uphill battle for president biden heading into 2024. the president facing negative approval ratings and widespread concerns about his age. and ading to headaches to the white house, the special counsel investigating the president s son hunter biden plans to seek an indictment against him on gun charges by the end ofrt month. donald trump also facing continued legal challenge this is morning. one of his aids is flipping on him. an i.t. worker threatened with prosecution in the classified documents case is now cooperating with prosecutors. new this morning, double manhunts in washington, d.c. and how that pennsylvania fugitive broke out of prison. and new overnight, the boss postponing his september concerts as he deals with peptic ulcer disease. cnn this morning starts right now. this just in. we have brand new polling this morning and the numbers are rough for president biden. it could spell trouble for democrats and the president s hopes for reelection in 2024. sti
Its pledge on tuition fees in england theyll be scrapped for students starting this year. President trump is in israel. He speaks of a rare opportunity for peace with the palestinians. The sun was out, the garden is in full bloom, yes, time for the Chelsea Flower Show. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news, david moyes resigns as manager of sunderland following the clubs relegation from the Premier League this season. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theresa may calls it a clarification, Opposition Parties call it a u turn. Either way, the conservatives have spent the day defending their decision to include a cap on the amount anyone in england will have to spend on social care. There was no explicit pledge to have such a cap in the partys manifesto last week, leading critics to label it a dementia tax. Labour accused the conservatives of being mired in chaos and confusion over the policy, while the Liberal Democrats called it a manifesto meltdown. Heres our Political Edit
Renewed at old trafford, as Manchester United face liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been further confirmation of the difficulties within the nhs, as its emerged nearly half of all hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. That means they had no more beds available, all routine surgery was cancelled and doctors were called in from leave. Four out of ten trusts were forced to raise the alarm, as hospitals and accident Emergency Departments struggled to cope. Nhs england says eight of the trusts overall issued the highest level of alert, meaning patients safety could be put at risk. Hugh pym reports. How do you feel now . Is still sore but better. Another day, another a e patient. A fractured wrist is dealt with. Patients are waiting and nhs staff doing the best they can under pressure. The story at Northwick Park hospital in london is the same as across the service. Things are quiet today but they know bad weather could b