republican rivals are crisscrossing early voting states, attempting to cut into his support in the new year. but they are battling their own conflicts. backlash grows for nikki haley over her response to a question on the civil war. we will dig into the latest on the race. new developments in gaza. israel is accused of hitting the same area they told people to seek refuge. they are facing allegations of firing on an aid convoy. as we gear up for the ball to drop in times square to ring in 2024, we are taking a look back at the biggest stories of 2023, the entire year, and what a year it has been. we begin the hour with the big pre-new year s push on the campaign trail. the republican presidential candidates are spread out across the early voting states of iowa and new hampshire today, as they try to find enough support to turn the tide against frontrunner donald trump. the clock is kicking as we are just 17 days away from the iowa caucus, and 25 days from the new ham
pete: hello good morning it s 8:00 o clock hour on the east coast, that was a navy band northeast ceremonial band that you were listening to. they have been here all morning and they were here yesterday and they are fantastic, it is the day before memorial day, the day before we recognize, honor and remember all those who lost their lives in service to our great country. from that we have fewer e-mails honoring service members in their lives that were killed in action. pete: let s start with john and judith who are in remembering their son john j dunn, he was killed in an intruder aircraft to japan in 1984. rachel: honoring the navy johnny johnson he was killed aboard the uss plymouth when he was torpedoed by an au boat off the coast of cape henry virginia back in 1943. lastly lynn is remembering her cousin billy mays in the vietnam war 1965 the family says, the heartbreak is still as wrong today as the day we were notified. let me tell you all the vietnam veterans never miss
that s right. it s an important public service announcement. i encourage everybody to watch at 8:00 and 9:00. this is usually ari s hour. who can do it like ari? i wish you a happy holiday. you made it through two hours of a holiday rock block. did it. i m sorry we re not in the same studio. have a great, restful, well-deserved holiday. enjoy your rock block. i will. thank you all at home for joining me this hour. i m not ari. i m alex wagner. this is the beginning of a two-hour rock block thick with news. we begin here. it s a moment that you are forgiven if you don t remember it or if you missed it at the time. a lot happened on this day. at his speech before the insurrection on january 6, president trump had a lot to say about bias on the supreme court. you know, look, i m not happy with the supreme court. they love to rule against me. the supreme court, they rule against me so much. you know why? because the story is, i haven t spoken to any of them, any o
the government s latest pay offer. hello, i m frankie mccamley. one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, the grand national, was delayed earlier after a number of protesters made their way onto the track at antrie. onto the track at aintree. as you can see from these images the protesters got right onto the course. animal rights activists had warned they would try to disrupt the world famous race. a large number of police had been deployed to the raceground and they went onto the course to remove the protesters. merseyside police say say nine people were arrested. the start of the race was delayed for m minutes whilst the protesters were cleared from track. the race eventually went ahead and was won by corach rambler ridden by the jockey derek fox. let s go to straight to the racecourse near liverpool and speak to our correspondent sharon barbour. hello. it has been a day of real tension and drama. of course with the race being stopped, that was the goal of anima
extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders has b