this is bbc news. the headlines. a global emergency is declared by the world heath organisation , as the international monkeypox outbreak worsens. officials in kent declare a major incident, as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. russian missiles hit the port of odesa a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports now on bbc news the media show. hello, i am ros atkins. welcome to this edition of the media show. of the media show. we re going to talk about tv political debates, because the conservative party leadership races down to two candidates, rishi sunak and liz truss. there have been two debates between then and some of the other candidates already. one got cancelled after some of the candidates declined to take parts. the bbc is planning another with just the final two. and the whole process and the way the deba
Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. With all the trial news we have been covering, the top story is political news that will help decide the election. Because it usually does. Today, President Biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new president ial debates. The first coming next month. Capping weeks of posturing and negotiation. That breakthrough came today as the Biden Campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making. Biden using this video to publicly challenge trump. With two partners on board. Abc and cnn. If a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. This will now be the earliest general Election Campaign debate ever. And that matters actually not only for people tuning in and paying attention, but also for the political strategy at play. Which we will get into right now. The times reporting this is what biden wants for a couple of reasons. Democrats think early voting helps them more than the other side. I
Ari melber is here now. What a season of gratitude. Get some rest because well be seeing a lot of you and everyone soon. Have a good show. Thanks, niccole. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber, and with all the trial news, and more that have late they are house, the top story is political news that will help decide the election because it usually does. Today President Biden and donald trump both agreed to do two new president ial debates, the first coming next month capping weeks of posturing and negotiation that. Breakthrough came today as the Biden Campaign took control of things with a plan that was months in the making, biden using this video here to publicly challenge trump to two debates on the biden schedule with two ready partners on board, abc and cnn. If a debate starting next month sounds different than usual, earlier than usual, it is. This will now be the earliest general Election Campaign debate ever, and that actually matters not only for people tuning in and paying attent
Bill. It would be limited to repealing the obamacare is of individual and employer mandates and the medical device tax. The measure would go to conference to cut a deal with the house. After the procedural vote, Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell pledged to keep working to get there and noted democrats doug two struggled with passing obamacare. We watched a similar process seven years ago. They had a lot of differences. We are going to sort this out with a so thoroughly open amendment process and a situation where 51 votes can change the bill. This democratic leader tried to convince moderate republicans to oppose this effort. Dont be fooled by this ruse. A vote in favor of the motion to proceed will mean deep cuts to medicaid, it may be even deeper than in the house bill. It wont be an easy lift going forward, but leadership was able to get past the first hurdle and has an opportunity to keep working at it to keep a Campaign Promise going back
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