live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in america where aviation authorities are still trying to find out why a safety messaging system failed, grounding all departing flights for more than an hour early on wednesday. the white house says there is no evidence of a cyber attack at this point. the us transport secretary said the federal aviation administration must find out why backup systems didn t prevent the failure. our north america correspondent gary o donaghue reports. it was in the early hours that the problems began to emerge with the notam system, which warns pilots of any dangers before they take off. byjust after 7:00am, the federal aviation authority was ordering all carriers across the us to ground their planes untilfurther notice, causing chaos for early morning travellers. i m a little annoyed. i feel bad for the people who are actually sitting on pl
i m yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. we are going to begin with breaking news on capitol hill. we got a lot to get to. the january 6th committee officially subpoenaing former president trump, we want to go right to capitol hill as we re kind of weeding through this 10-page document that we re getting in the last few minutes or so. ali, let s talk about this. because we re looking at two specific dates, right? we have november 4th, in which the documents that were requested by the january 6th committee, from the former president, that is the due date. and then november 14th, on or about they say november 14th, they expect the president, the former president to show up for deposition testimony. what else stands out to you? what else can you talk us through with this? the dates are of course the dates that we will first pay attention to in terms of being able to see where the former president will be complying with this subpoena request. the fact that one comes before the m
another night for the history books, with only one thing for sure. the 11th vote was not the charm tonight for kevin mccarthy s bid to become speaker of the house. no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. and with that, the 11th rejection done with about three hours shy of the 11th hour in the third day of his failure to become speaker. the call went up to end the proceedings until noon tomorrow. the question is on the motion that the house stands adjourned until noon tomorrow. those in favor say aye those aye! those opposed, no. no! in the opinion of the chair, the no s have it. the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. the motion to adjourn prevailed. the day ended without kevin mccarthy holding a single holdout. kevin mccarthy still beli
liberal republicans like john cornyn helped write it. so the question is , will the second half, will it makehe community safer? emphatically yes, said joe biden, quote, it s going to save a lot of lives. how many lives exactly when the characteristically modestct words of connecticutrd senator chris murphy quote, what we are doings will save thousands of lives, thousands then makes a kind of sense because now that we re going to have red flag laws in all l 50 states, laws that allow the government to disarm you byn force, that charging you withit a crime without bothering with due process. once we do that and we bith are doing it, mass shootings like the one we saw in buffalo this spring will never happen again. that s what they promised a us . and the media assured it wased true . every word of it. what they everwa mention was it was not only ridiculous and false, it was provably false. ybecause actually gun control does not stop bad people from usingon guns. it s not a tal
will respond. also tonight , wetake begin with the left s weekend of rage and despair at lying and fundraising emails. even roe v. wade is no more . democrats havee descended into a state of full blown lying to steria yet again. now keep in mind this decision did not outlaw abortion in america. instead, they decided who willca decide they d return the issue to the states to decide your elected officials. so ultimately the american people will decide allowing voters to debate, decide the rules and regulations surroundingggu abortion in their respective states. but democrats are notti interested in an honest debate. so over the weekend they took to the streets. some proudly displayed veryd graphic, vulgar signs likevu this one here calling justice amy coni barrett. well, i can t even say it. another sign telling the justices to burn in . others evoking coathangersg displayed cartoon and statedli that god was killing babies.mo one common theme at all demonstrations in america th