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a 14th round of voting to elect a new speaker to the us. house of representatives is now underway. republican kevin mccarthy has been entering it closer to the 218 votes needed for the job. one of the most important in us politics over the past 24 hours is managed to flip 14 and 20 hardliners who had refused to back him. the house can't begin official business or swearing. your members until a speaker is chosen. will alan fish as live for us watching events on capitol allan at the drama is unfolding and kevin mccarthy inching ever closer to the speakers chair? they're still counting. the numbers is going to be raise a female allen, isn't it? it, it is. but i think you might just have done it, not least because matt gates who was a whole dope when they went through the rule cole. first of all, he didn't vote and they have just come back. he was a key ah vote at that point. what we're seeing now is kevin mccarthy, speaking to perhaps the one last hold out. he needs to ensure that he becomes

speaker, cause it by my reckoning. he needed to get at least 216 votes and companies on 215. so that's why you see him speaking it to the group of the whole dose. i have been very much anti kevin at the moment. mike gates was one of them. long bobo voted present. so did matt gates when asked that or for people who voted for jim jordan, that is what it comes down to it. it is this moment on the floor at one point that one of the people who've been akin support of kevin mccarthy. in fact, the person who, who nominated m a for this the 14 throne, the voting was almost done in his knees talking to mac gates, asking him either to vote for mccarthy or vote for present. but the whole idea of voting present is important because it's, you've got to get a majority of those who vote those who say present, don't count towards that total. and with people having to fly in from colorado and

also from texas. a people have been watching a couple of people is asked me on twitter. why did one of the republicans get a round of applause from both sides of the house when he voted for kevin mccarthy? that's because his wife gave birth in the last few hours. his baby son is actually an intensive kick as the baby was born prematurely. and so people acknowledged his public service by coming to vote here. you can hear my phone going with, with messages as well. people trying to inform what's going on. so i can't hear what's going on at the house at the moment, but it's clear that kevin mccarthy himself is whipping for votes, whipping for that important vote. that would carry him over the threshold and make him the next speaker of the house of representatives. alan, as you watch the drama unfolding on the floor and mccarthy, you were telling us only that mccarthy had offered a number of concessions to the rebels. but some analysts say that, look, this'll significantly weaken his leadership. tell us about those concessions and what are they for? well,

it's all about her. the rules of the house are conducted. i'm still watching the house at the moment. it's hard to find out exactly what's going on when i can't hear was what say a but clearly mart gates. i met gates and some of the people have been around him for the last few days at the center of this a i and so this drama, which we thought we could be pretty clear cut. kevin mccarthy told as he had the votes because of those concessions. it appears that he may not have a that exact code that he thought. no, we are told that the group of full dose and that be more than just mike gates and, and the people around 10. they were looking for concessions, 1st of all and, and in how they can replace the speaker. at the moment you have to have a majority of your conference. so the majority of republicans have to agree to replace the speaker. if it is a republican speaker and vice versa, with the democrats, that rule is likely to be changed. they will vote or not. if they get through this vote to night and vote will change,

which means only one member of the republican caucus can call for the replacement of the speaker. obviously, then there would have to be a vote, but it takes don't that they did that. the margins there is also going to be an important committee positions given to those who had been hold out, hold outs to this point as well. and then there will be other issues like a can the proposed amendments to bills? will there be strict whipping? which means will they be told directly, how to vote on some votes, will they have more free will essentially? and will they be able to table amendments and talk about the cost of things a and also there was apparently i'm being told by a couple of people have been talking to a key, a concession in that they want to set up a committee to look at the fbi i in social media and whether or not they were, they were influenced in the way they have carried out inquiries over the last 4 years, including into the presidency of donald trump. and they want

a budget the same as the january 6th committee got. so it gets into the minutia of how this place runs at the the whole doubts, the rebels. those who went voting for kevin mccarthy say this will improve democracy for others. they think that this could lead to a degree of chaos. as kevin mccarthy tries to keep all of these competing factions together and try to push through his agenda over the next couple of years before we get the next vote in the house. which of course, will be at the same time as the 2024 presidential election. so you can see why this is so important. but if you look on the camera right now, there is someone right in the face of mike gates, who of course, is a congressman from florida. he's been a big donald trump supporter by voting present and keeping that group together at the have stopped kevin mccarthy from becoming ah, it getting the votes to become the next speaker of the house. so you can see that there's a lot of pressure going on to these people at the moment to try to make sure that

