welcome to the programme. plenty of elections around the world this year. now know a bit more about what could be happening here in the uk. rishi sunak says the general election is likely to happen in the second half of this year . he didn t rule out it happening earlier but says his working assumption is later this year. take a listen. so, look, my working assumption is we ll have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime, i ve got lots that i want to get on with. that means cutting people s taxes this saturday. that s a tax cut worth £450 for the average person in work. we can do that because we d halved inflation. i want to keep going, managing the economy well and cutting people s taxes, but i also want to keep attacking illegal migration. last year, we got the numbers down by a third, and now we need to get our rwanda schema through parliament, up and running, so we have a full deterrent. and that s how we are really going to solve this
talking about the case over the weekend. it comes as trump s rivals for the 2024 nomination rally to his defense. some of them do. we will have the comments. some of them do. some don t. some do and don t. mixed bag. you know? what is the strategy there? sad thick. the latest from ukraine with the counteroffensive claiming small victories over the russian forces. also ahead, an update on the i- 95 collapse. a disaster that has shut down the section of one of the busiest highways in america. good lord. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. if is monday, june 12th. with us we have the host of way too early, eddie claude jr., and richard hoss joining us. richard, jonathan, so much news. we cannot talk about sports. is there a minute? not even a minute to talk about what happened at yankee stadium or the stadium as they call it. the red sox taking 2 of 3. we don t have time to talk about it? we don t have time to talk about it. the little league team
very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children
course of the year to find the real stories. tonight, those include the global water crisis, which is real. the rise of america s fastest growing professional sports league which you may not have heard of. and the vindication of prepping, people made fun of it, they don t anymore. and then the stunning suppression of civil liberties and human rights in the nation of canada. wholly ignored in this country. we begin tonight with a report on something that matters to everyone, the food that you eat. and that food may be changing. all of a sudden, the people in charge, politicians, billionaire, oligarchs, celebrities, are telling you you have to fight climate change by changing what you eat. much they may not want to change what you eat, no one ever voted on that. ha ha. but democracy doesn t matter when it comes to the food supply. here s a first look at the trailer for our season 3 premier of let them eat bugs. ladies and gentlemen, in the midst of the revolution which accele
so we send our team out over the course of the year to find the real stories. tonight, those include the global water crisis, which is real. the rise of america s fastest growing professional sports league which you may not have heard of. and the vindication of prepping, people made fun of it, they don t anymore. and then the stunning suppression of civil liberties and human rights in the nation of canada. wholly ignored in this country. we begin tonight with a report on something that matters to everyone, the food that you eat. and that food may be changing. all of a sudden, the people in charge, politicians, billionaire, oligarchs, celebrities, are telling you you have to fight climate change by changing what you eat. much they may not want to change what you eat, no one ever voted on that. ha ha. but democracy doesn t matter when it comes to the food supply. here s a first look at the trailer for our season 3 premier of let them eat bugs. ladies and gentlemen, in the mid