Aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. The chancellor has welcomed the bank of englands decision to hold its base rate, saying its better not to rush into cutting Interest Rates. It has been left unchanged. Therefore, for a sixth time at 5. 25, the governor of the bank, Andrew Bailey, was optimistic. Hes hinted a cut may come as early as june, but says that is by no means a done deal. Jeremy hunt says things are improving. I welcome the fact that the bank of england has obviously thought about this very hard. They take this decision independently and i would much rather that they waited until theyre absolutely sure inflation is on a downward trajectory. And rushed into a decision that they had to reverse at a later stage. What reverse at a later stage. What we want is sustainably low Interest Rates and i think whats encouraging is that the bank of england governor for the first time, has expressed real optimism that were on that path. However, the shadow chief secretary to the treasury, d
House to her mansion, she leaves prison today. Thanks for joining us this morning, i am kerry drew. Robert i am robert moses, it is 5 00, we are glad you are a long on this Christmas Eve eve. Kerry we are talking about breaking some records. This is crazy. Is going to happen, record high 63, forecasting 10 degrees warmer it and that. We will be breaking the Christmas Eve record today. Is about the rain fall, we experiencing periods of rain later this afternoon and some will come down at a good clip, have your wet weather gear handy on wednesday, Christmas Eve a couple showers leftover but all about temperatures tomorrow, record war, christmas, mix of sun and clouds in the 60s by then. Fog is an issue across much of the region, visibility has been dense fog advisory for the tristate area. Right now 54 in central park, normal high should be 40 one. We are already above that. Dewpoint humidity making it feel quite muddy out there and the barometer is strong but falling, temperatures in th
Petraeuss pleading guilty to mishandling classified information. I wanted to know if the white house has a broader reaction to his plea today . No, thats it. For more details about the investigation id refer you to the department of justice. J. C. , ill give you the last one. Reporter ive been married for 23 years. Congratulations to you and your wife. [ laughter ] reporter if i may change the topic to isil something we havent talked about in a while about a week ago, the head of egypt, presidency sisi, recommended a Strong Coalition of the willing in arab nations to combat isil in the region. Was there any discussion today over that Video Conference with the leaders, the misdemeanor many leaders, that that might be a good idea to join that coalition for really a universal coalition of the willing to fight asill . I dont have a detailed readout of the teleconference but well have something later on this afternoon. I can tell you as a general matter that the president is certainly very
And we are counting on countries in the region to take some responsibility for fighting isil and whether that is training local fighters, we know that there are some countries in the region that have committed to host Training Programs for members of the moderate Syrian Opposition so that they can be trained and equipped by our Coalition Partners so that they can take the fight to isil on the ground in their own country and we certainly would welcome those kinds of contributions to this broader effort. Thanks, everybody. The Supreme Court is set to hear the oral arguments in king v. Burwell, a case challenging the federal subsidies for the purchase of health care through the Affordable Care act. On the next washington journal, jess bravin of the wall street journal is here to talk about the case and the potential outcome. Then more about the Affordable Care act and subsidies with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health news. Washington journal is live every morning and you can join the conve
Because given the speed and complexity of the challenges were talking in cyber, thats where weve got to get. We have to work our way through how we do that in the u. S. Department of Homeland Security which plays a central role here. Our capabilities support them and other u. S. Government support partners in attempts to do that. On that topic as a journalist, ive asked the nsa whether my Cell Phone Communications have been monitored in any way because i submitted through proper channels, i got a response we appealed. And we got a stock response which others have gotten. Im a journalist, i lived overseas a lot of the time. As part of my work, i spoke to people who i would imagine you might want to listen to, some in the terror community, et cetera. As a lawabiding american, why wont the nsa tell me if theyve looked at my phone communications . First youre asking me directly. I dont know. But its a policy because they told others the same thing. What i would say is look its a matter of