the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak has set out his priorities for 2023 in his first major speech of the year. let s have a listen to some of what he had to say. first, we will have inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunity right across the country. third, we will make sure our national debt is falling so that we can secure the future of public services. fourth, nhs waiting lists will fall, and people will get the kjaer they need more quickly. fifth, we will pass new laws to stop small boats, sunak making sure that if you come to this country sunak illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed. rishi sunak spent the first few weeks of his premiership last autumn trying to restore stability after the turmoil of liz truss go
now stands at five , including four victims and the shooter who apparently turned the gun on himself. none of the victims has msms beenid identified, but witnesses sayo two of them appear to be dressed as a doctor and a nurse. othersrs could be patients or visitors. ck the shooter is identified as a black male between the ages of thirty five and 40 . we arere told the entire shootig lasted less than four minutes and that tulsa police went into the building without hesitationt .. and the tulsa mayor saidd the city should be proudshou that clearly a reference to the delayed entry we saw lastt week s. ce valde texas police are still in the building doing room to room checks and say that at least one witness did locked himself in a closet during the shooting. so far, sean, we do not have a motive. we ll bring you more as a wes get it john . all right, trace, thank you . now we ll continue to update you throughout the hour tonight as more information becomes available. buton we
Antiisrael protests continue to disrupt College Campuses across the country where police have arrested thousands of agitators as they worked to clean up the encampments. Better believe they need some cleaning. Some of what police have found left behind is beyond disturbing. Take a look at your screen. According to new York Police Officers signs were left behind on nyu campus. They found this today which read about death to america and death to israeli real estate. Isnt that nice. And why you did provide a statement this evening saying they will continue to oppose antisemitism and its termination on campus. Meanwhile antiisrael radicals a University Of Pennsylvania have begun circulate in protests how to guides including 1 its titled flood the gates escalate. That encourages protesters to take more risk. What risk you ask . Another detailed exactly how to break into a building. Thats what we saw columbia this week. And while all of this was going on it took President Biden at least 9 da
drama continues to unfold in washington where in the past hour, the republican representative kevin mccarthy has lost the fourth round of votes to be elected speaker of the house of representatives. it s the first time in a century that the house has failed to elect a speaker in its opening session. these are live pictures from capitol hill. this was the reaction from president biden. this is the fifth round of voting, which is under way right now. we believe that with at least eight votes cast against kevin mccarthy, the reuters news agency is reporting that it appears that it lost its fifth round of voting, absolutely unprecedented in the past century. so this will now potentially, once this round of voting will finish, well then go into yet another round of voting. this is the live scene now where that boat is taking place
antiestablishment, they don t want to rest until they are done decimating what they consider to be the establishment portion of the republican party, kevin mccarthy is the figurehead. this faction has knocked only increased its power in the era of trump. now they feel emboldened to hold, essentially, the leaders of the party hostage to their demands. people ask what are their demands. people ask what are their demands? they don t seem that great. they seem like the kind of demand that one would make if they were part of this washington, dc swamp, as they themselves have called that. they want to be had some certain committees, they want certain promises made around campaign money and certain other legislative pieces, there is no real policy points here, that is something that real distinction from backin something that real distinction from back in 2009 with the tea party famously came in and really put its grip on washington and the establishment here in washington. it s establishment