Tonight, the House Of Representatives is entering week three without a speaker. Eight candidates are now vying for the job, after one dropped out in the last hour. And right now, as we speak, republicans are meeting Behind Closed Doors to figure out some kind of a path forward before an internal vote tomorrow. Gotta hold your breath. After all the reports of screaming and cursing, some physical altercations in previous meetings, you cant really imagine whats going on in that room right now. Were gonna talk to some people who do know in just a moment. But if you are wondering out there why this matters and why we are still talking about this circus, well, the thing is, nothing can happen in congress. No new money for israel, no new money for humanitarian efforts in gaza, nothing without a speaker. Now is the time when we really actually need government to function. And you will never guess who is involved in all of this dysfunction Behind The Scenes, or maybe you will guess. Look, Donal
The metropolitan police has confirmed its received a report of an alleged Sexual Assault in 2003, and is in contact with the woman, following Media Investigations into claims made against the comedian Russell Brand. Four women have accused him of Sexual Assault and emotional abuse, allegations he denies. One of them, who was 16 at the time, has told the bbc that brand said people close to him discussed how to keep the fact she was so young, out of the public eye. His Current Uk Live Tour has now been postponed, and hes been dropped by his publisher. Well assess the significance of the met s involvement, but first, heres our media correspondent, david sillito. I can pretend to be nice for a little bit. Russell brand. On this weekends Dispatches Programme he was accused of rape and multiple counts of Sexual Assault. Ill sleep on the sofa. The comedian now faces further allegations. More women have come forward. The metropolitan police say a complaint has been made to them of a Sexual Ass
Hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. Rescue teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped Underneath Rubble following the earthquake which struck the country on friday night. Nearly two and a half thousand people are now known to have died, but many remote areas remain hard to reach and cut off to rescuers. Four countries the uk, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to dig by hand. Tom bateman reports. Dawn lights up the destruction in this village. Morocco s most remote hillside have become encampments for the survivors. This lady has lost contact with her son who fled the village to get help. She was already grieving, her husband had been sick and died before the earthquake came. Translation we are staying in the street, i feel bad for m
pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. breaking news around the legal drama surrounding former president donald trump. a judge released the full report from a special grand jury that investigated allegations trump and his allies interfered in the 2020 presidential election there. the report includes the names of 21 people that it recommended for the indictment, but were not indicted. the report s introduction and conclusion in a section in which the grand jurors expressed concern that some witnesses may have lied under oath was released in february, but recommendations on who should or should not be charged were kept secret. the panel heard from 75 witnesses over a seven-month period. with us now to talk about this, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show, lisa rubin, msnbc legal analyst, also with us susan paige, washington bureau chief for usa today. katie, let s talk about the big, big
the lead with jake tapper starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in washington, d.c. in for jake tapper. and i m wolf blitzer. after the attacks and the israeli military now surrounding an inside significant areas gaza city and the bombardments continues to take a devastating stake on those inside. they cannot keep up with the amount of injured and sick cases. at least 9,000 people killed in israeli attacks on gaza according to the hamas-controlled health ministry. right now u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is headed to israel. here where i am in tel aviv, making his second wartime visit saying he will discuss concrete steps to minimize civilian casualties. israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself, and also to take steps to try to make sure this never happens again. we ve also said clearly and repeatedly how israel does this matters. right now i go to breaking news. look at