Labour day. We have our big interviews and important monologues from the past few months. My monologue vetting, Kamala Harris and her record. Nothing matters any more in the Upside Down world of Kamala Harris, for example, remember kamalas recent crusade against fracking, you might recall. Take a look. Will you commit to implementing a federal ban on fracking your first day in office, adding the united states to the list of countries against fracking. There is no question that i am against fracking. Sean a complete ban, she said it on numerous occasions. On friday, however, the Harris Campaign told The Hill that their candidate doesnt mean what she said many times and now does not support a fracking ban. Now, here is my question to you. Which kamala do you believe . I believe the one that said she wants to ban fracking. What about that single Payer Medicare she cosponsored with Bernie Sanders, vowing to get rid of private health insurance, this was a few years ago. Take a look. You sup
Within the next few minutes, the former Cabinet Minister Kemi badenoch will try to win over her fellow conservative mps as she launches campaign to become leader of The Party. The shadow Communities Secretary is one of the front runners to replace Rishi Sunak following the conservatives defeat atjuly s election. Shes among six candidates vying for thejob, with rival James Cleverly also due to kickstart his campaign at 12. Henry hill is speaking at the moment. Just in the lead up to introducing Kemi Badenoch. Kemi badenoch a former Business Secretary and very close ally of michael gove. The former Tory Mp talking at the moment. You can get a sense of what Kemi Badenoch s campaign will be based on. You can see it on the writing just behind on the wall, to the right of the screen. She says it is all about renewal. We understand she is going to be saying, there is no point the conservatives pointing at labour. They need to do something for themselves. Robertjenrick On Sunday also launched
For this leadership contest. Whittling that number down to five, then four, then they go off to the tory Party Conference and eventually there will be two left in the race. This is Kemi Badenoch making her case today, the launch of her campaign. Interesting there, that Question Right at the end about her character. She has said a lot about how she is a straight talker how she likes to get things done. She talked about how civil servants sometime stopped doing things she thought she should be able to do. I think her temperament is quite an important part of this. Some of her conservative colleagues have said to me they find are quite difficult to deal with. They felt it wasnt just her being a little bit abrasive, they felt that on occasion she was rude, and that was with colleagues, not when she was attacking the labour party. Others will say it is just because she has strong views and wants to get things done. She was talking here about renewal because the Conservative Party went throu
Within the next few minutes, the former conservative Home Secretary, James Cleverly, will try to win over his fellow conservative mps as he launches campaign to become leader of the party. Mr cleverly is one of the front runners to replace Rishi Sunak following the Conservatives Defeat atjuly s election. He is among six candidates vying for the job, and those candidates will be whittled down to four by the time of the conservative conference at The End of the month. After that, mps will carry out further rounds of voting to select two final candidates for the conservative members to choose between, with the result announced on 2nd november. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, vicki young, who joins us from westminster. Hello. Any hint as to what we are likely to hear from James Cleverly. I think he will talk about some specific policies. We can really say this Leadership Election has been rumbling along in the background over the summer. We have had a bit from all of the candida
Jenny kleeman In London and in new york, Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair brian stelter. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for forgiveness from israelis for not being able to bring back alive the six hostages who were found dead in gaza on saturday. It comes as President Biden has warned that Mr Netanyahu Isnt doing enough to reach a Hostage Release Deal with hamas. Earlier, the uk said its suspending some Arms Sales to israel, in cases where they might be used to violate international humanitarian law. The Prime Minister says a new system of Grading Schools in england will not cause confusion after the government announced that single word grading such as outstanding or inadequate had been scrapped. The new system, which will grade individual aspects of a schools performance, will come into affect next year. Sir Keir Starmer said the changes will paint a richer picture of a school, and will strenghten accountability. The United States says its seized a plane