we start here in the uk with a very rare piece of good news about the cost of living because for people in england, scotland and wales, average energy bills are set to fall by hundreds of pounds this summer. the uk energy regulator ofgem is about to release its latest price cap the maximum amount suppliers can charge the average household. because the cost of energy has fallen sharply on global markets, that cap is expected to come down from july, saving the typical household annually around £450. hannah miller has been talking to energy users in the east of england who have been struggling to pay their energy bills. since we last came to suffolk, 18 month old robyn has taken her first steps. and her mum, claire, has been trying to keep the family bills under control. we first met in august, when claire was already cutting back on her electricity use. i am terrified that, when the winter comes, we re not going to have enough for the bills. since then, energy prices hav
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, what is happening inside putin s russia? is he losing his grip on power? is he at odds with his own commanders? and how might his forces fair against the up coming counter offensive. we ll get inside from julia yoif and andrei soldatov. and since china opened up its economy in 1978, it has averaged almost 10% growth a year. but are we now at peak china? the economy ims keyu jin weighs in. also, has humanity gotten, well, dumber, thanks to the supercomputers in our pockets that could tell us everything that we need to know in an instant. i ll talk to the author simon winchester about the past, present and future of knowledge. but first, here is my take. america s debt ceiling crisis once again provoked the usual commentary about how it shows the country s basically dysfunctional. but the truth is t
musk. desantis making light of last night s rocky rollout. we had a huge audience. it did it was the biggest they had had ever had. it did break the twitter space. so we re really excited about the enthusiasm but ultimately about the future of our country. lawrence: okay former president trump campaigned saying, quote: ron desantis botched campaign announcement is another example of why he is just not ready for the job. the stakes are too high in the fight to save america is too critical to gamble on first timer who is clearly not ready readyfor prime time. his re-election donation page with the caption this link works. the king of fumbles is making fun of desantis. i find that interesting. ainsley: good point. he made the announcement last night on this platform that most people don t use a lot. we were all talking about live on air. and lawrence is texting us saying it s basically a conference call. brian: trying to help us on the show yesterday. ainsley: basi
because the eurozone s largest economy is now officially in recession. germany has had two consecutive quarters of negative growth. the country s economy contracted by 0.3% between january and march. this follows a contraction of 0.5% in the final three months of 2022. a drop in consumer spending was main cause of germany s disappointing performance in the first quarter, with household consumption falling by 1.2%, as the cost of living crisis continued to cause headaches for millions of people. joining me now is christian schulz deputy chief european economist at citi bank. thank you for being with us. perhaps no great surprise for those who watch those numbers, but it is symbolically important that what was once was a powerhouse economy is now technically in recession. technically in recession. indeed. germany s - technically in recession. indeed. germany s. .. they ve technically in recession. indeed. germany s. .. they ve had - technically in recession. indeed. germ
i understand it. in fact, trump made the republican party the party of working americans in a way that probably hasn t been true for almost 100 years. yeah, because in 100 years, there hasn t been a politician who said, i m going to make this for third graders to understand what i m talking about. talking on that level? that was newt gingrich encouraging ron desantis to get on the level of third graders. i m not joking. you know, kind of like donald trump does. wonder what he means. this is a tough hurricane. one of the wettest we ve ever seen from the standpoint of water. rarely have we had an experience like it, and it certainly is not good. oh, my god. one of the wettest we ve had. good morning. welcome to morning joe. hope you ve had a good week. it is friday. friday, may 26th. let s bring in with us the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. the host of inside with jen psaki, jen psaki. she s a former white house press