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january on al jazeera ah day 4 and kevin mccarthy fails. the 13th time in his bid to beat us house speaker. but some hard liners have now switched in his favor. i will come back to night, i believe at that time we'll have the boats to finish this watson for all. ah, i'm carry johnson. mrs. al jazeera well lot from dr. how also coming up acts of heroism on earth as events saw held tomorrow was stormy of capitol hill? 2 years ago. israel's security cabinet on bells tough sanctions against the palestinian authority of the yearns. a top court is asked to rule on the legality of occupation. plus, i'm rob reynolds at sea. yes. in las vegas, the world's biggest and most exciting consumer electron. let's show some of the

products on display here. might be the next big thing. ah, the u. s. house of representatives isn't it's the 4th day of voting for it's speaker republican nominee, kevin mccarthy has failed for the 13th time to win a majority. the house as adjourned on his shuttle to return in about 3 hours type. when the latest round on friday, mccarthy, one support from 14 of the 20 republicans who had previously refused to back him, but it was still not enough for a majority of votes. mccarthy has made further concessions to win that support by connor reports now from capitol hill. round 12 there was a glimmer of hope from a coffee and that 14 of the ultra conservative switched and caused a boat in his favor. some a death here was a fracturing in that action which has been constantly opposed to his voting in as

the speaker of the house. but in the next round, he got one more boat. but then there's still some 6 ultra conservatives who are continuing to hold out. and while they do so, it's quite simple. mccarthy cannot get the majority needed to become a speaker of the house. yet he remains confidence that this is going to happen when the house convenes in a few hours time. this is what he had to say after the day sessions. i think he saw we made some very good progress. we'll come back tonight. i believe at that time we'll have the votes to finish this once and for all. it just reminds me of what my father always told me is not how you start. it's how you finish. and now we have to finish for the american public. what we're looking at here is what is the threshold needed for him to actually secure victory? now, if every member of the house is present, and if, if remember both, then it's $218.00, which is a simple majority. but this threshold changes when there are people absent from the

house or when somebody votes, prison but doesn't vote for a candidate. so the threshold is constantly changing depending on how many members on the house at any given time. now it would appear that this adjournment happened now, because there are 2 republican voters who haven't been present in the house in the course of the day. well, john jones, the political strategist who works as a senior adviser to democratic senate majority the chuck schumer, he's always us from vail, colorado. welcome to the program. so what's your take on where we are with this right now? are you all when i think we're gonna have her to stop right there. we've got some technical problems with some who will try and get back to if we count a little bit later in the program, but it's move on now. we'll house democrats have lead to commemorations mocking the 2nd anniversary of the journey. the 6 attack on the u. s. capital members gathered

almost steps of the building for remembrance ceremony. they paid tribute to the offices who kept them safe and remembered the 5 people who died about 2 years ago, the capital of a storm by supporters of then the present. donald trump, who falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen. the january 6th insurrection shook our republic to the corps for many in the congress and across the country. the physical, psychological, and emotional scars are still raw. yet from the unspeakable horror sprang, extraordinary heroism, law enforcement heroes confronted the insurrection is to protect the capital. the congress and our constitution and is with great respect and admiration that we are joined by the families this morning. thank you to the families for considering us worthy to share your grief to honor your loss. while whitehouse correspondents,

kimberly hawkins has more to mark the 2 year anniversary of the january 6 riots when support. as a former president, donald trump sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. you as president joe biden on friday, awarded 12 people. presidential metals election workers as well as long foresman officials for their role in what he says was a courageous act, standing up for democracy and pushing back against those. he says, thought to prevent the peaceful transfer of power is not exaggerations. say, america, osha. oh, you all are really a debt debt of gratitude when we can never fully repay unless we live up to what you did more than 950 people have been arrested for their role in the january 6

riots. and among those at least $350.00, have been convicted for a wide range of crimes including trespassing and destruction of property. a house committee looking into the january sex riots has also concluded that among those that should be charged. former president donald trump, for his role in sparking the riots. let's go back to our story of kevin. the coffee's attempt to be voted in his house speaker and rejoined john jones with goat strategist, hope he can harris now this time, sir. and if so, just tell us what's your take on this now or where we are wow, i oh, okay, forgive us, we are still having technical difficulties with that. we will try and get back to

you if we can a little bit later. hopefully, 3rd time lucky. all right, let's move on. israel has announced sanctions on the palestinian authority off. it pushed the un highest judicial body to give its opinion on the israeli occupation. the decision was taken at the 1st security cabinet meeting of the new government led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. last week, the un general assembly asked international court of justice to give an opinion on the legality of the occupation at the request of palestinian leaders. israel's move has been condemned by the secretary general that palestine liberation organization for sane. i'll shake, wrote on twitter that the measures amount to piracy saying the halo will not be discouraged from pursuing international institutions to expose israel's policies against palestinians. iran con, has more from occupied is to reason on thursday, the national security cabinet match for the 1st time this year. and they swung into

