With not enough young people prepared to take up the craft. We start here in the uk with a warning that soaring Interest Rates could be increasing social inequality and widening the gap between the haves and have nots. Thats according to one of the bank of englands Policy Makers who has been speaking exclusively to the bbc. Dr Swati Dhingra has been on the Banks Monetary Policy Committee since august of last year, and has voted against raising Interest Rates at seven of its last nine meetings. It comes as official figures out shortly are expected to confirm the Uk Economy Stagnated in august, after a surprise decline onjuly. Dr dhingra suggests the steep rise in Borrowing Costs could be pushing the uk into recession as she explained to our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. The reason why the rates have been raised is because of the kind of price increases we are seeing which is energy and food. Those will typically contact poorer people more and the Interest Rate also typ
Edge. New images of a missile used in irans attack on israel. And our new reporting on how and where israel could hit back. Our nbc news exclusive. The boeing whistleblower speaking out on the eve of his testimony before congress. I think its as serious as i have ever seen in my lifetime. The potentially fatal flaw he says could cause the 787 dreamliner to break apart in midair. Boeings reassurance its safe to fly on. And heart and sole. The kind cobbler that has become an unlikely tiktok sensation. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. Anyone who has ever served knows jury duty can be tedious, sometimes interesting or emotional, and often forgettable. But for seven people selected today to sit in judgment of the criminal trial of a former president of the united states, the experience will likely be hard to forget on so many levels. Today in the second day of Jury Selection in Donald Trumps new york hush money trial, the seven anonymous individ
And the dramatic moment. What mr. Trump did in the courtroom, and why it led the judge to warn him not to intimidate the potential jurors. Our team at the courthouse. Also tonight, the dangerous weather on the move. The Tornado Outbreak in several states across the central u. S. Al roker is here. The articles of impeachment against dhs secretary Alejandro Mayorkas delivered. The stage now set for a trial in the senate. House Speaker Mike Johnson under fire. His defiant message as the push from fellow republicans to oust him gains momentum. The middle east on edge. The missile used in irans attack on israel, and our reporting on how and where israel would hit back. Our nbc news exclusive. The boeing whistleblower speaking out on the eve of his testimony before congress. I think its as serious as i have ever seen. In my lifetime. The potentially fatal flaw he says that could cause the 787 dreamliner to break apart in midair. Boeings reassurance its safe to fly on. And heart and sole. The
rishi sunak, now prime minister, then chancellor, had launched the eat out to help out scheme to get people back into restaurants and pubs over that first summer of covid in 2020. but he had not consulted them before launching that. clearly, they made it clear, they took something of a dim view of that. that was last week, that was the science, this week we are back with the politicians. today, starting this morning with sadiq khan, mayor of london, and we also have mayors from the north west of england, steve rotherham, liverpool, greater manchester, andy burnham, couple of elements there, remember, there were restrictions brought in on a hot dry basis initially in the autumn of 2020 to effectively try to play wacko mole as hotspots popped up. that then gave way to a more structured tiers system which was supposed to solve some of the regularities and standardise the procedure across the country. i suspect we will get into a lot of that, plus other questions like sadiq khan
All right, thats going to do it for this edition of way too early. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning look at that, willie. That is a beautiful view. Beautiful day. Its a Beautiful Day. Last couple , not so beautiful. Its thursday, august the 14th. Great to have you here with us. Along with you, we have got washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay and nick consori and then with bloomberg news, al hunt. Yesterday, willie, really bad storms out there. Did you see some of the pictures . Even out here on long island. Cars on the highways up to their roofs. Looked like a river. It was. Yeah, parts of the midatlantic and northeast cleaning up and drying out after heavy rains sparked flooding across several states. The hardest appeared to be long island. Islip 13. 27 inches in under 24 hours and more than a foot in less than a day. More than the region receives in an entire summer. The rainfall shattered previous records and a lot of cars abandoned and a lot of people h