they can nudge kevin mccarthy over the threshold. and finally, make sure that he is the speaker, or if this doesn't work tonight, we're back here in a couple of hours to morrow to see all start again. and it will be for mccarthy. he'll be hoping that it's 15 kind of lucky. yeah, eleanor. as you, as you've been talking, we been watching those scenes all full of tension on the floor of the house as kevin mccarthy, a. matt gates and our other tense exchange on the floor. and as you say, various people are going up to matt gates em and talking to him. what is all of this telling us, allen, about the deep divisions within the republican party itself? well, if you speak to any republican at the moment, they constantly been telling me, look at, there isn't divisions, this is what democracy looks like. it's up to people to put forward their point of view to get what they want for their constituents. it involves negotiation. it involves reaching a deal, it sometimes it involves concessions,

and that's what they think they are doing here. but it shows that the republican party don't have the party discipline that the democrats had. if you go back just 2 years ago, there was what was considered a radical faction of the democrats who won the house. and they were looking for concessions as well. they were going to challenge nancy pelosi and the house leadership. but whatever nancy pelosi did behind the scenes, not on the floor of the houses we're seeing here. it was enough to make sure that she became the speaker and the control of the chamber for 2 years at this shows that, that, that perhaps the republicans lack a bit of discipline. what is interesting is that a lot of the holdouts have been sending out fundraising notes over the last 1472 hours seeing send your money to help us pick the next speaker of the house. and so they're not above doing that. but it shows that then it,

the republican party might be of a broad church, but it's hard to get them all pointing in the same direction at the same time that they've certainly made clear what the objectives are, which are to investigate joe biden. to do something about the border to try and address the, the inflation crisis in the country at the moment. but of course all of that stoles, because nothing happens on capitol hill until we get a speaker. once the speakers in place on the rules that are agreed, then you can start assigning committees and start doing the job that these people were elected to do, which is to help run the country as one of the branches of government. allen, just and just remind our viewers again how, how the the, the vote count threshold now works because we seem to miss stalled at 216. we think from mccarthy, what is the threshold in from a coffee to actually win the vote and beat us mika, geno i'm just someone's just texting me and said, did you see the moment there with matt gates,

when someone at the fell as if there was a lunch by another congressman and had to be held back. i got it now, i didn't see that if it happened. but if that is the case, these are quite incredible scenes. we're seeing. this has been an historic process at never before. has it taken this long to elect a speaker in the house of representatives? and no were seeing these scenes on the floor, which shows the tensions because of course, many people thought that coming back at 10 o'clock on a friday night, this would be a coronation for kevin mccarthy. and so that is, it is a, is a sign of just how one tired every one as how exhausted every one as and how tense every one has a give you just give me one second. i'm just yeah, i was wondering what the, the threshold. busy was for kevin mccarthy. someone is just confirm to me that it is 217 votes. he's at 215. so he's too short. know when some of the votes were

announced. kevin mccarthy, big smile on his face. sitting back very relaxed. clearly believe that he done his summons right. he'd spoken to enough people. he chicken nuff hands and importantly enough, given enough concessions. and no you can see that he's in hurry conversations with some of those closest to him. there are conversations around matt gates and other people in the chamber. i a lot of the congress people sitting very stony faced. ah, and so he needs to 17, his son currently sitting at to 16, not 215. so he is one vote away from getting that and that that would be one of those who is voted present and that is a loan book. and mike gates, a, if the flipped their vote and said they know, vote for mccarthy,

that would be enough to push them over. that is why not gates lorn bober are sitting together and why there is so much activity concentrated around those 2 members of congress who have said that they will not vote for kevin mccarthy to become the next speaker of the house of representatives. this really is historic and incredibly dramatic, yet incredibly dramatic. allen, as we're watching those pictures are on the floor of the us house. so if we, if we then need to 17 and we are one vote short currently. does that now mean that we come back and do this all over again? tomorrow it's they can convince either lawn bober or mac gates to flip their vote to turn round and say, instead of present, i would like you to mark me down as kevin mccarthy. they're not going to go through this to night. the have to go away and work on the for congress, a members of congress who voted for others and,

and trying to get them to vote for kevin mccarthy. and they have to work on that gates and lauren bober, but i was reading at lee of this evening that donald trump has apparently been making some calls to some of those holdouts trying to convince them to vote for kevin mccarthy. but trump's team was essentially saying, look what is a waste of time speaking to mack gates, mon bober. we're not going to flip their votes, they are not going to change. that is simply no point in the former president, making the calls to them. and if that is their reading of it, and those 2 are the whole doubts at the moment. and you can see mike gates raising his voice, they are whoever he's speaking to now clearly very animated, it seems unlikely that those 2 are going to change their votes. and that this could be concluded to night. so after 14 rounds of voting. and this is historic and dramatic, not just for political, now's late like me in that, i'll let you down. this is that this is quite incredible. these scenes that we're

