a fan of the government, tweeting in his past life that decades of neglect by the conservatives have been a contributing factor to child poverty. how does he feel about advising them now? you have to bear in mind that i had never met any of the team at number ten, at least of all obviously the prime minister, and i think it says everything about this government, and the prime minister, that actually they ve put someone like me in place who really cares about it and wants to make a big impact in this area. what s not clear is how he will get businesses on board and whether they will ask for anything from government in return. his ideas have been welcomed by the trades union congress, but they argue price cuts won t be enough without wages rising. anything that helps hard pressed families, that keeps down costs is going to be welcomed, but i m afraid these comments ignore the reality that our cost of living crisis is actually a wages crisis. we ve had the biggest squeeze on wages in this
and his partner lauren harris. good morning to you both. also here in the studio is british sign language interpreter, darren townsend handscomb. he will be interpreting for ben, and you also will see in the box on your screen russell andrews interpreting for those of you at home. welcome, all. then, iwill start for those of you at home. welcome, all. then, i will start with you. this is not to you. this is a breakthrough, it is being described. in your experience, how does this change your life and how does it make you feel? change your life and how does it make ou feel? ~ , , ,, make you feel? absolutely. i think it is ttoin make you feel? absolutely. i think it is going to make you feel? absolutely. i think it is going to make make you feel? absolutely. i think it is going to make a make you feel? absolutely. i think it is going to make a huge it is going to make a huge difference to deaf people. particularly for accessing medical care and emergencies. i think it is really
good morning and welcome to early start. i m ali velshi. zoraida is off today. i like these hours. i m eating a hot dog this morning. i love that about you, ali velshi. i m ashleigh banfield. it is 5:01. it s the holiday but this fourth of july is less about celebration and more about patience for many americans. and in some cases, even survival. because for six days now there have been many of your fellow countrymen with no power in this extraordinary heat wave. at least 20 people have now died since thursday when deadly storms slammed the east, slammed the midwest. and about 1.2 million people are still waiting to get their power back, to get a fan on, to get the ac back. this is right across the country. here are the states without power today. power companies are repairing damaged transmitters as fast as they can, but customers still could be waiting until the weekend. still until the weekend until they can get that electricity back. and all of this, while those u
the total to 11 with nearly two dozen people missing. a judge ordered the captain held under arrest and he could face manslaughter charges. his story is not holding up well. he claims he and his crew were the last to abandon ship and claims his navigational ship did not show the rocks that crippled the concordia and it does not hold up to facts we already know. as passengers and crews were still scrambling down the side of the ship. this infrared camera shows people scrambling down the side of the ship in the middle of the night trying to board lifeboats. captain schettino, we know at this point, he was safely away on the phone with the coast guard commander at that time. in tapes released today, he tells him literally as the senior scene is playing out, he and his officers are on a lifeboat. when he mentions he thinks there s still about 100 passengers on board. the coast guard commander is stunned. flabbergasted. first, he tells the captain to get his men back on board the
lenny kravitz exclusively for the hour, plus a never before seen look at lenny working on his new album. this is piers morgan tonight. lenny kravitz may just be the coolest guy in america. he has sold 35 million records. he s won four grammys. among his huge hits let love rule and american woman. he plays every instrument you can imagine. he s never slowed down. he s here now. you are just the epitome of cool, aren t you, lenny? just admit, get it out of the way. i don t know. the kind of guy we all would like to be, the kind of guy all our women would like us to be. i think you re doing pretty well, piers. i think you re doing pretty well. it s this huge presence. i ll play second to you in cool today. now you said it on the record. i just did my street cred. to be serious, i hope the answer is yes because it gives me some succor in this relationship we have, is being so cool itself a terrible burden? i truly don t think about it. i think if you asked