Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
Humanitarian aid into gaza and allow for talks on an enduring resolution to the conflict. The issue is hamas, the issue is whether hamas will decide or not to have a cease fire that would benefit everyone. The ball is in their court. We are working intensely on it, and we will see what they do. But theres no doubt in my mind that getting to the cease fire with the release of hostages would be a profound benefit to everyone involved. , . , involved. How difficult would it ceasefire involved. How difficult would it ceasefire be involved. How difficult would it ceasefire be to involved. How difficult would it ceasefire be to reach involved. How difficult would it ceasefire be to reach right involved. How difficult would it i ceasefire be to reach right now, cease fire be to reach right now, seeing as many agree they have in fact stalled . The former Un Undersecretary General Jamal Benomar gave me an update on ceasefire negotiations. There is pressure on the us internationally, since the u
oh, yeah. beautiful every one of you with that precious snowflake. happy tuesday, everyone. so we re less than two weeks into the new year and not much has changed for 2023. i m still under 7% body fat. done. kill me. still writes at a fourth grade level. and the biggest threat on earth, big monster man. take this recent piece from axios which points to the former president as, quote, the risk that trumps all others. quote a second trump term would be far more radical than the first committed to stretching legal and governance boundaries and to pursuing retribution for the prosecutions he s been fighting since losing. trump s protectionist and isolationist tendencies would also nato while creating an opening for china as a global threat. he is unrivaled. so how is that a problem? i, for one, would like a second term that s more radical than the first. maybe we ll get that wall we were promised and i will get a cabinet position as secretary of abs. 7% body fat, maybe. yeah
finance laws. good morning. listen, we don t know what happened if there is going to be an indictment. they say it s pointing that way. no one knows. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. the testimony you just saw that, was from four years ago. now will this be the case that finally sticks against the former president sflum donal trump? we re tracking a violent mexican drug cartel that written an alleged apology letter saying, sorry for the deadly kidnapping of four americans that killed two of them. did they actually turn over their own gunmen? we ll investigate. new trouble for tiger woods. his ex-girlfriend is now suing and trying to tear up a nondisclosure agreement. we re going to discuss all of. that but we re going to begin with this story that we told you off the top. donald trump hush money and a potential indictment that could be coming soon. the new york times is reporting the district attorney s office here in manhattan is signalling trump will face cri
republican proposal that could bring cuts to social security and medicare, calling out lawmakers by name who have supported those cuts. i mean, he negotiated, basically, with republicans on the house floor. it was quite a sight to see. they conceded. i mean, his position it s a strong one. meanwhile, house republicans yesterday were focused on hunter biden, big tech. that s what america really wants. and the fbi. we ll show you the big moments from a grievance-fueled house oversight committee hearing. plus, new york congressman george santos doubles down on his criticism of senator mitt romney following romney s confrontation of the embattled new york lawmaker at the state of the union. mitt romney, of course, saying what everyone should be saying on the republican side. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, february 9th. good to have you all with us. with us in washington, white house editor for politico, sam stein. washington bureau