alert here in washington. it was the day the house was going to vote on green lighting the impeachment probe of president biden. it happened to be the day that hunter biden was supposed to show up urn subpoena to testify behind closed doors. suddenly, the cable news networks were throwing out banners, unclear whether hunter biden will testify. and, boom, there was the president s son who had insisted on testifying in public talking to reporters. for six years i ve been the target of unrelenting trump attack machine shouting where s hunter. well, here s my answer: i am here. in the depths of my addiction, i was extremely irresponsible with my finances. but to suggest that is grounds for an impeachment inquiry is beyond the absurd. it s shameless. howard: so hunter was using the media mob to try to turn the tables on the republican committee and make the case that he was ready to testify before the cameras knowing full well the panel had rejected the offer. and for all this t
next week. we start off wet across the south east, brightening up behind, sunny spells, but some of those sellers in scotland could turn increasingly wintry. it will be a cooler story rather than cold for many of us because we still have that spring sunshine, and it has a bit of intensity in it now. so temperatures generally around 6 10, the high. certainly it is worth bearing in mind, don t forget, that it will feel that little bit cooler, but actually, it is the start of british summer time. yes, the clocks will go forward during the early hours of sunday morning. we all lose in our s sleep, the daylight hours start to get longer. thank you for the reminder. that is today s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on our website. from the six o clock team, goodbye, but the six o clock team, goodbye, but the news continues here on bbc one, is is time to join the news continues here on bbc one, is is time tojoin our the news continues here on bbc one,
plus rising prices falling ratings. can president biden win the argument on the us economy with just days to go until the midterm elections? and a pressing crisis. the cost of olive oil set to soar with harvests shrivelled by europe s summer heatwave. hello. we start here in the uk which is now facing the longest recession since records began, a century ago. that was the bleak warning from the bank of england on thursday, as it raised interest rates to 3% to try to dampen down soaring inflation. the bank says the uk economy is already in recession, and could keep declining until the middle of 202a. the pound slumped on the news to its lowest in more than two weeks. here s our economics editor faisal islam. the end of a decade and a half of ultralow interest rates was always going to be difficult, but dealing in mortgages has in recent weeks felt more like the stock market than the housing market. , , stock market than the housing market. , , . ., , market
and somewhat confusing u.s. economy. new data shows the economy shrank 0.6% in the second quarter, said another way that shrinking slightly less than first thought. the u.s. also is seeing a decrease in the number of people filing for new unemployment benefits, said another way, the labor market is still strong. this comes as americans try to understand what president biden s student loan debt plan what it means for them and their families, even as some members of his own party say it misses the mark. republicans are unified in saying they don t think it is fair, and some economists say that it could fuel inflation. there is a lot to get to. let s begin with cnn s matt egan on this new economic data. what do you see in all this, matt? the economy s spring slump wasn t as bad as feared. second quarter gdp was just revised up by the government, in part because americans spent more money than originally reported. the bad news is that despite this upgrade, the economy still shr
comment as the court considers the matter. no surprise there. the question now is what will judge reinhart say? we could hear from him at any moment. we also could not. presumably he s going through the redactions right now, deciding whether what remains of the affidavit is even worth releasing. just don t hold your breath. he warned us on monday that what the d.o.j. proposes might render the affidavit gibberish, his word, and he s inclined to side with whatever the d.o.j. thinks is appropriate. some former federal prosecutors order judge reinhart could relean information about the lengths d.o.j. and the national archives went to get donald trump and his legal team to voluntarily hand over all those documents, that is if that information is contained in the affidavit. after all, we did get a little more insight into that timeline this week. the national archives released a letter revealing donald trump handed over 700 documents with classified markings, some at the highest le