seeing here, and people will talk about this for years to come get it is, it is pretty incredible. and so, so it looks now as though we could be heading then, perhaps to a 15th round of voting. if it's not, if it's not sorted out to night, let me get a final thought from you. ellen as, as m as the various representatives are milling around on the floor. so given all this political infighting we've had over the last few days and, and, and on the floor of the house the night. and is this an omen? do think for the next 2 years as republican, conservative strand blot biden's legislative agenda going forward. i'm just listening no to to the clark or in the host making the declaration. and i think in this in this mormon, i think she is of both to call it and see that it's not enough. so he's put a smile on his face trying to put a brave face on this, but 216 means he falls. one short of the vote. he needs to become the next speaker

of the house of representative. as for long term damage. this will be forgotten in 3 months. that's the way politics happens. and america, remember when we thought there were the things that happened, that january 6th committee uncovered, we're going to have huge lasting impact. and they had some impact on, on the midterm elections. but a lot of the stuff was forgotten and people voted a book on bread and butter issues with such as, why would the grocery bills much higher? why was petrol much more expensive? what was happening at the border? what was happening with infrastructure? joe biden made a case that democracy was a threat and that seemed to be successful as well as that certainly reduced the damage. so while this is embarrassing for the republicans, even despite the fact they see it's not this is an undoubtedly embarrassing for the republicans in 3 months time. if kevin mccarthy can get the republican party, if he becomes speaker, if he can get the republican party moving in the same direction and doing what they

need to do, delivering on the agenda that they promised and those midterm elections than this will be quickly forgotten. but for a long time, people will remember what has happened to you this evening. and the fact that kevin mccarthy looks as if he's fallen one vote shorter, becoming speaker after a whipping operation. trying to get people to vote for him an all day. and eventually, it looks as if mach gates and lawn robert by voting present, have done enough to stop him becoming the next speaker of the us house of representatives. here. alan, as, as we've been talking to you or we're seeing that confirmation drop are on the wires from, from, from the agencies at mccarthy fails in his bid for you as how speaker are in the 40 bell at the path forward. unclear what happens next. then ellen, it just makes things a incredibly difficult if he, if he said it doesn't matter how you start it,

it's how you finish. and he believed that tonight he had the votes that he was able, i to get over that threshold. and when and clearly a with those 6 hold outs, the for that voted for other people and the to that voted present. he's not going to change their vote. he's not going to get over 219. so there's no or 270 does that needed to be this evening? so here's what's gonna happen next. a he could possibly go ahead and try and, and put pressure on the 4 holdouts at the voted for some one else and get them to vote for him. i think it's clear mike gates and laura bober are lost causes, as far as he's concerned. they are not going to vote for him, no matter what happens. then there is the possibility that a compromise candidate could be found within the republican at the republican party . steve sca lease, who is the chief wip would and number 2 in the operation would seem to be favorite it for that to happen. would he be able to get over the threshold very quickly?

that's not entirely clear. here's a 3rd option that could well happen. a moderate republican is appointed as speaker and gets votes from the democrats as well. but clearly, if that were to happen and the democrats aren't overly keen on this idea, but if that were to happen, they would want some concessions as well. they would want, perhaps a couple of key committees and important seats on that. they would want to make sure that they had v to over some of the ideas that the republicans have been pushing. and what elected on that would be a much larger conversation. so it's not entirely clear that that could be sorted out in a couple of days because those conversations, i'm sure, haven't even begun to happen. no. so at what they're voting or no, if i'm just in just put my glasses on because the screws are we, i think it's whether or not to adjourn year. that is that the democrats will again vote no on the idea of adjourning. they want to make this difficult for the,

the republicans, but the republicans will have enough votes. so we will adjust this evening and i will, they will come back to morrow and try and get it done. but kevin mccarthy has a big decision to make to night. there is no doubt about that. his no try 14 times to become speaker. 6 hours ago he was telling everyone he had the votes. he hasn't been able to deliver. the question, is it? it's kevin mccall say no so damaged that he can't be elected as the next republican speaker of the house of representatives. so does he stand down to, to make sure that the republicans can push through the agenda? i do have to look for help from the democrats to try and get a speaker in place. alright. or alan fisher, they live for sir. a capitol hill, allan, whatever happens, whatever is the path forward. it's been a fairly acrimonious night on the floor of the us house, alan fish alive for their own capital. allen,

