good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s been a tough day that s how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a huge distraction that had drowned out other measures announced in the government s so called mini budgetjust 10 days ago. his change of heart followed mounting opposition among tory mps to the tax cut. our political editor, chris mason, reports. first thing this morning, things are moving. and fast. the planned tax cut for the highest paid is being junked. the government has blinked. it was an ambitious plan, and we talked to lots of people up and down the country. i saw the reaction. we considered what to do w
actually foreigner. they are doing a sound check in front of our building. they will be live the 8:00 hour. today it is brought to you by our friends at lowe s and pg&e as you see right there. good morning, everybody. thank goodness it s fox. when we see the band out there. we know it s going to be a grit day a lot of fun free food for anybody who signed up. go on the website and get the free barbecue. we also know when we see that band it is friday. thank goodness it is friday. steve: tgif. brian: you would think they wouldn t even need to practice. i was listening to the whole able to tease. they were working hard this might be their best show ever because they have never been more prepared. think about this, they put all this work in since 1977. and then they practiced up until last night going on tour with kid rock and just got off the stage maybe this might be the perfect show. they might do a movie like they did with queen about their appearance on fox & friends.
former vice president mike pence is fueling speculation that he could run for president in 2024 with his stop here today and new hampshire earlier in the week. but he told me in an exclusive interview he is only focused on the midterms. i asked if he agrees with the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell s sentiment that it could be difficult to win back the senate because of the quality of republican candidates. the american people long for a return to the policies that they saw the trump pence administration advance for a stronger and securer america. i believe that red wave is coming and i believe it s going to come at our candidates every level across the country. i will take all the time i have in the next 81 days to support the team. i also pressed pence about a statement from former president trump s legal team in response to the raid at mar-a-lago. the legal team said there was a standing order to declassify documents that trump took out of the oval office. whil
geopolitically it s hard to keep it straight. everyone was stunned this week by the killing of al~qaeda s top leader al-zawahiri. he was hiding in plain sight under the de facto government s motor, the taliban. the war in ukraine needs to be the top challenge that needs to be confronted. we have an indomitable enemy, the answer is staring us straight in the face, it s china. retaliating for nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan. how would we do in a military maxup. if you are simply doing that, you are missing the point. if you want batteries to put in your gas guzzling car, china. or batteries for your new electric vehicle, think china. you want to upgrade your iphone, think china. you want a mask for the mandates that keep coming back and back. think china. if you have a fever or infection, think china. fresh new pair of sneakers, china. the list goes on and on. until we decide as a country that pay the tim means that patriotism means more than money. we have a military crisis
geopolitically it s hard to keep it straight. everyone was stunned this week by the killing of al~qaeda s top leader al-zawahiri. he was hiding in plain sight under the de facto government s motor, the taliban. the war in ukraine needs to be the top challenge that needs to be confronted. we have an indomitable enemy, the answer is staring us straight in the face, it s china. retaliating for nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan. how would we do in a military maxup. if you are simply doing that, you are missing the point. if you want batteries to put in your gas guzzling car, china. or batteries for your new electric vehicle, think china. you want to upgrade your iphone, think china. you want a mask for the mandates that keep coming back and back. think china. if you have a fever or infection, think china. fresh new pair of sneakers, china. the list goes on and on. until we decide as a country that pay the tim means that patriotism means more than money. we have a military crisis