act of brutality . his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking a beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between different households was banned but the police have said there was no case to answer, because of an exemption to lockdown rules for reasonably necessary work . our political editor chris mason reports. april of last year, sir keir starmer s having a beer and a curry. was this in breach of the covid rules at the time? durham constabulary looked into it, and today said no. people said to me i was taking a risk by saying i would step down if i was fined, but it was never about that. for me, it was a matter of principle. it shouldn t be controversia
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
Dozens of people are involved in the search. But bad weather is reported to be hampering their efforts. It happened in the far north of iran, near the city of tabriz, close to the border with azerbaijan. President raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. This is thought to be footage of him earlier in the day, travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. First reports that something had gone wrong were announced on state tv. Translation there are unconfirmed reports of an incident involving the helicopter carrying the president in thejolfa region. Initial reports cite a hard landing for the helicopter carrying the president. President raisi, considered a hardliner, is the second most powerfulfigure in iran and has been regarded as a possible successor to the Supreme Leader, ali khamenei. There is no word yet on any casualties today, but across iran, there have been prayers for the president s safety. Jon donnison, bbc news. And i want to take you to the live pictu
Much. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac ca www. Vitac. Com outfront next, live from israel, the u. S. Putting 2,000 troops on notice as israel is on the brink of invading gaza. Hamas releases the first video of a hostage, the family of a hostage just sharing new photos with outfront. And also this hour, inside the massacre. We are going to take you to a community that suffered some of the greatest losses in the hamas terror attacks, more than 100 people were slaughtered there. Homes torched and the chilling evidence that hamas was going to take many, many more lives. And well check back in with yoni asher, whose wife and two young daughters were taken hostage. Yoni opening up about the guilt he feels for not being able to rescue them and why he wanted to show us his little girls shoes. Lets go outfront. And good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Im erin burnett live from tel aviv tonight. And we begin this hour with