i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise for election into the speaker of the house of representatives, the esteemed and leader of house democrats, mr. hakeem jeffries. the honorable kevin mccarthy from the state of california votes cast is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] . neil: it s over. our long national nightmare is over. all right, which wasn t a national nightmare, i mean, it wasn t that long in the scheme of things, a few days, it just seemed like a few centuries, but it is over. kevin mccarthy at 1:39 a.m. formally getting the gavel to become speaker of the house, but it s what s left after all of that that has a lot of people wondering. alexandria hoff followed this from the beginning with how it ended. what a great compilation it was. it showed how much back and forth has happened in four days. there were moments last night where i felt like i was watching the u.k. house of commons rather
time they hope weeks of handed shakes, stump speeches and rallies will translate to votes. it is time for the final push. live pictures from philadelphia where democrats are bringing out their heavy hitters as they try to hang onto slim majorities in the house and senate. president biden, and former president barack obama will make their arguments a short time from now. both have warned that democracy is on the line this tuesday, denouncing election deniers on the ballot. also in pennsylvania tonight, former president zelenskyy donald trump on a campaign blitz that has much to do with his own political future. his aides are eyeing the third week of november as an ideal launch for his next run as president. cnn is tracking key races. phil mattingly in philadelphia. an eager crowd is awaiting president biden and former president barack obama. they are trying to pull out the big guns, phil, here in this home stretch. yeah. it s something, jim, that underscores pennsylvania, fo
It is real, though. Bret good evening. We are following two major stories. Antiisrael posttest pop up at more schools across the country despite efforts by administrators and police. Columbia University Cancels in person class amid concerns about violence. We begin with opening statements. The start of testimony and the historic trial of donald trump. Nate foy is outside the state Supreme Court with the latest. Day one of this trial. Good evening. During opening statements, the d. A. s office accused former President Donald Trump of conspiring to influence the 2016 president ial election. While he and his lawyers maintain he did nothing wrong and say this trial is an effort to influence this years election. During opening statements, the prosecutor said this case is about a criminal conspiracy and a coverup involving trump, his former lawyer and the states first witness, david, prosecutors argued they engaged in catch in kill, where people who wrote he paid Stormy Daniels to suppress t
That allows surveillance of individuals out of this country. This comes as 9 head of the fbi issues a dire warning about the consequences of such action and talks about the serious threats now facing the u. S. We have talks team conch chad pergram on capitol hill as multiple lawmakers tell fox there is a new plan in the house to get fisa reauthorization done as soon as tomorrow ahead of a meeting between the House Speaker and Presumptive Republican nominee former President Donald Trump. But we begin with Correspondent David Spunt live at the Justice Department tonight. Good evening, david. David bret, good evening to you. Fbi director Christopher Wray chooses his words carefully and hours ago he made it clear the threat level to the United States is the highest he has ever seen in his professional career. Now, increasingly concerning, is the potential for a coordinated attack here in the Homeland Akin to the isisk Attack We Saw at the Russia Concert Hall just a couple weeks ago. Wray i
Also tonight. The mystery of the missing warships. President trump said hed sent an armada to north korea, so where is it . Prince harry says hes amazed at the response to his comments about his difficulty in coping with his mothers death. And the Volcanic Eruptions that can be predicted using technology in space. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Sam warburton is picked to lead his pack of lions again. Hell captain the squad on their tour of new zealand and their tests against the mighty all blacks. Good evening. So its official, the country will go to the polls in seven weeks time after mps voted overwhelmingly to approve it this afternoon. Just 13 mps voted against it. A handful of others and all the snp mps abstained. The Prime Minister says victory in a Vote Onjune 8th would give her a stronger hand in her brexit negotiations with eu leaders and stability after britain leaves. The labour leader has described the coming election as a chance for the british people to change di