beyond hakim jeffries. the number two catherine clark from massachusetts, she is someone who's seen as a likely person to run for the whip position. also pete aguilar whoo, a member from california. those three members are seen as sort of a team that may run as sort of a bloc, if you will. they have been talking to members, seeing if they can get the support to eventually move up. but what happens to steny hoyer? what happens to jim clyburn who's currently a member of leadership? clyburn told me earlier this week that he would not run for the top position but wants a position in leadership. so what does that mean for the other positions here? it is not just a game of chess. it is also significant because people in power will drive their strategy, their party, their policy priorities, and could potentially bring them back to power in 2024 when democrats will have a shot to regain the majority. but this moment, historic. the first woman house speaker stepping aside after two decades as the most prominent, mos

if hakim jeffries does window, a younger person does when, but that's not necessarily a short, as at the moment with stony. why are 83 year old deputy still making it clear that he isn't averse to the idea of, of taking her place? all right, yeah, thank you so much for that analysis, an update from capitol hill. so just to recap, we heard from nancy pelosi just a few moments ago. she said that she will not be seeking re election to the democratic leadership in the next congress, but she will remain a member of the house. so that is the latest news coming out of washington d. c. we are going to head to inside story next, but the news hour is at the top of the hour right here on al jazeera will have more headlines for you and all the days top stories. and i will see you then. thanks for watching. bye bye. ah, the cost of living prices worse is in the u. k. inflation is at its highest level in more than 40 years. millions of people cannot afford to buy food, will heat their homes. so will the new government budget be enough to ease the pain? this is inside story. ah, ah, hello, welcome

hakim jeffries and katherine clark and pete augilar we heard those names from ali vitali, an incrediblyse leadership it would be if that turned out to be the new leadership of the democratic party. we keep getting statements in and we will keep you posted on reaction to nancy pelosi's decision. in the meantime, 19 days left until the georgia runoff and herschel walker and raphael warnock are on the campaign trail. warnock scheduled to speak any minute now as both fight for attention with the control of the senate no longer at stake. walker did draw attention yesterday when he talked about a vampire movie he just had seen, trying to tie it to his opponent. >> i want to tell you something. a werewolf can kill a vampire. did you know that? i don't want to be a vampire any more. i want to be a werewolf. this actor, he blitzes the house with a holy water and walked the stairs and looking really good in the black suit and that sounds like rafael warnock, doesn't it, and the holy water and covered his eyes and took his hand away and started laughing, it doesn't work. that is the way it is in l

in london, the top stories allow jazeera hakim jeffries has been elected as the new democratic leader of the us house of representatives. he's the 1st black person to hold the role. jeffries will take over from nancy pelosi, who serve for 19 years. he takes on the leadership at a critical time for the democrats, who's lost their house, majority you mid term elections. heidi j castro has more from capitol hill, sir. hello, see? said she would be stepping down from her house speakership role. are in this new term after, and democrats very narrowly lost their majority in after this last midterm election . and so this new, these new leaders coming in, we'll have quite the job, cut out for them. come january 3rd when this new congress this morning, given that they were no longer have the majority, they'll really be playing defense as their major role against a republican house majority. at least 15 people have been killed in a bombing in northern afghanistan's name happened to the religious school and i back the capital of some on gun province. the interior affairs ministry says students a

they finished top of that group quite ah, welcome to the program hakim jeffries has been elected as the new democratic leader of the us house of representatives. he's the 1st black person to hold the role. jeffries will take over from nancy pelosi, who serve for 19 years. he takes on the leadership at a critical time for the democrats who lost their house majority in mid term elections of 52 years old jeffries is relatively young, 6 years younger than the average age of those sitting in the us house of representatives. he's been in the house since to 2013 and has chair the house democratic caucus since 2019. jeffers had a significant role in the 1st impeachment of donald trump. he was selected as one of 7 house managers, presenting the case against the then president. he's the 1st black person to hold a top party leader position in the house or senate. heidi joe castro reports from capitol hill. good afternoon everyone. it's an honor. this is the new face of house democratic leadership, younger and more diverse, 52 year old had came, jeffries will be the 1st black american to lead a par

