Photos in the early hours of the morning. That was near Downing Street. Also energised and with me throughout the day is our political correspondent. And in our bbc new newsroom i am joined by Economics Correspondent andy verity. We will be looking at what this budget will mean for you and will be looking at the challenges of the government and what will happen in the years ahead and whoever takes power after General Election. He shouted there as a General Election and we know there will be one before next january is so there is politics that comes with this. This is the last budget before that General Election. The chancellor has promised that his plans will simulate stimulate the flagging economy. Labour will argue that any reductions will still leave people worse off because of the freezing of Tax Thresholds. So what could be expected in todays Budget Ben King takes a look. The background to the budget has been gloomy but it looks like the Chancellor Will find room to cut taxes. The
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schumer on a major reconciliation bill that would lower prescription drug costs and invest hundreds of billions of dollars to combat climate change and clean energy programs. sinema s support is crucial to get the bill through a 50/50 senate and to the democratic house for a vote. vladimir putin s top spokesman was annoyed the u.s. had gone public about ongoing talks for a prisoner swap to free brittney griner and paul whelan. tony blinken is expected to call sergei lavrov for the first time since the ukraine invasion after shunning him since the invasion in february to talk about a possible swap. president biden spoke with china s president xi this morning as tensions have risen over potential congressional trip to taiwan led by nancy pelosi and the passage of a senate bill increasing competition with china in the semiconductor market. we begin with the president and the economy. joining me now, nbc white house correspondent carol lee, nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vi
virginia. the security in hopewell was not as tight as it would have been as maximum facility. lamonty willis and shaw were missing on saturday and serving lengthy services for gun and drug charges. the federal bureau of prisons has come under fire for lack security at similar complexes where it s typical to leave doors unlocked and security cameras not in working order. the u.s. marshal service has launched an internal probe and the fbi and local law enforcement are involved as well. mike. mike: marianne rafferty, starting us off. anyone with information on the four men encouraged to call (804)545-8501. rising inflation and soaring gasoline prices are weighing heavily on the biden administration prompting historically low poll numbers. lucas tomlinson joins me live from the white house with the very latest, hi, lucas. lucas: hi, mike, after president biden fell off bicycle while ride target beach today, today the new york post showed the president on the asphalt with a headl
justice system. bill: the rap sheet a mile ago. girlfriend accused him of assault and he served two stints in prison and under the los angeles d.a. policies he was let off the hook, put on probation. a year later and we have two dead police officers and a town that is reeling. dana: on the left side of your screen are the two officers. they were both husbands and fathers. bill: they are just two of the more than 150 cops shot in the line of duty this year. at least two dozen shootings were fatal. jeff paul begins our reporting live in los angeles with more from there today. jeff. bill and dana we re getting a better grasp of what happened leading up to the moment when the two police officers were shot and killed. we ve obtained new security camera footage that shows how chaotic the scene was as shots were fired. [sirens and gunshots] in the timeline of this shooting the portion of the video took place there was a lot of gunfire. the officers were responding to a pot