sports. hello and welcome. we begin in washington where the us house of representatives has adjourned in disarray after three failed attempts to elect the republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. it s the first time in a century the procedure has a small number of hardline republicans are refusing to support mr mccarthy. nothing can go ahead in the house until a new speaker is elected. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. 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 new congress, with the republicans in charge. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. with a slim majority, the republicans have the votes chris to select the next speaker, but only if most of them agree. kevin mccarthy is the front runner. the republican le
fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski lift, but where s the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europe s winter sports. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied town of makiivka, killing dozens of troops. russia now says 89 people were killed. ukraine says the number was much higher. russia says the unauthorised use of mobile phones by russian troops allowed ukraine to target its troops because they were able to use the signal to find the soldiers location. here s some more of the russian military statememt. translation: circumstances of the incident are currently being investigated, but it is already obvious that the main reason, despite the restri
harold ford jr., pete hegseth and fajimmy failla. it is 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. hunter biden is playing victim in a brand new interview as we learn bombshell new details about his second indictment. he is facing nine new criminal charges for not paying $1.4 million dollars in taxings and blowing that cash on his lavish lifestyle. the defendant spent money on drugs, escorts, girlfriends, exotic cars, clothing and other items of personal nature. in short, everything but his taxes. if convicted, hunter could spend 17 years in prison. hunter biden telling moby that republicans are only concerned about him as way to destroy his father s presidency. in the most illegitimate, but rationale way, they are trying to destroy a presidency. it s not about me. their most base way, what they are trying to do is trying to kill me knowing it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle. hunter s attorney is blaming republicans and thank yous politi