Europes first black leader, after winning the welsh labour leadership election. The outgoing First Minister, mark drakeford, will step down from the post next week. Mr gething was born in zambia and is a former solicitor. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. Like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that,
Live in east jerusalem. The United Nations and the us have expressed concern about israels plans for a military operation in rafah. The city, at the south western edge of gaza, has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of palestinians taking refuge from the fighting elsewhere in the strip. The Israeli Military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. The un issued this warning. I think the consequences of a Ground Operation in rafah under the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. It would be catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. It would be catastrophic or around. The us is one of israels most important supporters but it seems that the Israeli Government has not shared details of the planned assault on rafah with officials in washington. Heres Us National Security council spokesman, john kirb
city. nikki haley is making it clear no stopping now, defiant against calls she get out and in it for her home state of south carolina, despite her loss to donald trump in new hampshire. with one month to make a move up, what s her plan? and moments from now, president biden is expected to speak at the uaw conference with a potential endorsement from key union allies for 2024, all as two top staffers jump from the administration to his campaign. plus, the shocking new audio upending the arizona gop, what appears to be the voice of the state s party chair. is this him offering a bribe to republican kari lake to get out of the senate race? i actually wish you d just give me a counter offer that was big. give me a counter. i can t be bought. come on. what lake told nbc news about that bombshell call coming up. but we begin with the critical next 31 days for nikki haley as she tries to close the gap with donald trump, she s already back in her home state of south ca
telling you that. that s why they re sending all these democrats into run and it s crazy. it s not personal for me. i had no people want me to hate trump or love trump. that s not what it is. i just tell it on policy. i m not going to talk about him personally. i think politics is too personal and i think that s why people are so frustrated right now. donald trump and nikki haley with very different approaches to talking about the other. both are making their pitch to voters in new hampshire while ron desantis, meanwhile, has his sights scarily set on haley s home state. we ll have much more from the campaign trail straight ahead. plus, the latest from capitol hill on two major items, the spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, and the foreign aid package that republicans have tied to border security. and also ahead we ll bring you the new developments breaking out of the middle east. the u.s. is hitting more houthi targets as tensions are now rising between pak
our weather team times it all out. linsey: also tonight, the midair emergency. what caused the accident on an alaska airlines jet? the faa now grounding certain boeing 737 max 9s after a piece of the fuselage was lost, and where did that piece end up? linsey: our abc news exclusive. new details from sources familiar with the special counsel s probe with president trump s refusing for hours to help stop the violence on january 6th. with eight days left until the iowa caucuses, the former president is raising eyebrows over what he said about the civil war and abraham lincoln. linsey: plus, the push to contain the war in gaza. the secretary of state s urgent mission to the middle east as israel faces new attacks from lebanon. the pressure mounting for congress to approve new funding for israel and ukraine. linsey: new questions tonight as we learn the white house was unaware for days that defense secretary lloyd austin had been hospitalized in intensive care. president b