ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges powers. the number of migrant crossings in the central mediterranean is up sharply according to the eu s border agency. we have the latest from italy. lets head to the bbc sport centre. thank you very much indeed. we know the identity of the first semifinalist at wimbledon, and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegula, the fourth seeded american in the last few moments. this is what transpired on court number one, withjessica pegula reaching the quarterfinals of wimbledon for the very first time, losing to wondrous over. this is the other match taking place, with a iga swiatek in trouble, the poland number one seed playing against elina svitolina, a former semifinalist at this competition, one that iga swiatek is not reach the quarterfinals of the poor, they are on serve though at the second set, having won the first set svitolina by seven games. they are on se
president zelensky is accused nature of weakness and uncertainty over the reluctance of some members to set a timetable for ukraine to join the military alliance. nato leaders meeting in lithuania have agreed they can try but only when certain conditions are met. nato secretary general the sun has said the alliance has never sent a stronger political and practical message about partnership but made clear they could notjoin while it was still at war with russia. our europe editor katya adler sent this report from the summit in vilnius. disappointed, volodymyr zelensky put on a brave face today for supporters in the lithuanian capital. translation: i came here today believing in partners, in a nato that does not waste time. ukraine will make nato stronger. nato will make ukraine safer. a very different tone from his tweet earlier in the day, when he blasted the military alliance as absurd and weak for not agreeing a timetable for kyiv to join the club. as confirmed by nato s
o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast and is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] that was easy. i never thought we were to get up here. now the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week. i never give up. will: 15 rounds of voting. after 15 rounds, the cost elects kevin mccarthy as speaker. rachel: mccarthy takes the gavel in a late-night session. the gop looks to get to work. pete: just after midnight, if you haven t seen it, alexandria hoff is in washington. reporter: the final tally took place after midnight. s
. . pete: there it is. we asked, you delivered. yesterday was k-9 anthem day. today is the felines. they got their shot, they delivered. we have a squirrel in there. rachel: i will be hoppest, pictures kept coming up, that is really cute, super cute. when the pictures coming up, i asked the producers did we about to msnbc to get these? this is a dog channel and a baby channel. it worked. pete: halfway through i looked at you, this is a stretch. i don t i this the viewers will like it. joey: those are perfect. rachel: did dave give you that? on your own? joey: i have my own dad jokes. pete: thank you very much. no stock photos in there the a all. those are all viewer photos. yesterday, when i said send cat photos. i was inundated, i forwarded over to ariel who put this together. rachel: my mom is cat person. pete: gwen, one of our cats, storm and trooper. joey: cat people are surprisingly pretty normal. rachel: the cat people. [laughter] joey: they re normal. pete: curled up
new warnings of an impending catastrophe if the attacks aren t stopped. a cease-fire in the middle east, possibly ending days of attacks between israel and palestinian militants. new video of a fuel facility exploding in cuba. they re still trying to put out the fire a day later. is there a serial killer on the loose in new mexico authorities believe the murders of four muslim men may be linked the controversy over texas busing migrants to northeastern city. new york city s mayor firing back. and the generic food taste test. do brand name products taste better than the store brand? we put them to the test this one is crunchy. sounds crunchy. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening it took every democratic senator and the vice president to do it. and tonight, the president and his party are celebrating the passage of legislation named the inflation reduction act, while republicans are warning it will hurt the economy, not help the vo