tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. it s the first day of the new us congress and it s already one full of drama. the new us congress and it s after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. we ve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 218 majority. this is the scene live in the house now another round of voting is under way. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant today w
deal, but it s closer to a done deal. the vote is on. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the latest. jacqui? edward lawrence. i apologize. i can be confused for jacqui. i can see how that would happen. no, no, yeah, this was all approved about 5:00 a.m. this morning. that s what we understand. the president says that this is good for america. this is americans avert the strike, could devastate the economy while giving the unions about a 24% increase over the next five years or so. again, the president says this is good for americans. here s the president. listen. together we reached an agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruptions of our economy. i m grateful for members of the administration who worked tirelessly to help get this done. republicans say there s still a long way to go. all of the unions now have to ratify this agreement. i hope i ve heard that they have a tentative agreement. i hope it becomes an agreement. i h
about 1/10 of 1%, and anyway thank you. we begin with president biden brushing off august inflation report insisting the economy is still strong despite high prices hammering families nationwide. hello, happy wednesday. john roberts in washington. hi, sandra. sandra: sandra smith in new york. comments after the dow plunged 1200 points in yesterday s trading session following the higher than expected inflation number, and it does mark the worst day on wall street since covid shutdowns began june 2020. john: biden is back on the road in the motor city of detroit celebrating millions in spending on electric vehicles. sandra: not everyone is praising the move. ford confirms thousands of layoffs in its shift to go electric. john: we have team coverage, in new hampshire after a couple big primary races there, winner of one, and peter doocy is live on the north lawn to kick us off. peter. peter: and ahead of some remarks by president biden promoting electric vehicles,
line up and the weight that most are pledging to tax cuts if they win. and the way. also on the programme. a week of very high temperatures ahead for much of the uk, as the met office issues an extreme weather warning for the weekend. train drivers at eight rail companies have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike in a dispute over pay. and england s women are the first team through to the euro quarterfinals after a stunning victory against norway. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a five star performance from england. it s a five wicket win as they dominate south africa in their first one day international. welcome to bbc news at ten. it s official the united kingdom will have a new prime minister by the 5th of september following an election to find a new leader of the conservative party. that process will begin tomorrow. so far, no fewer than 11 conservative mps have entered the fray. they ll need to be backed by at least 20 colleagues to be on the fi