david willis _ next week. ok, we will see you. david willis therefore _ next week.is therefore us - next week. ok, we will see you. david willis therefore us in - david willis therefore us in washington. thank you. president biden has urged countries at the cop27 climate summit in egypt to "write a better story" for the planet. he said the us had passed major climate legislation and was on track to meet its own targets and that other countries had to raise their ambitions. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt sent this report from the conference in sharm el—sheikh. another hurricane smashed into florida today — yet more wild weather for the us. it has endured heatwaves and wildfires and some epic floods. as president biden arrived in the egyptian desert, he claimed his climate policies will drive down emissions and transform the us. we're proving that good climate policy is good economic policy. it's a strong foundation for durable, resilient, inclusive economic growth. it's driving progress in the private sector. it's driving progress around the world. nancy, have you

that was david willis, our north america correspondent - lawyer. that was david willis, our.cup in qatar... in 2010, paul the octopus �*correctly�* predicted results for the world cup. however, these days the experts are the analysts who trawl through the reams of data about players and teams. and where there is data there is mathematics. and, particularly, mathematical models. i've spoken before withjoshua bull, a mathematical modeller, who has told us more about england and wales predictions. my my model gives us about a three or 4% my model gives us about a three or ll% chance of winning. it is not terrible, but not great. i do think my model is pessimistic on us compared to other people, just because we have had a string of poor results against weaker teams and that has brought us down a bit in my model. i'm hoping we will outperform that. ~ . model. i'm hoping we will outperform that. . . . model. i'm hoping we will outperform that. . ., that. what about wales? today feature? they _ that. what about wales? today feature? they do, _ that. what about wales? today feature?

our north america correspondent, david willis, has the latest., has the latest. is a real cliffhanger. h are it is a real cliffhanger. here we are four days after election day and it is still undecided, the senate race, as you say, 49 to 49 with the democrats now needing that vital seat of nevada if they are to retain their majority in the upper house. they are set to be about 20,000 or so votes still outstanding, still waiting to be counted in nevada. at one point, the republican challenging their was ahead by a couple of hundred but they are still votes to be counted in the most populous part of nevada which is clark county, the area that includes the city of las vegas itself, and so there is every chance that the democratic contender there could make up that laid and tilted for the democrats. we might not know, however, until monday or tuesday because today is the last day for postal ballots to arrive and to be counted in that state of nevada. the ethiopian government and tigrayan forces have signed an agreement which lays out the road map for

here's our north america correspondent, david willis, in washington.seats although by no means as many as they had counted on, is currently at a more than ao—year high, but exit polls suggest that abortion rights were a key issue for about a third of those who took to the polls this time around, that following the overriding of roe versus wade by the us supreme court during a television celebrity doctor, is due to make a major announcement, thought to be the statement that he is going to run the big republican win on tuesday night went to the florida governor ron desantis and many people in the party are now urging him to run for president in 202a. and, indeed, some are blaming donald trump for the problems that occurred on tuesday night. in the republican party david willis their reporting from washington. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the scientists taking one small step into a volcano, but hoping for a giant leap to the moon. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office.

david willis in la. let's turn to ukraine now.vernor of kherson — which has recently come back under ukrainian control, says that due to relentless russian bombing the city's hospital is being evacuated. 15 people were killed in strikes on friday. after their withdrawal from kherson, russian forces appear to be concentrating their efforts towards the east of the country. in particular, they are trying to capture more territory near the eastern city of donetsk — which pro—russian forces have controlled since 2014 — and which russia now claims has joined its federation. it's meant heavy damage to the ukrainian—held town of avdiyivka — now effectively on the front line of the military battle. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov has been there and sent this report: this is what the front line looks like. months of intensive fighting turned avdiyivka into a ghost town. those people who are still staying in the town are too afraid to go out because of constant shelling. and it's really quiet here. the only sound we can hear is the s

that was david willis. let's get some of the day's other news.war crimes prosecutor as special counsel to handle investigations into donald trump. jack smith will rule on whether criminal charges should be filed against the former president relating to the removal of top—secret documents to his florida residence and to the january 6th capitol riots. it comes days after mr trump announced he planned to run for the white house again. mourners have poured onto the streets of the gaza strip for the funeral of 21 people killed in a fire in an apartment block. at least eight of those who died were children. most of the dead were members of the same family. it's not yet clear what caused the blaze on the top floor of a residential building. manchester united say they are taking "appropriate steps" after cristiano ronaldo gave an interview in which he said he was "betrayed by the club". the portuguese forward said he had "no respect" for manager erik ten hag, and claimed he is being forced out of old trafford. ronaldo is now in qatar as portugal's captai

