help britain become more attractive, help more investment flow into our country, yes, i m absolutely prepared to take those decisions. more rail disruptions this time it s the london marathon that could be affected as rail workers announce more strike dates next month. and a peak audience of around 28 million people watched on tv as the queen s coffin was carried through london. and coming up in the sport over on the bbc news channel: england s cricketers mark their first match in pakistan for 17 years with a victory in the first t20 game in karachi. good evening. president putin is paving the way to try to annex a significant area of ukraine that are being occupied by russian forces. officials in the russian controlled areas in the donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia region have announced they plan to hold referenda onjoining russia in the coming days. ukraine and the us have said such ballots would be an illegal sham. russia has suffered a serious of setbacks on th
To quote Stormy Daniels, when somebody attacks me, im going to defend myself. Those were some of the final words from the Adult Film Star before she was excused from the stand in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is good to be back with you. Im chris jansing, alongside my colleague, andrea mitchell. Defense lawyer suggested she was trying to extort him, and capitalizing on his fame with merchandise, prosecutors for their part pointing out that daniels was the target of nasty, threatening tweets for even coming forward about an alleged affair with donald trump. They asked daniels been telling the truth net positive or net negative in your life. Daniels response, negative. Over the next hour, well bring you live updates from the courtroom, the latest witness who will be back after the lunch break, a bookkeeper at the Trump Organization who handled checks, including of course the key checks, the ones in question in this hush money case. So lets bring in the panel joining us now, nbc Nati
No good turning back. Well, it will take more than two years, more than five years, because look how long that they talk about it. Weve just got to go in and show them that we do mean business. And well be looking at the Prime Ministers hint that cooperation on security is closely linked to the outcome of the brexit deal. Also tonight, a reminder of the Security Threat here in the uk. A crowd converges on westminster bridge, to remember the victims of the Terror Attack which took place here a week ago. Well have more reaction and opinion to todays historic events, as the Prime Minister triggers britains exit from europe. Well hear from politicians, business and members of the public. Thats tonight, here on bbc news. Good evening. The United Kingdom has formally served notice that its leaving the European Union. A letter signed by theresa may was handed to the president of the European Council today. The Prime Minister told mps she wanted a smooth and orderly brexit, but she also hinted
on their watch. and this president should not be worried about it. they are doing it so earl tli president should be happy to take it now. my personal bet is that the fed is done raising rates no matter what because of what we have seen in the last several months. people can have disagreements. the fed wanted to normalize interest rates. this is 12% to 12.25%. there is some sensitivity when you re going off zero. so 2.5%, the economy should be able to handle that right now. or lat least so the fed thanks. thanks for that. joining us now is ken, former chief economist at the international monetary fund. great to see you. seasons greetings. what is your sense of the
12.25. but now you have new york here trying to get $15. this all started with senator bernie sanders, the socialist. we ve seen so much about democratic socialism. he s part of the democratic socialist platform, $15. this is helpful? what would be impact on businesses if we had a $15 minimum wage? when you have $15 minimum wage mandated by the state or federal government, that cuts into the profit margin of the small business owner who is 65% of this economy. they are the largest employers in the nation. what results in that you re shichting from the money from the business owner who is barely scraping by and giving it over to the employee. result is that when the profits drop so far, the employers will close up shop, lay off employees or cut back hours. result is that you have only the