thanks or us lawmakers . hakim jeffries has formerly launched a bid to become the democratic leader in the house of representatives. jeffries would be the 1st african american to had a party. quakers in congress, the former, the current chamber speaker, nancy pelosi, and she was stepping down from her leadership role on thursday. but jeffries were b minority leader after republicans take control of the house in january, having emerge with a majority in the mid term elections. ah, to it's, it's troubles appear to be deepening with reports that hundreds more twitter employees of quit in response to an ultimatum of from new chief exec the executive ellen mask. he told workers to sign up for long hours at high intensity on thursday or leave with 3 months severance pay. twitters office buildings around the world have also been closed until next week. casting doubts on the social media platforms ability to keep operating on friday, ala musk, e mail, twitter staff, asking any employees who write software code to report to the 10th floor of twitters office in san francisco. crystal walker is a

check of the headlines here on al jazeera democrats in the us house of representatives of chosen hakim jeffries. as the new party leader, the congressman from new york will succeed nancy pelosi in january. jeffries as the 1st black person to lead a major party in congress. the u. s. military has confirmed that the leader of iceland has been killed in an operation carried out by the free syrian army in october. about al hassan. i'll have shami al karachi was killed in a southern province of that. r is a 2nd isolated to be killed this year. she had baton, she has more from washington dc. this actually happened in the south. this will now be the 4th leader off i. so since i will who bucher all back, daddy was killed in october 2019 by the us. his successor was killed in february also by the u. s. a. but i think what's interesting now is that we have this killing in october by the free, serious all me. and i think just the last interesting detail perhaps is it is the free syrian army who conductors right according to this operation, according to the, the u. s. at least 15 people have been killed in

ah, the top stories lounges era hakim jeffries has been elected as the new democratic leader in the us house of representatives. he's the 1st black person to hold the ro, jeffries will take over from nancy pelosi, who so for 19 years he takes on the leadership, had a critical time for the democrats who lost their house majority in the mid term elections. heidi j castro has war from capitol hill. hello. see said she would be stepping down from her house speakership role are in this new term after and democrats very narrowly lost their majority in after this last midterm election. and so this new, these new leaders come in, we'll have quite the job, cut out for them. come january 3rd when this new congress this morning, given that they will no longer have the majority, they'll really be playing defense as their major war against a republican house. majority, at least 15 people have been killed in the bombing in northern afghanistan. it happened at a religious school and i back the capital of some angle province. at least 20 people were injured. the interior 1st ministry says students are

a new round of leaders has nominated itself to come in hakim jeffries at the lead from brooklyn, new york. and i just need to see what kind of council you would give them about restoring what you consider to be health, to democratic discourse. you know, this town, washington d. c was never supposed to be a place for the come by are, you know, part of this is a place where he is an issue, struggle against each other, but it's become so toxic and i'm interested in what, what you would advise them to, to do by way of undoing some of this toxicity and trying to set a tone that's healthier for their kind of leadership in the country. yeah, i mean, i like hockey, jeff reece and i do think it was time for someone else to step up. i mean, closer here is honor and i think people are looking for new and leadership. that said, i mean, one thing i worry about with jeffries is one of the hardest parts of the job will be, you know, how do you actually are the cats that constitute the democratic caucus and which cats do you have that knock on the side of the head to get them to behave. and you know

