democrats in control of the house, both what is needed for the vote on the rule, and when the vote is taken on the actual motion, that is likely to be votes counted. clearly, the house majority is in favor of calling on vice president mike pence to invoke the 25th amendment and gather the cabinet and vote by two thirds to eject president trump from his position. the arguments we were hearing from various individuals in the house are likely to be repeated when the vote takes place. once again, we are seeing a clear majority in the house for this motion to be passed in the next hour or so. earlier in the day, president trump said there is zero risk vice president mike pence would invoke the 25th. what do we make of the president s confidence? mike: all indications are that vice president pence has not taken a position on this. he said he s made no public statement that he s considering invoking the 25th amendment, remembering in the past 24 hours that mike pence had a visit w
u.k. government says negotiations could go down to the wire. a bit of a mixed picture as we saw the s&p 500 barely making gains while the nasdaq fell 0.25%. amazon disappointing with their sales forecast. heavys pulling these tech agents down. the s&p 500 was led higher by energy companies which were the biggest winners. we saw wti get past that $55 per barrel. we had some concerns over venezuela. not to mention a more optimistic outlook given the strong u.s. jobs numbers and economic outlook for the world bit more positive. let s see how we are setting up for trading in asia. it is lunar new year s eve. we are seeing a number of markets closed already across asia and a couple doing a half day. liquidity on the ground will be the same this week. offe seeing new zealand session lows. a tepid upside when it comes to australia. watching for a key week for the aussie and kiwi dollars. they were fighting for the wooden spoon last week. we see that rally so far this year. we are wa
news hibernian manager neil lennon says scotland has an issue with sectarian abuse, having being hit by a coin in the midweek edinburgh derby. good evening. britain s most senior police officer, cressida dick, has revealed that a criminal investigation has begun, into allegations of anti semitic hate crime among labour party members. she said it appears there may have been a crime committed . it comes after an internal labour party dossier detailing messages posted by members online, was handed to the metropolitan police in september. anti semitic hate crime involves hostility towards jews ranging from verbal abuse to assault. the labour party itself, is not under investigation. our deputy political editor, john pienaar reports. today, no escaping this question. mr corbyn, any response to the police investigation? good morning. any response at all about the police investigation? good morning, how nice to see you. do you think the labour party was involved in anti semitism?
welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, january 27th. i m john berman with brianna keilar. just a few hours from now, the fight officially begins to fill the next vacancy on the nation s highest court. president biden and stephen breyer expected to officially announce breyer s retirement at the white house. obviously this has major historical and political implications. so here s a look at the supreme court vacancy by the numbers. 108 of the 115 u.s. justices have been white men. the other seven, two black men and five women. it s been 28 years since bill clinton and breyer showed off their running legs in short-shorts. just another reason to love the 90s. 28 years since then senator biden presided over briar s nomination. six years since former president obama announced now attorney general merrick garland to fill antonin scalia s seat. that didn t work out. 1,239 days since one of the most heated confirmation hearings i
and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, javelins and east gander missiles, the u.s. and russia flooding the zone around ukraine as president biden warns u.s. troops could soon be headed there. pictures of 300 anti-tank missiles arriving in kyiv today as president biden says the troops are ready to go to eastern europe. i may be moving some of those troops in the near term. this would be the largest k i we move in with those, it would change the world. the white house believes this could happen. today telling reporters the biden administration believes an invasion by putin is, quote, imminent. that warning comes as russia is making new and aggressive moves along the ukraine border. we have seen a consistent accumulation of combat power by the russians in the western part of their country around the borders with ukraine and belarus. in addition to the troops, can you talk a little bit more, can you have specificity about with weaponry they are piling on