bret baier had a chance to interview donald trump last night, and you ll see that exclusive shortly on mediabuzz. just two days from the new hampshire primary which which the media say could be nikki haley s last chance to stop donald trump, but after trump s land are slide win in monday s iowa caucuses with just over half the vote, a journalistic counterspin is emerging. ah, what s the big deal? it wasn t that great a win. an incumbent pulling a 51 in iowa caucuses, not exactly great. 30 of the party, it doesn t feel like voters feel like if he s convicted, they don t want to support him. yes, he won in iowa, but he really won with much smaller turnout. and enthusiasm is the way that trump wins. the big winner, of course, donald trump. he got over 50% of the vote. the big loser, of course, the republican party who is strapped to the republican loser, seven-time loser e. donald trump won the caucuses by historic margins, sorry, joe scarborough. despite being far out
as of today, the bosses of britain s biggest companies will have made more money in 2024 so far than the typical worker makes all year. and that pay gap is growing. the average pay of the top ftse 100 chiefs amounts to £3.81 million per year, including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary is just under £35,000. sorry to upset your lunch or dinner. joining me now is chris roebuck a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. hello, lovely to have you with us on the bbc. that will be tough to swallow, won t it? are those figures justified? i swallow, won t it? are those figures “ustified? ~ , ., swallow, won t it? are those figures ustified? ~ , ., ., ., justified? i think you need to ask the question. justified? i think you need to ask the question, lobbyists - justified? i thin
that s according to the think tank, the high pay centre who have calculated that the average pay of top bosses will overtake the average full time workers annual pay by 1300 gmt today. joining me now is susannah streeter. happy new year. anybody looking at those and struggling on an annual salary of 34,963, the average, will be aghast. take a through the figures. be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. ., , ., , be aghast. take a through the fiaures. . , ., ,, figures. it really does stick in the craw, figures. it really does stick in the craw. doesn t figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this figures. it really does stick in the craw, doesn t it? this has - figures. it really does stick in the i craw, doesn t it? this has come out today and at a time when the cost of living crisis is still swelling in the uk and the ftse 100 has also the uk and the ftse10
if you have joined if you havejoined us, you are welcome and we are looking at the top business stories. we start here in the uk, where there is some relief for millions of people facing soaring housing costs. lenders have started the new year by slashing the cost of mortgages as financial markets bet the bank of england will soon begin to cut interest rates from their 15 year high. from today banking giant hsbc becomes the first major lender to bring back mortgages below 4% since last march. it comes as rival halifax slashed almost a percentage point off some of its mortgage rates this week. and it s raised hopes of a price war between banks. hsbc is offering a five year fixed rate mortgage at 3.94%. it s only available to people remortgaging their home not to first time buyers. but it s far below rates of almost 6.5% that borrowers were facing just a few months ago. and it will be a welcome development for many uk households as our cost of living correspondent kevin peach
i have here the government accountability office documentac off nation s fiscal health. may ofealt 2023.y issued a20 couple weeks ago. this was issued to everyry leader in congress, by the executive branch.ch and the gao is one of the best of the entities thatou our government has, what dosa they say? tthey say: the government never writes reports like this, the government never speaks like it. it goes on: what they are trying to say is the economy could collapse, they go on. they are saying we re not at war, the eco economic hassic pendinged. in american history. foyearr example, debt held by public is a share ofonom gdp grew during the economicfebr expansion of june 2009 tog februaryth of 2020.ch and it continues: this is shocking stuff from the bureaucracy. t he twices size of the economy by 2051 this report is available to public. how much news reports. of the budget debate refer to this document?ho w i bet none. that i is part of the problem with our media. bu