ah, many people go into politics hoping to make history, and surely not like this. to day republican kevin mccarthy became the 1st majority party leader in a century to fall short on the initial vote to become speaker of the us house of representatives. now it seems like the biggest challenge for the man who bows to change the direction of the entire country comes from within his deeply divided party. whoever the speaker, the new congress is almost certainly headed toward partisan gridlock, worries are the changing power dynamics will also impact the u. s. support for ukraine. i'm nicole ferla kimberline, and this is the day ah, because we understand and our bones are ukraine's fight. this part of something

much bigger. joe. good, i think the u. s. congress. that's the number one priority for the united search right now. according to most republicans in our bipartisan by camel support, must continue because the battle for ukraine is a battle for democracy itself. both chambers, both parties, all who support ukraine, providing assistance for the ukrainian, 2 to 3 to russian bush. only those who won't victory as much as we do. victory will come in board. oh, also coming up after the deadliest known attack on russian troops and ukraine. the kremlin faces accusations of embellishing the numbers of the dead and unnecessarily endangering its troops. so that we get there to honor the memory of all did soldiers off to special military operations. we get there because it's hard for

everyone was the when it's hard, we should be to get there, which oh, welcome to the show. for the 1st time in a century the us house of representatives has failed to elect a speaker at the 1st ballot. the front runner, republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure enough votes from his own party as despite the republicans having a 10 seat majority, rebellion by hartline right wing members lead to 19 republicans not voting for mccarthy. now the vote has once again exposed deep divisions among the republicans . here's mccarthy. speaking ahead of tuesday's ballot, we did have a chance conference and contents for a purpose. we have worked for a long time. i've been leader for 4 years. i came into this position. we had less than $200.00 members. we are now sitting in the majority. we put forth to the american public and commitment to america. there's times we're gonna have to argue

with our own members. if they're looking at for only positions for themselves, not for the country. so we may have a battle on the floor, but the battle is for the conference in the country, and that's fine with a battle on the floor. indeed, in our washington, corresponding carlindo to moy has more carolina. this is quite remarkable, unheard of in a century. what does it tell us about the state of the republican party? it's pretty clear and he called it shows how incredibly divided the republicans are there in the house of representatives. this is again, an unprecedented moment in us politics. and what we're seeing today has not happened since 1923. we're expecting now more. a ballads and this is already your 3rd vote is going to start. and nice. peaches is also what we're going to see. there are many republican congressman and cameras, women who are not willing to vote for their nominee for kevin mccarthy, the nominee of their own party. mccarthy would have needed at least $218.00 votes

to be the next speaker. and so far it is clear he will not get that majority not that has a lease, we will see a for the next level with some republicans can be persuaded. and if they decide to vote for mccarthy in the next round, or if they just vote present, which would not be considered an official vote. so again, a situation that can go on for several hours and it could include a break for both parties. and if they don't agree on a voting for mccarthy, the republicans, or on a new nominee, this could even take days or weeks, the u. s. congress will be completely grit logged until they vote for speaker. so how do we get here in that the g o. p slim majority or is mccarthy just to unpopular among his peers? what we're seeing here in the call is that the division among the far right in the republican party,

the heart right wants mccarthy to give up certain concessions that he has made his and not aligning with their positions. and he's now paying the price for it. and he's trying to get the hard drive happy, but he's also trying to get the votes of the more moderate majority among the republican party. and that is, as we can see and not easy. so who are the people imposing the far right or colt of the freedom caucus, and they represent ideas like the elections of fraud, and they are hard liners on immigration to and they want to see a border will build up as soon as possible at the southern border of the u. s. there, of course also strong supporters of former president donald trump man born given mccarthy has about 4 weeks now to change the direction of the country on twitter. he was counting down to this day when he said he could finally start doing that.

