Now on bbc news, Monday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Monday In Parliament, as mps call for more help for those living in flats with Inflammable Cladding. Theyre locked into an absolute nightmare, in unsafe homes, unable to sell, unable to remortgage and facing mounting bills. The Housing Minister says the government is on the case. It is vital that dangerous cladding is removed as fast as possible, and the government will not tolerate unnecessary delays. Also in this programme, a message for those unsure about the covid jab. This is a safe vaccine. Everyone who qualifies should take it and you should trust i the government and the nhs in order to supply it. But first, ministers have come under pressure from mps including many on their own side to do more to help People Living in homes with dangerous cladding. Three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 72 people died, thousands of leaseholders are facing large bills to remove Inflammable Cladding and
to test a new alert system. ireland secured an historic grand slam title in dublin. a convincing 13 point victory over england saw them win the six nations in front of a huge home crowd on st patrick s weekend. you on st patrick s weekend. may have dodged the sho yesterday you may have dodged the showers yesterday but today it will be drier and brighterfor many yesterday but today it will be drier and brighter for many with sunny spells. the full forecast throughout the morning. it s sunday 19th march. our main story: lawyers for donald trump say the former president was merely speculating, when he said he expected to be arrested on criminal charges next week. prosecutors have been investigating alleged hush money payments made on mr trump s behalf, prior to the 2016 presidential election. if he is indicted, it would be the first criminal case to be brought against a former us president, as david willis reports. in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight
in their favourite treat. it s a kind of hazelnut butter. and what the scientists are doing is dosing this with contraceptives. the idea is the squirrels will be unaffected, except of course, except of course, they won t be able to produce any young. seventh heaven for novak djokovic as he wins another wimbledon title, his fourth in a row, coming from a set down to beat nick kyrgios in the men s singles final. both england and northern ireland are back in action tonight in the women s heroes. i m in brighton whether lionesses host norway. the women s euros. it s monday 11th july. our main story. foreign secretary liz truss has launched a bid to succeed boris johnson as conservative leader. ms truss said she would cut taxes from day one , should she become prime minister. last night, foreign office minister rehman chishti also declared his intention to run. it s a crowded field, with 11 candidates standing so far. conservative backbenchers meet today to decide the election
executive action and take a look at how it could impact the economy. plus, with the primary election calendar winding down, we look ahead to november, and the key races that could decide control of congress. also ahead, new reporting on the communication between the government and donald trump s team before the fbi search of mar-a-lago. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, august 25th, i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. 43 million people are in line to have a chunk of their student loan debt erased. as many as 20 million could cancel all student debt and that is executive action yesterday by president biden, the president pushed back at criticism that debt cancellation will make inflation worse. 20 million people who can start getting on with their lives. all this many people can start finally crawling off from under that mountain of debt. again, to get on top of their rent or utilities. to finally think about buying a home or starting a
conservatives must focus on the future, closed quote, a not so veiled shot at his former boss, the former president s false claims about the 2020 election. remarkable to have a vice president who served under that president to then challenge him. a spokesman for the former president tells cnn he will use his speech today to focus on law and order. this as the justice department s inquiry into the capitol attack widens. pence s former chief of staff marc short confirmed to cnn he testified before a doj grand jury investigating the january 6th insurrection, making him the highest profile witness known to have testified so far in the criminal investigation. have a listen. our secret service did a phenomenal job that day. and their job was made more complicated candidly by the fact that the capitol had been breached and they wanted to evacuate the vice president, but it has been covered the vice president didn t want the image of a 15-car motorcade fleeing the hallmark of d