action, implementing a number of sanctions against the palestinians, or just going to run you through them. the 1st 2 are about money and now they're going to stop transferring money to the palestinian authority. and instead that money will be used to compensate what they calling victims of terrorism is really victims of terrorism. and then what they're going to do is any money that the palestinian authority is giving to palestine is itself is result of compensations. and when it comes to the actions during the occupation, they going to offset that cash. and then we're going to give it to the palestinian authorities. those are the 2 financial ones that are also placed a moratorium on construction in area see in the occupied westbank which is effectively hollister encouraging. so what they say to the palestinians is your structures. anything that you construct now will be a legal dis, what 5 is actually p a territory. then other going to deny benefits at vi piece or

who are leading the political and legal will against israel. what does that mean? was they just going to make it much more difficult for them to have to leave the occupied westbank to go to international meetings to go and travel abroad? they're just going to make it as difficult as possible. then finally, and this is alarming humanitarian aid organizations, they say that action will be taken against organizations and. ready judea and samaria was these ratings him for the occupied, where spiked either promot terrorist attack the activity or any hostile activity. and that includes anybody working in the guise of humanitarian aid. so these are very tough sanctions. the testers have rallied in opposition held errors of syria to denounce movies, to improve ties between damascus and turkey. demonstrations follow meetings between syrian turkish and russian defense minister in moscow. protest is called for president bashar assad government to be toppled. he currently controls about 2 thirds of the country after all the decade of civil war. i want to abandon is head

of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies. he says the syrian opposition is worried about the consequences of closer ties between damascus and gra. i think they are very angry and i can feel everybody can feel the better. because now for the key change course, and that will, that will mean changing the whole dynamic with turkey has been the major alive the city opposition of the past 1012 years. and if it's abandoned its position on the seeing crisis, that will mean they're actually the end of the see an opposition because turkey most probably will see supporting the city and opposition politically maternity and financially took his interest in cynthia has shifted over the past few years. at the very beginning it was very much backing the c l position in achieving its objective. that is that one of their, you know, my shot,

but i want the boss few years visually says about eyes i said, and the support of the us for the city and democratic forces. mainly, i mean the mainly for dish forces in syria that's led to keep changing it position on the crisis. because that the objectives change o 8 workers in northwest syria, a warning that a caught over outbreak, holes spread. if a u. n is forced to store a deliveries from across the border in turkey. tens of thousands of cases have been reported in 11 aleppo since september. u. n has been shipping medicine across the turkish border since 2014. despite objections from the syrian government, the security council will vote on renewing the program on monday for their affairs . russia may restrict its access. still to come on, al jazeera shelling continues, despite a temporary truce quote by russian president vladimir putin and an uneasy. com

returns the mexican city turned into a rosa during the arrest of a drunk dude. son. ah, hello, there is a quiet weather story across much of east asia. at the moment. we sing lots of sunshine and clear skies stretching from the north of china down to the south. however, we will see that change will have some wet weather creeping up into the likes of hong kong, but so on. saturday, sunshine here and sunshine in shanghai. but a bit of a wintry mix blowing across from the korean peninsula into western areas of japan. so some snow flurries from chicago down to han shoe. we will however, see some warmth come flooding back into tokyo. double digits once again on sunday. but the temperature dipped down in hong kong as that west of whether it creeps up

from the south china sea. as we move to south asia. wet weather on the cards for sri lanka, some heavy downpours and possible thunderstorms in columbus. so that rain edging into eastern areas of india, cloudy in the west, much clear up in the north, but still those fog problems as high up as new delia and things are going to get cooler is wallach was northern areas of pakistan and central asia. that thanks is when to weather storm that's blowing its way further east, but there will be some recovery. by the time we get in since sunday. we look at the 3 day for new delhi. it is a foggy picture, but it does start to ease. by the time we get to choose, say that to whether ah, harmful pathogens are increasingly affecting or long term consequences. a new documentary asks whether we've learned any lessons each. i view it in the fight

against coven 19 o. we ignore the global source to put preference before people want coast. ah, time of pugs or knowledge. lou ah, watching out his hair, armando about top store is the south. the u. s. house of representatives is in its 4th day of voting for its speaker republican nominee. he kevin mccarthy has failed . the 13th time to win a majority, but it's close to now with some hard launches. switching to support him. members of

the us house of representatives gathered on the steps of the capital building to remember the johnny the 6 the top 2 years ago, but paid tribute to the offices, kept them safe and remembered the 5 people who died. israel has announced sanctions and the trust in an authority off it pushed the un highest judicial body to give its opinion on these ready occupation. a decision was taken at the 1st security cabinet meeting of a new government. ah, the u. s. has confirmed another major military aid package for ukraine worth $3000000000.00. that includes 15, bradley fighting vehicles, which can fire anti tank missiles are used in the gulf. and iraq was a pentagon says they may took some time to arrive a large. it'll take a couple of months basically i to get this capability, feel dead to get the ukrainians trained. ah,

