government s in panic. the country will pay a lasting price for putting is through this ideological experiment and will pay a lasting price through economic instability and rising mortgage rates for some time to come. and in other news. the head of the metropolitan police says hundreds of his officers should have been sacked for gross misconduct. civilians rescued in the ukrainian capital after an attack by russian kamikaze drones. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has set out her economic argument for leaving the uk, including plans move to a scottish currency when the time is right . the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has scrapped almost all of the key measures in last month s controversial mini budget, in the latest in a series of government u turns. in an emergency statement, he abandoned indefinitely the planned 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax, that had been due to come in next year. help with energy bills will now only last until next april instead of for
ian are unlivable. the scenes, apocalyptic. responders working by boat and aircraft. nearly 2,000 rescues in southwest and central florida since last week when hurricane ian hit the state. this morning, the number of customers without power is now below half a million in florida. president biden travels to florida tomorrow for a firsthand look at the devastation. cnn s randi kaye is live this morning in fort myers beach. randi? reporter: john, i know you ve seen fort myers beach from the air, but seeing it on the ground firsthand is certainly like nothing i have ever seen before. there were stairways to anywhere because homes were literally blown out of foundations. there were homes on top of homes. as you said, fort myers beach is still closed to residents, but we got a firsthand look up close with a search and rescue team out of miami, florida, and here wrap we saw. this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian s winds combined with storm s
comments about she had inclusivity. a speech to progressive hispanic voters in san antonio called latinx event. watch. role helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community as distinct as the bodega lewis of the bronx and the beautiful blossom of miami and unique as the breakfast tacos here in san antonio. [applause] is your strength. harris: kayleigh, she didn t practice. i m afraid if she did. [laughter] and hispanic journalist fired back with this. nha encourages the first lady and communications team to take time to better understand the complexity of our people and communities. we are not tacos. our heritage as latinos is shaped by various historic cultures and food traditions. do not reduce us to stereotypes. the first lady s team has since apologized and said this, her words were pure admiration and love for the latino community not to mention what she likes to eat. president biden s popularity among latino voters is plumm
visit a provocation. china biggest ally russia backing their friend 100 percent. now with analysis is former massachussetts senator scott brown with contributor and former station cia station chief dan hoffman. thank you very much. i can believe i have to open a segment for you two guys talking about how china is screaming at us and we are running away like scared rabbits with conflicting messages out of the witt which says we don t support taiwan independence while nancy pelosi is going over there hugging them. that alone scott i think would send a message that the american government is itself divided on this issue what s your take on all of this? first i ve been to china and taiwan 2-3 times many taiwan is an amazing country. they re a democracy, supply a lot of chips we need for military and other needs and china are a big bully. you get off the train it smells like an ashtry, biggest polluters, an they have a 600 year plan and we don t have a plan. the splintered natur
rewrite the dictionary. griff jenkins has more in washington, good morning. griff: good morning, americans are bracing for nows we are in recession with dropping gdp numbers. the president says he doesn t see that happening? president biden: we re not going to be in a recession in my view, the employment rate is still one of the lowest in history, the 3.6 area. my hope is we go from rapid growth to steady growths. we ll see some coming down, god willing, i don t think we ll see recession. griff: white house message focusing on how well the economy is doing because of how many jobs have been created. if you look at the economic indicators, the labor market, the average amount of jobs that have been created, about 400 per month, indicators do not show that we are in a recession or even a pre-recession. griff: she s not the only white house official challenging technical definition of a recession. i covered the economy for many years, i was told by everybody i spoke