We need to go big. And if we waste some money now, we waste some money. Absolutely we have too many people hurting and the economy is going to sputter and weve got to get ourselves out of this mess. And this is the way we need to go right now. Let me tell you something, that man has a future in Northwest Florida politics. I like him. Or West Virginia. Mika, thats interesting. Thats from the republican governor of a state that donald trump got 69 in. Jim justice, governor of West Virginia, urging congress to go big on covid19 relief. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, february 2nd. We have columnist and Associate Editor for the Washington Post, david ignatius. Back with us, capitol hill correspondent and host of way too early, kasie hunt. And it seems more and more likely that democrats will push through the Biden Administrations nearly 2 trillion Economic Relief package with or without republicans. The president met with a group of Senate Republicans for about two hou
also this lunchtime. lower energy bills for many households after the regulator brings in a new price cap. the chief constable of police scotland the uk s second biggest force admits it is institutionally racist and sexist. and by public demand, a fitting farewell for an raf hero who fought in the second world war. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: history for brighton, their highest finish in the premier league and a first european campaign to look forward to next season. good afternoon. net migration to the uk has hit a record high, despite the government s promise to reduce it. the office for national statistics say that last year 606,000 more people moved to the united kingdom than left it. that s up around 118,000 on the previous year s figure. the rise is driven by people from outside the eu, including ukraine and hong kong. the prime minister says the figures are too high labour claim they show the government has lost control of immigratio
payments can be reduced, because it might not happen automatically. understand your direct debit, understand your bills. because people just don t understand the direct debits and we are seeing direct debits over inflated. so if you give meter readings and stay in control, you won t be paying more than you need to. today s announcement also means from july shopping around for a better deal might be on the cards again. there are a handful of fixed deals below the energy price cap at the moment, but make sure you do your sums before switching over. because if it s not more than 15% below what you re paying at the moment, then the likelihood is it won t save you money in the long run. there s hope that the price cap might come down in the autumn, but no one is getting carried away here. was itjust a blip, you know, will it go back up again? but, yeah, they re making billions and billions of pounds, aren t they? these people that own these gas companies and electric. they re making billion
look at outside groups, business groups, there are some that are against this bill. i was on my bloomberg terminal today being a bloomberg reporter and the stocks were getting crushed because of the loss of the mortgage interest deduction, property tax deductibility, and that has engendered a lot of opposition among groups who republicans would like to be supportive of this bill and instead have come out and said we re four square against it. here s the magic of tax reform. every time you cut some taxes you raise other taxes. somebody s going to lose. right, there is always a winner. there s someone right now who s making billions and billions that s paying 0% tax but under this tax plan, the republicans are clear winners. the wealthy, and the middle class hurts. in this tax bill what we currently see now, they are cutting things like tax credits for students loans and adoption and adding a 529 for that. like what is going on there? what? for exactly, exactly.
certificate, and when it came out, as you know, check out the internet, many people say it is not real. okay? that it s a forgery. and the republican candidates. donald trump for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. donald, thank you for inviting me into your well, this is almost the kind of lair of the 1%. or even the 1% of the 1%. thank you for being here. it s my honor. what do you think about this whole occupy wall street thing? you, i guess, are in the target range. you re the prime example of capitalist success in america. what do you make of them? do you think that they have justification for their anger? i think some are very serious people. i think some are down there for dating purposes and i have said, you know, they re down looking for girls, looking for women, looking for men. they re looking for anything. some are very serious people and they should be serious because the economy is terrible. i personally think wall street isn t their target. i