after standing by the policy. but with a growing number of senior conservatives criticising the plan, the chancellor admitted this morning that it had to go as it had become a distraction from other parts of the government s economic plan. and so the chancellor used a key speech at the conservative party conference in birmingham to try and move beyond that distraction , take a listen. what a day. it has been tough but we need to focus on thejob in hand. i know the plan put forward only ten days ago has caused a little turbulence i get it. i get it. we re listening and have listened. i refused to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny i refuse to accept that it is somehow britain s destiny to fall back into middle league status or that the tax burden reaching a 70 year high is somehow inevitable. it isn t and it shouldn t be. we needed a new. applause. conference, we needed a new approach focused on raising economic growth. just over a week after hitting an all time lo
in the capitol and being targeted by the mob. during all those hours refusing to call the pentagon or any law enforcement for reinforcements. in fact according to aides even refusing to take a call from pentagon officials offering their help. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of defense that day? not that i m aware of, no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the attorney general of the united states that day? no. are you aware of any phone call by the president of the united states to the secretary of homeland security that day? i m not aware of that, no. did you hear the president ask for law enforcement response? no. as the men and women in charge of protecting vice president mike pence became more and more desperate about their ability to get him to safety or even save their own lives. and we ll replay in that context an insight to every key moment from last night
identify. good morning from an empty london euston station as more than 16,000 rail workers go on strike again. when will it be over and what should you do if you are travelling today? i will have the details. is it ratcliffe to the rescue for manchester united? british billionairejim ratcliffe says he would be interested in buying the club if the glazer family wants to sell. from trash to treasure. we find out how items destined for the tip are raising thousands for charity thanks to upcycling. good morning. after yesterday s torrential date range which led to localised flooding in parts of the south east, today it will be drier with some sunshine and the odd shower, we have got a new weather front coming in across the introducing thick cloud and some rain. all of the details throughout the programme this morning. it s thursday 18th august. our main story. thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland will be getting their a level, t level and btec results
are release video surveillance of the search. uphill battle for liz cheney, voters in wyoming go to the polls on primary day, robert costa is the only correspondent dl as the congresswoman casts her votes withance a country we are facing challenging and difficult times. o donnell: the staggering number of americans who are unhappy at work. this job is not fun and we re not getting paid enough to deal with the stuff he with have to deal with every single day. o donnell: cbs s elise preston on why that is costing companies trillions of dollars. this is the this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. good evening, thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we begin tonight with severe water cuts that will impact tens of millions of americans. and puts a fine point on how dire the crisis is in america s west. a mega drought is drying up the colorado river and depleting the nation s largest manmade reservoir laker mead.
active and on going investigation in buffalo. waiting to get new information that is supposedly should have new information about the gunman and possibly how long he was here in buffalo casing this area. officials say he was inside the store and possibly talked to employees. you can still see the crime scene tape here. you can see this is new video. the fbi is here hahn scene trying to canvas the area. they re taking pictures and marking several bullet holes that were left in the building where the gunman opened fire in what is called a racially motivated hate crime. out of the 13 people shot here in buffalo at the supermarket, 11 are black. it have aers believe the gunman s rampage was not going to end there. he was planning to continue shooting people in the neighborhood that he apparently chose because it has the largest black population in buffalo. they believe he mapped it out one day before the shooting. listen. the hatred towards blacks, jewish and immigrants was his