line. we re going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. and it is said to be the largest lottery prize in history, $1.6 billion is up for grabs in tonight s powerball drawing. it is saturday, everyone. thank you so much for waking up with this. good morning, boris. thanks to our producers for that reminder that the powerball drawing is coming up. i ve got to get my lottery tickets. are you playing? i am now. thanks for the reminder. appreciate that. we begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. the candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. and the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, president biden, and president trump also campaigning in the state today. republicans heading into tuesday s elections, though, with a slight edge. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots. every
things off there with the crucial base is happening right now in arizona for senate and governor as well. early voting underway in arizona. with more than 1.3 million early ballots cast so far. in the senate race, the latest one showing mark kelly holding a slightly three-point edge over republican blake masters. and the race for governor, that is neck and neck. with polls showing a narrow one point edge going to republican kari lake. and van miller is with us from phoenix, van, good to talk to you as always in the last hour. as i mentioned from the first lady, we will hear from her again, alongside mark kelly, at this hour, what is the message today going to be about? right, joe biden is going to be here alongside mark kelly. katie hobbs, the democratic governor for about two hours north of here this morning, this is a situation here in which we talk to democrats, you look at the idea that this is a purple state, what did make the stay competitive for democrats in 2018 w
well, the new house judiciary chairman, jim jordan, announcing he s launching an investigation into the doj s actions related to president biden s handling of classified documents. he s demanding the department turn over a variety of information including all communications related to yesterday s appointment of special counsel. it s hard to believe this is what s happening one week ago, but at just about exactly this time there was a complete chaos on the house floor. a lawmaker lunging at another lawmaker, and we still didn t know way back then because last year was a whole year last week a whole year didn t know if kevin mccarthy would actually become speaker. what a difference a week makes, and of course when you think about in washington, d.c. every minute seems to be a new, well, crisis to avert or try to maintain. i want to bring in michael shnell, congressional reporter for the hill. and lia donovan. let me bring you into this conversation because, look, we re talkin
. new house judiciary chairman jim jordan announcing he s launching an investigation into the doj s actions related to president biden s handling of classified documents, demanding the department turn over a variety of information communicating all communications relating to yesterday s special counsel, hard to believe this is happening one week ago but just about exactly this time there was a complete chaos on the house floor. a lawmaker lunging at another lawmaker and we still didn t know way back then because last year was a whole year last week a whole year didn t know if kevin mccarthy would actually become speaker. what a difference a week makes and of course we think about in washington, dc every minute seems to be a new well, crisis to avert or try to maintain i want to bring in michael should nel congressional report commentator ashley madison and leon donovan former committee aid. let me bring you in on this conversation, we re talking about what happened last wee
welcome to the programme. the bank of england has warned the uk is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates, by the biggest rise in 30 years. the 0.75 percentage point rise the eighth consecutive hike takes uk rates to from 2.25 per cent to 3 percent, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. the bank of england s move matches the us central bank s rate hike on wednesday, taking us rates to 3.75 to 4.0%. here s the bank of england governor. these are big changes. they have a real impact on people s lives. so, why are we doing it, and why are we doing it now when so many people are struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? we are increasing bank rate because inflation is too high. it is the bank s job to bring it down. a rise in interest rates can have an influence on things like credit card repayments and mortgages but also the interest paid on your savings. but the governor says this is the only way to r