A temporary speaker has taken the gavel, Patrick Mchenry of North Carolina. Until mccarthys replacement is elected, legislative activity in the house is essentially halted. On wednesday, President Biden called for an end to the polarized atmosphere in congress. More than anything we need to change the poisonous atmosphere in washington. We have strong agreements but we need to stop seeing each other as enemies. We need to talk to one another, listen to one another and work with one another and we can do that. Ijoined the minority leaderjeffries in saying that our republican colleagues remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion and we are prepared to do it as well for the good of the American People. Earlier my colleague Caitriona Perry spoke with catie edmondson, congressional reporter with the new york times. We have two names in the ring now. Ill be expecting any others . I now. Ill be expecting any others . ~ now. Ill be expecting any others . Now. Ill be expecting any others . ~. , now. Ill be expecting any others . ~. ,. , others . I think we will have to wait and see. Others . I think we will have to wait and see. Obviously wait and see. Obviously representative Kevin Mccarthy was ousted just last night and a number of lawmakers waiting to see if he might try to run again for that Leadership Post and once he formally announces he will not stand to speak again at the gas will be open but we are less than 2a hours out from that announcement so more people can throw their hat in the ring but the bottom line is that no one is really expecting a quick and easy election of a speaker next week. If you remember it took Kevin Mccarthy 15 rounds of votes in order to win the speakership Back Injanuary so we potentially have a Long Saga Ahead of us still. Imilli we potentially have a Long Saga Ahead of us still. Ahead of us still. Will it be a similar process ahead of us still. Will it be a similar process than ahead of us still. 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We understand that on tuesday lawmakers are going to come back from their districts, they will return to washington and republicans will have a sort of Candidate Forum for people running for speaker to put forward their vision for running the republican conference and we expect at the earliest they could be a vote on wednesday and again were going to see the same process that we saw for those of you who watched injanuary that we saw for those of you who watched in january when Kevin Mccarthy was elected that lawmakers are going to have to stand up one by one on the house floor and say who they want to be Speaker Of The House. ~ , , want to be Speaker Of The House. ~ ,, house. While this process is coin house. While this process is going on. House. While this process is going on. The house. While this process is going on, the clock house. While this process is going on, the clock is house. While this process is going on, the clock is still i going on, the clock is still ticking on the Stopgap Measure to keep the government funded and open until mid november. Can anything happen with that while there is no speaker . Thats right, the state is not just that you have a Republican Party at odds with itself at least in the house, we have again a Stopgap Funding bill thatis again a Stopgap Funding bill that is going to run in the middle of november and really should start as soon as possible in order to make sure the Us Government does not shut down next month. And you also have the house floor currently paralysed because the house is not have a leader. We have, as you mentioned, and acting speaker, Patrick Mchenry, a congressman from North Carolina but hes vested with the full powers of the speaker. He is living in a purely interim position so many of the functions of the House Of Representatives, such as committees abilities to be pieces of legislation onto the house floor i currently shut down until republicans can elect a speaker. It down until republicans can elect a speaker. Elect a speaker. It is there any sense elect a speaker. It is there any sense of elect a speaker. It is there any sense of negotiations | elect a speaker. It is there any sense of negotiations going on on a longer term Spending Measure . Measure . No, ithink house republicans. Measure . No, ithink house republicans, many measure . No, ithink house republicans, many of measure . No, ithink house republicans, many of them | measure . No, i think house republicans, many of them were quite shocked last night to see Kevin Mccarthy toppled in the fashion that he was. A number of lawmakers who were crying, putting forward Kevin Mccarthys name, that maybe he run again for speaker, actually as he was telling lawmakers that he would not. This is a series of events that got a number of republicans by surprise and it is a part of the reason why Patrick Mchenry elected to send everyone home so they could regroup so i would not to see any substantial negotiations on that funding bill until there is a speaker elected. That funding bill until there is a speaker