borisjohnson says that vladimir putin threatened him with a missile strike in a phone call in the run up to russia s invasion of ukraine. after decades of calls for greater scrutiny of the family courts, journalists will be able to report proceedings in a pilot scheme. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: rory mcilroy produces a brilliant final putt to secure victory over patrick reed at the dubai desert classic. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. ministers and nhs leaders have announced plans to provide hundreds more ambulances and thousands of hospital beds in england by next winter. £1 billion of existing funding is being allocated and there are also measures to try to reduce the number of patients who turn up at a&e and then stay overnight. but there are questions about how the extra resources will be staffed and some health experts warn they will be undermined by a burnt out workforce. 0ur health correspondent katherine da costa has the de
now for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening lawrence. good evening alex. seeing is kevin mccarthy s first order of business in the house of representatives is to prove how much we do not need a house of representatives if it is to be run by the legislative crazies of the republican party. maybe that will never be seated. maybe this is it. maybe it s just about the upper chamber? so far, the republicans have done no damage in the house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it with the speaker. we are wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated, once they do. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate
chamber. so far the republicans have done no damage in house of representatives. the damage begins as soon as they have control of it, with the speaker. we will be wishing for the good old days when nobody was seated. and, alex, one nice note for history today is that the person who is next in line for the presidency, after the vice president, is, once again, a woman, because patty murray became the president pro tem of the united states senate, and there is no speaker of the house. so, as of now, the next in line for the presidency is a woman in the united states senate. so, you know, we could live with this. we could. they are welcome. have a great show. thank you alex. thank you. in other news, that you should know, that is actually happening in this country while, in a way, nothing is happening in the house of representatives, is that in south carolina today, the south carolina supreme court has ruled that the south carolina constitution provides a right to priv
as we speak, voters in seven states are heading to the polls in some critical primary races. the results, expected to give us some important clues about which party could control the house and more specifically, which wing could control congress. but what s driving voters to the polls? what is their motivating? a new survey shows americans frankly are fed up with politics right now. two-thirds of democrats and republicans think most candidates are thinking of themselves, not their constituents. one issue affecting everyone is skyrocketing gas prices. a gallon of regular gas is now more than $5 in states plus d.c. and some americans can t afford to fill the tank anymore. gas prices are killing us. i m trying to get a second job. i m trying not to follow all the politic, but i m starting to because of everything. we know a police officer will testify before the january 6th committee in its first prime time hearing. two sources telling nbc news that caroline edwards will t