and as ukraine celebrates its orthodox christmas, russian backed forces say they ve downed a drone in breach of a temporary ceasefire. hello and welcome to bbc world news. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was over. ..of which the honourable i kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 216. cheering and applause ..to cheers from republicans in the house. chanting: usa! usa! usa! the democrat leader, hakeem jeffries, handed over the gavel. . .. kevin mccarthy. cheering and applause ..to the new speaker s clear relief. that was easy, huh? laughter i never thought we d get up here. this should have been a straightforward process, after republicans won a slim majority in the house
for electric vehicles. that s any minute now. we ll bring it to you live. the president also putting gas prices front and center today, announcing new plans to try to tackle high prices at the pump. how he s responding to criticism that the move is purely political, with election day now less than three weeks away. and we re on subpoena watch. the january 6th select committee set to formally issue one to former president trump soon, but how soon? we ll talk to a member of the economy, congresswoman zoe lofgren who joins us later in the hour. good morning, i m garrett haake back from paternity leave and we speak with the new york times times political analyst and vaughn hillyard is in tucson arizona, dasha burns is with us, and national political reporter natalie allison rounds out the opening crew here. peter, we just heard from the president about this new plan that tries to tackle high prices at the pump, and he s answering direct questions on whether or not the move
riggleman is here with his take. on, edge an explosion on a russian bridge sparks fears about vladimir putin s response. just days after president biden s dire warning about the threat of nuclear armageddon. and no shame. republicans are still rolling around herschel walker, despite his growing hypocrisy on abortion. . so i don t care if herschel or her came to a report endangered eagles. all right, miss, loesch, saying the quiet part out loud. i am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. the, sunday the january six committee is preparing to wrap up just as the trial is beginning. the committees announced it likely its last public hearing is worse thursday. it is likely to testify, yet german betty thompson has what it. ovia, meanwhile the investigation is the reaction is continue another path. this, week a high-level member of the proud boys pleaded true to seditious conspiracy and also this, we trials began for the part of keepers including founder roads. of
blast partially destroys russia s prized crimea bridge. also ahead, after months of legal sparring, the clock ticks for elon musk to close the deal on twitter. and a toddler miraculously rescued after his parents car is stolen with him trapped inside. you re in the cnn newsroom. a prized achievement of vladimir putin, an apparently target of his ukrainian tormenters. this right here is the exact moment the russian president suffered his latest blow in his war on ukraine, the blast from an apparent truck bomb knocking out three of the four lanes of the bridge that links russia to crimea, its annexed territory in the south. now a huge bottleneck chokes a critical supply route for putin s war in ukraine. ukraine hand sn t claimed responsibility, but it is celebrating it. ukraine will issue this commemorative postal stamp with a nod to the titanic. one senior ukrainian official couldn t ignore that the explosion came just hours after putin s 70th birthday. happy birthday
mentor, as a guardian angel and as a heck of a lot of fun. we miss you. we send your love and condolences to your family. i thought i would make it. now it is time for lawrence o donnell. thank you, rachel. thank you. indeed. , rachel thank you. indeed. having been repeatedly questioned by investigators. the wall street journal reports that mr. russell, served in the trump white house, including as a coordinator of presidential travel, and went on to work for the former president, to the four after he left the office mr. russell had previously been submitted in connection with the justice department s investigation of the january 26, 2021 ride at the u.s. capitol. after a big win in the united states supreme court last week, when the court unanimously refused to even hear donald trump s appealed to the supreme court about the documents. the justice department has filed a new appeal to completely reverse the order of a special master review in the case. the justice depar