Weather, possibly 15 or 16 even. To the north, chilly, the shower is a tad wintry on the tops of the scottish mountains but that milder air will move northwards again as we head towards the end of the week. We are looking at the prospect of some 16 and welcome to scotlands largest town, a stones throw from glasgow. Historically, it was a Labour Stronghold until the partys rout in scotland in 2015, when the snp had a spectacular win here. So with a general election looming, what are the preoccupations and passions of the people of paisley be It Domestic Issues or defence, education and the environment, young and old, rich and poor . Tonight, politicians and people from every major sector are gathered to debate how they, and scotland, are faring 25 years on from the opening of scotlands parliament. Good evening. Applause paisley became an economic powerhouse in the Industrial Revolution, at the forefront of the textile industry, home of the famous paisley pattern, and equally famous radi
shocking images coming out of the midwest right now where detroit and chicago have some of the worst air quality in the world as smoke from canadian wildfires smothers cities. cars vanishing into white clouds in michigan as they move across this bridge. you can barely see them there. in chicago, the skyline today is almost completely blurred out. more big cities now in the path of the smoke. and in fact, right now president biden has just walked up to the podium in chicago to sell his economic agenda, a vision aides have branded as bidenomics, we re going to bring those comments to you live. also this hour, new developments in multiple cases tied to former president donald trump as he denies showing off classified material in that potentially damning audio saying, quote, yeah, it was bravado. it comes just as georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger just finished meeting with the special counsel team. but we re going to begin the hour with extreme weather affecting t
judiciary, can i call him for advice. and representative danny davis, danny, you ve been a good friend for a long time. [applause] he s always there, and elected officials and members of congress, thank you, thank you for the welcome and welcoming me to chicago. first quarter of the 20th century poet carl sandberg describes chicago as a city of big shoulders. a city of big shoulders. he was describing the big shoulders of the working class american town who were building this city. same time, building the middle class. i m here in chicago today for the first quarter of the 21st century to talk about the economic vision of the country. economy that grows the economy from the middle out and bottom up instead of the top down. everybody does well. when that happens, everybody does well. [applause] ladder up, and the wealthy do well, we all do well. this vision is a fundamental break of the economic theory that has failed america s middle class for decades now. it s called trickle
we start with more from the cop27 summit in egypt. as you ve been hearing, developing countries have urged richer nations to provide financial support to combat the effects of climate change. but many countries face huge challenges in keeping energy supplies flowing, and the energy crisis has moved the focus from renewables and the transition to green energy to energy security at any cost. opec now says the world will hit peak oil demand later than expected because countries are prioritising energy security over net zero emissions. speaking at his first international appearance since taking office, the british prime minister rishi sunak said the energy crisis shouldn t be a barrier to the green transition. climate security goes hand in hand with energy security. putin s abhorrent war in ukraine and rising energy prices across the world are not a reason to go slow on climate change. well, let s discuss these points with atul arya, chief energy strategist at s&p global, who joi
who started school after the first covid lockdown. researchers in the uk say blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, in a world first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co operate in the effort to reduce global emissions or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last year s gathering in glasgow as woeful. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to warn world leaders later that it s essential that countries stick to the commitments made then to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from the conference. the world leaders swept into the conference centre in the egyptian desert this morning. among them the british prime minister, rishi sunak. there was a formal handshake with the un chief, all 120 world leaders at the