experts and commentators to guidance through the day. welcome to viewers on bbc one northern ireland and viewers on bbc news, this is a stormont special, in which history is about to be made. let s cross to parliament buildings. talk is through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. i through the significance as you see it as to what will happen. it as to what will happen. i don t think ou it as to what will happen. i don t think you could it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate - it as to what will happen. i don t think you could understate the l think you could understate the symbolic significance today here after 100 years of northern ireland, we are going to get our first nationalist republican first minister here and we have had 11 other leaders in northern ireland, so this will be a significant moment is notjust because titles matter, michelle o neill will have a new title, but we will see within the assembly chamber that visual
now on bbc news, it s newscast with laura kuenssberg, paddy o connell and henry zeffman. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s laura in the studio. paddy in the studio. and henry at home. and if you re watching, this is the sunday edition of newscasts, which is new on the tv. and i think, chaps, the main thing we re going to talk about today is trust in politics, which is something that people talk about a lot very earnestly and occasionally pompously. but the reason to talk about it today is that the big focus group project that we did, britain in a room, which we talked about yesterday, it was on the telly today, did raise a really central theme. a really central theme does the public think that politicians can actually get anything done? does changing them bring change? yes. the system is broken. yeah. and i think as i said yesterday and we discussed a lot on bbc one this morning is there is a mood in the country at the moment that whichever politician it is, they
and if you re watching, this is the sunday edition of newscast, which is new on the tv. and i think, chaps, the main thing we re going to talk about today is trust in politics, which is something that people talk about a lot very earnestly and occasionally pompously. but the reason to talk about it today is that the big focus group project that we did, britain in a room, which we talked about yesterday, it was on the telly today, did raise a really central theme does the public think that politicians can actually get anything done? does changing them bring change? yes. the system is broken. yeah. and i think as i said yesterday and we discussed a lot on bbc one this morning is there is a mood in the country at the moment that whichever politician it is, they re not really offering anything that can actually get stuff done. henry, do you think this is something to do with changing prime ministers more times than socks? that s surely part of it. i mean, it certainly feels lik
mccarthy is getting support from former president donald trump but that support has failed to move the needle in his direction, not even by one vote. meantime democrats are relishing the leadership chaos on the other side. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us where things stand right now. a long day today. good evening, chad. bret, things are getting worse not better for kevin mccarthy. his support is eroding. mccarthy says he s not backing down. now even a couple democrats are fishing for a deal. the support of former president trump failed to help mccarthy today. mr. trump saying it s time for the g.o.p. to vote for mccarthy and, quote: close the deal. but some of mr. trump s supporters scoffed. even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off i think it actually needs to be reversed. the president needs to tell kevin mccarthy that, sir, you do not have the votes and it s time to withdrawal. mccarthy has lost on six c
our job is not to coronate the biggest fund raiser or rubber stamp the status quo or keep on going along to get along. it s to use our votes. to elect a speaker who will enable us to get our country back on track. neil: when we eventually decide on that person. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. the showdown to decide who will become the need leader goes into a sixth vote that for the republican leader right now, kevin mccarthy, it s the same old story. a political grounds hog day that yields the same results with every vote. etch though we don t have the sixth round of voting done, we can already know by seeing those under the others category that kevin mccarthy has failed yet again to get the votes he needed. you can t afford to lose more than 4. with each and every voted, he s lost that many and more. it could be as low as 19 and as high as 20. no matter how you slice it, he s coming up zero. chad pergram on capitol hill with more on this and where this goes now. c