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she knows that hakim jeffries and other democratic leaders can build that coalition, and i also don'tirely going away. i still think she has a role to play. aishah: really quickly and hen i want to move move on, but do you think mccarthy has the votes here? >> you hear the matt gaetzs of the world saying, no, no, no, who are they going to put up? there is no paul ryan. and let's remember, these are the same clowns that unanimously voted for kevin before. now heir saying they wouldn't when they voted for him last time. kevin has worked his tail off. he has recruited, fundraised, he has made this a conference with a mission. there is nobody better suited, and i am so excited. aishah: i think it's a little bit of wheeling and dealing on capitol hill, right? >> always. aishah: i've got to move on to ftx because this has been insane, and a lot of calls for oversight. tim, i'm e -- i've got to ask you because we've got democrats in a really tough spot, some that took some of this money sit on these oversight committees, and they say they can do the job of oversight and investigate. can they

it is likely to be hakim jeffries. we're not certain of that, the odds on favorite we're told.ink between the moderates and "the squad." is that a wise choice? >> well, look he is a new yorker. he is also a generational change. so, and he's a black new yorker. so i think there is a lot of symbolism and reality to the choice. it does take it away from that older generation. none of the people who have been around her forever, steny hoyer, jails clyburn, are about as old as she is. you have a generational change here and i think for pelosi's point, had the democrats held the house i think she would have stayed but nobody wants to be the minority leader. everybody wants to be the majority leader. the speaker, not the minority leader because there is not a lot of fun, particularly in the house. you have no power whatsoever. david: let's talk about the new majority then. just barely that, 218 is what they needed. they just have that, the republicans. how do you think they're doing? >> well look, i thought the first thing today was very interesting that jim jordan and comer from kent

meantime the house democratic caucus elected new york congressman hakim jeffries to succeed nancy pelosileader of the democrats in the chamber next year. china's surveillance state ramping up in the face of protests that is our big story tonight. police are using data from resident cell phones to track down those demanding an end to the communist nation zero covid lockdown. susan li is in new york with the latest. >> reporter: protests in china returning last night despite the government rolling back on some tougher restrictions. in china clashes between protesters and riot police in has met suits. they have lifted most of their lockdown measures. 43 protests taken place in 22 cities across china according to reuters analysis. what has been remarkable for the china watchers, the ability for the protesters, organizers to get around china's infamous surveillance and sensors. one technology that they have been used apple's airdrop feat ture, allows direct iphone to iphone sharing across bluetooth on the intermet. apple had earlier limited that feature. we reached out to apple for comment, n

of our reporting, i would welcome your take of course, as a far more expert take on this, that hakim jeffriessidered the front-runner, as someone nancy pelosi had supported, to be the democratic leader, and then katherine clark, and pete augiliar as a part of that mix. >> i think she is sending out a signal in the last 24 hours, you are reading the same signals i have, and schiff has said he will focus on running for the senate. he certainly i think is probably the only leader right now to, or the only candidate to be the minority leader. and you'll see the rest of these issues shake out. i think that right now, among leadership, all of these great people who are wise, that have been engaged, that they have worked, campaigned across the country, they know every member, they know the strengths and weaknesses, and how you work together. they're all going to be important and valuable. and i think you're going to see everybody have a lull. i don't know, so i can't speak for anybody, but i've always said to everybody, i didn't know about nancy, i don't think anybody else is going to go any place i

leadership role jockeying behind the scenes that that wasn't talked about a whole lot recently we have hakim jeffrieskatherine clark of massachusetts. peter engelaar, california interestingly enough, who were all jockeying right now for leadership positions, they may be going for the position of minority house minority leader nancy pelosi would have been going forward probably easily would have one actually sought to have re election here, but right now she's not seeking reelection. she's getting a lot of luck. chuck schumer there in the audience, along with many other lawmakers, you're familiar with. i understand that also among the folks there was eric swalwell, he brought his daughter to washington, d. c to watch nancy pelosi give this speech details still unfolding what's happening here, but the big story is nancy pelosi. romanian congress will not be in a leadership position. we're going to take a quick break and be right back. ♪ this is how it feels to du more with less asthma... ...thanks to dupixent. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on treatment for specific types of

