Capital. Steve scalise, the man elected by the Republican Caucus to be the next speaker but was short of the votes to do so as just announced, apparently, inside the republican conference, that he is withdrawing his name from the speakership. We dont know why, other than the whip count a vote against him within the Republican Caucus today and ballooned to 16 or 17 votes. People were saying he could not get to 217 either to be elected Speaker Of The House. This comes a week and a half after mccarthy was deposed, successful with eight members voting i along with all the democrats. Theres been a speaker pro tem, Patrick Mchenry since then, serving in a custodial fashion. This is all totally unprecedented in american history. We havent had this before. Its 100 years since we had a motion to vacate the chair. Amidst an unfolding global crisis, the second in line to the president and Constitutional Office of Speaker Of The House remains vacant, with no clear path for this house Republican Ca
I just dont know how theyre going to do it. I dont think they know it. Theyt dont. Which is worrisome. Thank you, my friend, for all the breakingy news. And thank you for joining on this continuing night of developments. In the last hour there has been unprecedented upheaval in congress specifically among the republican majority in the house. The partys nominee for Speaker Of The House, congressman Steve Scalise, has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just shared with my colleagues im dropping out as a candidate for speaker designee. If you look over the last few weeks and where where our conference is, theres still work to be done. Well have much more on that story in just a bit, but first we continue our coverage with the israelhamas war about to enter its seventh day of fighting. The number of dead has reached 2,800 people. Among that2, number israel repos at least 1,300 israeli lives lost including over 200 soldiers. And the Palestinian Health authority report
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president s son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use, to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware, convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. sarah smith has been following the trial and sent us this report from wilmington. hand in hand with his step mother, the first lady, as well as his wife, hunter biden left court a convicted felon. this trial peppered with lurid details from his private life and previous addiction to crack cocaine has clearly put great stress on the whole family. joe biden appeared after the verdict, ironically at a gun safety event, not mentioning his son. in a statement, he said he loved hunter and he s proud of the man he is today. he then set off to travel to delaware to be with his son this evening. during the trial, prosecutors argued that hunter biden ha
president biden addressing the nation tonight, marking one year of covid, saying the virus has exacted a terrible toll on all americans but offering messages of hope. tonight i m announcing that i will direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over, eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. the president saying he will not relent until we beat covid-19. he s ramping up a massive nationwide effort to re-open schools safely, and saying he s hopeful that in americans pull together and get vaccinated we can gatter in small groups with family and friends to celebrate the 4th of july this year. joining me now to discuss, cnn correspondent john hardwood and dr. jonathan reiner the, director of the cardiac catheterization program. president biden is making promises everyone is going to be eligible for a vaccine by may 1st. a barbecue with the family, friends on the 4th of july. he s setting high expectations. now he s going to have to meet t
It is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Nigerias stability and unity is threatened by internal tension, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. Amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country is the Nigerian Army . My guest is army chief Lieutenant General tukur yusuf buratai. Are his forces playing a constructive or destructive role, as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems . General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. A couple of years ago your president , new president , set you a Clear Mission to eradicate boko haram. He said it could be done within months. It would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mission . We have not failed. We have achieved that particular mandate, as at that time. We were appointed on the 10th of