we start in washington, where the us supreme court is hearing a case, that could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, it is a legal first. those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection on january the 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december, where he s been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys are arguing that any effort to stop him running is antidemocratic. the us supreme court is hearing about 80 minutes of oral argument today. we ve been bringing you details from inside the court as proceedings continue. they have about 20 minutes to go, we think. thejustices have given little indication over the last few weeks where they stand on the issue,
hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. now to a big political story in the uk, with the main opposition labour party being accused of a major u turn. the party is to announce that it will no longer spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the general election. the party made the pledge 2.5 years ago. let s get more on this major political move. sir keir starmer has just been speaking about labour s green plans to our political editor chris mason. keir starmer, let s be clear. what are you binning today and what are you keeping? since we ve announced the green prosperity plan, we ve made a number of very important commitments, like green steel so we continue to make steel in this country, giga factories so we can do the next generation of cars, a national wealth fund so that we can have investment coming in for the jobs of the future, and green energy, which will be
hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. we start in washington and high stakes because the us supreme court is about to start hearing a case which could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection onjanuary 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december where he s been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys will argue that any effort to stop him running is anti democratic. the us supreme court will hear 80 minutes of oral argument today. we have our correspondent inside the court listening to proceedings. thejustices have given little indication over the last few weeks where they stand on this, so it will be fascinating in the coming hours to hear the sort of questio
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. paralysis continues in the us congress the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthy s own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now, into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a speaker has not been elected. and