and american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime nfl game. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle. for the first time in 100 years, the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday, after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required his chances scuppered by members of his own party. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. cheering and applause. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received
improving. although he is still sedated in critical condition. trying to get him to breathe on his own. we are kind of taking it day by day. seeing massive surge of illegal boat landings. shut down the national park. miami encounters are up over 400 percent. when you reward people for violating our laws, that s when people are going to come. open 200 years the cherished site is where jesus healed the blind. you re out of touch i m out of time but i m head when you re not around. your out of touch. steve: good morning, washington, d.c. you re out of touch. that was toba, our sound man s suggestion for the music to start the program. [cheers] ainsley: perfect song it for this morning, right? steve: no kidding. 66 degrees in washington, d.c. where at least 20 members of congress are out of touch and according to the majority, republicans. and it looks like a real good chance of rain. will it rain on kevin mccarthy s parade again today? stay tuned, buc
ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this sol soldier is certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts, because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i m confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it s like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina said her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister, who is pregnant, decided to leave, so we ll follow her. late afternoon and ukrainian marines prepare a prefresh salvf rockets. the battle for soledar is not over yet. and for an army that s on the defensive, what we saw was that the ukrainian troops are pretty well dug in, pretty well organized and morale surprisingly high. now, it seems the russians are r
backed tournament. and they re doing it for the money. wait till you hear much. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, they are going to go nuts. that s a direct quote from a republican congresswoman, talking about trump supporters the day before the january 6th riots. saying she was very concerned about what was to happen the next day and she asked the house republican leader kevin mccarthy to come up with a safety plan. i m not just giving these quotes from somebody said she said. no, it s all on tape. and part of new audio just released from new york times reporters alex burns and jonathan martin. here is congresswoman lasco on january 5th, 2021. i also asked leadership to come one a safety plan for members. i m actually very concerned about this, because we have who knows how many hundreds of thousands of people coming here. we have antifa. we also have, quite honestly trump supporters, who actually believe that we are going to overturn the elect
Got iron dome intercepters coming off. Get down. Pull it off the sticks. Stay with us. Just everybody get flat. We dont have time. Youll see some interceptions taking place. Theres motor far and Gaza Fire Off of the strip right now laying flat on the ground. We have to take cover. So again, were going to stay down here for a moment, this is what communities along the border are dealing with. Its constant fire. Neil that was the scene a short time ago as trey yingst and his team were taking cover along the israelgaza border. Benjamin netanyahu saying the air strikes open hamas targets in gaza are just the beginning. Well be speaking to israels ambassador in just a moment. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. It has been stunning, historic and now signs that it is escalating and fast. The latest from trey yingst in israel. Trey . Neil, good afternoon. Tonight president Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation and the world with one message. Hamas asked for a war, they will g