Breaking news situations unfolding. On capitol hill the House Republican conference is meeting right now and we are told this meeting could last all day with the intense pressure on them to elect a speaker of the house after Kevin Mccarthy lost the speakership in a recent vote. And without that top member of the u. S. House of representatives in place, Congress Remains at a stand still and is unable to act on a brutal war that weve been Covering Thousands of miles away. Were watching the latest developments from israel as they hit the embodiment of evil. Hamas terrorists. Thats where well start. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Five days of horror. Israel families missing, tortured, killed. The closer they were to the border with palestinianian territory on gaza, the closer that they were to hamas Serial Killers killing them. Loved ones taken hostage are now begging for help. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to be in israel today. This was near continuous r
i m bret baier meets with ukraine leader at the white house as that leader president zelenskyy desperately tries to get congress to authorize new funding for ukraine s war of resistance against russian invasion. two men have a joint news conference a short time ago at the white house. we will talk with president zelenskyy in just a few minutes. later in the show, the new house speaker, mike johnson on a host of topics. he is live here on set. first, white house correspondent peter doocy has the latest. he was at that news conference a short time ago e joins us live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. pete: president biden just answered a question whether or not he wants ukraine to defend itself or to win the war. he wants ukraine to win the war but he is not giving us any details about how he thinks that could or should happen. mr. president i will not walk away at the white house this tripe it is toned down. congress needs to pass the supplemental funding for ukrai
Well speak to the man who played paddington in one of his tv incarnations. And following the latest global cyber attack, well get an updated assessment on the spread of the latest computer ra nsomwa re. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday im damian johnson. Defending Tour De France champion chris froome hasjust announced hes extending his contract with team sky. Britains Johanna Konta powers into the third round at the Pre Wimbledon Eastbourne tournament with a straight sets win. And usain bolt gets set to run his first race in europe in his farewell season. And he receives a heros welcome in slovakia. More on our top story in a memorable first, andy murray is the number one seed for wimbledon. He tops the draw because of its historical form on grass. The rankings do not apply for the all England Club Djokovic moves to number two, federer is up to third, nadal is full. The top four in the world will be kept apart in the drawer until the semifinals. I
My deepest, darkest fears and nightmares actually came into reality here. So whenever youre actually physically back here, you know, its not easy. Nearly £30m has been slashed from bus services in the last year, with more than 500 routes cut or cancelled. But could new rules on how Bus Companies and councils Work Together change the way they operate . Ill look at the details. In sport hes apologised, but sunderland boss david moyes will be asked by the Football Association to explain himself after telling a bbc reporter she might get a slap. When i get old and losing my head, many years from now. 50 years on from the release of the album which brought us that song weve a snapshot of what lifes like when youre 64. It depends on the actual individual person how you look after your body, how you look after yourself. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a cloudy start at the gate day across england and wales will stop it will brighten up and wales will stop it will brighten up i
So we havent had a chance to digest it. But the Attorney General in his Confirmation Hearings was very clear with a oneword answer when asked by a senator whether he had contact with the russians in any way, shape, or form. He said no, period. No condition, no modification. So obviously that turns out to not be accurate there is no reason to believe that Jeff Sessions in the Confirmation Hearing was trying to hide something. He may simply have forgotten. But it does mean two things. Number one, it adds to the incredible weight of evidence that the administration is not credible on these issues. Remember a couple of weeks ago when we heard that Michael Flynn was talking to the Russian Ambassador simply to wish him merry christmas. And of course that turns out not to be true. And Michael Flynn is no longer National Security adviser. So this white house has a very, very significant credibility problem. And its with respect to Attorney General sessions, what this means, and again, its too