And postal votes and christmas post is secure as a proposed strike by royal mail workers is ruled unlawful. And coming up on bbc news, the scoring sensation australian striker sam kerr is on her way tojoin the team at the top of the womens super league. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Labour has pledged to outspend the tories on the nhs in england, promising an additional £6 billion a year by 2023 24 thats on top of the £20 billion a year originally promised by theresa may. Wales, Northern Ireland and scotland would get the same percentage increase. Meanwhile the Prime Minister has renewed his calls to get brexit done and promised to double investment in Industrial Research and development on a visit to an electric taxi manufacturer in coventry. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has the latest. Filters tried to take charge today. Why have you been . about the Prime Minister in yorkshire, being given a talking to by people whose lives have been turned upside down
Go back and see what rudy said about impeachment, what rudy said about special counsels, it was directly opposite of what hes saying now. So glad to see lindsey, well, lindsey back, when we were serving together, i forget he had all that hair. He could have been in the loving spoonful. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, october 16th. Wait a second. Yes. Do you hear that in the background . Im so tired. That is the sound, willie geist. Do you hear that . That is the sound of washington going to the world series for the First Time Since 1933. Still have my wristband on. That was for a club afterwards. Mika went clubbing. She comes in, im in bed at 4 00. Are you going to bed . Ill just work through it. Anyway, yeah, we went there. First time washington baseball teams been in the world series since 33, and the last time they won 1924. So there are a few people excited here. It was kind of fun. Not just astounding historically, but astounding this season. They we
Into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and president of the United States that would be listening to this ridiculous conspiracy idea which has again been completely debunked. You thought it might not look right . Did i make a mistake . Well maybe in the grand scheme of things, yeah. Did i make a mistake based upon some ethical lapse . Absolutely not. Bill starting with ellison barber near columbus, ohio. A democratic debate tonight and thats what brings you to the midwest, hello. Thats right. Good morning, bill. Yesterday Hunter Bidens attorney released a statement saying that hunter biden had made the decision to step down from the board of a chinese company. His father, 2020 homeful and Vice President joe biden was in iowa that afternoon speaking to the Largest Private Sector Union in the country and spoke to reporters after and quickly asked about himself. Frustrated with the questions and only took them for five minutes and ignored many reporters including myself who trie
The Deputy Assistant secretary of state. This is what nbc news has learned from an official working on the impeachment inquiry. Kent is a Deputy Assistant secretary of state, as i said. Who worked on ukraine and five other countries. He told lawmakers he was to told to lay low after raising concerns about Rudy Giulianis involvement in ukraine. George kent is going to be one of the first people to testify in open hearings. He is scheduled to testify before congress on november 13th. Joining me now from capitol hill, msnbcs Garrett Haake. Garrett, i imagine weve just received this in the time that i was walking to the studio. So i dont know what, if anything, youve had a chance to look at yet. But what do we know so far about george kent . Yeah. Ali, this is becoming a regular feature here with me and you these afternoons. Kents testimony, as far as ive been able to skim through the summary here, does a couple things for democrats. Kent is angry. Thats clear. He talks about a Smear Campa
Do you think it will be awkward when nancy pelosi and donald trump are sitting facetoface. A little. Id like to be a fly on the wall in that. Good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, october 16th, im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. We want to begin in ohio, the site of last nights democratic debate. It was the first debate since senator Elizabeth Warren sumped in the polls. And they are frontrunner status also made her a target. Warren was the attack of any candidate on stage. 16 times most next to senator Amy Klobuchar. But it was mayor buttigieg who warren answered when asked if medicare for all would raise taxes on the middle class. A yes or no question that didnt get a yes or no answer. This is why people in the midwest are frustrated with washington in general and capitol hill in particular. Your signature, senator, is to have a plan for everything in except this. At least bernie is saying that taxes are going to go up. Im sorry, elizabeth, you have not said that. Im