what is that change likely to look like and what is his leverage in his own party to achieve that change that he wants to see? yeah, he wants to see a more right wing government that looks more like a trump america. and he wants to see a lot of america 1st policies. mccarthy also wants to go after them a credit for establishing the general re 6th committee and they want he and the republicans who support him. they want a payback for establishing the january 6th committee and for going after donald trump, they're also planning to establish their own committees to go after hunter biden. and that's the son of president biden. and to, to go after members of the general 6 committee, there are a lot of hearts writers who also would like to impeach a president biden and stay with us currently. now i want to talk about another

aspect of this and then we'll get right back to you for more the united states has been ukraine's biggest supplier of arms since russia invaded butts. will that continue? as republicans take control of the house of representatives? they'll most republican voters back that support some more radical voices in the party, including kevin mccarthy, are questioning a policy. mckayla is not reports when ukraine's president vladimir zalinski spoke before us congress in december. he took a calculated risk, leaving his country for the 1st time and 10 months of war was dangerous, but reassuring his most important ally was vital on your money is not. charity is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. days later, congress approved an extra $45000000000.00 package for ukraine,

but that decision was taken by the old congress, led by democrats. this new congress is split. republicans have taken the majority in the house and that's about to sound a lot more like this. president trump's boarder wall would have only cost $22000000000.00 with the money we sent to ukraine. we could have our a secured our border, but we're not doing that. leading voices of the hard, right. echo chamber have little power on paper, but growing influence over the political agenda. americans feel like we've been providing the lion's share of the support for ukraine, both in material and financial aid. they do not want to see that continue because we have so many domestic problems on our own. they want to see europe, step up their aid and support for ukraine. the u. s. kept or so little debate over whether to help you train in those fast 11 months of conflict. this new congress

includes a large number of hard, right, republicans who want to turn ukraine aid into a political bargaining tip. it's inflation and border control that worry americans a lot more than the war in europe. but polls also say that most americans are in favor of supporting ukraine. that's what the person described here as the most powerful woman in politics is banking on nancy pelosi as stepping down as how speaker, after having led the democrats for almost 2 decades legislators. how will the new congress feel for 60 in europe? oh, i think we're good deal. i mean, i think there's very strong bipartisan support respecting, respecting the courage, other people, if you kind fight for their democracy, the fight that the people of ukraine are making for their democracy is a fight for all democracy or portman. so the ukraine debate may come down to mostly

drama, with an eye on the next big test at the ballot box for sas. this deeply divided new congress put a hold to jo biden's ability to launch any major new legislation. he will have to work that bit harder at home to remain as stable partner for his allies abroad with the tension fast turning to the question with a bite and we'll run again in the 2024 presidential. and carlene toy is still with us. kennedy, now, what will a republican majority in the house and a potential congressional gridlock mean for a to ukraine? as you know, the u. s. has been one of the biggest funders to support ukraine in this war. they just voted last month of foreign aid package of $45000000000.00. but as michela said on that report, that was the old congress we are sending now in front of a new congress. and of course, we know that mccarthy said before the midterms,

that he's not going to support a blank check for ukraine while yet citizens are still struggling with economic situation here. but since then, some republicans have softened their a sans nicole and they seem to be ready to support for their age for ukraine, especially after the very emotional speech to help by president zalinski from ukraine. here in u. s. congress in december. so in their thumbs among republicans that ukraine should be getting less financial and military support, or is it more oversight? they're seeking, knowing where that money goes and how it's being used. again, it's difficult to talk nowadays and we can see it today. i'm off the republicans as a block. you half of the one hand, the moderate republicans and they want more oversight, more control on the money, the 8 packages that are being delivered to ukraine and the far right. they want to cut it off completely. they don't want to see more 8 packages,

financial packages for ukraine column, the strong bipartisan support for ukraine by the previous congress and a clear message towards russia, didn't it? now that congress, a stance on ukraine, is more divided them before. how much does that weaken washington's position towards moscow? this might be a positive situation, a for the once one to see the united states divided to one to see the us congress divided. and we can see today and the house of representatives am for russia. this might be a positive situation. the enemy is divided, as we can see. and this is of course, of course, weakening washington's position and an international level. where does this leave jo biden's agenda now that he's halfway through his turn? he is a weak. the democrats are not going to be able to push any legislations through

