Over several weeks. And the results dontjust matter to the People Living in it, it matters to the world. Now, in india, there are dozens of Political Parties in this country, but two really dominate the bjp and the congress. Before we get there, though, lets take a look at the election in numbers. 968 million eligible voters. 1. 2 million Polling Booths across the country. 15 million election workers. That is almost the populations of both london and new york combined. Ok, so speaking of numbers, get this one. A poll that tracks the popularity of Global Leaders put Prime Minister Narendra Modis Approval Rating at 78 . By comparison, a domestic poll in the uk put Prime Minister rishi sunak s Approval Rating at 48 . 50 ten years on, how is it that mr modi remains so popular . A Triumphant Tourfor Prime Minister Narendra Modi, finally making good on a decades old promise. To bring the hindu god ram back to his birthplace here in ayodhya. Translation ram is the faith of india. Ram is the f
it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without punishment or retaliation . graham satchell reports. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shipping
my advice for everyone is to go with golo. it will release your fat and it will release you. tonight on the reidout today is a good day. a jury stood witness to what rudy giuliani did to me and my daughter. and held him accountable, and for that, i m thankful. a lot less money for hair dye. a d.c. jury ordered rudy giuliani to pay through the trump brown nose for defaming mother and daughter election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss. i ll tell you what nine figure sum he owes them in just a minute. also, highly classified documents go missing. can you guess who took them? i bet you can. but i ll give you the big reveal in a bit. plus, i have a very special guest tonight. tarik black thought trotter of the roots joins me to talk about his incredible new . but we begin tonight with breaking news late today out of a washington, d.c. courtroom where a federal jury has returned its decision on the punishment rudy giuliani will face for defaming two georgia elec
and supporting prop d to build more affordable housing hi, everyone, it s all happening. it s 4:00 in new york on election day. the end of a campaign that has been like none other in recent history. more than 44 million people have already voted and millions more will have voted before the polls close in the next few hours in all 50 states. it has been an election season defined not just by the issues that dominate every election including the state of the economy, how people feel about the state of the economy, but it s also been defined by an unprecedented threat to income on the ballot and the first national election after the january 6th insurrection. in nearly every state there are republicans who have affirmed their commitment to this same big lie that led to that attack on the u.s. capitol. their races for governor, attorney general, and secretary of state that could have major implications on the next election, 2024, especially if the twice impeached ex-president as
midnight. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 30th. new year s eve on this final morning, joe, of the year. and this morning, there is more heat on new york congressman-elect george santos, who also now is under federal investigation after it was revealed that he lied about his resume while campaigning for congress. we ll have new reporting on what these charges could be. plus, newly released transcripts from the january 6th committee, showing the struggle within the trump white house to keep bad information, conspiracy theories, away from the president and the failure to do that in many cases. we ll take a closer look at former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in his failed role as presidential gatekeeper. plus, after thousands of canceled flights and a reputation now in tarts, southwest airline says it finally expects to resume normal operations today. we ll tell you what the company is saying it plans to do to somehow make things right.