first, new year, new congress and new problems for kevin mccarthy as he struggles to secure the speaker s gavel. the pushback he s getting from his caucus with time right nowing out to secure the votes he needs before republicans take control of the house. it s one of the busiest travel days for what has been one of the craziest travel seasons in recent memory. ahead, we re on the ground at one of america s busiest airports. and you ll want to turn up the volume for this one. who stands to benefit from new big changes for retirement plans and student loan payments this year? how it could affect your bottom line. plus, the new restrictions for women in afghanistan that groups say will cost lives. about 25 hours from now, the 118th congress will convene with republicans in charge of the house of representatives. but it s still far from certain who their next speaker will be. nbc news has obtained a letter written on sunday by a group of nine current and incoming house r
A Senior Un Official has warned that the situation in sudan will have ramifications well beyond the Horn Of Africa unless more is done to halt the civil war between the army and the Rapid Support forces. Fashir in north darfur in recent weeks. French police have entered the prestigious Sciences Po University in paris to remove students whod occupied part of the building in protest against the war in gaza. Separately, about forty students were removed from the sciences po building in lyon. King charles has been presented with a beautifully illustrated record of his coronation, almost a year after the historic service at westminster abbey. This 21m long piece of history, includes 11,500 elegantly inscribed words, using specially made ink. We start in the uk where its been a painful night for the conservative party in the local and mayoral elections across england and wales. Votes are still being counted, but the latest figures show the tories have lost more than 400 councillors. The oppo
Moving on to football. Luton town can give their hopes of avoiding relegation from the English Premier League a big boost tonight as they take on everton. Theyll move out of the drop zone with victory. Everton have already secured Premier League safety. The visitors did illegal up, Dominic Calvert lewin scored from the penalty spot after a penalty, but i cant tell you that just in the last minute, luton have equalised throughout ican i can tell you luton have equalised through adebayo. Elsewhere, liverpool manager jurgen klopp has hit out at the Premier League and its broadcasters, describing Fixture Scheduling as absolutely insane. Since klopp took charge in 2015, liverpool have featured in more early kick offs than any other Premier League club. But klopp also suggested that lunch time kick off times dontjust affect his team, but are also partly to blame for english teams struggles in europe this season. I watch a lot of football, all over the world, and the Premier League is the wor
Major test of Public Opinion before a General Election later this year. Theres little good news for Prime Minister rishi sunak. At a by election in Blackpool South, his party suffered its Third Largest swing to the Opposition Labour Party since the second world war. At a local council level, the results are no better. The conservatives have lost half of the seats announced so far. Experts say they could be on track to lose a staggering 500 councillors, one of the worst performances at the polls in four decades. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. Cheering. Northallerton in North Yorkshire this afternoon. The Prime Minister lives a few miles away, and look whos turned up to rub his nose in it. York and North Yorkshire, the wider county so often rock solid conservative, has elected a labour mayor. Weve had really good results across the country all day long, but this is a very, very special moment, david, to become the mayor here. And thank you to the team for all the fantastic work