elected. What will ha en is a speaker elected. What will happen next is a speaker elected. What will happen next for is a speaker elected. What will happen next for speaker happen next for Speaker Mccarthy then . Happen next for Speaker Mccarthy then . That is the question mccarthy then . That is the question. He mccarthy then . That is the question. He alluded mccarthy then . That is the question. He alluded in mccarthy then . That is the question. He alluded in 50| question. He alluded in 50 minutes of a press conference last night, he said repeatedly that he believes he can serve america into some sort of position that is not Speaker Of The House but he did not allude to what it plans to do next. I asked a congressman who attended the private meeting with former Speaker Mccarthy where he spoke, as to whether he alluded he would resign from congress altogether and the congressman said mr mccarthy did not give any hints one way or another. There is some precedent for that, john baker, when he was facing being ousted for is to resign rather than face an ouster vote like mr mccarthy did. Face an ouster vote like mr mccarthy did face an ouster vote like mr mccarthy did. There will be a Newspeak Mccarthy did. There will be a Newspeak Of Mccarthy did. There will be a newspeak of the mccarthy did. There will be a newspeak of the house, mccarthy did. There will be a newspeak of the house, whoever it is, it seems there is no apparent change the polarised politics. , Democratic Leaders been asked to vacate their offices . , � , been asked to vacate their offices . � ,. ,. , offices . Thats right, two of the names offices . Thats right, two of the names are offices . Thats right, two of the names are mentioned, l the names are mentioned, currently in contention for becoming speaker, steve scalise, from louisiana, as well asjim jordan scalise, from louisiana, as well as jim jordan of scalise, from louisiana, as well asjim jordan of ohio, well as jim jordan of ohio, these well asjim jordan of ohio, these are both very conservative man. I think most people temperamentally they are more politically conservative than mr mccarthy was so i do not think anyone should really expect to see a change in tone with a new speaker when it comes to how the republican conference in the House Of Representatives operates. What is this going representatives operates. What is this going to representatives operates. What is this going to mean representatives operates. What is this going to mean for representatives operates. What is this going to mean for the aid to ukraine, the one asked by the president . It aid to ukraine, the one asked by the president . By the president . It was removed by the president . It was removed because by the president . It was removed because of by the president . It was| removed because of that by the president . It was removed because of that vote for house republicans, they see it as politically toxic. They hear from their voters when they go back to their districts that many of them, particularly in very conservative and very right districts, hearing their voters do not want to see any more american money to help ukraine fend off the russian invasion. The new Speaker Of The House will want to put some sort of Bill Sending Aid to ukraine on the house for a in fact several Hard Line Conservative lawmakers were warning other Speaker Mccarthy at the time or whoever was going to become speaker that was not a move they should take and so you see a lot of republican and democratic lawmakers at the capitol who are strong supporters of ukraine quite worried as this juncture in time is in the future of new aid bills for ukraine. Thank you forjoining us. Thank you. To former President Trump now, who appeared in court on the third day of his civil fraud trial in new york. The new York Attorney general accuses mr trump, his two adult sons, and the trump organisation, of falsifying financial records and fabricating the value of key assets including Apartment Buildings and hotels. Our North America correspondent nada tawfik is following the case from new york. Donald trump left the court here in new york in the afternoon, flying back to mar a lago and he is not expected to return back for the rest of the week. Now, he did sit through the mornings proceedings and took the opportunity several times to address the cameras that were asembled outside of the courtroom. He again slammed the whole system, thejudge and the Attorney General herself as corrupt. Latitia james had her own words for donald trump. After he left she declared the donald trump show was over. And the Attorney General said that his entire presence here had been nothing more than a political stunt and fundraising stop, and she vowed she would not be bullied and called his comments offensive. Meanwhile, inside the courtroom, there were few heated moments. The judge at one point clearly becoming agitated, he pounded his fist on the bench and said that it was ridiculous that the defence was basically stringing out and dragging out their questioning and he said that