we ll get to that, but the big story this morning. oh, yeah. what happened on the football field last night. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffering cardiac arrest and collapsing on the football field. just 24 years old now in the hospital in critical condition. get you updates on that, of course. also, house republican leader kevin mccarthy s bid to be speaker plagued with uncertainty still this morning. the concessions he has made may not be enough to win him the support he needs to become speaker. if you can believe it. kaitlan? yeah. once the new congress is sworn in, the republican majority in the house is promising a wave of investigations. partisan gridlock, could stall president biden s agenda. big questions about what that will look like as well. uh-huh. our big story this morning, we re going to start with buffalo bills player damar hamlin. hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing and suffering cardiac arrest on the field monday night. wha
it s gold again for laura muir. on another golden night for the brits in munich, muir retains her crown as the 1,500 metre european champion. (organ plays) they were once a key part of going to the pictures. we ll take a look at the cinema organs being raised back to life. good morning. it is a blustery start to the good morning. it is a blustery start to the weekend, especially in the north west of the uk where there are also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone will see wet weather today. all the everyone will see wet weather today. all the details are coming up. good morninu. it s saturday august 20. our main story: train passengers are being warned of more severe disruption across the uk s rail network today as tens of thousands of workers go on strike. it s the sixth day of national walk outs so far this summer in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running
The australian Prime Minister said there needed to be accountability. This is what the uk cabinet minister Gillian Keegan had to say. Well, i mean, obviously we havent had it confirmed yet, but we are very, very concerned by the situation. Actually, i think we do know that weve urged israel to do more to protect civilians, but also to allow aid to get into gaza. But we havent yet had this confirmed and i think the idf are reviewing this, probably as we speak. Lets speak to Juliette Toumas from the Un Relief And Works Agency for palestine refugees. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. I wondered thank you forjoining us on the programme. Iwondered if thank you forjoining us on the programme. I wondered if i could ask you what impact the fact that two charities now have pauls operations in gaza after the incident will make in gaza after the incident will make in gaza after the incident will make in gaza itself. Have pauls operations. In gaza itself. Have pauls operations in gaza itse