david willis, thanks so much for giving us that sense of what's happening and washington.particularly out here in bali. they were meant to talk about the digital economy today and heading out towards a mangrove jungle, economy today and heading out towards a mangrovejungle, but economy today and heading out towards a mangrove jungle, but i imagine that the focus will have shifted dramatically. to get a sense of how asian leaders might be reacting, i want to bring in simon baptist now from the and, in intelligence use it —— economist intelligence use it —— economist intelligence unit. this puts countries out here in a difficult position. we've seen these media reports of a draught communique circulating, western country trying to get harsh language in there. there was some initial resistance. do you think this changes things? it certainly is a development that the original powers like india and indonesia welcome. they would really just rather this whole situation goes away. asian countries are very nationalistic and there's not a lot of history in this region of countries c

for more on the story we are joined by our correspondent david willis, who is in washington. who is in washington. thank you forjoining us. david, thank you forjoining us. talk us through the results that have just come through? well, it is a remarkable result tonight, the democrats projected to win that crucial swing state of nevada, catherine cortez masto beating her republican challenger adam lucks sold, which gives the democrats the 50th senate vote they need, with the casting tie—breaking vote of the vice president, kamala harris. —— adam laxalt. i have therefore retained their majority in the upper house. that is very significant because very few people for the democrats would do quite as well as this, given the fact that inflation in this country is currently at more than a0 year highs, and that joe biden�*s approval rating there were considerably lower than many in the party would have liked. lots of people, it seemed, who came out to vote, took against the so—called election deny candidates that were endorsed by donald trump, and this was somewhat untended —— upended

our north america correspondent david willis is following the story. hello to you, david. — through his reaction. president trump now a presidential- trump now a presidential candidate, lucy gave a response to the news of the appointment of a special prosecutor, special counsel to oversee investigations into his dealings, and we heard a taste of it there. but he said this appointment was, as he put it, appointment was, as he put it, a horrendous abuse of power by a horrendous abuse of power by a corrupt and highly political us justice department. a corrupt and highly political usjustice department. now, all of this comesjust usjustice department. now, all of this comes just three days after mr trump announced he will be running for president again, and in response to that, the us attorney general garland clearly felt he had no option but to appoint a special prosecutor basically an independent lawyer to oversee the investigations that are ongoing into trump's handling of classified documents at his mar—a—lago home, and also allegations that he incited a mob of supporters t

and it appears that that's not been the case either. 0ur north america correspondent david willis.t have been ravaged by the war. he's posted images on his instagram account of a mural on a building damaged by shelling in the town of borodyanka, west of kyiv. it features a gymnast doing a handstand. various murals in banksy�*s signature spray—painted style have been spotted around the capital in recent days. a really striking image. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello, it is unusually warm across the uk at the moment, yesterday was the warmest armistice day on record, tomorrow for remembrance sunday we may see temperatures higher still. it is going to be very mild through the remainder of the day, southerly winds bringing air to us from a long way south. generally drying out, patchy cloud around in the west, low cloud coming in from the north sea, mist and fog potentially down the eastern side of scotland, for the north—east of england and east anglia, these overnight lows more like the daytime highs we would see at this point in november. remembrance s

david willis reporting there.ngwriter irene cara has died in florida. she was sixty three. irene cara rose to stardom in 1980 in the musical "fame" —— in which she sang the title track. four years later she won an oscar and a grammy for the title song in the movie "flashdance". her publicist described her as a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy would live forever through her music and films. the headlines on bbc news... the london fire brigade is "institutionally misogynist and racist", according to a damning review into its culture. rail services across the uk are disrupted as thousands of train staff take part in another large—scale strike over pay. welcome to doe hah, i am outside the saudi fan park at the moment. saudi arabia are playing against poland. you might heara roar arabia are playing against poland. you might hear a roar behind me. every time a saudi player touches the ball, the crowd goes wild. they have massive expectations of this team after they built argentina to — one. thousands of people have

