gas efficient vehicle after hearing of this news, the price for unregular leaded gas $3.59. tomorrow all those price wills go up. beginning july 1, more pain at the pump. california gas tax is set to up $0.056 a gallon. i already thought it was increased. there they go. and so that s pretty good. i guess i m happy i m filling up now. reporter: the latest increase part of a 2017 law. voters last year shot down an effort to repeal it. but trump comes on top of the $0.12 gallon tax that s ridicul i might give it a quicif they k that up. prices are expected to $5 billion for roads and mass transit. the tax is necessary. what you re going to have is a gas tax bill. the current bills are way more expensive than paying a little few pennies at the pump. reporter: many drives wouldn t mind paying a little more if the potholes go away. so far they haven t seen much improvement. and let s take a picture of the roads. even when you can, you see a little bit. it s a waste of mon
maryland to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. i asked the motion to be reconsidered, laid upon the table and the president to be notified. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk will call the role. mr alexander. inaudible studio: you have been watching scenes there in the us senate, mike pence has confirmed the vote 50 48. barbara plett usher is still with us. barbara plett usher is still with us. barbara, we heard mitch mcconnell said the president would be immediately notified. yes, and i think we can expect to hear from the president shortly. he spoke briefly before the vote on mr kavanagh, he said he would be watching it on television. he said judge kavanagh would make a great supreme court justice, the week s delay in the vote because of the fbi investigations into the sexual assault allegations had been a positive outcome, so we may hear more of that when he speaks formally, but certainly this is the o
that it will rapidly turn back to rain and it will be a windy day. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. if you test positive on a lateral flow and don t have symptoms, the government s finalising plans to drop the requirement in england that you need to get a pcr to confirm it. borisjohnson will ask his top team to back his decision not to impose any further covid restrictions in england. the nhs under strain from coronavirus more trusts in england declare critical incidents and 17 hospitals in greater manchester put some non urgent surgery on hold. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is due to address parliament later today as covid cases continue to rise. there s a growing backlash in australia after tennis star novak djokovic is allowed to enter the country without a confirmed covid vaccination, to defend his australian open title. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here sjohn watson. good morning. we will discuss the developments emerg
to be constitutional by other cases. my to be constitutional by other cases. my sense is that he can appeal anything thisjudge my sense is that he can appeal anything this judge finds. the judges simply dealing with matters in preparation a trial. where the trial to go against him, then of course he has potential grounds for appeal, but i think again, one cannot be sure, but i think this is it, so were he to lose today s argument, we are looking at a trial in the autumn. argument, we are looking at a trial in the autumn. thank you very much for discussing in the autumn. thank you very much for discussing this in the autumn. thank you very much for discussing this with in the autumn. thank you very much for discussing this with me - in the autumn. thank you very much for discussing this with me today, i for discussing this with me today, former chief prosecutor for the north west of england. now it s time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. it has been a