languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massachusetts have more than doubled since the summer before biden took office. rick scott will join us in moments. john: jacqui, why did the president not use the trip to declare a national climate emergency? jacqui: we don t know. speculation maybe it s tough timing to roll out the announcement on the trip to the middle east, and concerns about gas prices, state of the economy, recession fears. even some talk and speculation maybe they are holding off with some shred of a hope to get senator joe
Its soaring costs. He pledged to reinvest every penny in other Transport Projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. The speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Here are some of his speech. I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under cons
particularly in central and southern parts of england. frosty tonight, already temperatures are minus nine in scotland. there is the fog, the mist and low cloud. it will shrink and break up, sunshine coming through for many. but grey and murky in lincolnshire. some showers in north west england and a cold day. temperatures one to that he celsius. coming into that cold air we have showers that are going but with thousands of civilian casualties, are israel s western allies now changing their tone? more gazan civilians die as both sides blame each other for the failure to extend the truce. the us, egypt and qatar push for a new cessation of hostilities. we speak to the israeli military, a former member of qatar s intelligence service, and a one time top uk diplomat. also tonight, after newsnight s revelations this week about allegations of a mafia like culture at another nhs trust, the boss of that trusts responds. joe s here with the latest. and in dubai, rishi sunak and kei
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john: thoughts on dr. fauci saying he is not yet ready to hang up that lab coat. retirement on hold. begin with the president taking heat over climate. fox news alert. lots of confusion about what exactly president biden is doing with his climate announcement this afternoon and just as importantly how much all of this is going to cost you. sandra: the president arriving in somerset, southern massachusetts last hour, the visit after senator joe manchin put a fork in his green agenda when he refused to throw support behind billions in new spending on the climate. the white house reportedly steaming mad behind closed doors. john: and progressives are fuming that he declare a national emergency. and not so subtle message for the left. this is an emergency and he s