let's cross live to our correspondent david willis who has been following this case. s a start—up superstar after dropping out of stanford university at the age of 19 to found theranos. she became a darling of the media, in fact at one point she even took to wearing the trademark black turtleneck sweaters of her hero steve jobs. but the product that she created, that theranos product which claimed to be able to conduct thousands of tests from a symbol dashmac�*s single sample of blood, proved to be not capable of doing what it claimed to be able to do, and she was convicted injanuary on four convicted in january on four related counts. today she was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison, that was less than the prosecution wanted to see, they called 15 years behind bars, it was more however than her defence team had asked for. they had asked for a sentence of about 18 months in home confinement. we heard from elizabeth holmes during the trial injanuary, and she attempted to pass off many of the shortcomings of her company to others, blame them on people other than h

we've sort of all had it, the people of the country have had it. 0ur north america correspondent david willisandidate donald trump, of course, he gave a characteristically bellicose response to the news of the appointment of a special prosecutor, special counsel to oversee investigations into his dealings. we had a taste of it there. but he said that what this appointment was, as he put it, "a horrendous abuse of power by a corrupt and "highly political us justice department." now, all of this comes just three days after mr trump announced he would be running for president again. and in response to that, the us attorney general clearly felt that he had no option but to appoint a special prosecutor, basically an independent lawyer, to oversee the investigations that are ongoing into mr trump's handling of classified documents at his mar—a—lago home, and also allegations that he incited a mob of supporters to attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections. now, by removing the attorney general effectively from these investigations, handing it over to jack smith, this indepen

let's hear from washington and from our correspondent there, david willis.ou make of what we'd heard from president biden and former president obama?— from president biden and former president obama? clearly, as you ointed president obama? clearly, as you pointed out. _ president obama? clearly, as you pointed out, this _ president obama? clearly, as you pointed out, this is _ president obama? clearly, as you pointed out, this is a _ president obama? clearly, as you pointed out, this is a highly - pointed out, this is a highly significant state, pennsylvania drawing three presidents today, two former and one current, to attempt to buoy up support for their particular candidates. in the last hour, joe biden and barack obama took to the stage there to drum up support forjohn fetterman, who is the democratic candidate for the senate. esther fetterman had achieved quite a significant lead over his republican rival, dr mehmet ores, mentally few weeks ago, and to end since then, dr oz has drawn very close after it was revealed that john fetterman had had a stroke

cheering our north america correspondent, david willis, told us more about the crucial campaigns.e outcome of this election would shape the future of this country for decades to come. he also said that it was a choice between two parties with very different visions of the future of the united states. now, the republicans need just one seat in the upper house, the senate, in order to gain control there. and they have their eyes on the traditionally swing state of pennsylvania, hence three presidents visited there over the course of the last few hours. one current, two former. barack obama and joe biden took to the stage together and we again heard president biden saying that democracy itself was on the ballot on tuesday. but, he said, was because many of the republican candidates up for election on tuesday shared donald trump's belief that the 2020 election was stolen and that the electoral system here is flawed. but despite the fact that there is no concrete evidence in that regard. now, the candidates in that senate race in pennsylvania are democraticjohn fetterman, who has seen

earlier, our north america correspondent david willis gave me his reaction to the democrats winning theate. it's a remarkable result tonight, the democrats projected to win the crucial swing state of nevada. catherine cortez mastro beating her republican challenger adam laxalt, which gives the democrats the 50 senate votes they need, and with the tie—breaking vote of vice president kamala harris, they have retained their majority in the upper house. very significant, because very few people thought the democrats would do quite as well as this, given the fact that inflation in this country is currently at a more than ao—year high, and the fact joe biden�*s approval ratings were considerably lower than many in the party would have liked. a lot of people it seems who came out to vote took against the so—called election denier candidates endorsed by donald trump, and this has somewhat upended his perceived role as a sort of kingmaker, if you like, in the republican party. so it's good news forjoe biden. what it means for donald trump remains to be seen. he's nonetheless committed himself to

