night. alex wagner coming up. good evening, alex. good evening, thank you christopher, and thanks to tonight. today, president biden popped on his signature aviator sunglasses, walked up to the south lawn, he took off his jacket and essentially gave the white house version of a pep rally. exactly four weeks ago today, i signed the inflation reduction act into law. the single most important legislation passed into congress to combat inflation, and one of the most significant laws in our nation s history. we ve got a lot of lower prescription drug costs. lower health insurance costs. lower energy costs for millions of families. i want to take the most aggressive action ever, ever, ever to confront the climate crisis and increase our energy security. i want to build the future, the future, here in the united states of america. with american workers, companies, american made products. and after years of some of the biggest corporations in the united states paying zero in
earlier than previous known. in fact, for more than a year. and the death toll is rising tonight in kentucky. homes completely under water. in just a matter of hours, we will speak to a pastor whose church was entirely washed away. let s go outfront . good evening to you. i m jim sciutto in for erin burnett. outfront , breaking news. the white house responding here on outfront after putin ups the ante on a prisoner swap deal. cnn exclusively reporting that president vladimir putin is demanding even more when it comes to the swap. according to sources, not only does he want viktor bout in exchange for brittney griner and paul whelan, the russians also now want a convicted murderer to be released. he was sentenced to life in president there. you broke the story. what more can you tell us what about the russians are demanding here. reporter: yeah. what we are told is earlier this month after they proposed the deal for viktor bout for paul whelan and brittney griner, they
Of scotland for tomorrow. And labour celebrates two by election victories, labelling them a game changer. The party overturned huge conservative majorities in tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire. And the republicans dump and the republicans duminmjordan as their House Speaker nominee after losing three successive votes for the role. Welcome back. Here in the uk, the labour party are pretty happy after overturning the majorities to win Mid Bedfordshire and tamworth by elections. Keir starmer said labour where redrawing the clinical map, 24 swing to labour in tamworth. The conservatives have pointed to things like low turnout. For a full summary of everything that happened, heres our Political Editor chris mason. Jubilation and Sleep Deprivation has all sorts of effects on political activists, particularly labour ones celebrating victory in a Home Counties village, marston moretaine. Red placards and labour smiles, in rural bedfordshire, of all places. Mid bedfordshire has been conservative fo
Into the care of the red cross after negotiations involving qatar. They are on their way to central israel. Good evening. We start with the news that the family of two hostages, being held by the group hamas for almost two weeks, had prayed for. Israel confirms a mother and her daughter, who are American Citizens, have been released. It follows Mediation Efforts by the gulf state of qatar, with hamas, designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, saying they were freed for humanitarian reasons. Around 200 hostages, are still being held in gaza, and israels total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end, it says, until all of them are freed. Emergency aid trucks with badly needed supplies to help some of the more than two Million People trapped in gaza sit on the border with egypt, ready to go in. But as yet, theres no deal allowing their entry. Meanwhile, israels Bombing Campaign over gaza, targeting members of ham
Eric cantona reinvents himself as a musician. Also this hour, a palestinian restaurant in london says and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. Well get the latest from france and the Rugby World Cup semi finals, england are prparing to face the world champiosn south africa tomorrow. Good evening. Three people have been killed in the high winds and flood waters brought by storm babet and another danger to life red warning has been issued by the met office for the north east of scotland from midnight tonight. Hundreds have had to be evacuated from their homes. You can see the areas worst affected by the heavy rainfall since midnight last night, and theres more to come with warnings in scotland in parts of angus and aberdeenshire. Well be live with our correspondents in derbyshire and north yorkshire, but first, lets go james cook in brechin. This has been an extraordinary and exceptionally difficult day and tonight there is still a major operation under way here in brec