strike at e
conservatives had second thoughts, and what the leaked draft did to any hope for compromise. now a year and a half later, the high court is on clean up duty. agreeing to take on the first major complication from its ruling, this one on the abortion pill. mifepristone. the decision, which could effectively ban the pill nationwide should come next june, meaning the court will keep abortion front and center in the summer before the presidential election. an issue that has repeatedly proven to boost democrats, especially as republicans are still struggling to figure out what to say on it. just listen to senators ted cruz and john cornyn on this week s decision by the texas supreme court to deny kate cox an abortion. senator, are you supportive of the texas supreme court s ruling in the kate cox case that prevented her from getting an abortion after she learned her fetus was not viable. call the press office. i have for two days, and i haven t received an answer. are you w
the resolution is adopted. the house votes to formalize 0 an impeachment inquiry of president biden. i think the evidence is compelling. even though republican lawmakers have yet to present any evidence linking the president to a crime. we don t know what the crime is. while the president s son defies demands he testify before congress. my father was not financially involved in my business. plus border battle. republicans call for major changes to u.s. border security in exchange for sending more aid to ukraine. putin is banking on the united states failing to deliver for ukraine. we must prove him wrong. the border is an absolute catastrophe and this is because of the policies of this white house. how far is president biden willing to go to get a deal? and reluctant voters. some democratic voters in michigan say if 2024 is a biden-trump re-match they ll grudgingly support mr. biden. there s no way i m going to vote republican, but reluctantly, yes,
volodymyr zelenskyy is getting another multi-million dollar package as they meet at the summit and the fighting on the ground continues. there s nothing on this. solemn words from president zelenskyy. he says the city is in ruins. plus no breakthrough in the debt ceiling talks yet, but president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to talk ahead. and voters are going to the polls in greece. we ll go live to athens for the latest. and we begin with a busy day in japan as the u.s. says it will provide ukraine with another $375 million in military aid ahead of that country s expected counteroffensive against russia. u.s. president joe biden made the announcement as he met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in the final hours of that g7 summit in hiroshima, japan. have a listen. today i m announcing the next package to ukraine, a pack thaj that includes more artillery and munitions. mr. president, what you ve achieved is a matter for the entir