the energy regulator ofgem has asked suppliers to pause the forced installation of prepaid metres. it follows revelations that a debt collection company working for british gas broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install the metres. prepayment metres require customers to pay for their energy in advance. it s more expensive than paying by direct debit, but are sometimes the only option for people who have struggled to pay and are in debt to a supplier. ben king has more. an undercover reporter from the times newspaper joined a team of debt collectors, entering the home of a single father with three young children. they count as vulnerable. but, these workers from arvato financial solutions, working for british gas, opened the door and installed a prepayment meter anyway. installing prepayment meters by force is legal, but it s meant to be a last resort, and should not be done to vulnerable households. if people cannot afford to top up the meters, they will be left wit
we re watching the white house where the president is set to deliver a speech any moment now. touting what he calls the achievement of the last 18 months. and while, yes, there are plenty of achievements for the biden administration to harold, like any leader, he faced his share of setbacks. if he runs, would he have the political momentum needed to win re-election. regardless, any 2024 plans announced by president biden will come under a cloud of covers. the doj s investigation into the handling of classified documents is just getting started. we re learning more about why president biden and his top aides chose to keep the first discovery a secret for almost 70 days before it blew up in their face. former fbi chief of staff is with us. joining me now is monica alba and a washington post reporter. thank you for joining us. monica, let s start with you. in listing the wins today, is president biden laying out a case for his re-election before announcing his bid for re-elect
discovery of a second batch of documents. in the last 30 minutes, the white house counsel revealed all but one of the classified documents were found in a storage space in the president s garage at his home in wilmington. his lawyers found them while conducting a search after that first batch was found in an office he used in washington. we re going to start with those new details here from the white house on those. i want to bring in two reporters who broke that story. ken dilanian and carol lee. also with me, ali vitali and joyce vance. let s go ahead and listen, carol, before i ask you the first question. the president addressed this. let s listen. as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents, classified materials seriously. i also said we re cooperating fully and completely with the justice department s review. the department of justice was immediately notified and the lawyers arranged for the department of justice to take possession of the docum
family. jesse: that s in addition to the federal charges that came down earlier today for kidnapping and assault. depape could see maximum sentences of up to 50 years in prison just on the federal charges alone. fbi special agent stephanie minor is the one leading the investigation. and exactly what happened on the early morning night of that attack. today she released a criminal complaint. that s really left us with a lot of questions. according to that complaint, police received a call at 2:23 a.m. paul pelosi was allegedly speaking in code. saying there was a male inside his home. police scanners show that paul referred to depape and his friend was david. stated there is a male in the home and that he is going to wait for his wife. he doesn t know who the male is but he advises that his name is david. he is his friend. sounded somewhat confused. jesse: was that paul speaking in code? perhaps. 8 minutes later police show up to the pelosi s house. police know pelosi s
holiday for encouraging majority of days be spent at their desk. this will have noticeable impact. security company castle systems says we have been sitting around 43% occupancy passed couple of months. some like new york city seeing lower occupancy rates. more are returning to the office, castle says increased interest in their tracking system. not just for security reasons. people are coming in when they are supposed to be when they say they are coming in. companies have seen push back from employees that don t want to end remote work. many are calling return to office draconian and they do exceptional work. castle says occupancy levels 20% earlier this work. they have doubled and expect them to go up more tomorrow. charles? changes, a lot, madison. let s bring in casey mcdonald and heatha. mike, i think the window is closing in on folks. 20% across the board. might and muscle, i am going to work from home or else i think that clock is ticking down. maybe to an ex