She cant ignore the literal elephant in the room, the gop. Thats because right now republicans face a reckoning. It centers on two key figures representing two directions for the party. Congresswoman Marjory Taylor greenes comments are putting her party on the spot. Today, lawmakers will have to go on the record over whether or not to strip her of her committee assignments. In the next hour, the white house or rather, the house will start proceedings to make that happen. When it comes to conference chair liz cheney, republicans were okay saying one thing about her publically after she voted to impeach former President Trump but in a closeddoor meeting last night, a majority voted to keep her in a position of leadership even after her break with the former president. More on that in moments. Right now, the white house is trying to keep the focus on Foreign Policy. That includes a trip to the State Department and President Bidens first major policy remarks since taking office. In 30 minu
Chinese officials are now stepping into the market with cash. And investigation is to be held into how the world has responded to corona virus as the number of infections approaches 5000000 the World Health Organizations 194 Member States of voted unanimously for an independent and impartial inquiry including an examination of its role the move has been welcomed by the director general who said that it wanted accountability more than anyone. The un body has been under attack from the u. S. Which is accused it of being too close to china president toms threatening to cut all funding unless that is what he calls substance of improvements within the next 30 days but his demands are also under fire from washington d. C. Mike hanna reports. President trump arrives on capitol hill for a meeting with Senate Republicans continuing to flout his administrations own guidelines by not wearing a mask in public and lashing out at the speaker of the House Democrat nancy pelosi these people are sick p
We want accountability. Anyone a powerful cyclon has started dumping rain on bangladesh and india is eastern coast millions of people are being moved to shelters before the storm hits land later on widens day and in indias west bengal region preparing for the site phone as being complicated by the rapid spread of coronavirus people are being asked to maintain social distancing while staying inside some shelters tavor choudhry has more from dhaka. The government figures says nearly 2200000 people have been put into a shelter that made accommodation for at least 5000000 people now bangladeshs used to cycle on it something a frequency almost every year but the cycle on our super cycle and thats much more to read the last one we had was in 2007 cycle in cedar so the government is very very much taking this as a challenge considering it has to deal with kobe had 19 you know pandemic in the country now we know a lot of people have already been evacuated since yesterday evening the danger is
Eu ambassadors are to meet to discuss what length of brexit extension to offer the uk. If at all. Most eu states are understood to favour a three month delay, with an option to end earlier if a deal is ratified sooner than this by parliament. Meanwhile, british Prime Minister borisjohnson has called for a general election on december 12 to break the brexit impasse. Its the first time hes conceded that he will not meet his do or die deadline to leave the European Union next week. Shortly after that uk finance minister sajid javid announced that the november six budget would no longer take place. And business groups are already complaining about uncertainty the uks federation of Small Businesses says its left many of its members in limbo. But Many Companies also dread britain leaving without a deal. A poll by the institute of directors says more than half of its members want either a new referendum or general election to try to avoid that. Adam jackson, director of Public Affairs brexit
Case right now. Anything can happen. Probably will. Lets go to Benjamin Hall in london, very latest where this stand. Hey, benjamin. Yeah. Hi, neil. You put your finger on it. There is a lot of optimism in europe about this deal. 27 nation agreed with a deal with the uk. That in theory all should move ahead. The sticking point, the hardest part is yet to come. Now this deal has to be put before the British Parliament. That is where theresa mays deal fell so many times. The vote in the British Parliament is scheduled for saturday. At the moment, it does not appear if Boris Johnson has the parliamentary numbers to push it through. Meaning it could be dead in the water. He doesnt have the numbers, Northern Ireland allies, dup, do not support it. Nevertheless today he was sounding upbeat. It means we can deliver a real brexit that achieves our objectives. It means that the uk leaves whole and entire on october 31st. There were some major sticking points to reach this point. Many people rem