And when parties have to report it. This is one of the many problems that we have in our system. It appears to be born out of historical reasons rather than anything else. We do have, for what is supposed to be a very transparent system, quite a complicated one in which there are various different registers updated at various different points. The electoral commissions register is only updated every quarter and i think this story has sort of renewed questions about whether thats really appropriate in this day and age when websites can be updated at the drop of a hat. That was the conservative Party Response so far when it came to frank hester s donations, that they have reported everything that needed to be reported in the public sphere. You have looked into this closely, could you tell us how big a donor frank hester is, how important he is to the tory partys treasure chest, essentially . Sure, i would say first of all, for many people, even political obsessives and conservative figur
Its opening up pandoras pox. The bill seriously undermines Civil Liberties by essentially banning a platform that 150 million americans use to engage in free speech and expression. Thats just some of the debate over tiktok yesterday taking place On The House Floor before lawmakers voted by a massive margin to pass a bill that could potentially ban the popular app. Well go through where the legislation will stand in the senate. Plus, donald trump is expected to be in court today for a hearing in the classified documents case. Well have legal analysis for you on that and on the charges against the former president that were just dismissed in georgia. And well show you President Bidens message to voters as he looks to secure more support in key Midwest Swing states. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, march 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. The house has overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that could ban tiktok here in the United State
Outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030 he has already russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnns may chances in moscow. Fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former Moscow Bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, lets begin with you. Despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, werent there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that theyre very high, which is expected. Were looking at something in the region of 88 votes for Vladimir Putin. Thats with about 25 of the votes counted. And a turnout of well over 70 . So these are extraordinary high results, even by the standards of an election of Vladimir Putin. But youre right, its not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, acts of defiance at Polling Statio
Surrender negotiation. Sources tell cnn that trumps lawyers are in talks now about all the details as we wait for the former president and his codefendants to turn themselves in in georgia. We are following all those details. And new images of the devastation in hawaii coming in. This is the death toll still rising. People await word of those still missing. The head of fema will join us to explain what is being done now to help survivors. And selling the economy. But are americans buying . President biden set to speak moments from now to tout his economic wins. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. 19 defendants, nine days left. Former President Trump and his indicted coconspirators in the Georgia Election subversion case have until next friday to turn themselves in on charges that include racketeering and conspiracy. And we have just learned that trumps lawyers are now negotiating with the Fulton County d. A. On detai
Things like volatile food and energy prices, so called Core Inflation was 4. 7 , the lowest since october 2021. The good news is that inflation has drifted down from last summers a0 year highs, but it is still well above what the Federal Reserve thinks of as normal prices and with the overall trend heading in the right direction, policy makers, well, they may feel that they dont need to raise Interest Rates further. The us central bank, you may recall, raised its benchmark Interest Rate to more than 5. 25 percent, the highest level in 22 years, all in a bid to cool the economy and ease the pressures pushing up prices. So while its too early to say Mission Accomplished from the white house to wall street, there is a sense that progress is being made in the Worlds Largest economy. Chinas E Commerce Giant Alibaba reported its strongest quarterly Revenue Growth in almost two years, pushing its us listed shares up more than 4 . Earlier this week, the latest data showed Consumer Prices falli