whatever it takes to give them the capacity to defend themselves. 0ur north america correspondent, david willishington. 0ver over the last few hours there have been many questions asked about this incident on the ukraine— poland border. and the president has laid some concern to rest with some of the comments we just heard. he to rest with some of the comments wejust heard. he had briefed members of the 67 and the eu behind closed doors at the eu behind closed doors at the 620 summit, in bali. as you heard there, he said it was unlikely that the missile that killed two people just over the border in poland was fired from russia. he was basing this on a telephone conversation he had with the president of poland and also a separate conversation with the un secretary general, jens stoltenberg. they have identified these as potentially russian—made but it has been fairly cautious about that. as to its origin, well, that is all part of the investigation. it remains to be seen. if indeed this is a russian missile it would be the first time since the invasion of ukraine that a russian weapon has come

they are all running on the same programme. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis who's beenidterm elections for us, sent this report from washington. in these elections, joe biden's democrats have outperformed expectations, there's no question about that. us projections giving victory in the key swing state of nevada to the democrat candidate, catherine cortez masto, who was up against a trump—endorsed republican candidate, adam laxalt. now, at one point, ms cortez masto was trailing her republican rival. but then came the votes from the most populated part of the state of nevada, clark county. that's the area around the city of las vegas. that tipped it in the democrats' favour. it paves the way for the democrats to take up 50 seats in the new senate. and with the casting vote of the vice president, kamala harris, they will therefore have a majority in the upper house. but even more remarkable, it seems, is the democrats' performance in the house of representatives. republicans seem certain to have acquired the majority there, but by a much slimmer margin than many had pred

our north america correspondent, david willis has been following this story and hejoins me now from washingtonbeen comment on this issue in pollen from various nato leaders but of course when it comes to the nato club, the mighty muscle in the room is the united states. what has been the reaction in washington?— what has been the reaction in washinrton? ~ ., ., washington? well i have to say, over the last _ washington? well i have to say, over the last few _ washington? well i have to say, over the last few hours - washington? well i have to say, over the last few hours there - over the last few hours there has been a lot of concern and questions asked about this incident on the polish ukraine border and president biden appears to have laid some of that concern to rest with the sort of comments that we just heard. he had briefed members of the g7 and the eu behind closed doors at the g20 summit in bali and as you heard there, he said it was unlikely that the missile that killed two people just over the border in poland was fired from russia. he was basing this on a telephone conversation he h

our north america correspondent david willis has been following this story and hejoins me now from losng at a rally in iowa. do you think is possibly setting up you think is possibly setting up any successes in the mid— terms as a possible springboard for a run of the presidency himself?— himself? well, it's very interesting _ himself? well, it's very interesting because - himself? well, it's very interesting because in i himself? well, it's very i interesting because in the himself? well, it's very - interesting because in the last hour, in sioux city, iowa, donald trump has given the strongest hint yet that he plans to run for the presidency in two years' time. is alluded to this before, he's toyed with this in this regard on more than one occasion, saying, "i may have to think about that," and so on but tonight he was uncharacteristically emphatic about all of this, in the state of iowa whose caucuses traditionally kickoff the presidential race, a state which donald trump and salt one both in 2016 and 2020 and he was, as i say, pretty emphatic about his intentions in the future. , ,

we can speak to our north america correspondent david willis who is been looking into this for us. ck up some of the sentiments and what president biden was saying, the best performance by a sitting government in the midterms in a very long time. what do you think is behind this? fix, what do you think is behind this? lot of people thought this would come down to some sort of referendum on the state of the us economy — inflation here is at a more than a0 year high, a lot of people are suffering because of the cost of living, and so on. but it appears that other issues have galvanised, particularly democrat voters, who appeared to have come out in large numbers in part because of thejune decision by the us supreme court, roe v wade, to lift the constitutional right for a woman to have an abortion in this country. that allied with distaste over some of the donald trump endorsed candidates in this election, particularly in the state of pennsylvania, doctor mehmet oz who lost tojohn pennsylvania, doctor mehmet oz who lost to john fetterman there. pennsylvania, doctor mehmet oz who lost t

