Ceiling is right on top of them. Bill we just had an update a moment ago from Emergency Officials saying they arent giving up on finding people alive in that rubble. We are listening for sounds. It is not specifically human sounds. It could be tapping. It could be steel kind of twisting, it could be some of the debris raining down. We concentrate in those areas. From below we continue with using light machinery, saws, jack hammers as we continue to tunnel through underneath. We have hope and every time that we hear a sound, we concentrate in that area. When was the last time your crews heard a sound. Throughout a night every night. Dana well hear from the mayor in a moment. Steve harrigan is live on the scene and he begins our coverage. The headline from local officials here at their Press Conference a short time ago was a figure, 159. Thats the number of people still unaccounted for. Yesterday that figure was just at 99. Now almost 50 higher. 159, that really enlarges the scope of the
Ceiling is right on top of them. Bill we just had an update a moment ago from Emergency Officials saying they arent giving up on finding people alive in that rubble. We are listening for sounds. It is not specifically human sounds. It could be tapping. It could be steel kind of twisting, it could be some of the debris raining down. We concentrate in those areas. From below we continue with using light machinery, saws, jack hammers as we continue to tunnel through underneath. We have hope and every time that we hear a sound, we concentrate in that area. When was the last time your crews heard a sound. Throughout a night every night. Dana well hear from the mayor in a moment. Steve harrigan is live on the scene and he begins our coverage. The headline from local officials here at their Press Conference a short time ago was a figure, 159. Thats the number of people still unaccounted for. Yesterday that figure was just at 99. Now almost 50 higher. 159, that really enlarges the scope of the
Mitchell reports, House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Also this hour, i will speak to dr. Zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid19 in the u. S. And we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to Pope Emeritus Benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursdays funeral mass. Good day, im andrea in mitchell. Happy new year, everyone. Well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, Kevin Mccarthy has to win over the hard line House Conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. Tomorrow the new Congress Returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. But at this hour no one knows how long its going to take for republicans to secure the Majority Vote needed to appoint a le
mitchell reports, house republican leader kevin mccarthy 24 hours from the biggest moment of his political career and still no closer to securing the votes he needs to become the next speaker of the house. also this hour, i will speak to dr. zeke emanuel about a tough holiday flu season along with new concerns about a new strain of covid-19 in the u.s. and we will have a live report from rome as catholics travel to the vatican to pope emeritus benedict during the three days he will lie in state ahead of thursday s funeral mass. good day, i m andrea in mitchell. happy new year, everyone. well, the pressure is on republican leader in this in you year, kevin mccarthy has to win over the hard line house conservatives that he needs to become the next speaker of the house. tomorrow the new congress returns to washington with the speaker vote as the top item on the agenda. but at this hour no one knows how long it s going to take for republicans to secure the majority vote
Sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. It has been a busy day. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. I want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. Earlier he had an admission hed promised deportation flights to rwanda. Now he says they will happen if he is elected. We have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. All of that work is already ongoing and the choice of this election is clear, because if im reelected as Prime Minister on the 5th ofjuly, these f