jeffries and six voting present. welcome to fox news live, i m griff jenkins. hello, molly. hello, griff, i m molly line. the new members of the 118th congress were sworn in and now the house is adjourned until monday. the contentious battle for the votes. it carried it the end. at one point it looked like this was not going to a 15th vote. following the 14th vote. congressman mike rogers from alabama had to be physically restrained after attempting to confront representative matt gaetz, but minds did change, a 15th vote was held well after midnight and congressman mccarthy was handed the gavel. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california having received a majority of the votes cast is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. and now the hard work begins. i may not know all of you, some of you are new, but i hope one thing is clear after this week, i never give up. speaker mccarthy won the majority with just 216 votes. 212 democrats backed
hi, griff. despite russian claims of a holiday truce on what is today christmas in the christian orthodox religion, there is really no belief that that would happen and exactly what was expected here in ukraine. there was continued fighting on the front lines. the idea of a holiday truce was refuted by ukrainian government officials who tell me that any attempt to pause the war would only be a way for russian forces to regroup. and ukrainians that i met today say that they had no intention of believing that this could be possible and they still planned to go to holiday services regardless. these clouds gathered today at a moving and historic christmas church service kyiv led for the first time by the ukrainian orthodox church authority rather than the russian as the church takes steps to distance itself from moscow. it can be said that this is the liberation of the ukrainian
Pronounced meetings on ukraine with foreign counterparts. today s orthodox easter sunday, the holiest day for many russians and ukrainians. many of whom share a fate. however, the fighting you continues, as ukrainian efforts for a holiday truce were rejected by the russians. russian president vladimir putin attended midnight mass in moscow. but, as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has said quote, god will not forgive what has been done in ukraine, not today, not tomorrow, never, there will be judgment. so lynskey also questioned, quote, what kind of god they believe in and response to yesterday s russian cruise missile attack on a neighborhood in the ancient seaside city of odessa, which ukrainian officials say killed at least eight people including a three month old baby and wounded at least 18 more. there will be no easter for the two children reportedly killed this morning in donetsk, or for the thousands upon thousands of people dead in the ruins city of mariupol.
Breaking news out of ukraine this. morning ukrainian officials claiming russian forces are attempting to storm the ads of small steel factory where ukraine says roughly 2000 civilians, mainly women and children, are trapped. with the last holdouts of ukrainian fighters in the city of mariupol. the stakes couldn t be higher, as president volodymyr zelenskyy says defense lycra terri lloyd austin and secretary of state anthony blinken are set to visit the country today. making them the highest ranking american officials to make the trip since the start of the war. but the visit has not been officially confirmed by the u.s.. the comedian termed president has been busy this week, flexing his diplomatic muscles. speaking with turkish president erdogan this morning and with british prime minister boris johnson yesterday. this is happening as efforts for a holiday truce were rejected by the kremlin, on one
Now of a deadly attack by the taliban in kabul, afghanistan. we don t have much information yet but police say they have identified a suicide bomber early thursday morning. when the bomber realized he was being chased by officials, he detonated explosives apparently. one afghan policeman was killed. three other people were injured. so a suicide bomber here killing a police officer in kabul. it was at this time yesterday we were reporting on an attack in helmand province. that just in. as soon as we get more we ll bring it to you. in 45 minutes from now president vladimir putin from russia is going to make his year-end news conference. obviously this president facing a lot of tough questions. how is he going to answer questions about the faltering economy and, of course, the ruble in freefall. we ll be live in moscow with that next. plus, colombia s farc rebels are calling for a holiday truce.