borisjohnson had sought to overhaul the rules on mps conduct, just as a conservative mp had been found in breach of them. the prime minister is trashing the reputation of our democracy and our country. a cabinet minister dismissed the row as a storm in a teacup ahead of an emergency debate in parliament. also tonight. the push for more people to get their covid booster jabs, amid warnings of a difficult winter ahead. details emerge about the music festival tragedy in texas, good evening. an emergency debate on standards is to take place in the house of commons tomorrow, amid the row over the government seeking to change the rules governing mps conduct, as a conservative mp had been found in breach of them. today, the labour leader sir keir starmer accused borisjohnson of trashing the uk s reputation for democratic standards. a cabinet minister rejected that, calling the row a storm in a teacup . here s our political correspondent chris mason. mps are forever aware many pe
we have had 26 cops. we have had decades of blah, blah, blah. and where has that led us? the unarmed blackjogger shot dead while out on a run in the united states three white men go on trial accused of his murder. and we speak to the hollyoaks actor dropped by channel four after she refused to remove photos of herself from an adult website. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. adam armstrong gets the early goal for southampton in their premier league match against aston villa. can ralph hasenhuttl s side up the pressure at st mary s? good evening. the row over racism at yorkshire one of english cricket s most famous clubs has intensified, with the resignation of its chairman. the worst crisis in the club s history has been sparked by a year long investigation that found former player azeem rafiq had been the victim of racial harassment and bullying. but no disciplinary action was taken. former england captain michael vaughan was one of those named in the
i ve been very clear. so anything that i can do is just be who i am. as younger children today are getting vaccinated across the country, cdc directors are at a senate hearing. the january 4th deadline today demand shots or testing. we had 745,000 deaths from this disease, and we re continuing to have about 75,000 cases every day. we know the most disruptive thing in a workforce is to have a covid outbreak and have the workers come down with infections, severe disease, and in some cases, death. and this hour, former vice president al gore from glasgow. let s go to kristin welker. garrett haake, jim macina, and former florida congressman and former republican david jolly. we re hearing some optimism on the house side, today on morning joe. they threw cold water on the priorities including the family leave putting it in this bill which nancy pelosi has not done. the strategy on the house side has changed now. for a long time there was an idea that making sure anything t
queen elizabeth cancels a trip to northern ireland after being urged to rest for a few days. back here at home, there is a huge demand for goods, but not enough truck drivers to deliver them. you re looking at what s being done to get the next generation of truckers on the road. and we begin the hour with breaking news regarding arrests along the southern border. the washington post obtained new data from customs and border protection, finding u.s. authorities detained a record-breaking 1.7 million migrants over the course of the last 12 months. joining me now is a reporter that broke the story, nick miroff, national security reporter for the washington post. nick, great seeing you this morning. the number of arrests at the southern border are a historic high. yeah, that s right. i mean, the border patrol has arrest data going back as far as 1925. and the 1.66 million apprehensions that were recorded during the 2021 fiscal year that just ended in september, that s the
as assistant to the secretary of state, and the international trade economist rebecca harding. welcome to the programme. if at first you don t succeed, try, try and try again seems to be the game plan for kevin mccarthy in his bid to become the speaker of the house, after failing three times yesterday to get enough support from his party. but 2a hours on, the stalemate continues. he s lost twice again already today and now we are heading to a sixth vote, all because a small group of right wing republicans are blocking his path. some of them say they will never support him, no matter what concessions he gives. but mr mccarthy isn t backing down. this is the scene live in the house now, where that sixth vote is expected. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, no bills can be debated, no decisions made. so, it has to be resolved, no matter how long it takes. it could go on and on until some sort of deal is made behind the scenes. to give you a bit of history if you