Wont be moved onto a barge off the coast of dorset until next week. The ministry of justice will today publish new guidelines that will see drug possession and shoplifting offenders let off with cautions. Its part of off with cautions. Its part of an attempt to ease the record backlog in the courts. Backlog in the courts. And well bring you your latest weather forecast. Latest weather forecast. Heavy rain and strong winds. Its not looking very like today, is there any improvements on the horizon. 7 ill have the on the horizon . Ill have the full forecast coming up. Good morning to you. Im stephen dixon. And im Ellie Costello. And and im Ellie Costello. And this is breakfast on gb news news. News. And should we kick off just a little bit about what we need to do to save the country and save the planet . Yes, lets i think thats a really good, good place to start because, you know, i mean, you know, all green agenda and know, all the green agenda and everyones very concerned. Do we save t
prosecuted for murder, in the states, and prosecuted federally, for the civil rights. i will remember in minneapolis for that verdict, and i remember people saying to me, it s not just us everywhere, is accountability. justice would be if george floyd was alive. and a number of people who had been killed by police were alive. but it s a step toward justice by at least holding police accountable for what they do. it is that. and it s a big. one thank you. ali have a good show. thank you. and it s a big today, the most clownish british prime minister of our lifetime announced his humiliating resignation pending the choice of a successor and thereby demonstrated once again, the superiority of the british parliamentary system, over the system chosen by our founders, who believed they were smarter. and deciding to lock the country into fixed four-year terms, of presidents, who we now know, for partisan reasons, cannot be removed no matter what crimes they are caught comm
is accountability. justice would be if george floyd was alive. and a number of people who had been killed by police were alive. but it s a step toward justice by at least holding police accountable for what they do. it is that. and it s a big one thank you ali. have a good show. thank you. today, the most clownish british prime minister of our lifetime announced his humiliating resignation pending the choice of a successor and thereby demonstrated once again, the superiority of the british parliamentary system, over the system chosen by our founders, who believed they were smarter. in deciding to lock the country into fixed four-year terms, of presidents, who we now know, for partisan reasons, cannot be removed no matter what crimes they are caught committing. the founders obsession, to avoid all things british, in government, led them to the creation of the most grotesque institution ever imposed on a so-called democracy. the electoral college. the only reason to wor
really not lifting sentiment much because even if you are seeing some relief at the pump, which most americans are, you re not seeing it anywhere else. we re not seeing it at the grocery store, not seeing it practically anywhere else in your day, and that s reflected in the latest reading. americans remain quite sad about the state of things. but we also keep buying things. so is this retail therapy, is it something more nuanced? what is it? i think it depends on who you re talking about. we got retail sales data which shows a better than expected jump of consumer spending of 1%. the expectation heading into this report was an increase of .8%. but what you have here is a tale of two consumers. for americans who can afford it, who are still sitting okay financially, they re still spending. they re shifting where they re spending to services and experiences. for folks, however, who are struggling with inflation right now, they are shifting their spending. they re spendin
This morning we are here to discuss the president s fiscal year 2025 budget request. I thank chief randy moore and the budget director mark licken stein for being with us this morning. Thank you both. I look forward to hearing about the justification for the 6. 5 increase requested over fiscal year 2024 enacted appropriations. Although may would normally be just the start of the fire season, we have had record breaking wildfires as is becoming all too often. In february, wile it was still snowing, over one million acres in texas burned. Killing two people and destroying 130 homes. All signs point to a very active fire year in the u. S. I know my colleagues from western states are on pins and needles watching the next ignition that could devastate their communities. Our committee has considered several bills that would support and improve Wildfire Response network from increasing the use of technology for wildfire detection to integrating the local communities, loggers, and volunteer fi