Let me bring you some breaking news on the nhs. The average Response Time in february for ambulances in england dealing with the most urgent incidents, defined as calls from people with life threatening illnesses or injuries, was eight minutes and 25 seconds, nhs figures show. This is down very slightly from eight minutes and 26 Seconds Injanuary, but is above the target standard Response Time of seven minutes. Ambulances took an average of 36 minutes and 20 seconds last month to respond to emergency calls such as heart attacks, strokes and sepsis. This is down from a0 minutes and six Seconds Injanuary while the target is 18 minutes. Response times for urgent calls, such as late stages of labour, Non Severe Burns and diabetes, averaged two hours, four minutes and 12 seconds in february, down from two hours, 12 minutes and 48 seconds in january. Back to our top story. The communities secretary, michael gove, has told the bbc why the government is introducing a new definitgion for extrem
For his own actions. Mr. Lity for. Enough is enough. Innocent americans are dying and you only have yourself to blame for your oath of office. Reverse your policiereverss ends crisis and stop the suffering. Sadly, we know that President Bidens failures dont stop there. His t start his Reckless Spendg our economy into a hole and sent Cost Of Living through the roof. F liviwe have the worst inflatin in 40 years and the highest Credit Card Debt in nations history. Let that sink in. Hardworking families are struggling to make Ends Meetilies Arstrugg today. Age and with soaring Mortgage Rates and high childcare costs, theyre also struggling to how to plan for tomorrow. The American People are scraping by while President Biden proudly i proclaims that biden nomics is working. Goodness you. Bless his heart. We know better. Ill never forget stopping at a gas station in Chilton County o one evening. G the the gentleman working the counter told me that aftertu retiring, he had to pick up a job a
Comers remarks were short. If he found anything that was, he would have leapt at the chance to say it. You would think that he would have led the entire commentary just a few moments ago with whatever he seems to have found. That was fox news host neil cavuto, not buying what james comer was trying to sell on capitol hill yesterday. Were going to go through Hunter Bidens closed door testimony to the House Oversight Committee Later in the show here. Plus, the end of an era for senate republicans. The partys longest Serving Leader in the Upper Chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. Well take a look at Mitch Mcconnells legacy and who might replace him. Of course, were going to talk about the shocking news we all heard yesterday. The death of beloved comedian and actor Richard Lewis. Well talk about that and play for you some of joes interview with him, which happened just several weeks ago. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is thursday, february 29th. With us, we have the
postponing all public facing royal duties. we ll go live to london. the state of emergency in california as crews race to save people and pets from flash floods triggered by a monster storm with up to 8 trillion gallons of rain expected to fall. the dramatic new images just coming in. the growing pr disaster for boeing. first it was a mid flight blow out. now it s misdrilled holes. what the faa is saying today about those 737 max planes. plus, will the fifth time be the charm? secretary of state antony blinken returns to the middle east with hopes for a new gaza truce that could lead to the release of hostages. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with nbc s meagan fitzgerald who is outside buckingham palace with the breaking news on the king s health. what do we know at this hour? reporter: chris, according to buckingham palace, we understand that as the king was undergoing treatment about a week and a half ago for a benign
the u.s. bombs 85 targets in iraq and syria and promises it is just the start of the next phase. the u.s. avenging the death of three american soldiers brought home friday in the solemn dignified transfer in dover, delaware attended by the president and first lady. iran condemning the attacks with its foreign minister calling it an adventurous and strategic mistake. the secretary of state antony blinken preparing to leave tomorrow for his fifth dip a medic shuttle to the region. pausing pushing for a halt in gaza, long enough for a hostage release. hostage release. good day everyone, i am andrea mitchell in washington as the world braces for the next phase of strikes against iranian backed militant groups in the middle east as potential counterattacks . the powerful but limited first phase targeted command and control her operations with intelligent centers, weapons facilities and supply lines among the aircraft used was long rage bombers that took off from texas and flew