rnc dropping a plan to pronounce donald trump the nominee. and also president biden s campaign reportedly closely watching the bitter feud and many even enjoying it. will it help the incumbent president come november. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, january 26. happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington. and it is also 5:00 a.m. in new york. that is where donald trump is expected back in federal court this morning for closing a arguments in the civil defamation case brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. he closed out the trial with just three minutes of testimony thursday. he was admonished several times by the judge. his comments stricken from the record after he repeated the original defamation against carroll. trump s lawyer asked, quote, did you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an accusation trump responded yes, she said something i considered a false accusation. totally false. that is when the judge interrupted and sai
interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3%, as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longest recession since reliable records began, over a century ago. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. it is the biggest interest rate rise in a third of a century. the cost of living has been rising at its fastest rate for a0 years for global reasons but the bank of england is trying to prevent runaway inflation from becoming embedded in the domestic economy. these are big changes, they have a real impact on people s lives, so why are we doing it? and why are we doing it now when so many people are already struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? quite simply we are increasing the bank rate bec
of restaurants. i want a free market where if i do a good job, i want to get more money. i m a better waiter, i want to get rewarded. i lived on tips. he said this could raise the wage for staff that are serving tables to $15.25. they re going to tag on the price to the menu items. so your burger s going to cost more. they re going to build it in and make it simpler. how many times do you go, the food wasn t that good, i m not going to give that big of a tip. you re penalizing the waiter for the food. it becomes so subjective. one of the things they do okay in europe is they do food and they do the the europeans, the tip is included. any time you go into a restaurant and a party of six, they re going to add the tip on anyway and you re okay with that. i m saying i want the ability to judge my waiter or waitress. you still can. sure. no, you can t.