this hour. right now election battles are underway in two of the biggest states. these are really important primaries happening today in new york and in florida. they are out voting. reporters are fanned out in each of those states. bryan llenas is here in new york city. phil keating is on board in florida this afternoon in the sunshine state. brian, what s going on in new york? martha, good afternoon. all eyes are on new york s we drawn 12th congressional district which pits two democratic leaders against one another and what has been a personal and nasty clash between once friends. representative carolyn maloney going against jerry nadler. now, maloney has questioned whether sadler is senile. maloney says she s the female candidate needed to protect abortion rights. nadler has called her gullible and cowardly for voting for the iraq war and patriot act. i m the principled progressive. i cast hard votes, unpopular votes that have proven right like voting against the war
told by a retired us federaljudge that attempts to block the certification of the 2020 election results constituted a treacherous plan to steal american democracy. hi there, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe mayes, uk government reporterfor bloomberg, and the broadcaster penny smith. hello, both of you, once more. thanks for staying with us. let s have another look at the front pages as we have them. the i newspaper leads on the rise in interest rates, as the bank of england warns price hikes could go as high as 11%. the paper claims ministers have ruled out tax cuts until 202a. the daily mail follows the same story, telling its readers to brace themselves as the pain of the big crunch looms. the guardian reports borisjohnson is considering scrapping the role of ethics adviser after lord geidt quit, saying the prime minister put him in an impossible and odious position. the ft pictures ukraine s president zelensky greeti
welcome news when it comes to your wallet. a key inflation report shows that price increases went to zero last month. the markets are like what will the fed in the next hour we re said to get an interest rate decision from chair jerome powell and president biden back on the world stage. he s headed to it believe for a highly anticipated summit with a lot at stake. but casting a shadow over the trip. yesterday s conviction of his son, hunter, on felony gun charges happening now, house republicans moving forward in their planned to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress for violating subpoena requests. now, an uneasy feeling filling his growing among gop lawmakers. do they have the votes were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central we start this hour watching stocks rally after a new report shows inflation cooling down in may, the gains have been a bit in afternoon trading, but the dow roared o
of fact checkers busy here at bbc verify. let s start with a claim that s dominated the debate this week. angela rayner and the labour party, keir starmer confirmed this earlier this week, they are going to put up your taxes by £2,000. no we won t. that s a lie. by £2,000 per working household. penny, your government have raised taxes. crosstalk. we have, and we hated putting the taxes up. we ve looked at this a lot in the last few days and the figure is misleading because the £2,000 is over four years and the figures the conservatives have used to calculate it are dubious. both the conservatives and labour are promising not to increase income tax, national insurance or vat during the next parliament. obviously there s a lot of politics in this too, but when it comes to the facts, that s where we re at. there was also a big claim that cuts are coming when it comes to public spending, whoever gets the keys to number ten. there s £18 billion of cuts coming down the line agr
good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start with the massive credit card settlement that could mean more fees for you at home. here s the deal. visa, mastercard and some of the biggest banks agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement with retailers. the lawsuit centers around credit card swipe fees. we all know about those. credit card companies were fixing the price on the fees. it drops bans on credit card surcharges charged by retailers. they are now allowed to charge more if you use plastic. it doesn t mean they will, but they can. we ll have much more on the impact to your bottom line later on in the show. we are keeping a close eye on egypt where two americans have been kidnapped along with their tour guide. the incident taking place in sinai peninsula, the sight of two previous kidnappings this year. in a twitter posting, u.s. embassy confirmed the abduction saying we are in close touch with the e