the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more. good helen catt has more. morning, are you running for leadership? good morning, are you running for leadership? he good morning, are you running for leadership? good morning, are you running for leadershi? ., , ., , , leadership? he has got the numbers to net on leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the ballot leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the ballot paper leadership? he has got the numbers to get on the ballot paper and - leadership? he has go
off entire communities. those are the latest headlines. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to our digest of the global week seen through the eyes of leading journalists from the uk and the foreign correspondents based here who podcast, broadcast, blog and, yes, even these days write for audiences back home from the dateline, london. confidence it s the magic ingredient which makes us all believe that notes or coins in themselves worth next to nothing do have value and will be accepted as payment. governments need the confidence of the money markets who do the lending if they want to borrow money at affordable rates. over the last week, liz truss and herfinance minister have struggled to create confidence in their economic strategy and to sustain it in the british currency. to discuss the uk s dash for growth and the border war between russia and ukraine isabel hilton, a distinguished foreign correspondent who founded china dialogue, an independent bod
country is headed. not this hit and run stuff, not to cherry pick but a more folsom understanding, william jacob son with a great web site, this pairnk gave sums it up for me: so this garcie paragraph sums it up for me: what about the united states? this got mde to thinking. in between our elections, a lot happens to this country s tothat is not subject to elections. no longer subject to representative government. did you support the hiring of 87 thousand new irs agents? was that on a boot ballot, the disruption of energy independence? and complete attack on theepen c combustion engine and automobiles that usene? gasoline? did yo u support somehow, or vote for open borders where fentanyl and illegall im immunity and ms-13 and drugg car at the time cartels our can operate freely? did you votede forr. or support or hear about a massive debt? a massive debte like the planet has never seen on top of regular spending? that would affect inflation the way it does. did someone r
question, should a person s non-violent attendance at the january 6th save america march have any impact on their employment? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, and that is this week s poll question at smerconish.com. many who participated on the storming of the capitol on january 6th have been charged and may still be. scrutinizing former president donald trump. but i want to update a different story about that day. one of a middle schoolteacher who on thursday night was just fired by his school board tracing back to his attendance on january the 6th, despite his never being anywhere near the capitol. kind of ironic that the pennsylvania teacher is now out of his job while the current republican nominee for pennsylvania charted puss to transport people to attend. jason mother head at the robb middle school in allentown, pennsylvania. he attended the rally and posted about it on social media, but did not participate in anything beyond that. he was suspended with pay
what we are learning about his testimony and how it could shape future hearings. the community of highland park, illinois, still coming to grips with the deadly july fourth shooting. how they are planning to look forward and reclaim the area where the attack happened. wnba star brittney griner pleading guilty in court. newsroom starts right now. first a key witness testifying before the january 6 committee for more than seven hours yesterday. three different sources familiar with pat cipollone s testimony describes is as important and helpful bricks of baloney was among the sioux baloney spend time with president trump as he watched the capitol riot unfold on tv. the committee is trying to determine what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in real-time. this interview was recorded and portions will likely be shown at upcoming hearings. the next one coming up on tuesday and focus on how the violent mob attacked the capitol and came together and the role of e