we re now about an hour away from the house reconvening and hopes to vote immediately or eventually will make him the next speaker of the house. spending the night trying to twist these arms belonging to the six hard right republicans that you see on the screen. it was so close, that absent members some of them came out of surgery or other medical provide tour procedures making they are way to the chamber. all of this has extra resonance. manu, so, we talked to you in the last hour, it seems to change over the hour, what s the latest. reporter: there s still growing confidence that they will get the vote. the longest speaker s race that we ve seen since the mid-18 hundreds. but, they believe they ve gotten there. the question will ultimately be on which members ultimately flip. you showed the six on your screen, some of those, they will need all members come and vote for a specific candidate, they will need four of those six. but, there are other strategies now being disc
george santos. at what point would at the gop be forced to purge him from the party? after receiving asylum seekers for months, new york city s mayor is down in texas to see the humanitarian crisis there firsthand. this is american voices. we begin this hour with a new reaction from inside the white house over the investigation into president biden s handling of classified documents. sources tell nbc news the president is frustrated with the ongoing backlash. he s irritated with what he views as sloppiness by aides who packed up his items when he left a vice presidency. sources at there is fierce republicans will complete biden s case with the investigation into government documents, donald trump defiantly stored at mar-a-lago. that is exactly what house republicans are already doing, launching investigations into president biden, all while ignoring donald trump s actions. today, the chairman of the house oversight committee, james comer, who demanded the white house re
in this moment it s unclear if there is any concession they will accept beyond kevin mccarthy taking his name out of consideration. unclear if the house adjourns as soon as it gavels in or the opposition is going to force mccarthy to stomach another vote and likely public humiliation. cnn s capitol hill team is tracking every development on very little sleep. let s check in with manu raju. manu, mccarthy allies remain worried and now they re worried that they might even begin to hemorrhage even more support on a potential fourth ballot. yeah, that s been the reason why there have been active suggests to try to delay today s vote, move to adjourn the house immediately as they come into session at noon. but here s the problem. they don t have the votes to do that and i just talked to two republican members of the leadership team who just left kevin mccarthy s office, richard hudson and tom emmer. both said the vote will happen at noon. they expect that to happen and the reaso
after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. the former formula 1 boss bernie ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation. the big birth control plan to control the the number of grey squirrels and save the native red squirrel. a warm welcome to bbc news. good to have your company on a busy afternoon, not least in the conservative leadership contest which is where we begin this hour. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. we can hear from we can hearfrom ben brown. we can hear from ben brown. the w
coal mine moment for the democratic party. last night, there was a special congressional race in south texas. it saw a very deep blue sea turn bright red. now, republican mayra flores easily defeated her democratic opponent by eight points in district 34. now, get this, it s the first time in 150 years this district ever elected a republican! in 2012, obama won it by 23 points. 2016, yeah, hillary won it by 22 points. biden only won it by four, but now republican mayra flores, she won it by eight. all right, that would be a 12-point swing in two years, a 30-point swing if you go back to 2016. keep in mind, this is a majority hispanic district. it borders mexico to the south along the rio grande valley. now, mayra actually immigrated to the u.s. from mexico making her the very first mexican-born woman to be elected to congress. she s also married to a u.s. border patrol agent. she made border security a huge focus of her campaign. take a look. too many to many, the borders