Autumn statement in november, and he is of course hoping to rally the conservative Party Faithful as much as of course win over the public vote. We are hoping to cross live an hour to our correspondent In Manchester who has been covering the conference throughout the day and throughout the few days. We have heard a couple of speeches so far today. Any standout moment so far . Not in terms of policy. I think there have been rhetoricalflashes. The key think the conservatives are trying to do here is draw a distinction with the labour party and come up with some big points on which they disagree going into a general election. But i think speech we are about to hear in the next few minutes from the chancellor will be a really big moments, actually. Because what the conservatives are trying to argue and persuade us all as they have stabilised the economy from the days of liz truss and they can now move on with bringing inflation down. But what is really interesting is the buzz around here t
good afternoon. i m bret baier in for martha maccallum. right now on the story, president biden s education department now probing a handful of ivy league universities, colleges, even a k-12 district all reporting cases of anti-semitism or islamophobia as the israel-hamas war continueses to roil american schools. in moments, we ll go live where pro palestinian students are rallying against ethnic cleansing and genocide of palestinians. first, to molly line. good afternoon, molly. good afternoon, bret. the aim according to the education department is to take aggressive action to address the alarming nationwide rise and reports of anti-semitism, anti-muslim, anti-arab and other forms of discrimination. the seven schools under investigation, lafayette college, cornell university, columbia, wellsly college, the university of pennsylvania and the cooper union and maize college. the level of intensity is high. we need to match it with a level of response that meets the moment
these the deals on before there shot with jury selection is underway in the first trial against the son of a sitting president. we are live outside the courthouse in delaware where hunter biden is facing we ve felonies for allegedly buying a gun while using illegal drugs. how his father, the president, is reacting and fighting words on capitol hill is dr. anthony found she testifies to lawmakers about the origins of covid-19 and the us response to the pandemic and brace yourself the thermostat please, in your house can be pretty busy this summer. i ll look at how much it will cost you to stay cool and how that number has risen over the past five years. we re following these developing stories and many more we re all coming in right here to see it a nuisance just days after former president trump was convicted of 34 felonies and his hush money case. another unprecedented and in criminal trial with major political implications is getting underway. hunter biden now facing ju
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Front of the new congress. She hints at any rate hike in the next few months. And shares in toshiba nosedive yet again as the japanese conglomerate faces a 6 billion write down. It is Asia Business report. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Markets have been buzzing overnight as the head of the Us Central Bank said an Interest Rate rise could come as early as next month. In the sme annual testimony to congress, janet yellen set of hawkish tone, saying it is unwise to wait too long to hike rates. Financial stocks in the us lifted. The broader s p index closing higher for a fourth consecutive session. This is how asian shares are trading in early trade on wednesday. All in positive territory. More analysis in a moment but that hear what she had to say. As i noted on previous occasions, waiting too long to remove accommodation would be unwise. Potentially requiring the fomc to raise rates rapidly which could risk disrupting Financial Markets and pushing the economy into recession. At our u