thank you. will house democrats of lead commemorations mocking the 2nd anniversary of the january 6th attack on the u. s. capital members gathered on the steps of the building for a remembrance ceremony. they paid tribute to the officers who kept them safe. and remember the 5 people who died. 2 years ago, the capital was stormed by supporters of then president donald trump, but forced to claim the 2020 election was stolen. a white house correspondent kimberly hall kit 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, sought to prevent the peaceful transfer of power is not exaggerations, j, america,

ocean. oh you all. i really mean is 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 6 riots has also concluded that among those that should be charged. former president donald trump, for his role in sparking the riot israel and sanctions on the palestinian authority to push the you in the highest judicial body to give its opinion on these railey occupations. the decision was taken up the 1st security cabinet meeting of the new government led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. last week,

the un general assembly off the international court of justice to give an opinion on the legality of the occupation at the request of palestinian leaders in con as more from occupied eastern 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. we're 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. well, they calling victims of terrorism is ready 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, lose the 2 financial ones that are also placed. a moratorium on construction in

area see in the occupied west point which is effectively hollister encouraging 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 gonna 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 westbank either promote terrorist attack activity or any hostile activity. and that includes anybody walking into the guise of humanitarian aid. so these are very tough sanctions. ah,

the u. s. has confirmed another major military, a package for ukraine worth $3000000000.00. it includes 50 bradley fighting vehicles which can fire on to tank missiles, right. they were used in the gulf and iraq was georgia in the brief it will take a couple of months basically, to get this capability, feel dead to get the ukrainians trained. and that new training program that we're starting. it's roughly a battalions worth of forces at a time. so roughly $500.00 soldiers over the course of roughly a month and were adding on the bradley training. meanwhile, artillery fire has been heard in ukraine despite the scheduled start of a 36 hour unilateral cease fire cooled by russia. president latimer, putin. ukraine, rejected the offer, and both sides are accusing each other of continuing the shilling. the temporary truce is to coincide with the orthodox christmas holiday. with child struggling 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 lou ganske don't ask. and in zach 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 cease fire by the ukrainians presence of the sky. calling this a cynical ploy, giving shooty to russians, 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 cranium 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. now, a 1000 mexican troops are on their way to the northern city of korea can after a night of violence, over the arrest of a drug cartel boss left at least $29.00 people dead. the military fought running gun battles with cargo members. after a video, guzman lopez, the son of imprison kingpin l. chapo, was taken into custody on thursday. flights have been cancelled school closed, and people told me to stay at home. john holmes, as mona, from mexico, that is quite a death toll for something that was obviously a plan to peroration, i think, gives a sense of the scale of this and how difficult it was to get to the video guzman. and also like how much the cost held this in a lower cost controls can you can control the area and what

a presence they have. the president under the manual lopez over the door also said that things were calm. now in the states in a lower and especially in clear can we just check that independently speaking to a good friend, the journalist there that said yes, things do appear more calm. people are still reluctant perhaps to get out on the streets, but there are cars circulating there. there's not the sort of plumes of smoke that we're seeing on thursday when this operation happened in the retaliation was taking place. and it is a different outcome to when the mexican government tried this the 3rd time around, back in 2019, they went to the same man. oh, video guzman, the son of the, the new tour is probably the most famous drug trafficker from mexico ever chapel, whose man walking goes man. and they tried getting that time round the edge. we had them in hidden in the grass and then they had to let him go because the city was just turned into a battle ground by the forces of this in a lower cartel was a big humiliation. the president and his man, all of his,

of the door this time round. as they announced in the press conference, they managed to get him out on an army plane within hours. they obviously didn't want the same thing to happen and they got him intimates, crew city on thursday as well. portugal in the netherlands that become the latest countries to require cobra. 1900 checks, the travelers coming from china. this week you strongly recommended preacher bought a chest of china struggles to go, but a surge in cases. the dutch governments also recommending the wearing of masks on flights to and from china. now the biggest tech event in the u. s. is underway in las vegas suffering a 1st look at the latest gadgets. virtual reality and artificial intelligence are at the heart of many innovations. at this he, as consumer electronics show, several comic as are also inventing new concept vehicles. new gizmos on display include products from the field of gaming, agriculture, and help criminals has more from las vegas. this show showcases up

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