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what we see with hakim jeffries, new york, democrat.e comes out of the brooklyn district, a mile away from chuck schumer. we will have two democratic leaders coming from new york. he has risen through the ranks and seems to have the support of his colleagues to move on. he is moving in this trio with katherine clark, the congresswoman from massachusetts , who was working to get to the number two spot and pete a guilar. they all seem to be poised to make it to that point. host: how would you describe the styles that are coming in with this new team? guest: this is a great question and something we will start to see as time goes on. hakeem jeffries is from new york but he is seen as a more moderate democrat. as much as he has worked with the progressives they do have some concern if he would be progressive enough. we will see if he has a collaborative approach but he will be taking over from leader pelosi who has led strongly, some say too strongly. she has always had such a tight grip over the democrats but she has done it in a way that

this is the new york times this morning taking a look at that question, a picture there of hakim jeffries of new york. the democrat saying he could possibly see nancy pelosi did the democratic head of house progressives caucus about the only leadership picture where there is not questions seems to be in the senate for democrats. chuck schumer expected to lead democrats there but plenty of questions when it comes to these other positions in the senate chamber and in the house chambers as well. we want to hear from you, who do you think should lead your party and the 118th congress prayed that's our question this morning. benny is up first set of stockton. go ahead. >> good morning. thank you for taking my calls. i will like pramila jayapal and upper mother democratic ticket all the way. and i think warnock is going to be walker in the runoff. so i think we will keep the senate and congress. host: what do you like about pramila jayapal. why do you think she should lead democrats in the house. are you think regardless it should be her? caller: i think the speaker should stay until she retire

jeffries would fill the void. >> i think the next leader should be hakim jeffreys. his time would be hakeem jeffries. >> reporter: republicans are ready to help introduce jeffries to the public. >> he's even further to the left than nancy pelosi, and that's the problem with the democrat party. that's why the democrat party in kentucky is almost monoexistent now. their leaders get further and further to the left. that's why the labor unions are are now coming to the republican party. >> reporter: but political observers aren't buying the gop assessment of jeffries. he's had squabbles with the squad. >> hakeem jeffries, like nancy pelosi, is much more of an establishment democrat. i think progressives view jeffries as kind of a wall street guy, kind of a corporate democrat, to use their terminology. and i don't think he's particularly well trusted. >> reporter: now, nancy pelosi just gave the green light to jeff's. katherine clark for whip and pete aguilar as caucus chair. senate majority lead leader schumer is back next year, with schumer and jeffries, that means the

jeffries possibly being the party's next leader in the house. i believe that the team that's being put together will lead in a way that incorporates everyone's points abused hakim and all of us understand members, districts and what their aspirations are. and we'll be sure to continue to lead and putting again. people over politics. also today, senate majority leader chuck schumer shared the biggest lessons he learned from knowing and working with speaker pelosi for more than 30 years. create a team. hey attention to every member create a team. and have everyone understand that we're only as good as the team, one of her famous expressions which i have tried to carry out in the senate and learned from her in unity. there is strength. california governor. gavin newsom called pelosi the most effective, inconsequential speaker of the house in modern american history. hockey fights cancer in the south bay tonight , coming up, see how the sharks are working to help children fighting the disease and we are building up to tomorrow's sentencing of former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes, with her take on why she should not spend time in prison. and i'm back here with the f

jeffries is an excellent choice. i believe that the team that's being put together will lead in a way that incorporates every blends. points abused hakimunderstand members, districts and what their aspirations are and will be sure to continue to lead and putting again. people over politics over in the u. s. senate new york senator chuck schumer will remain the senate majority leader. next month's runoff election in georgia, between raphael warnock and herschel. walker will determine if democrats had 51 senate seats, or 50, with the vice president breaking any ties. the republicans officially take control of the house in january . members are already promising investigations. into the first family as well. bakersfield congressman kevin mccarthy in line to become our next house speaker. he tweeted out, we will be prepared to hold the biden administration accountable from day one. gop wants to examine whether president biden's son, hunter, sold access to his father in exchange for lucrative business deals. this committee will evaluate the status of joe biden relationship with his family's foreign partners and whether he is a president who