The House And Senate met in joint session to count the electoral votes of the 2020 president ial election. An hour later, a mob entered the capital, with the intention of disrupting the vote. As they move closer to the Senate And House chambers, Vice President Pence and Speaker Pelosi were evacuated to safe locations. Minutes later, officials ushered steny hoyer and other congressional leadership off the House Floor. With tension rising in the building, the House And Senate abruptly recessed. Without objection, the house is going to go back into recess. There were a few dozen members of congress in the house chambers at that time. First, new York Democrat Hakeem jeffries, who chairs house democrats caucus, and was one of the most senior democratic leaders on the house for when the days proceedings were interrupted on january 6. He starts by telling us about the mood on Capitol Hill that day. Rep. Jeffries coming into january 6, there were some concerns that there could be some issues w
Colin allred, also of texas. Madame speaker, members of congress, pursuant to the constitution and the laws of the United States, the Senate And House of representatives are meeting in joint session to verify the certificate certificates and count the votes of electors of several states for President And Vice president of the United States. At 1 00 p. M. On january 6, the House And Senate met in joint session to count the electoral votes of the 2020 president ial election. An hour later, a mob entered the capital, with the intention of disrupting the vote. As they move closer to the Senate And House chambers, Vice President Pence And Speaker pelosi were evacuated to safe locations. Minutes later, officials ushered steny hoyer and other congressional leadership off the House Floor. With tension rising in the building, the House And Senate abruptly recessed. Without objection, the house is going to go back into recess. There were a few dozen members of congress in the house chambers at t
the euro zone trade surplus. a better net trade result in the first quarter came mainly from higher exports of machinery, vehicles and chemicals and a drop in imports of energy. imports from russia, once a key supplier of oil and gas to the eu, were 72.1% lower in the january march period than a year earlier as the eu stopped buying most of its energy from moscow following the russian invasion of ukraine in late february 2022. joining me is sylvain broyer, chief economist emea, s&p global ratings. what to be make of these numbers? a pretty anaemic growth figure. there are a few positives, pretty anaemic growth figure. there are a few positives, the pretty anaemic growth figure. ii” are a few positives, the european economy has avoided recession, there is an upsurge in demand partly related to the opening of china and the european industry and job creation are strong. the outlook for the second quarter and third quarter is still 0k, the second quarter and third quarter i
in the north west of syria. our other main story this hour, ambulance workers join nurses taking strike action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walkout in england over pay disputes. we have been discussing this coming year from april s pay with the unions. we have the process - through the review pay body, it s an independent process, - and we are keen to get the evidence that reflects the pressure the nhs. has been under and the wider context in terms of inflation. the headteacher of one of the uk s top private schools has been found dead, along with her husband and 7 year old daughter. the first day of sentencing for david carrick here is how he carried out a catalogue of violent and brutal sexual offences hears how. and beyonce breaks records at the grammys and harry styles picks up album of the year at the music awards. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. more than 1,900 people are reported to have been killed by powerful earthquakes which struck southern tu
almost a year after russia invaded ukraine the bbc sjohn simpson talks to president zelensky about his country s future. because of soaring energy costs. and coming up on sportsday on the the bbc news channel. as they prepare for this summers world cup, euro 2020 winners england take on south korea this evening in their first game of the arnold clark cup. good evening. the family of the missing woman nicola bulley have called for people to focus on finding her and to stop speculating about her private life. it s nearly three weeks since the 45 year old disappeared on a dog walk in lancashire after dropping her two children at school. detectives have been criticised for revealing very personal details about her struggles with alcohol and the menopause yesterday. tonight lancashire police say they have referred themselves to the independent office for please contact over contact they had with nicola bulley more than a fortnight before she disappeared. danny savage reports. n