we heard from the white house and the pentagon, and let's bring in my colleague david willis, who isis, particularly what presidentjoe biden has been saying, given the fact he's here at the site summit in bali, where the war has been a backdrop. absolutely riaht, and has been a backdrop. absolutely right, and instead _ has been a backdrop. absolutely right, and instead of _ has been a backdrop. absolutely right, and instead of being - has been a backdrop. absolutely right, and instead of being in - right, and instead of being in the building behind me, joe biden is in the building just behind you there in bali, which has nonetheless been on the phonein has nonetheless been on the phone in the wee small hours of the morning talking to the nato secretary lee 6eneraljens stoltenberg and president duda on poland. the white house has issued a readout of the conversation that took place. it says that president duda described poland's ongoing assessment of the explosion in the eastern part of the country near the border with ukraine, and it goes on to say that president biden offered full u

the bbc�*s david willis in los angeles has been following the story. he told me more.day at 5 o'clock in the evening to decide whether they wanted to stay with the company or take three months�* severance pay, or stay on and work, as you put itjust now, "at high intensity for long hours." well, it seems like there has been virtually a stampede for the exit, with hundreds of twitter employees opting to take that severance pay. and that has prompted mr musk and his advisers to get into negotiations with some critical staff who they rely upon to keep the social platform working. it�*s also apparently caused him to relax the stipulation that employees spend at least a0 hours in the office. he�*s suggesting he might be more open to remote working now. as you mentioned, he has closed the offices until monday — no explanation given. meanwhile, trending on twitter is the hashtag �*riptwitter�*. since mr musk bought twitter he has been very vocal, very active on what is now his own platform. has he responded to the latest development? there�*s been no response from twitter�*s c

here's our north america correspondent david willis who's in washington.ll a toss—up. voting is still going on in the key swing states of arizona and nevada, whereas the state of georgia is set for a run—off election in a month's time. republicans seem set to take a few seats in the house of representatives, although by no means as many as they had counted on, and it seems that so—called red wave that so many people have been talking about did not materialise. many thought the economy would be the key issue in these elections, given the fact that inflation in this country is currently at a more than ao—year high, but exit polls suggest that abortion rights were a key issue for about a third of those who took to the polls this time around, that following the overriding of roe v wade by the us supreme court during the summer here. also, donald trump's endorsed candidates in large part underperformed, chiefly, of course, the candidate in pennsylvania, mehmet oz, a television celebrity doctor, who lost out to the democratic rivaljohn fetterman, giving the demo

let's cross live to our correspondent david willis, who has been following this case. y, david. well, elizabeth holmes _ happened today, david. well, elizabeth holmes is _ happened today, david. well, elizabeth holmes is a - happened today, david. well, elizabeth holmes is a startup| elizabeth holmes is a startup superstar, orat elizabeth holmes is a startup superstar, or at least she was. her company theranos was once valued at more than $9 billion — but it came unstuck pretty quickly following a series of investigative articles by the wall streetjournal newspaper. the wall street journal newspaper. now the wall streetjournal newspaper. now back injanuary of this year, elizabeth holmes was convicted on four separate accounts, three of investor fraud and one of conspiracy. and she hasjust been sentenced to more than 11 years in jail — that is less than prosecutors in this case had called for, they wanted to see her go to jail for 15 years or more. but it is considerably more than her defence team had asked for, they asked for 18 months of home confinement. no elizabeth

david willis was alluding to some of this a little earlier uncommitted forecast to reach the 218 needede lower house of congress. let's speak to my colleague standing by for us with more on the latest. if this is indeed true, but could this mean in terms of joe biden�*s presidency and the 2024 election? joe biden's presidency and the 2024 election?— 2024 election? well, this of course has _ 2024 election? well, this of course has been _ 2024 election? well, this of course has been widely - course has been widely expected. i think what has surprised many people is the number, 218 is the magic number. it looks like the republicans will achieve that and perhaps a few more. they will have that working majority in the house of representatives, but not as big as they had been filled hoping for. it is enough to stymie some of the ambitions ofjoe biden over the next couple of years. interestingly, we've heard from kevin mccarthy, the favourite republican to take over the job of speaker of the house, taking overfrom nancy pelosi. there will be a vote on the house floor in january for that. and h

for more on this story, i�*m joined now by our north america correspondent, david willis.ployees until five o�*clock in the evening to decide whether they were going to stay with the company or take three months�* severance pay, or stay on and work as you put a just now, at high intensity for longer hours. well, it seems like there has been virtually a stampede for the exit with hundreds of twitter employees opting to take that severance pay, and that has prompted mr musk, and his advisers, to get into negotiations with some critical staff who they rely upon to give the social platform working. it is also apparently causing him to relax the stipulation that employees spend at least a0 hours in the office, suggesting he may be more open to remote working now. as you mentioned, he has closed the offices until monday, no explanation given. meanwhile, trending on twitter is the hashtag riptwitter. since mr musk bought twitter he has been very active, variable kilometres now his own platform. he has been responding to the latest development? h0 responding to the latest developm

