september 14. minutes from now house speaker kevin mccarthy is expected to meet behind closed doors with three committee chairs who have been tapped to lead the impeachment inquiry into president biden. 16 hours from a potential strike thousands of members of the united auto workers union could walk off the job if they don t reach a deal before midnight tonight. and this. republican senator mitt romney calling for a new generation of leaders as he announces he will not seek re-election next year. the utah senator slamming members of his party saying a large portion don t believe in the constitution. and human actions pushed the earth outside the, quote, safe operating space for humanity according to a scientific report that warrants the world surpassed thresholds. the labor department releases key inflation numbers. some insight on where the u.s. is on all of that. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. we are still very far apart on our key priorities. we do not
at 2am. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, the best view in the world, super smart singapore, and a race to save shanghai. 5:1i5am on sunday 19th october 2014, 19 miles above new mexico, and the type of sunrise that not many people have ever seen. it s the view from a test flight which is preparing to take tourists into the stratosphere by balloon. while all the attention has been focused on space tourism using rockets and space planes, we ve got exclusive access to one company in the arizona desert that s been quietly building its own spaceport. welcome to world view. it s really the way to do space tourism, because you want to go and spend time and look at the view and have a gentle ride up and a gentle ride back. i mean, look, the rocket rides are going to be great, i m sure, but for me, i want to sit there with my glass of champagne and my best friend and look. tickets are currently selling for $75,000 each for a two hour ascent in a pressurised capsule to a
have been pulled out of the debris of a hotel, almost 72 hours after it was swamped by an avalanche. leaders of europe s right wing parties gather in germany to discuss their opposition to the european union, thousands of protestors are expected to demonstrate. in sport, a woman on a roll, and yohanna konta is aiming to keep her winning run going, by knocking out a former world number one out of the australian open. she s taken the first set. and in from the cold. i ve been training with the british long speed skating team, who s sport has been revived in the netherlands. and nick has the weather. the weekend is getting off to a frosty start. a hard frost in some parts. patchy fog around as well. a mostly dry day, and i ve got all your weekend weather in the next half an hour. good morning. first, our main story. president donald trump has wasted no time in getting to work. shortly after his inauguration parade ended, the new man in charge signed an executive order to begin d
games as johanna cruised she will play ekaterina makarova in the fourth round. i am very happy with the level i was able to maintain throughout that match, and from the get go, i knew that she was not going to give it to me. caroline is the kind of player who will make her opponent earn any point they win against her, so i knew that and i felt that i committed to the way i wanted to play, and i had trust in that, even if it sometimes wasn t going to work, it was going to bring opportunities, and i am happy it did today. liverpool and tottenham will look to narrow the gap on chelsea. chelsea are seven points ahead at the moment. there are seven matches today, with the leaders not liverpool are in the early kick off, at home to swansea city, i think they are a good team, i would expect more points from them because the quality is good. you can see the influence that mark is trying to have on the team and trying to have on the team and trying to have on the team and trying to ch
19 miles above new mexico, and the type of sunrise that not many people have ever seen. it s the view from a test flight which is preparing to take tourists into the stratosphere by balloon. while all the attention has been focused on space tourism using rockets and space planes, we ve got exclusive access to one company in the arizona desert that s been quietly building its own spaceport. welcome to world view. it s really the way to do space tourism, because you want to go and spend time and look at the view and have a gentle ride up and a gentle ride back. i mean, look, the rocket rides are going to be great, i m sure, but for me, i want to sit there with my glass of champagne and my best friend and look. tickets are currently selling for $75,000 each for a two hour ascent in a pressurised capsule to an altitude of 100,000 feet. today, one of world view‘s co founders and his team are showing me a small piece of the balloon‘s material, a secret blend of polyethylene and