the move to push past the 6th. all we have to do is deal with the fallout that comes. most likely it will be a one-day story. most likely you won t loseshare when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have a country that devolves a lot of power to state and local governments. there s always a complex interplay between states, municipalities, federal government. one of the things that we allow state and local governments to do is administer elections. it creates a weirdly complicated system compared to other countries. you can argue states know what s best for their voters, right, since they are closest to them. the problem, of course, is that throughout much of this country s history that local power was abused primarily to stop black people from voting, to erect a one party minority authoritarian state throughout most of the american south. in the 1960s after blood, sweat, tears, organizing it came up with a grand bargain. you know
finally official. kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the house after 15 hard-fought ballots and some serious late night drama. and a good saturday morning to you, i m katie fang, let s begin today s show getting caught up on how we got here. it started with the 14th vote late last night mccarthy managed to flip more of the hard-line republicans needed to win the speakership. but came up short one matt gates voted present. that led to a tense conversation on the house floor between the two men, and our show of visible frustration from mccarthy. and watch this. republican congressman mike rogers approaches matt gates to see something and a colleague pulls him back by putting a hand on his face. the moment showing how much anger was boiling over on the floor after several days of voting. and then for a moment it looked like republicans are going to adjourn, and start voting again on monday. but at the last second, or it was out that they suddenly had the votes. and of that 1
exciting. all right. andy shovels. thank you so much. texas that could get some downpours have damaged homes swept away cars, and forced people to evacuate some areas got hit with almost two feet of rain causing widespread flooding and more rain is on the way let s bring in cnn meteorologist allison chinchar so there s more you re tracking yeah. unfortunately, the last thing this this place needs is more ran, but texas is about to get a bunch of it. take a look at the video behind me. this is from livingston, texas again, you can just see all of that widespread water flowing into homes and businesses and covering the roadways. but it s not just the rain that fell onto the roads. you also have to worry about the rivers, creeks, and streams because those swell after that much rain. take a look. you ve got 39 river gauges at minor flood stage 16 at modern and about a dozen river gauges at major flood stage. and these take time. in fact, some of these have yet to even peak
the football world pays tribute to the former england manger graham taylor who s died suddenly aged 72. and we speak to the writer of la la land the man who s brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: west ham s star player dimitri payet wants to leave and is refusing to play for the club this weekend. but the manager says he won t be sold. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a former mi6 officer has gone into hiding after being named as the source of the latest allegations against president elect donald trump. christopher steele produced a dossier last year which included the allegations that mr trump had been caught in compromising financial and sexual activities. the allegations are unproven and america s cia, which has acknowledged the existence of the dossier, says it has made no judgement about its credibility. here s our security correspondent gordon corera on the british connection. the murky world of inte
regard. because of what he gave to me. he gave me my england debut. he set me on the road and i will never forget that. and in the next hour, wave hello to a new green energy project for the uk. the world s first tidal lagoon creating energy from the sea is likely to go ahead in swansea bay. and we speak to the writer of lala land, the man who s brought the art of the musical back to hollywood. good evening and welcome to bbc news. two senior figures taking on key roles in donald trump s new administration have given strong endorsements of the us intelligence community just hours after the president elect suggested security officials may have leaked unproven allegations about him. mike pompeo, the man nominated to become the next head of the cia and general mattis, donald trump s choice for us defence secretary have been setting out their view to senators at their confirmation hearings. both men also took a more hawkish view on russia than the next commander in chief, expre