let's speak to our washington correspondent — david willis.d for? yes, it is hailed as the _ the democrats had hoped for? yes, it is hailed as the best _ the democrats had hoped for? yes, it is hailed as the best result _ the democrats had hoped for? yes, it is hailed as the best result of- the democrats had hoped for? yes, it is hailed as the best result of its - is hailed as the best result of its kind by a sitting president in 20 years. you have to go back to 2002 just after 9/11 when george w bush gained a small advantage in both houses of congress back then, following that attack. joe biden has done extremely well, bearing in mind that inflation is at more than a a0 year high in this country and the fact that his approval rating has been extremely low. it still looks as though the republicans will pick up as though the republicans will pick up the lower house, the house of representatives, although by no means as many seats as many had been predicting before the selection. the so—called red wave of republican victories hasn't materialised

here�*s our north america correspondent david willis. the evening to decide whether they wanted to stay with the company or take three months�* severance pay, or stay on and work, as you put itjust now, �*at high intensity for long hours.�* well, it seems like there has been virtually a stampede for the exit, with hundreds of twitter employees opting to take that severance pay. and that has prompted mr musk and his advisers to get into negotiations with some critical staff who they rely upon to keep the social platform working. it�*s also apparently caused him to relax the stipulation that employees spend at least a0 hours in the office. he�*s suggesting he might be more open to remote working 110w. as you mentioned, he has closed the offices until monday — no explanation given. meanwhile, trending on twitter is the hashtag �*riptwitter�*. since mr musk bought twitter he has been very vocal, very active on what is now his own platform. staying with the world of tech, and the founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes, is set to be sentenced l

our north america correspondent, david willis, has the details.den's approval ratings have sunk to a very low level, many people were predicting there will be some sort of rout on the part of the republicans, but it didn't materialise. and the democrats are on course to retain their majority in the upper house or maybe even enhance it. it comes down to two outstanding senate states. those are nevada and georgia. nevada is said to be neck and neck. georgia, of course, we know, was so close that it's already gone to a runoff. so it may not be until the 6th of december when that runoff takes place that we know the full complexion of the upper house. but this is very good news for the democrats. they also, of course, have been widely predicted to lose a lot of seats in the house of representatives. and it appears that that's not been the case either. i've been speaking to christopher carman from the university of glasgow. i asked him whether the votes in arizona were processed quickly, to quell any doubts over the result. given what happened two years

david willis in washington. watched races for senate is in georgia, where polls suggest it's too early to call the result. there's even a possibility that the outcome won't be decided until a december six runoff election, which will be triggered if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue has this update from atlanta, georgia. it's been a long night in georgia and here at the governor's party, brian kemp and his supporters have been celebrating because they've won another four years in office and with a substantial majority. as things stand in terms of the senate race, that is still pretty much a dead heat. the votes are still being counted. that could go for some time yet. for some hours yet before we get a final result there. and of course, you have to remember that in georgia, you have to get 50% of the vote plus one. 0therwise they'll have to be a runoff in four weeks' time. so all eyes still turn on the georgia senate race as that fits into the national picture forjoe b

let's hearfrom washington — our correspondent david willis is there. t now seems an inevitable majority for them in the lower house. a number of results were announced overnight, and there are now about as i say, 16 or so that our outstanding before they are edging in on the 218 margin that they need in order to secure a majority in the lower house, and that will make life very much more difficult forjoe biden, for the second half of his term in office. it will mean that republicans are able to stymie his legislative agenda, and that they have promised to do, or potentially calling for inquiries into people such as president biden's son and his business activities, and stymie in the democrats' call for further military aid for ukraine. so, republicans looking to take the house of representatives, they failed to take the senate of course, and now all eyes are turning to this announcement late tonight from donald trump. it's not the sort of political background that he would want to be making his announcement in, is it? ., �*, ., �* in, is it? no, it's no