that that new training program that we're starting it, it's roughly a battalions worth of forces at a time. i so roughly $500.00 soldiers over the course of roughly a month, and we're adding on the bradley training. alternative thought has been heard in ukraine despite the shadow start over 36 out. you know that you'll see spot who by russian president vladimir putin, ukraine rejected the offer and both sides were accusing each other of continuing the shuddering temperature truces to coincide of the orthodox christmas holiday. the governor, her song says one person was killed and for others injured in russian, shutting before the start of the seas. for trial struck reports from keith as reported by the into fact, russia state media, they are quoting, the russian defense ministry is saying that russian positions have come under attack in various locations along the eastern front line in the guns. don't ask and ins. parisha, of course, we have no way of independently verifying this information,

but it would be consistent with what we know was a rejection of this sci fi by the ukrainians presence of these gate. calling this a cynical ploy, giving the juicy to rush and potentially to move men and equipment closer to the front lines. and this comes in the context of renewed phase, actually escalating phase amongst the ukrainian military crane and government. they convinced that there is going to be a renewed offensive by the russians in the coming weeks and months as the temperatures get colder, as according to some military, unless the ground gets harder, enabling them to do so. so yeah, just say we have no way of independently confirming this kind of information coming out of russia. what it would be consistent seeing as if this was unilateral is declared by the russians and something that the ukrainians never agreed upon. the

request for the c spy came from the head of russia's orthodox church, petulant carol. he led christmas mass in moscow, which was attended by its new rushes. top officials present routine, took part in mass settler cathedral on the kremlin grounds. last year. one of the 2 orthodox churches in ukraine, berkeley tradition and allowed christmas to be celebrated on december 25th. i'm 23 rebels have handed back an important military base and eastern democratic republic of congo is latest. moved by the group to fulfill its pledge to withdraw from territories seized in recent months. the rebels have been gaining ground elsewhere, raising doubts about the future of that year on conflict with government forces catherine sawyer reports. this is a big win for the congolese government and east african troops in north cuba province to help combat and 23 fighters rebels to control of the areas largest military base in october,

regional forces have been negotiating with the fighters to withdraw. we are showing our goodwill, giving hunting over he bloomberg, then hunting over, remarkable, but will never continue to be observed. while all of these are taking place. we will react a new year, giving a lust earning to the government. the coalition continuing to prosecute our people and violating the process. fighting is fierce in some parts. government forces and the rebels have accused each other of starting the latest flare up in my c. c territory, an area rich in minerals. there was a big the rebel say they want to talk with a government, but kinshasa is reluctant to engage. it accuses rhonda of supporting m $23.00. king galli denies that notion is not about trusting,

then the question process of an easy process. and that we know the things must be very tough in the ground, but we strong believe that at the end of the day, why not? because one that he's the one acting beyond 23. thousands of companies are continuing to flee from their homes to the chicago, but it will not need to born. but i tried going back recently with my family, but the rebels of m 2 to 3 was still around my home area, and cuba is still not safe for us. so we decided to return back to the camps. the houses have been great. they cannot reach roots because of fighting all this is a consequence of a conflict that has nothing to do with them. catherine saw al jazeera marley's transitional government, her suspended the prison sentences of 46 soldiers from ivory coast. they been branded mercenaries and convicted of undermining state security. the troops were

working for a company contracted by the un to supplement a peacekeeping mission. the months long dispute had put molly further at odds with international community. 1000 mexican troops are on their way to the northern city of calia can auto night of violence. so the arrest of a drug cartel boss left at least $29.00 people dead. the military for running battles with cartel members. after video guzman lopez, the son of imprison kingpin al chapper, was taken into custody on thursday. flights had been cancelled. schools closed and people told to stay at home from home and has more from mexico city for the government has released more details. they said that everything is calm. now in clear can in sinaloa, that's the state in north america where this all happened. and they revealed a little bit more information about the operation. so the key thing about this is the 2nd time around. they've tried to do this in 2019 they went in for the same man over there goes man, he's the son of fucking guzman,

otherwise known as old chapel probably met his most famous drug trafficker ever. they went into get me 2019, they did get him, they had him there in the city, and then there was such a battle. and so many coulier kind stories to lower cultural operatives went out on the street and vehicles shooting things, burning things, putting up ro, blockades, and things like that. they had to let it go. the president was worried about loss of life and civilians being affected, the real humiliation for him. so this time around, they got there, man, 3 years later he said that things were calm. he was saying the differences between the 2 opperation, for example, last time around they tried to get a video guzman about mid day this time around. they went in the very early morning last summer and it was right and cool. you can the city, which is a real center point to this in a lower cartel. and this time around they went to a sort of village on the outskirts of cooley account to do it, which made things easier. protested in peru blocking