congress of, as we can see, they have filled the majority in the senate. but the house of representatives is going to blog initiatives and legislations, and some smaller ones regarding a domestic politics. there might be a bipartisan support, but for now, president biden is quite a blog and leaned into sins due to lose washington correspondent, currently not too many thanks. in while russian army commanders are facing mounting criticism over the deaths of 63 soldiers killed in one of the deadliest strikes of the war in ukraine, media, commentators from back the invasion say senior officers have failed to learn lessons from previous incidents. a kremlin, took the unusual step of confirming the deaths in the strikes by ukrainian missiles on new year's eve. russian crowds gather in somber

ceremony in the city of samara to mourn soldiers killed and ukraine. people who lived here or among those who died in a new year's eve forming in the cave care the kremlin claim. 63 soldiers were killed. but ukraine and critics and russia put the death toll in the hundreds. so that we get there to honor the memory of oil did thought years of the special military operations we get there because it's hard for everyone with when it's hard, we should be together, which mr. huge piles of rubble are all that remains from the bombing. now russian nationalists and some lawmakers, a demanding punishment for commanders, they say ignored dangers. some reports claim soldiers were located next to a munitions depot which exploded in the strike. others say people had been able to

use the russian mobile phones, giving away their location to ukrainian forces. the strike has not flowed russia's own shelling of ukraine. it's defense ministry claiming responsibility for fresh attacks and the de nits region. one of them destroyed this ice rink, which local say was operating as a humanitarian warehouse. as a result of 3 hits, an ice rink and the center of town was damaged, as well as part of the residential and industrial sector. resentful, ukrainian authorities report that one person was killed and another was injured in the strikes. ah, a 1st tank are carrying a full load, a liquefied natural gas has arrived and

a newly constructed floating terminal at the north german port of mil hams, hoffen. the maria energy massa was carrying a shipment from the u. s. that will be pumped into germany's g network. the facility was set up to replace gas from russia that previously flowed through germany through pipelines. but environmental activists argue that germany should not be importing fossil fuels, especially not gas acquired through fracking. wants to talk about and i want to bring in my next guest has been a member of the german council of economic experts since april 2020 doctor veronica graham is a professor of economics and head of the chair of economic theory at for the alexander university. of elin nuremberg, dr. groom, welcome to the day. how important is this new terminal for germany's energy security? you know, this is really a good d from and the terminal has been built up in only 10 months. and now the 1st best

list there, the energy that is loaded and g will be sufficient to provide to $50000.00 german household for one year. but in germany, 20000000 household, wisconsin, that illustrates a little bit does the dimension. this is the beginning off diversifying our energy supplies, but this is really only the beginning. critics very germany, maybe building too many, ellen g terminals that is creating bigger capacities that are actually needed. what's your take on that? i think it is very important to be resilient and to have some over capacities in case something happens. some crisis happens. we have seen that now the dependence on russia has made us very valuable to action against us. and i think we should avoid this situation and in this, against this life,

i think it is very important to not build sufficient terminals to supply germany and europe with energy. this is the 1st time germany is importing fact gas. and that's being met with heavy criticism from my environmentalist, mostly diversification on one hand. and we can all agree on the fact that it's very necessary. but is this the right way? i think we have no, i tentative at the moment. the german economy is very dependent on gas as an energy carry, yet also bridge technology to what's renewable energy system based on electricity, on the one hand and hydrogen, renewable hydrogen on the other hand. so we need to build up to them and those that are able to, in the long run, also process hydrogen, renewable, hydrogen. and i think if we book your contract for n g,

