we have one week to go. a seven-day sprint of the primary season. a portland area backyard, the missing piece ripped from a packed airliner in mid-flight. we have ignition. mission to the moon, the first lunar launch in decades blasts off with the real aim might be mars. that mars mission september a high for us on this monday. hi, even. good day to our viewers. it s monday, january 8th. let s get into it. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. 4:00 in iowa, where social security just a week before the first votes are cast in the presidential race. republican candidates blanketed iowa over the weekend urging voters to caught cuss for them next month when temperatures are forecast to be in the single digits. got to love iowa. the candidates emphasized iowa s influence on the nomination process and the vital importance of turnout. donald trump continues to dominate polling in iowa, so overwhelmingly that the other candidates struggled to escape talking about him and put the focu
say they have reached a top line deal on spending. now they re going to raise to submit a final budget deal to avoid a government shutdown. hello everyone welcome to fox foxnews live i am eric shawn. hi arthel. arthel: hello eric, hello everyone i am arthel neville. both sides have been working for weeks to reach an agreement. congress is a fast leasing fast approaching deadlines to avoid a shutdown for the persons in less than two weeks and the second in less than a month. meantime the pentagon is under pressure to explain why it took so long to reveal defense secretary lloyd austin was in the hospital. even president biden was for days for. the disturbing story is one of many coming out of washington for lucas tomlinson has the details he is live in wilmington, delaware were the president spend the weekend at his home there. we are covering two big stories this afternoon. first congressional leaders say they have reached an agreement on a top line budget that keeps the
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions
The chair directs the clerk to conduct the vote bid a call of the roll. The clerk will call the Roll Alphabetically by sur name. Youre watching history in the making. Im neil cavuto. Theres never been a successful effort to remove the Speaker Of The House. That could be happening. We dont know. This is putting up for a vote. A measure that was first sponsored by florida congressman matt gaetz to remove the speaker because he hasnt lived up to his job. Theyre going to do this verbally so we can hear from each and every member. Chad pergram on what is at stake and what is going on here. Chad . Good afternoon. Theyre going to go through this entire roll, 433 members and call their names and ask whether they support this motion to vacate the chair, to say theres no speaker or say they do support the fact that they have a speaker. This a definitive vote for Kevin Mccarthy saying were trying to oust him. Kevin mccarthy indicated earlier this morning he was confident that he would still be Sp
much. congress is one step closer to averting a government shutdown later this month. house speaker mike johnson and chuck schumer announced sunday they agreed to a $1.59 trillion top line budget for fiscal year 2024. but hiel they now have a deal on funding levels, lawmakers don t have much time to approve the funding bills that would avoid a shutdown. already johnson is facing pushback from house republicans who wanted steeper cuts. the freedom caucus is calling the agreement a, quote, total failure. let s bring in congressional reporter for the associated press, great to see you. let s start out with what is in this deal. what did they agree to? the majority of it we saw last summer when house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden directly were negotiate ing on the hill to come up with a top line number. it continues with that, but it s