Welcome back to The Weekend. We are just 45 days away from the Election Date and Vice President harris has gone on offense on reproductive freedom to during an event in Georgia Harris Focus on reallife dangers of restricting abortion access. This is a Healthcare Crisis in Donald Trump is the architect. He brags about overturning Roe V wade. In his own words quote, i did it and i am proud to have done it. He is proud. This crisis made possible by a Trump Staff Supreme Court. This Movember Voters will weigh in for the first president ial election since two years ago. Joining us now is our professional institutional law from georgetown. Also with us msnbc legal analyst, fresh off her sold out show at the 92 y with her Friend And Sisterin law podcast. Welcome to you both. Welcome, ladies. Michelle, i want to start with you and help us set some kind of text on how this debate, we all know since the dog decision, how politically things have changed. Given the more recent and doubling and tri
Donald trump blocked overtime benefits for millions of workers. [ Crowd Booing ] he opposed efforts to raise the minimum wage. As the president said, he appointed Union Busters to the national labor relations board. [ Crowd Booing ] and, dont forget, he supposed socalled right to work laws. I remember a time when republicans talked about things like freedom, they meant it. They would never turn their back on our allies. But thats not these guys. Trump and vance, when they talk about freedom, means government should have the freedom to invade every corner of our life. They talk about small government, small enough to be in your bedroom. Small enough to be in your exam room. Small enough to be in your library, telling you the things you should make decisions about. The Harriswalz Campaign spent the Labor Day Holiday speaking to Union Workers in Battleground States. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Jd Vance took The Day off from the Campaign Trail. We are now just a little over two months away
Anna foster reports from jerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it ,says would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operation there would be a mistake. As rafah s displaced fear what might come next, their presence is just as hard. Medical supplies, water and food are scarce. My daughter said that she wants to eat boiled eggs and i say, how can i bring you boiled eggs . The situation does not allow us to. 0ur situation was below zero before the war. so what do you expect after the war . worse and worse. . In the north of gaza, famine is nowjust weeks away. Few aid convoys are reaching
Customers what does it mean for their customers and this was originally a uk lifestyle brand, so what does it mean for the employees in the uk . figs mean for the employees in the uk . Sis you mean for the employees in the uk . Is you say it is a turn for a company that started specialising in menswear in the 19805 and now has grown nearly 50 stores and nearly a thousand employees. They sell online and operate within department stores. Under conditions like this it would be reasonable to expect that a sale could result in job losses even into the hundreds and they did not indicate what that could look like but we heard from the chief strategy and transition officer for authentic and he said hopefully some consolidation at the brand and it will still be Available Online and in store spot for employees and stakeholders, he said we wish there could have been a better outcome but for employees. Authentic brands group is the owner of ted baker, since 2022, but the acquisition happened afte
The governments Finance Department to make it support Economic Growth. But the governments Chief Secretary to the treasury laura trott says labour are offering no plan just more borrowing and more taxes. So what are the priorities for british businesses . Joining me now live is the Chief Economist of the confederation for british industry. What does the cbi and its members need to hear from a prospective chancellor back . Often the criticism of not enough detail. What would you like to hear . What businesses would like to hear . What businesses would like to hear is a long term vision and strategy for how to deliver Economic Growth in the uk, and we know our challenges of growth in the last couple of years has been lacklustre and in terms of Living Standards we have not seen the growth and productivity that we need so what is the answer to that . It is absolutely how business works with government to make sure we have a Business Investment going across all sectors and regions in our ec