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the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. our reporter helena humphrey is on capitol hill, and i spoke with her earlier. good to see you, tell us more about the reactions to the vote today. the vote result was along party lines. so too was the reaction as well, as you might expect. the white house rather swiftly putting out a statement saying that this was baseless and nothing more than a political stunt. president biden accusing the republican party of essentially wasting time when there is still a lot of work to be done before lawmakers can leave congress for the holidays, not least when it comes to that question of finding any kind of consensus or way forward ....
and the transfer of medication and the visit of the international red cross will then visit everyone, and they ve denied that they knew about that. they will, yes. it has been agreed and i expect the red cross to do its job and to visit them all and bring them the medication that they need. among the 50 hostages held by hamas who could be freed shiri bibas and her two young sons, ariel, who s four and kfir, who isjust nine months. shiri s cousin yiffat has been speaking to the bbc about their potential release. i don t know what kind of children will come back to us. the trauma, what they saw. and. until i see them in my own eyes, i don t believe any lists of names and i don t believe any news coming today from anywhere. i need to see them in my own eyes, i need to hold my cousin in my arms. the deal between israel and hamas does provide for an extension. the four day pause could be extended by an extra day, for every ten additional hostages that hamas releases. the d ....