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the world. i m whitney wild. the death toll from that huge winter storm keeps rising. it is now up to 62 deaths across 11 states. of those by far the greatest share were in erie county, new york, where at least 37 people died. a horrible storm with too many deaths. we know without the work of these first responders and others, more people would have died. first responders are still checking on callers they couldn t reach in buffalo which was buried under nearly 52 inches of snow. overnight buffalo lifted a driving ban. cnn s miguel marquez has more on the digout. reporter: buffalo digging out. officials here responding to criticism they should have done more. 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts for three hours straight with less than a quarter mile visibility. monique alexander died in the storm on christmas eve. a buffalo native who had been through many snowstorms here thought this one was the same. we were waiting for her to come home. i knew something was wrong r ....
and without question in my mind, speaker emerita pelosi will go down in history as the greatest speaker of all-time! [applause] throughout her time, throughout her time, though in congress she has been a legendary legislator. a fabulous facilitator, and a no nonsense negotiator. we know that nancy pelosi is a woman of faith. a loving wife, a mother a five, a grandmother of nine. a defender of democracy. a voice for the voiceless, and a powerful champion for the children, the climate, charles cynthia, california, the caucus, the congress, and the constitution. thank you madam speaker for all that you have done! it is an honor to stand on your broad shoulders! [applause] as well, as well as the shoulders of the great steny ona, and the great jim climber. two consequential leaders in their own right. [applause] now, scripture says angulation s, let us now become weary and doing good. for at the proper time, we will reap the harvest if we do not give up. over the last two ....
to continue a week of private mourning. a warning of a second disaster in pakistan, as health officials see a sharp increase in waterborne diseases following the country s devastating floods. a usjudge quashes the murder conviction of adnan syed, jailed more than 20 years ago for killing his ex girlfriend in a case highlighted by a hugely popular podcast. and coming up on the bbc news channel, captain sarah hunter leads an england squad of 32 players selected for the women s rugby world cup. it includes two young forwards, and there s a couple of high profile omissions. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister, who s flown to the us to meet world leaders at the united nations, has said higher energy bills are a price worth paying in order to safeguard the country s long term security. liz truss said that not every measure she announces will be popular, but she acknowledged that high gas and electricity costs couldn t be passed on fully to ho ....
robbie williams was talking to colin patterson. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. let me entertain you for the next two and a half minutes. not many songs i could have chosen, a few dodgy titles there. we will be warming up in the next few days mainly because the wind direction is changing, more of a southerly breeze. later in the week, a band of rain will come down from the north west, from the atlantic, and it is this cloud here that will bring the rain. that is continuing to thicken, still a long way off. ahead of that, i thin a band of cloud threatening rain in the north west. many parts still have cloudy skies like yesterday. thin in places, a bit of sunshine around, especially across southern counties of england, parts of wales and northern ireland. most places will be fine and dry, 17 19 c, warmer than yesterday. this evening and overnight, a lot of cloud will break up, so clearer spells developing. still the potential for some rain up, so clear ....
and it appears, though obviously it is not done yet. that kevin mccarthy may in fact have the votes. steve, can you give us a bit of a history lesson here. compare this to any other time in modern history. any other time in modern history there is none because,, the last time the speaker s vote went past one ballot was 1823, but, we will come right back to this, but just to put in some perspective, what the history of this is, you are looking at here, this is every speakers race in history, that s gone past one ballot. we put this together earlier, only 11 ballots, this is the 15th ballot, so right here in history is where the speakers race ranks, this is the fifth longest speakers race in the history of the country, and you can see the four that were longer than this were all pre civil war, this is going to finish well shy of a record of 133 minutes, if it does indeed finish here, 15 ballots will be the fifth longest in american history, and again we haven t seen thi ....