of course big drama on capitol hill as well, as kevin mccarthy finally has the gavel. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. i want to provide an update on our ongoing efforts to expose the tremendous voter fraud and irregularities which took place. there is really strong evidence that something happened, that something was changed in the transmission or inside. all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. all converging and now we re on, as they say, the point of attack. look in the streets of brazil. look at the great patriots in brazil that at a lot of danger to themselves, have come forward in the streets of brazil. f brazl a corrupt president, the forces of fascism, and the mobs that believe the lies. this morning, we re following fast moving developments out of brazil where police have arrested hundreds who attacked the presidential palace and congress. we ll have the latest on the unrest
a russian born u.s. defense intel officer says this is just the beginning. what putin has done is a diversion. the narrative about the security counsel meeting later in the day is a classic deception. this retaliation should have been expected, including by president biden and president zelenskyy. putin is switching strategies to what is called the new generation warfare, where he s going to target exactly what he s targeting right now, the civilian infrastructure. president biden at this point has no de-escalation strategy, and that is very dangerous. ukrainian president zelenskyy saying, they are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth. the air alarm does not stop the threat in ukraine. there are missiles hitting and unfortunately there are dead and wounded. please do not leave shelters. take care of yourself and your loved ones. let s hold on and be strong. he says russia timed its attack to inflict maximum damage on energy and infrastructure. he s
the contentious weeklong battle for speaker. kevin mccarthy s rocky road to the gavel including sessions made to the far-right s holdouts is raising fresh questions about how a republican-led house will govern. earlier today, house republicans getting their take. sometimes democracy is messy, but i would argue that s exactly how the founders intended it. they wanted real debate, real input from all people, and then you get a decision. it is positive, not negative. it is not weakening kevin mccarthy it is providing the speaker with the tools he needs for republicans to go to the map of the american people. 218-plus republicans realized that kevin mccarthy needs a chance to govern, and we are going to give him a chance. well, democrats giving a different view earlier today. the leader hakeem jeffries expressing concerns with the prolonged speaker fight means for the house moving forward. this function was historic that we saw this week is not at an end, it is just the
and misconduct. the mayor of kyiv says that russian strikes on the city this morning have killed one person and wounded three others. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the uk s new chancellorjeremy hunt is to deliver an emergency statement on the british economyjust after 11 o clock this morning, bringing forward measures a fortnight earlier than expected. it s expected there ll be a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p, that would be yet another u turn from the mini budget that caused such turmoil on financial markets. with me now as our chief political correspondent. he is waiting in the wings to talk to me. let me round up, because an hour or so we are expecting to hear from the chancellor, he is going to be making that statement and we are expecting pretty much everything in the mini budgets to be pulled back, except for the national insurance increase, the national insurance cut because that has already been legislated for, obviously
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress, are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics have all chosen to head for the key battleground state of pennsylvania. later on saturday, donald trump will be holding a prime time rally but within the past hour, not one but two democratic presidents, barack obama and joe biden, have been holding a joint rally in philadelphia. they re trying to get every last vote out for their candidate john fetterman. he s up against republican mehmet oz, who s been endorsed by donald trump. president biden laid out his message that this is a defining moment for us democracy. let s have a listen. this isn t referendum this year, it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. maybe it s in our blood butjohn and i believe it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i have said from the be