2 party system. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow lets get started with your life news update this hour. A trial relating to the 2015 paris terrorist attacks got underway on wednesday 14 people stand accused of involvement in the wave of terror that shook the french capital this a terrible magazine charlie abdo was one of the main targets of the attacks alongside a jewish supermarket or has the details. Well Charlie Hebdo is back in the spotlight here in france and thats because as that trial is underway that important trial its decided to take a Bold Decision according to some some of described it perhaps as being more idiotic and that is to republics some of its most controversial cartoons which depict the prophet mohammed the muslim prophet now it was those types of cartoons that were published by the magazine that initially put a target on its back and led to that attack back in 2015 in which 12 people were murdered now back then the world
The third vote, he loses another one. Another one. House speaker yesterday tried for a fofourth. Another one. Fifth. Another one. And sixth time. I aint never gonna stop. Seventh. Another one. An eighth vote now underway. Another one. A ninth vote. Another one. A tenth vote. Another one. An 11th time. Another one. 12th round. And another one. 13th. Another one. 14th. Anonother one. We are headed to another one. Mccarthy finally locking up the house speakership. The concessions to the rank that led to his victory could leave e him the weweakest speaen modern h history. Congratatulations. You played yourself. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, squeaker of the house. First, stephen welcomes tom hanks. And musical guest Rachael Vilray. Featuring louis cato and the late show band and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert [cheers and applause] stephen how are you . Congratulations. Im still all over the place. Happy, happy
the coverage. the new yorker cover with donald trump portray thed as a metal-wearing, goose-stepping nazi e soldier. trump continues to dominate the coverage as he did by doing an iowa town hall with fox news overshadowing at the same hour the ron desantis-nikki haley slug fest on cnn. and the former president generated wall the wall coverage by showing up in washington on his claim of immunity for actions in office; namely, challenging the last election. trump s presence in that courtroom which took him off the campaign trail just days before the iowa caucuses underscored the vindictiveness of the lawfare if being waged against him. why s he in court instead of campaigning? because donald trump being in court is the greatest bully pulpit for him where he can plaw fake. howard: trump wasn t required to be in court then or on thursday when he denounced the judge in his new york civil fraud trial, but he drew attention from his rivals whose iowa events are being buried by s
we ll get to that, but the big story this morning. oh, yeah. what happened on the football field last night. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the football field. just 24 years old now in the hospital in critical condition. get you updates on that, of course. also, house republican leader kevin mccarthy s bid to be speaker plagued with uncertainty still this morning. the concessions he has made may not be enough to win him the support he needs to become speaker. if you can believe it. kaitlan? yeah. once the new congress is sworn in, the republican majority in the house is promising a wave of investigations. partisan gridlock, could stall president biden s agenda. big questions about what that will look like as well. uh-huh. our big story this morning, we re going to start with buffalo bills player damar hamlin. hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest on the field monday night. wha
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