Leading this hour, a new sign of the clear dysfunction in the republican party, right . Right now. I mean, how bad things have to be to turn down two days. All expenses paid at a Luxury Resort well, thats the reality for many many House Republicans and a source says, fewer than half of them have rsvp. Yes. For the annual event starting today, that is meant to build party unity. Republican Congresswoman Name since he made shes doing a tv or parents instead congressman Kelly Armstrong says hed rather focus on his campaign for governor. And congressman tim burchett remarked, quote, i dont retreat i move forward. I got a farm to run. This comes just one day after republican Lawmakers Said hes quitting congress altogether next week because of the fighting and bickering cnns Melanie Zanona is live for us in white sulfur springs, West Virginia where this retreat is taking place. Melanie, nice gig. What are you hearing . From lawmakers who did show up apparently we lost Melanie Zanona as sound
hot button social issues, republican congressman nancy mace will join us with her take. but first correspondent matt finn with the latest hi matt. mike: the house voted to amend the annual defense spending bill by overturning policy that reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses. the house also voted to ban transgender health services in the military. in a bitter debate republicans have been arguing in part that the abortion reis burstment is a piece of the democrats woke military agenda that republicans are trying to end. the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy says democrats are trying to change the course of history. and for decades in america, from the most proceed-life to the most pro choice person in congress they believed in the hide amendment and that is simply what it s saying. do not use taxpayer money on abortion. and the other part would be is, what they re looking at, should we allow wokism in our military. now democrats allege republicans a
hello and welcome to the programme. we begin injenin in the occupied west bank, where thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians who were killed during israel s two day military operation. these are images taken by the bbc from inside a refugee camp injenin, where, as you can see, palestinians have been returning to widespread destruction in their homes. the city ofjenin lies in the west bank, which israeli forces captured and occupied back in 1967. previously, it was ruled byjordan. thousands of palestinians live in thejenin refugee camp which was set up after the first israeli palestinian conflict in 1948. our international editor jeremy bowen reports from inside the camp. and a warning you may find some images in his report distressing. with the israelis gone, the palestinians ofjenin were able to bury their dead. they processed out of the refugee camp and, on a finaljourney, passed the homes of the dead men and around their town. israel say
debt and getting financial regulations and co ordinate in the event of an economic shock. slowly emerging as a key player in the biden administration handling of this challenging relationship to the two superpowers. planning to visit china again next year, second visit sincejuly. a major faultline between washington and beijing is the race to develop advanced semiconductors. chips power everything from smartphones to high end military equipment and are increasingly seen as crucial to the global economy. some countries, led by the us, have been trying to stem china s progress in the sector. this week, south korea and the netherlands, two key nodes in the global chip supply chain said they are partnering up. the announcement came during a state visit by the south korean president to netherlands. our two countries have decided to establish semiconductor alliance encompassing governments, businesses, and universities. the netherlands, the world s largest producer of semiconductor
crisis. let s begin with peter live on the north lawn. hi, peter. jillian, if the supreme court does not intervene, title 42 could end today. the lack of information lately from officials here at the biden white house about what they want to happen after title 42 goe crs curious about what exactly the biden white house wants to happen next. we ve got the biden administration and most democrats who don t see this as anything but a win. they re seeing this an success at the border. every person that you talk to in the biden administration says this is not a problem. you talk to the president, he said there s other problems that we have. officials here are saying less about migrants arriving at the southern border than about migrants being bussed to d.c. the white house says governor abbott abandoned children on the side of the road and below freezing temperatures on christmas eve without coordinating with any local authorities. this was a cruel dangerous and shameful stun