here's our north america correspondent david willis let's get more from our technology reporter alistair| those who are leaving the company have taken to the platform they are leaving to talk about the fact that they are leaving, they have been tweeting once again as many did when we had the redundancy is two weeks ago, they have been tweeting a saluting hand emoji and a blue heart and talking about the time that they had working for the company. there is a real sense that people did enjoy working there. it is two weeks since elon musk let go of around half of the staff and it seems many of those that are left now don't want to work there. they were given an ultimatum this week, they were told to work intense long hours as elon musk trying to form what he called hardcore twitter. there were also told they would have to come to the office lots. it seems that hasn't worked, senior management at twitter are a bit concerned and there is a bit of a backpedalling on those rules around how working with people being told actually they would be able to do that. it seems that probably wasn't enoug

david willis of there in washington for us.ely simple. this is the kakhovka dam — one of ukraine's biggest hydroelectric power plants. it's not clear who did this. a section's clearly been destroyed. if it collapsed, more than 80 locations would be flooded, including kherson. for now, the city is full of relief and celebration. the sight of ukrainian soldiers marks the end of eight months of russian occupation. recovery will take longer. translation: before fleeing from kherson, the occupiers i destroyed all critical infrastructure, communication, water supply, heat, electricity. russian forces everywhere have the same goal. mockery of people as much as possible. but we will restore everything, believe me. russian forces may have retreated across the dnipro river, but they haven't gone away. we have been warned yesterday by our general staff of the ukrainian armed forces that russians are making new fortifications on the left bank side of the dnipro river, and there is a likelihood of massive artillery shelling. ukraine forcing

let's talk to our correspondent in washington david willis.announcement to come tonight from donald trump at mara lago. yes. donald trump at mara lago. yes, indeed all eyes _ donald trump at mara lago. yes, indeed all eyes on _ donald trump at mara lago. yes, indeed all eyes on donald - donald trump at mara lago. yes, indeed all eyes on donald trump and what he's going to say. pare indeed all eyes on donald trump and what he's going to say.— indeed all eyes on donald trump and what he's going to say. are we ended the wiser? well, _ what he's going to say. are we ended the wiser? well, it's _ what he's going to say. are we ended the wiser? well, it's widely _ the wiser? well, it's widely expected to be the launch of trump 24. this is a man who delights in the hyperbole republic? this is a very big announcement. he said it is perhaps the most important speech that would be given in the usa will stop this is an announcement that donald trump, by all accounts, desperately wanted to make before the midterm elections. he held for rallies in the spac

here's our north america correspondent david willis. to keep the social platform working. it's also apparently caused him to relax the stipulated stipulation that employees spend at least 40 hours in the office. he's suggesting that he might be more open to remote working now. and, as you mentioned, he's closed the offices until monday. no explanation given. meanwhile, trending on twitter is the hashtag #riptwitter. yes, i've seen it. let's speak now to chris stokel—walker, he's a technologyjournalist who's been following what's been happening at twitter. he has devotedly sat looking into his camera for a very long time while we kept you waiting, chris, thank you for bearing with us. from what you are hearing from inside the company, what have working conditions become like at twitter since elon musk took over? trench -like, since elon musk took over? trench -like. war — since elon musk took over? trench -like, war zone, _ since elon musk took over? trench -like, war zone, terrible. - since elon musk took over? trench -like, war zone, t

david: half hour there, something like that. good to see you. thank you, susan, appreciate that. >>> meanwhile taylor swift fans are seeing red over a ticketmaster disaster. fox business correspondent gerri williserri? reporter: david, i have to tell you this is a funny one, right? taylor swift crashed ticketmaster yesterday as demand for tickets to the new eras tour spiked into millions of orders. so-called swifties, that is what the fans call themselves, they're furious, the site was not loading or allowing them to access tickets. despite having a verified presale code for the fans. ticketmaster saying the site was not down, asking patience from the fans it was facing a historically, unprecedented demand for the pop diva's first tour in five years. so what happened? well you can guess angry swiftie fans took to twitter to complain saying they were waiting online for up to eight hours. although the purchase price of tickets range from 49 bucks to 449, the guardian reporting that resale sites were listing tickets as high as $22,000. mean while, guess who got involved? alexandria ocasio-cortez, calling for ticketmaster and live nation to be broken up because of the snafu. she said this on twitte