now we have to look into the future and combine possibly the procurement of hydrogen in the future. that is a very possible option. since the providers will one very long term contract anyhow, and you only want to consume gas for say, 10 more years. so a combination of energy and hydrogen contracts might be a way to go. this terminal he said it before was built in only 10 months, and environmentalists argue that this goes to show that if there is a will, there is a way and that germany isn't making much progress when it comes to renewables because there's not enough political and economic will is that true? yeah, i think that's true. i mean, we have demonstrated now that it can go fast, and we have to demonstrate it in the future. in particular with renewable energy that it can go faster than it goes at the moment. i think it's very important to

learn lessons from this and to accelerate, in particular, the x elevation, the bill of renewable energy, much, much faster than we have done it up to. now, this 1st shipment comes from the u. s. and germany has also agreed to buy gas from less democratic states. katara, for example, are germany and the u at risk of grading dangerous dependencies once again. i think if we let a price alone govern this diversification of energy supplies, this is very likely i think we have to actively diversify our delivery contracts. and this includes apply procuring gas from guitar and other arab countries. but i think we have to look into the world and also pull q guy from other countries worldwide in order to diversify our energy dependency. and again,

this is not only true for gas, but this is even more true for hydrogen and renewable energy carriers. and i think the good news is that there are many more countries that have good situation, good condition for renewable hydrogen to export renewable hydrogen. then there are countries that have fossil fuels, so the ability to become less dependent is there, but we have to actively try for it. yeah, it really sounds like you would like to see germany ramp up. it's use of hydrogen and you're certainly not alone in that. and the country is reaching out to other nations for supplies. why are we not seeing much hydrogen being produced here in germany? i think at the moment the situation is that when you boil energy is discussed, we have to build it up and we need the electricity that we produce in for electrification. so we will build up some electrolytes as another to produce

hydrogen in europe as well. i think we do it in germany. there is a plan to have 10. you got capacity off electrolytes in germany itself. but we have to look into the european union to make us make also stronger together and build up hydrogen supplies also in the you. but i think it will be necessary to import, also renewable hydrogen from other countries worldwide. not in form, not in pure form, not pure hydrogen, but in form of methyl or ammonia are deeply cool. liquefied, we only have about a minute left, but i do want to ask you, this is germany all in all on the right track when it comes to reducing it's carbon footprint on one hand and it's dependency on other states resources on the other. i think there was a back flush through this crisis. i mean, now we have to be use coal power plants that we already have shut down. so

in this emergency situation, there is a backlash, but i think we, i'm a good way. and i think a cation of energy supply is one thing, but there are more challenges diversifying the dependency on critical raw materials and in trade. and i think there's a long list of homework to do for germany and for europe in order to be prepared for this work in which we live now, which is much more a bit on my than on rules based agreements. dr. veronica graham, member of the german council of economic experts and professor of economics. thanks for your time tonight. thank you. ah. brazil has bent an emotional farewell to its most famous son. pelley, the star striker was lay to rest and his home said he sent us fans cued for hours

to pay. aris back to the legend ah, emotions were running high as hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to see the procession of police through this city. the 3 time world club, when i died on thursday, at the age of 80 to denver, the world owes a lot to pillay, especially the dignity of a man that was born poor black bob in a country way prejudiced a still high and played it. not that this affect him. he knew how to be politely shaped the best and the most humble medulla. i'm whatever he said. after a few people were standing on rooftops leaning from balconies and packing the roads to get a glimpse of the brazilian icon. the procession came to a halt when it passed the house. where is 100 year old mother celeste, i run to still lives. it's a day of morning, the man brazilians call their king. but for many, it's

a moment to celebrate him as well. you politely represent a lot because since i was a kid, i saw him and i was very moved. it's pure emotional today when my son and we are here at his funeral and you can see that the whole city has stopped. you did the whole world, his daughter, because a pillar, you that'll mark that he done it. so paley, arguably, the world's greatest ever player will be lay to rest after the procession in a private ceremony. and that's our time for today. but make sure to stay in touch. oh, our team on twitter at steve we news and myself at nicole underscore friendly. for now though from all of us on the day. thank you so much for spending parts of your day with

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