i m katy tur. the midterms did not go so well, for the gop, instead of a red wave, it was a trickle, one that could look more like a single drip if the pressure on george santos wins out. stay tuned on him for a moment. why did republicans don t so poorly? candidate quality was surely in play. denying the election was not exactly a winning strategy. and showing some controversy fatigue. all of the trump daum weighed the party down. but one of the biggest reasons republicans massively underperformed was arguably abortion. the overturning of roe v. wade, a gop dream for decades, was more of a nightmare for the general election. the party paid the price. instead of backing away from what was proven to be a wildly unpopular position, house republicans are running right toward it. today, the first two votes, speaker kevin mccarthy will bring to the floor will be on abortion. the first, protecting so-called pregnancy centers, and the second, protecting babies born alive after late
care workers out of theirjobs. it s the late, late show at old trafford, as an injury time winner earns manchester united victory in the europa league, which keeps alive their chances of winning their group. we are live at king s cross station in london. say happy birthday to the world s most famous train, the flying scotsman, celebrating 100 years on our ways. and as we steam towards the weekend, expect a mishmash of cloud, sunshine and rain at times. sunday looking driver many. coming up. good morning. it s friday, the 14th october. our main story. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has cut short his visit to the us to hold urgent talks with the prime minister, as pressure mounts on the government over its mini budget. liz truss is facing intense pressure to reverse her tax cutting plans, in a bid to reassure both the financial markets and her own party. frances read reports. behind closed doors in downing street, everything is back on the table. billions of pounds of borrowing
redactions. president trump argues there shouldn t be any. judge reinhart rejected the doj s attempt to hide it from americans. the whole affidavit should be released. given the democrats penchant for using it to hide government corruption. that s the crux of the matter. they re demanding whether to know political buy as played a role in the buher eos decision making. we re interested in how that information was presented of the was it presented faithfully and truthfully given the past record of the f.b.i. and department of justice in trump investigations? mark meredith joins us from west palm beach, florida. good morning, park. good morning. the justice department says there is a lot of information about why federal agents came to mar-a-lago last week that they don t want to release at this point. a judge yesterday said in the interest of transparency there is also the information the public needs to know and likely we ll see some information in that criminal affida
Im rich edson. Im julie banderas. President biden and former President Trump are holding substantial leads over their challengers and new polling suggests a general election rematch, which would divide americans right down the middle. Griff the president is about to speak at a Labor Day Parade in philadelphia as there are growing concerns about his age and electability. Biden buy owing rafer is raising eyebrows saying a trump Biden Rematch is not a foregone conclusion. Let me ask you this way. At the end of this calendar year joe biden announces he wont seek a second term how much of a surprise would it be to you . A surprise to me but not a total shock. Julie peter doocy is live we white house this morning. President bidens top rival from the last primary cycle is pouring cold water today on the someone other than biden 2024 theory. I think President Biden is going to be the nominee of the Democratic Party and i think if he runs on a strong Progressive Agenda he is not only go to win
Crime. Both of those things have been lacking. This is the kind of taste with any other judge the next step if they cant present evidence that really identifies what the underlying crime that was committed and remember, cohens testimony is not enough to satisfy that come with any other judge it would have been dismissed before got to jury. John while they show no sign of following your thinking is a lot ahead we will see more of you think you so much. Appreciated. Now this. [chanting] john lives looks at universities and around the country and also to capitol hill warehouse Speaker Mike Johnson will outline plans to crackdown on antisemitism on American College campuses. Sandra at this hour as we do watch the protests continue, john, columbia is threatening to expel students who broke into a building and wont leave. They have started suspending students camping out on the quad so they say, write john . John so they say and yet they dont seem to back that up with any sort of action. Tha