former mayor willie brown, senator scott wiener and nancy pelosi son paul pelosi junior. >> city attorney davidcredited nancy pelosi for her contributions to the project which cost 1.9, 5 billion dollars every time. >> we ran short of a few million dollars. we called one woman up to help deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to this project. she is not here today, but she's being honored this week in our country as the historic speaker of the united states house of representatives. and that is nancy pelosi. well, nancy did not make an appearance. her son paul witnessed the grand opening was the first that fisher i and it was with the community was special. >> but just in a sign of time down union square and beyond really special. it was 3 weeks ago when a man severely beat paul pelosi senior in the pacific heights home. >> he underwent surgery for a fractured school and has since been recovering. his son says he was familiar with the area and would have loved to have been there that noise and whenever he does what he meant light noise and things and take a while to adjust without the right pr

gerri willis has the details on that. >> reporter: hey there, david, that's right. this is concerning. one of the biggest positives, as you mow, of the post-covid economy has been the strength in the jobs market, right? well, until now. job cuts announced by u.s.-based employers jumped 48% to 33,800 year-over-year in october. that's according to the outplacement firm challenger gray and christmas. the biggest job cuts coming in technology which was flush during the recession. listen. >> these companies were with investing in workers for some of the long-term projects. interest rates are much higher, those valuations is have dropped pretty dramatically. and as a result, the tech companies are having to cut back and really justify their labor force. >> reporter: here are some of the bigger cuts announced so far: amazon, as you say, carving up to 10,000 positions mostly from its retail and human resources and devices group. not good for alexa fans. and not to be outdone, facebook parent meta says it's cutting 13% of its work force or 11,000 workers. intel also expected

david: the record inflation and the effects of the pandemic are raising concerns that history just might be repeating itself. gerri willislearned from the financial crisis nearly 15 years ago. it doesn't seem that long ago, gerri. gerri: and we're remembering it all, david, that's right here at fox business, we remember the financial crisis of 2008 and if that means times of uncertainty that we're here for investors every step of the way. >> the tectonic plates of the global financial landscape are shifting under the earthquakes of lehman, merril lynch, and aig. >> epic monumental, historic, chaotic. >> a nation that was once the world's market envy is increasingly becoming the world's market pariah. >> it's hard to connect the dot s on how they make utility and survive. we're typically in this environment. david: the worst week ever for stocks. >> we're watching history being made and out of the corner of my eye i'm looking at wall street. gerri: now, today's investors aren't facing the wave of bankruptcies or liquidity crisis, and a weakening housing market is not having ripple effects that led to that kind of chaos we

former mayor willie brown, senator scott wiener and nancy pelosi son. >> paul pelosi junior. >> city attorney davidu credited nancy pelosi for her contributions to the project which cost 1.9, 5 billion dollars every time. >> we ran short of a few million dollars. we called one woman up to help deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to this project. she is not here today, but she's being honored this week in our country as the historic speaker of the united states house of representatives. and that is nancy pelosi ball. nancy did not make an appearance. her son paul witnessed the grand opening was the first that fish are and it was with the community which special. >> but just in a sign of time to union square and beyond really special. it was 3 weeks ago when a man severely beat paul pelosi senior in the pacific heights home. >> he underwent surgery for a fractured school and has since been recovering. his son says he was familiar with the area and would have loved to have been there that noise and member whenever he does what he meant light noise and things that take a while to adjust without the

former mayor willie brown, senator scott wiener and nancy pelosi son paul pelosi junior. >> city attorney david chiu credited nancy pelosi for her contributions to the project which cost 1.9, 5 billion dollars every time. >> we ran short of a few million dollars. we called one woman up to help deliver hundreds of millions of dollars to this project. she is not here today, but she's being honored this week in our country as the historic speaker of the united states house of representatives. and that is nancy pelosi ball. nancy did not make an appearance. her son paul witnessed the grand opening was the first that fish a bag and it was with the community which special. >> but just in a sign of time to union square and beyond really special. it was 3 weeks ago when a man severely beat paul pelosi senior in the pacific heights home. >> he underwent surgery for a fractured school and has since been recovering. his son says he was familiar with the area and would have loved to have been there that noise and member whenever he does what he meant light noise and things that take a while to adjust witho