with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of negotiations, with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. [ cheers and applause ] cnn s eva mckend is live for us on capitol hill. so, eva, you know, how did mccarthy eventually get those votes that he needed? reporter: fred, by convincing those holdouts, those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately to vote present. that isn t a ringing endors
hello, everyone. at this hour southwest apologizes for a nationwide travel calamity warning passengers it pay take days to solve a giant puzzle of canceled flights. and silence from top republicans raises a big question, will incumbent new york congressman george santos get away with lying to voters about nearly every detail of his life? plus, a supreme court ruling keeps in place a trump era immigration measure and leaves thousands of migrants in limbo. that s what we re watching at this hour. good morning, everyone. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. welcome to the seventh day of holiday travel chaos and it won t be the last. for southwest airlines passengers relief could still be days away. the airline canceled more than 2500 flights both today and yesterday accounting for more than 60% of its entire schedule. these issues began with the widespread deadly winter storm, but weather is not to blame for the lingering problems with southwest s system. the u.s. transportat
looked ahead to the reign of king charles iii, we saw canons being blasted 96 times to mark the 96 years of queen elizabeth s life. we heard bells being rung and basically in cathedrals and small chapels. we saw the house of commons usually the scene of really rocks political activity. that was still in memorializing and thinking of the queen and buckingham palace we saw something else, bret. we saw a sign of things to come. we saw king charles, king charles iii approaching the royal residence for the very first time as king awrong with queen consort camilla. shark hans in the crowd much like his mother did. much like the reason why she was beloved. he also spoke to the nation for the first time on tv. and i believe we have some quotes from him right now. take a listen to that. perhaps we don t. one more time, charles continues his journey tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. the excess council will officially proclaim him king and remembrances of the queen continue as well i believe we ha
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