border to leave russia as president zelensky accuses vladimir putin of sending russian conscripts to their death in ukraine by forcing them to fight in the war. a british man freed after being held by russian backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. d you remember when a politician promised to borrow tens of billions of pounds to rescue the country without spilling out where they would get the money was accused of being irresponsible, of being reckless? of finding a magic money tree? that man wasjeremy corbyn and he s my guest this week. he was, of course, leader of the labour party. these days he is not even a labour mp, after keir starmer expelled him from the parliamentary party. bu
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Maria welcome back. Good monday morning thanks very much for joining us we hope you are having a good monday i am maria bartiromo. It is monday, october 2, it is 8 00 a. M. On the east coast, on the button, time for hot topic of the hour President Biden predicting the 2024 president ial election could makeorbreak he can the socalled Maga Movement, here is what he said during an interview, with pro publica yesterday. Could threat to democracy about be smaller than you think. Well, um i think the opposite is happening, i think that this is the last gasp, maybe the first big gasp. Of the maga republicans, and, i think trump is concluded that he has to win, pull out all stops you see what is happening in terms of what the maga republicans disorganize in the house they dont make you up a majority of the house but bringing it to screeching halt. Fox business kelly ogrady the rest of the hour welcome your reaction this morning, he said they are bringing everything to a halt but the fact is Ke
In around 15 minutes time. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Were going to talk about black friday later, which as you may know, is no longerjust a day but more like several days. Christmas retailers are doing their utmost to lure you in. Despite it only being the 21st of november, where i live, some houses already have their Christmas Lights out the front. Fairy lights are on the front of their homes. Why, is my question. It is the 21st of november. Ru one of those households. Please tell me you have done this. You are definitely in danger of beating too soon. You can send me photographs, too. Use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. A little later in the programme, well hear from the british explorer Benedict Allen, whos back in the uk after being rescued from thejungle in Papua New Guinea where he was trying to reach a little known tribe. Watch his first tv interview after 10am. Our top story today. The bbc un
Committee meets to receive the testimony of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chief of staffs on the administrations fiscal year 2018 budget request. We welcome secretary mattis for the first time before our committee and we welcome chairman dunford back. The question today, as it is each year for this hearing, is how well the administrations proposal meets the security needs of the nation. Factoring in both the external threats and the current state of our military. This committee has repeatedly heard testimony over the past two years that our country faces more serious complex security challenges now than we have faced before. The hearings and briefings we have held on the current state of our military have been disturbing. The administrations budget request of 603 billion for base requirements is 6 above the 17 enacted level and 3 above the last Obama Administration Budget Proposal. Its 37 billion below what this committee assessed last fall was needed and 58 bi