welcome to our viewers on pbs in america the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in 100 years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. the heart of us government deadlocked because its members can t agree on who will be the next speaker. the house of representatives is meeting for the first time at the start of the first time at the start of the new congress with the republicans in charge. pursuant to law and republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, the - republicans in charge. pursuant to law a
Youre watching the context on bbc news. The republican partys search for a new House Speaker continues, with Steve Scalise nominated then dropping out of the race all in a day. Now itsjim jordans turn to try and win over the house. Welcome back. Alljournalists, cameramen and women know that they are putting themselves in grave danger, its a risk weve all taken in conflict zones. And today we saw the horrible consequences of that a videographer from the Reuters News Agency was killed earlier in the day in Southern Lebanon by an israeli rocket. The agency has confirmed the death and said that two of his colleagues have been injured, as well. Reuters said it is deeply saddened by the death and they are urgently investigating with the israeli authorities to understand what happened. Afp and aljazeera say the members of their staff who were in the same position were also injured and hospitalised in that same strike. I want to play you a clip from her International Editor jeremy bowen from t
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