in georgia and lucas tomlinson outside the white house. but we start first with rich edson in harrisburg, pennsylvania, where all eyes are on the nail-biter race between fetterman and oz. rich, good afternoon. reporter: good afternoon, mike. this is a government union headquarters here in harrisburg, the capital city of pennsylvania, john fetterman just finished rallying supporters here, he s been highlighting union workers here, the union vote. of he was rallying with union officials and workers yesterday in the philadelphia area. he said at this rally here that he plans on continuing to recover from his stroke, and he wants to win this election. c. oz has never forgotten every day that i had a stroke. in january i ll be much better, but he will still be a fraud. reporter: oz ripped fetterman for refusing to debate, and when he agreed, did so only once, two weeks before election day, and after hundreds of thousands of early votes had been cast. oz and republicans natio
he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. four years before then he did more junior roles, having been deputy to borisjohnson, not as prime minister, but when he was mayor of london. kit malthouse is seen as a fixer. he becomes the fifth education secretary in a little over a year, a sign ofjust how unstable politics has been. kit malthouse, welcome to political thinking. thank you. i m flattered to be here. well, it s been a roller coaster ride this week, hasn t it? it has been a challenging week, as they say. i think that s the euphemism that politicians use. but hopefully things will settle, although i have to say it comes. i mean, i got elected in 2015 and it s been a pretty much a roller coaster ride since 2016. so leadership elections, general elections, referendums, pandemics, wars, it s been a, you know, a bit of a roller coaster. so i sort of feel a bit seasoned towards it. and to be honest with you, nick, ifind myself a bit surprised that people are surprised be
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. happy monday. happy monday and thank you. welcome to the beat. on this monday many are marking today s holiday which honors doctor martin luther king. you can see the replay at the king monument at the national mall. also present biden making it clear that he does not see today i work about commemorating some past history but a test for right now, for all of us about how america faces the rising hate with today s problem and not just yesterday s. also how we deal with what we know is the original sin of racism and racial strife, supersized in some way for this maggot era. we face another inflection point and one that will determine what this country will look like several decades from now. will we choose democracy and community over chaos? love over hate? these are the questions of our time and in the life and legacy of doctor king and remind us to show us the way forward
affairs told journalists that more than 1.3 million people had been displaced in the worst floods the country had seen in a decade. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. and boy, there s quite a lot of politics to think about, isn t there? all the drama about this government mess, though, a dramatic shift in our politics. it has become the conventional wisdom overnight that labour will win the next election. the polling suggests there s been a greater swing in recent days and weeks than there was during the last worst financial crisis to hit a conservative government black wednesday back in 1992. and that ll mean there will pretty soon be much greater scrutiny of what labour will do. faced with the same economic fundamentals high taxes, high borrowing, high inflation and low growth. if labour does indeed win an election, lisa nandy will be the cabinet minister with the job of delivering for what s become known as