there was no Jury Presents so he questioned why they were performing in that way. Well, that elicited a response from donald trump who threw his hands up, and was clearly exasperated. The defence team though said they needed to take that line of questioning because they accused the witness of being evasive. It is important to remember donald trump has already lost the core of this case when the judge ruled last week that he did commit fraud. Today we saw that his legal team has formally now filed a notice of appeal. They said they will be challenging every aspect of thejudges ruling. Neda tawfique reporting from new york. Also in manhattan, Opening Statements began wednesday in the trial of so called � crypto King Sam Bankman fried. The bankrupt Ftx Cryptocurrency Exchange founder is accused of scamming customers out of billions of dollars and using their money to illegally fund other ventures. Prosecutors says his empire was quote built on lies. Defense attornies say he overlooked risk management, but did not steal customer money. Bankman fried could face 115 years in prison. Hes pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Over 75,000 employees of one of the uss biggest Healthcare Providers have walked off the job, prompting the Largest Health care worker strike in the nations history. Medical support staff, cleaners, technicians, and pharmacists, working for Kaiser Permanente are on strike after the non profit Healthcare Giant and unions failed to reach an agreement after months of talks over wages, outsourcing and staffing shortages. Demonstrations are happening across the country form california to right here, in washington, dc. The Kaiser Permanente strike is one of several labor strikes weve seen in the us in recent months. Other high Profile Demonstrations have been led by the United Auto Workers and the actors union. The us Bureau Of Labour Statistics reports that more than 300,000 workers went on strike through august this year alone. For more on this story, im joined by the Executive Director of the coalition of Kaiser Permanente unions, caroline lucas. Caroline, in a statement today, Kaiser Permanente said it had already agreed to a minimum wage increase of 25 dollars an hour in california, that they are agressively hiring new staff. Whats your response to what they put on the table . Thank you so much for having me at this pivotal moment. We do acknowledge Kaiser Permanente has made a commitment to hire 10,000 new staff and they are close to that goal but their failure to create a comprehensive solution to the short term staffing crisis is resulting in people leaving the industry as well so within Kaiser Permanente, within our coalition, at the same time they have hired 10,000 new Healthcare Workers, almost 4000 have left so we need solutions that do notjust bring people in the door but retain them for the long term. In the door but retain them for the longterm. In the door but retain them for the longterm. What would that look like . The longterm. What would that look like . What the longterm. What would that look like . What would the longterm. What would that look like . What would see look like . What would see workers essentially come back to work and say this is good enough . To work and say this is good enou~h . ,. , u, enough . Frontline Healthcare Workers have enough . Frontline Healthcare Workers have a enough . Frontline Healthcare Workers have a couple enough . Frontline Healthcare Workers have a couple of enough . Frontline healthcare i workers have a couple of simple request and that is that Kaiser Permanente executives listen to the solution for short staff increases and that executives provide the levels necessary to deliver safe and effective patient care and that kaiser executives provide a workplace safe and acceptable for their workers. ~ ,. , i. ~ safe and acceptable for their workers. ~ ,. , ~ , workers. Why do you think this is happening workers. Why do you think this is happening now workers. Why do you think this is happening now specifically . | is happening now specifically . Without stereotyping, many Healthcare Workers we know they often go the extra mile for their patients, so what has pushed them to this point that they are prepared to walk off they are prepared to walk off thejob . They are prepared to walk off the ob . , ,. They are prepared to walk off the ob . ,. , the job . That is such an important the job . That is such an important point the job . That is such an important point and the job . That is such an important point and i i the job . That is such an l important point and i will the job . That is such an important point and i will say that no Healthcare Worker goes into healthcare because they want to be inaudible they want to be to the bedside of their patients. Throughout the pandemic, they went the extra mile day in and day out for their patients which is why many Healthcare Workers worked 1030 many Healthcare Workers worked 10 30 hours of overtime because they do not want the patients heard by the lack of stuff and in some cases because