Good evening. The conservative mayor of the West Midlands, andy street, has urged the Prime Minister not to give up on the line between birmingham and manchester. It comes amid speculation that rishi sunak is about to announce that stage of the operation will be relaxed. Andy street said he must not give up on a but the Prime Minister is right to get a grip of the situation. Party conferences are cauldrons of gossip and whispers, denials and announcements. The whole question of h52, whether it will be built in hsz, whether it will be built in full between birmingham and manchester, as well as the connection between the West Midlands and london, has dominated over the last couple of days here for a simple reason. The government will not answer that very simple question. The speculation has swirled again today and tonight Downing Street say that no final decision has yet been made. And yet that intervention from the mayor of the West Midlands once again sparking off the discussion. That
thank you for the reporting. jim? well, just another day of extreme heat, historic heat across the country. more than 150 million americans remain under heat alerts. nearly half the country. with many facing triple digits all the way from the southwest to here in the nation s capital. it s hot here, too. in arizona, the record-breaking temperatures are so bad that even cactuses can t take the heat. the desert botanical garden said the saguaros are collapsing. the city s record streak of temperatures over 110 degrees is now in its 28th day. the triple digit heat set to take over parts of the northeast and midwest now. the cnn meteorologist is in the weather center. we talk about it. it is really bad. how bad for how long and what do we do about it? a lot of questions for you.
rest today. the nypd commissioner getting multiple standing ovations speaking to them from the heart and she said the city won t turn their back on the police officers ever. are you in houston. we know even across the country we ve had 27 officers shot and it is the 28th day of the month this year alone. what are your thoughts and what are you hearing from people in houston or more broadly about these attacks against our officers? thanks for having me. watching that it looks like new york is in for better leadership. major upgrade from deblasio is pretty obvious. we need similar upgrades in the houston area. we had three officers shot this week. officer galloway was murdered by an illegal immigrant here in this country illegally. the week before that. and what s the root cause of this? it s leftist ideology. it punishes success and
but he can t be out of touch with the realities that everyday americans face. there were good numbers from 2021 but that was coming out of a pandemic and we re seeing pretty rough numbers in 2022. you look at all the polling that shows the public isn t feeling an economic boom. they are feeling a lot of economic pain. so by saying everything is great they really risk seeming out of touch. you can talk up your accomplishments and your hopes for the future, but saying everything is great when that s not what people are feeling is a risk for political damage. on the crime issue. dana: i was going to say i would top his speech on infrastructure with remarks about crime and what is happening across the country with officers being shot. 27 in january and it is the 28th day of the month. in philadelphia, dana is one of the hot spots of violent crime. one of the highest violent crime rates in the country. it is an issue that democrats have to address. they can t just say we support the pol
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