this is bbc news, the headlines. the prime minister heads to the nato summit in washington crucialfor ukraine and also crucial forjoe biden, who s been dogged about questions about whether he s right for the job. questions about whether he s right forthejob. before questions about whether he s right for thejob. before heading to nato, sir keir starmer addressed mps from the despatch box for the first time as prime minister. the leaders are lindsay hoyle is dragged from the benches to speaker s by mps in a tradition resenting his reelection by members. and we re building up to the semifinals at euro england against the netherlands tomorrow. here in bbc news, it s time for newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam from newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam from the newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam from the studio newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam from the studio - newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam from the studio - and - newscast from t
sir keir starmer used to occupy and do the role of leader of the opposition. but with 175 fewer of his mps behind him. so a very stark reminder. and that s what one tory mp said to me, it sjust becomes very obvious. even if you didn t know that there s been a massive shift in parliamentary power and then of course, loads more liberal democrats, far fewer snp and then the new faces like nigel farage, reform mps, a couple of extra green mps as well. so definitely feels like a real change. and of course all those new ones looking really happy. i m a bit lost as they wander around and try and find their way around, but you know, looking very happy. lots of hugging and smiles and we will see how long all that lasts. and nigel farage used some of his first ever speech as a as an elected mp in the house of commons to criticise the previous speaker, john bercow, who lots of people thought tried to thwart brexit. and people had sort of hinted at that in in the chamber before, but neve
night chat with you, but as i understand it, correct me if i m wrong, i believe your weekend officially begins when i say good night rachel. 47, 48, 49, 50. good night, rachel. thanks, lawrence. good night. bye! bye. well the biden/harris administration completed six full months in office this week and tonight the biden/harris agenda faces challenges, its biggest challenges in the united states senate. now, no president in history served in the senate longer than joe biden and no president in history has understood the senate that he is dealing with better than joe biden understands his current senate. joe biden said this week that in effect the senate is broken. he said that the rule on the 60 vote threshold is no longer working the way it was supposed to. and he said he supports a change in that rule, but some people think they heard him say there should be no change in the senate rules. but what i heard joe biden say indicates that he will support a change in the
by! by. biden harris administration completed six months for months in office this week and tonight they face their biggest challenges in the united states senate. no no president in history served in the senate longer than joe biden, and no president in history has understood the senate that he is dealing with better than joe biden understands his current senate. joe biden said, this, week that in effect, the senate is broken. he said the rule on the 60 vote threshold is no longer working the way was supposed to. and he said that he supports the change in that rule, but some people think they heard him say there should be no change in the senate rules. when i heard joe biden say indicates that he would support a change in the senate rules, probably for voting rights legislation after he has accomplished what he can in the senate under the current rules. in that sense, the biden infrastructure bills and voting rights bills are strategically linked. joe biden believes that h
that are out there working are working fabulously together. there s a joint effort. there s a camaraderie, and everybody has the same goal, and that s to pull people out of there. he also added that the intensity and the numbers will continue to increase, which i was very interested to hear. thirdly, i want to make everybody aware that there has been some discussion about why this happened and that is, as the mayor said, mayor cava said and the governor, that s an issue for another day. right now we have two issues. number one is to pull our family and friends out of that rubble and unite them. number two is to support the families. but to the end, with respect to the information, we have directed our staff to go ahead and scan every shred of documentation that the town of surfside has, which includes going to our archive storage sites. we re sending those boxes to a printing/scanning company and those documents will be available for your review. i know you ve seen some docum