Paul ryan from wisconsin as speaker for the upcoming 2017 session. The entire House Republican conference is unified, and we are so eager to get to work with our new president elect to fix americas pressing problems. Meanwhile, the Incoming Trump administration already in disarray as key figures disappear. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was abruptly demoted from his position as transition chief, those duties going to Vice President elect mike pence. Memo necessary for the transition previously signed by Chris Christie waited until tuesday night for mike pences signature. The truck team fired to National Security directors with ties to Chris Christie, including michael rodgers. One of the trump campaigns most , rudy giuliani, has been rumored to be a top contender for secretary of state , but business ties with foreign governments have raised concerns within the Transition Team and with congress. Meanwhile, trumps appointment to elicitcontinues outrage over his ties to white suprema
With just two days to go before the start of football championship euro 2016, the very first teams have made their way to france. Also coming up this hour, the race to train security guards ahead of the start of the european football championships, with 5000 jobs created in the industry for the tournament. Back, thischristo is time giving italians a chance to see what it is like to actually walk on water. More on that on the way. First, our top stories live from paris. Hillary clinton is now one step closer to making history as the first female nominee for president of the united states. Speaking after his new jersey primary victory last night, clinton still went ahead and declared herself the democratic nominee. She already has enough delegates to clinch the nomination, but given that some of those herrdelegates behind her rival Bernie Sanders is not giving up. Clinton also took to twitter to dedicate the win to every little girl who dreams big and she wrote, yes, you can be anything
Now, it is finally here. British voters taking part today in an historic referendum on the nations future. More than 46 Million People have registered to vote. Today, those that did answer a simple question should the United Kingdom remain in the European Union or should it leave . This is the only the third time the u. K. Has held such a vote. Lets go to london now. France 24s luke brown is there. You have been talking to people in the capital today. People say they are pretty confused when it comes down to it. When you speak to people, what do you tell you what do they tell you resonates with them . Luke it really depends on where you are in the country. Outside of london, at one of the places we have visited over the past couple of days, issues there are immigration and sovereignty how much control people have over their lives in the United Kingdom compared to they accuse the European Union of having too much to do with their lives. Those issues are slightly less key in london. The
On Radovan Karadzic, facing charges linked it was to the slaughter of 100,000 people. A minute silence for the victims of the germanwings crashed after a pilot brought down the plane in the french alps one year ago today. We will be looking at the controversial labor reform that spark mass protests across the country. But first our top stories live from paris. A hearing was held for the prime suspect from the terror attack here in paris. Salah abdeslam was caught by the police on friday, four days before brussels was hit with 30 people dead and 30 people hurt. s lawyer spoke after the hearing. He told me to tell you he wishes to be transferred to friends as soon as possible. Anchor for more now we bring in catherine in brussels. You are now at the belgian parliament. Tellis what is being done today. We are in the midst of three days of national mourning. Right. I amhat is here outside the belgian federal parliament. A ceremony paying tribute to the victims of tuesdays attacks at the ai
Targeted. Also on the way for you, no new deal on great debt. Talks with eurozones finance ministers fails to reach an agreement as greece reaches closer to bailout limbo. Stephen carroll will have more in business without any 50 shades of grey frenzy continues. We will take a look at the rising effect it has had on sex toys. More on that later this hour but first our top stories. World leaders seem cautiously optimistic after a night of peace talks on Eastern Ukraine. Leaders from russia, ukraine france, and germany reached a deal to end the fighting with prorussian separatists in the east. More than 350 people have died there in 10 months of fighting. Here is more now from the russian president Vladimir Putin. It has not been the best night of my life, but morning is a different matter because in spite of the difficulties we have encountered during discussions, we were able to agree on many points. Incidentally, i believe the length of talks is linked regretfully with keyievs refusal