next? chief among them, when will congress have a new speaker of the house? plus damar hamlin remains in critical condition in the hospital. we ll talk to his high school football coach. a monster storm is hammering california right now. san francisco s mayor joins us live, as they prepare and are handling what they re going to do about the latest deluge. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being with us. i m kate bolduan. 24 hours later, we have no speaker of the house and no clearer view when that would be decided. very soon the house is supposed to attempt to convene. kevin mccarthy incests he will not be dropping out of the race, and insists he can get to 218, despite failing to secure support in three votes. it is the first time in a century that the house did not elect a speaker on the first round of voting. at the heart of this mess is a small group of conservatives, about 10% of the republican conference, all of whom want more power, all of
100, more than 100 backers, then that vote will go out to the tory membership across the country, the vote will be online and hopefully we get a result by friday of this week. so that is where we stand so far this morning. you are watching bbc news. let s turn our attention to other world events now. xijinping has secured a third term as china s leader, at the end of a week long congress that reinforced his control over the ruling communist party. he s been re confirmed as the party general secretary which means he s almost certain to be re elected president in march. mr xi appeared in the great hall of the people in beijing alongside other members of the politburo standing committee the top decision making body. in brief remarks, he said the communist party would remain the strong backbone of the chinese people. translation: china cannot develop without the world, | and the world also needs china. after more than a0 years of unremitting efforts in reform and opening up,
angle. now, people on the coast can t be this masochistic under democrat leadership. life in states from new york to california, new jersey, washington state, it s not getting better. life is getting worse. from his open borders to his reckless spending to his anti oil and gas crusade, biden s policies have led to a sharp deterioration in the quality of life everywhere, but especially in the blue states . the economy is so bad now and you know, even when just go grocery shopping, everything costs a fortune. there s been more vandalism, breaking into cars, starting to see a bunch of arv s, you know, up on nickerson out there with chop shop set up. and , you know, this area here, tents along the cut, you know, that linger for several days. i carry mace at all. times, so i can t even during the day walk down the promenade and feel safe . and the beaches are still beautiful. and joe s home state of delaware. but residents are seeing record overdose deaths, mostly from fe
protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has arrived in liverpool ahead of the start of the party s annual conference. he s condemned the package of tax cuts unveiled yesterday, by the chancellor calling them tory casino economics , which he says are gambling with the finances of every family in the country. the government insists its package of measures, including scrapping the top rate of income tax, will help kickstart economic growth. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. labour has been out of power for more than a decade but they now believe their political fortunes could be turning around. just as their party conference gets under way, liz truss has made the political dividing lines with the opposition far