the ground. we talk to the pollster behind those numbers, jen sulzer. it could be a crisis averted for now. developing overnight, congressional leaders says they will pass a stopgap spending bill pushing government funding bills to march. jeremy raskin is demanding donald trump give back nearly 1 million dollars, from former governments, while he was president. we will ask him how far he will take that fight. grab your coffee, settle in, and welcome to the weekend. we are 36 hours away from the start of the iowa caucuses. i cannot believe it either. it is the first opportunity for republicans to vote for or against donald trump since he was charged with 91 felonies. not a normal election. the final iowa poll released late saturday night shows trump maintaining his dominant lead amongst the gop contenders. the nbc news des moines register shows 40% support among likely caucus voters. nikki haley is up 20%. ron desantis is at 16%. a one wildcard factor, the winter weather could
fredricka reynolds used to do all the flowers for the weddings, but in an instant, that key part of her business was snatched away. they rang me on the thursday before the asylum seekers came on the monday, and cancelled all my weddings for the foreseeable. that s a huge amount of work and income to me. and she told me it s notjust the loss of thousands of pounds. me and my boys used to go swimming every saturday there. i ve got two little ones and every time we drive past there, they want to go swimming and, unfortunately, that s closed now. because of the small boats crossing the channel, the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone from 3,000 to 51,000 in just three years. it s the government policy that almost no one is in favour of not even the government and it s costing the taxpayer £6 million a day. daniel sandford, bbc news, kegworth. more than 100 metropolitan police officers, who are being investigated for domestic abuse or sexual misconduct, are being allo
good day from msnbc worl headquarters in new york welcome to alex witt reports i m lindsey reiser developing this hour, a ne poll suggest that donald trump s indictment may b causing political damage a majority poll think th former president intentionally acted illegally. 20% believe he did nothing wrong. now just 25% of will be 61%, unfavourably. earlier today, trump s lawye in another probe said th former presidents legal team will likely fight to dismiss the manhattan da s case. we ve been through this if there s an actual legal basis for disqualification they will pursue it. i think there will be some ver well placed motions to dismiss based on the legal frailties o this kind of mental gymnastics indictment that allen is tryin to piece together. new today, to tennessee state democrats could be on path to reinstatement this wee after being ousted b republicans. it comes as followed grows ove their obstacle shun, and despairing of their whit colleague for protesting g
hello and welcome. prime minister liz truss will try to save her leadership this week as three conservative mps publicly call for her resignation. it comes as all eyes are on the markets this morning after the appointment of new chancellorjeremy hunt on friday. our political correspondent ben wright reports. fighting for her political survival, today she will try and show she is listening. as the chancellor works in the new government budget the prime minister will hold a reception for her cabinet this evening to hear their views about what should go into it. tax rises and spending cuts are clearly in the mix, and the plan will be presented to parliament in a fortnight. the prime minister has very little time to convince financial markets and her party that she has a plan for restoring stability. but some tory mps are run out of patience and are calling for liz truss to go. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up and know it isjust no, i think the game is up and kno
to bring the party together. we ll be looking at the week ahead as the conservative party chooses its third leader in three months. also on the programme. the social care system in england is gridlocked, says the watchdog, with staffing shortages a majorfactor. covid infections rise above 2 million for the first time since the summer. and the first baby bison born in britain for thousands of years. on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll have the latest on cristiano ronaldo s fall out with manchester united as their star player gets benched. and booted out of first team training after he walked out on them on wedneday. good evening. in a day s time, the uk will have a new prime minister and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons, has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet, but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. mrjohnson left offic