a major border. crossing with bolivia for 3rd day supporters of fuller president petro castillo, demanding the resignation of his successor, denot boulevard. a $22.00 people died in protest last month that broke out after the theo's arrest on rebellion and conspiracy charges. demonstrations resumed this week after 2 week pause. the philippines is battling record high inflation by the low spend today with one family in manila, which is struggling to make ends need 2 years of pandemic locked outs. and now soaring prices boldly. baldessari says he used to be able to provide enough for his family before the pandemic. he made daily trips as a driver, but restrictions now limit him to 3 or 4 journeys a week. and he gave up another law with them warranted. i only make 6 or $7.00 a day. that's weirdly enough for food, for that life has become really difficult. pulled in the budget of less than $6.00

on the day we accompanied him to the neighbourhood market. i, on the down by a quarter of the money was spent on rice, another quarter on chicken rest on a bunch of bananas, some vegetables and few pieces of sausages and fish. he said it was food for 2 days for spam only of 6. develop nation prices in a developing economy. this is how many filipinos describe the present cost. the basic commodities. one of the most significant, a cooking, staple onions at around $10.00, a kilogram. there. amongst them, the most expensive onions in the world. us, there was no way pulled, he could afford onions, but even the middle class filipinos are hurting while the economy is growing, inflation in december was the highest in almost a decade and a half, even though oil prices have started declining. the does that mean prices are going

to go down. that just means, but i says one go up as fast as before, and that's going to be a problem. if families are not going to be earning enough, not only for the best and well president for dinner, marcus junior has been touting economic recovery. he's also acknowledged the high costs of basic goods. are unemployment rate. this, sir? ah, quite reasonable, considering the situation. however, on the other side of that coin, there is still inflation that is running rampant and out of control hauled. he says he has no choice but to make do but he hates seeing his children suffering. he hopes to whatever gains the economy makes in the near future, trickled down to ordinary filipinos. barnett below al jazeera manila, california is bracing for another round of severe weather. pacific storms have been lashing the us state this week, causing major flooding and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes. the weather

has been blamed for at least 6 deaths. santa cruz county has suffered the worst damage, while downtown san francisco reported one of its wet periods and 150 years. what parts of europe have an experiencing record? high winter temperatures fronting calls for foster action against climate change. these 8 countries have recorded the warmest january day ever with temperatures in parts of switzerland and southern germany exceeding 20 degrees celsius. several winter sporting events have been canceled or postponed. allows ski centers have been closed because of a lack of snowfall. but the unusually mild temperature have offered some short term relief to european governments, struggling with high gas prices. and just a few days into the new year, u. k. island, france and spain had declared 2020 to their hottest year on record award is a policy and communications director at the london school of economics. he says,

europe in results will continue to adapt to the new economic reality. driven by climate change was certainly true that although skiing is generally a winters, both the general small part of the overall economy nationally that the results are very locally. and this is paul, long term trend has been experiencing a decline in snow for because of the rise in averages. some of the results are beginning to adapt and using that facility to encourage people to come walking, particularly during the summer months. but this year, even, i think some of the results of already opened up some of the walking trails. so they tried to pull back some of the losses from, from a lack of skiing by encouraging more people to come and visit. and that's the kind of thing we will have to see around the world as people have to cope with this changing climate. it will mean that many of our traditional businesses and activities need to change,

but there are going to be limits. and it is going to be turn out to be increasingly costly to deal with each box. a wise chill away. a volcano erupted for the 2nd time in less than a month. volcano is one of the most active in the world. us geological watchdog has raised its alert level to read it, warned gas and smug could cause breathing difficulties and damaged crops. now the biggest at tech event in the u. s. is underway in las vegas offering a 1st look at the latest gadgets, virtual reality and artificial intelligence wrap the hearts of many innovations that they see as a consumer electronic shape. several carmakers are also on venting. you concept vehicles. you gizmos on display include products from the fields of gaming, agriculture, and health preparedness has more from las vegas. this show showcases the products of from a huge jug companies like what behind me you can see the samsung

offering a variety of the new new tv screens. uh, appliances, uh, laptops and whatnot. to very small start up. in fact, there's one french company that's offering some electronic roller skates. allow you to wiz along at about 34 for about 30 kilometers, with minimal human effort as it. it's until it's battery life runs out. b, m w, the german automaker has a, a, i equipped all har model. it can talk to the driver and learn their preferences. so the integration of tech into the automotive world continues and also a change in the world of virtual reality. and a i is well represented here the matter versus slowly taking shape. and everyone is looking forward to a new headset product that amazon is expected.