harris: we are keeping a very close eye on capitol hill, the house floor has just opened and members of the house could vote on their next house speaker any time, we re told. republicans are hope louisiana congressman mike johnson will be the man for the job and can get the votes needed. he was named the party s fourth nominee last night. it was eight, then to four, then to two and now to him and it is ticking there. we will be following the action as it unfolds and bring you updates as they happen. we are also waiting for president biden s first news conference since october 7. he is set to take news conference alongside afghanistan prime minister. that should happen next hour around the 1:00 hour now. he is facing mounting pressure to draw a red line with iran as tension mount in the middle east and our men and women have become targets of militias more than ever before. you re watching outnumbered, i m harris faulkner here with kayleigh mcenany and emily compagno, also
the ground is very saturated across the ground is very saturated across the country at the moment, so any heavy rainfall will be unwelcome. this system moves through in the early hours of wednesday and into thursday. there will be some snow in scotland, which will not last. but a pretty wet day in scotland. the storm will be driven along by a strong moving and it will intensify in the early hours of wednesday thursday. precision of that low is still subject to uncertainty, but it will bring heavy rain in eastern scotland and southern england. not only heavy rain, we are like to see damaging gusts of winds across england as well. thanks, louise and that s bbc news at six. now it is time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i mjane dougall. ice hockey fans pay tribute to the player killed at the weekend as the league reviews its safety measures. there s a major search under way for the missing father of liverpool midfielder luiz diaz. we ll have the lates
it was much lengthier, which i think caused some of us to speculate that all of these delays related to some juror issue, but the jurors are all back. there s been no further discussion of the reason for the delay. testimony is ongoing. the other intriguing thing that happened today was about sealed testimony about some rick gates testimony that could have to do with an investigation that is still ongoing. when we consider what investigations are still ongoing that rick gates might have to do with, we re looking at the larger special counsel investigation into the russia probe. what do you make of that testimony being put under seal by the judge? well, that came after an objection when the defense asked rick gates if he was asked questions by the fbi about his role in the trump campaign. and so at that point there was this sidebar where no doubt they discussed the scope of rick gates cooperation. it would not surprise me if he wasn t providing information about the time that he