the seven months of this has been in force in 2022, which is about £695 million. despite the fact it is saying it will be paying this windfall tax, they are still expecting a backlash from politicians who say there needs to be an extension in the windfall tax, that more money needs to be paid for by these companies that are making such profits, higher than they would normally be making. and that extension could well come, couldn t it, at the end of this month now? yes, and we know that we have heard from the chancellor and from the prime minister, talking about the fact that people need to be paying more tax and that would be the expectation that people would take more of that burden. how that would relate to oil companies and gas companies we don t know yet, we won t hear until november the 17th. the head of the uk s national grid has warned that homes and businesses could face energy blackouts this winter. john pettigrew says the uk does have sufficient energy supplies, but short ou
september. now they favor republicans by 18 points. that is a 32-point thing and in just four weeks. if this polling turned out to be true that shows the abortion issue is dropping like a stone and democrats, who did they target with these ads? they spent $95 million so far in ads about abortion. they are targeting those independent female voters and it s not working. there is a political headline that says democrats mid turn hopes fade with what we picked a little early but ever since the cream court overturn roe vs. wade in june it seemed possible that democrats could avoid a midterm disaster. but if the post-roe summer belong to democrats, they can see the momentum they had is fading. back to the pole, 5% of likely voters listed abortion as their most important issue. 44% cited economic concerns in which voters favored
regret that this conduct occurred and have worked with the u.s. department of justice to resolve this matter. joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent, you think about 2013 and 2014 and what isis was involved with, beheading, kidnapping innocent civilians. killing people every single day. what is lafarge going to face now? they re going to face a $95 million fine and then essentially a pulling back of the profits and what will they put into the plant, all told approximately $770 million, yasmin. it s a steep penalty, but as you said, looking back at what was going on in syria at the time with isis and what they re accused of doing here, essentially starting out with paying on a per cement truck basis, isis to let their trucks go, and then from there it grew into actually isis on isis letterhead with placards providing a notice for people to put inside of their cars saying, hey, i work for lafarge and i m
country and the women of this state woke up one summer morning, and a core protection that they ve known for 50 years was taken from them by an extremist supreme court. and i stand where i said i stand in the past that a patient s room is too narrow and small and cramped a space support a woman, her doctor and the united states government. by the way, early voting in georgia starts tomorrow. let s turn to a few of the democratic opportunities here. just two republican incumbents as i noted are in battleground races, that s wisconsin and florida. but nominees that essentially were hand-picked by donald trump in those three open races have made those states more competitive as well. the cycle s second highest ad price tag is in the state of pennsylvania, more than $95 million has been spent on ads just since the primary in may. my colleague dasha burns had exclusive interviews this week with both senate nominees. nbc agreed to use a
what s taught in school, abortion, gun law, border security and then, last, climate change. and, you know, it s interesting, the democrats, some of their ads that they re putting out not focused on inflation. in fact, they spent $95 million on abortion ads. meanwhile, the republican ads are almost exclusively about the economy. that might be why they are running ahead in the poll. brian: i saw a cbs poll in july. the democrats gaining momentum. in fact, starting to gain momentum with because of the dobbs decision and looked as though the economy was getting better. since that time things have ticked down and reversed and republicans have momentum. i can t say republicans deserve credit for it it s what the president s party is doing letting the border fall apart. the republican governors making everybody take notice. seeing what s happened with inflation. knowing that the democratic president promised to be are transitory. and here it is stubbornly extremely high 40 year high over