And National Correspondent peter alexander. What can you tell us . Reporter good morning. Aides within the white house have said the Vice President earned the right to take all the time he needs to consider a 2016 run. Overnight one senior democratic source tells cnn president obama gave biden his blessing at the weekly lunch yesterday to go for it if he wants to. A spokesperson for biden says sources are just speculating anything about. This morning the buzz about a possible biden bid is building. The latest leak that the Vice President will reportedly huddle privately with top democratic donors at his residence after labor day, adding with the drum beat that began with his not so secret weekend lunch with elizabeth warren. Who would the president back his Vice President or former secretary of state . Josh ernest said the president respects and admires clinton but heaped praise on biden. There is probably no one in american Politics Today who has a better understanding of whats requir
This week on q a, a professor and former federal prosecutor randall allies and who writes a blog called sidebars talks about the federal Corruption Case against u. S. Senator bob menendez new jersey. Eliasson, before i ask us about this case, give some background about how you got into the business of the law and the relationship between the federal prosecutor and somebody in politics . i came to washington for my first job at a private law firm. I worked there as a federal prosecutor for 12 years. Both of the time in that office i was in what they call the public corruption and government fraud section. I was focusing on cases involving public corruption and fraud against the government, both medical both federal and local officials. By the time i left, i was serving as the chief of that section. I was supervising the attorneys focusing on those cases. I left the office in 2000 want to help test so i could start teaching and writing on a parttime basis. Teaching whitecollar criminal l
Back at thursday in parliament. On this programme, the government announces a price cap on energy bills for millions of customers, but a former Energy Secretary questions whether its needed. Without a cap, weve seen competition expand dramatically, switching numbers soar, and a sustained reduction in the number of consumers on variable tariffs. As the eus chief brexit negotiator says talks with the uk are deadlocked over financial commitments, one mp says British Business is in despair. Not one person i meet in those sectors wants us to continue with this folly of brexit. And the speaker gives mps pause for thought as he reveals the name of the family pet. And i dont have a dog. We have a cat called order. More on that a little later. But first the governments published legislation designed to lower the cost of gas and electricity bills. It will give the Energy Regulator ofgem the power to cap what are called standard variable tariffs. About 12 million households are on some form of de
The weekend. Wow. Still going to be transitions from the kind of dreary early springlike weather into almost summerlike weather as we head into the next 36, 48 hours here. First alert live doppler here, you can see the next round of rain thats been moving in throughout the last couple of hours this morning and all wrapping around an area of low pressure. So instead of like yesterday, just moving from south to north, weve kind of got this component here where its moving more in a northwesterly pattern. So places that are starting to see shower activity moving in right now. Hagerstown its going to last for quite a while but la plata youve been in the rain for quite a while. The rain is coming down at a more steady pace. One of which moving into manassas right now and eventually haymarket as well. And the rain, this is our last really good wave as we head into the later evening hours. Were doing to see the intensity. The coverage of this starting to improve significantly. Lets talk about
Police investigating the manchester bomb attack find a car they say may be significant to their inquiry. And will wonder woman smash the box office . Well have that and the rest of this weeks top releases with james king in the film review. Its 5 oclock were in the city of york with just six days to polling day where later this evening theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn will both take part in the bbc Question Time leaders special. And it takes place less than 2a hours after Donald Trumps decision to take america out of the paris climate treaty. Mrs may has been accused by opponents of a pathetic response, she said she was disappointed whileJeremy Corbyn said the decision was reckless and dangerous. Well have more on that in a moment. But mrs may had to deal with another issue earlier today when Craig Mackinlay the conservative candidate in south thanet in kent was charged with offences relating to his Election Expenses two years ago. Two other conservative Party Workers will also faces char