and back on the prowl how come wolves have returned to belgium after a century. hello and welcome to the programme. it isa it is a very big day for the chancellor today, jeremy hunt. it is the budget of course. free childcare for working parents in england is expected to be expand to cover one and two year olds, in jeremy hunt s first budget as chancellor. currently, only working parents with three and four year olds are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare per week. the plans are part of a uk government drive to encourage more people back to work, to boost economic growth. ben king reports. for lauren from south london, being a working mum is a constantjuggle. forthree being a working mum is a constantjuggle. for three days constant juggle. for three days a constantjuggle. for three days a week, she looks after eight year olds zane while she works from home. on the other two days, she spends an hour or more travelling to nursery. the nursery near more travelling to nur
good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, march 15th. thank you for waking up with us. here are five things to know this morning there are new tensions between the u.s. and russia over the downing of a u.s. surveillance drone. they clipped the drone over the black sea forcing it to crash. russia denies the accusation claiming the drone fell on us own. yeah. and another day of jitters over the fate of america s banking system seem to be easing slightly. stocks of some regional banks bouncing back after suffering declines. fallout is far from over. doj and scc investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank. also this morning high stakes case over abortion pills set to get its day in court. a federal judge in amarillo, texas, will hear arguments over a lawsuit that could disrupt access to the pills nationwide. protests are planned outside the courthouse. also the faa is convening a rare safety summit after seven close calls at airports. the faa says the flight cros
one jet flew underneath the drone, and kipped the pro-feller on the back of the mq-9. because of the damage, we were in a position to have to essentially have to crash it into the black sea. reporter: but russia denies the two aircraft collided. the russian ambassador to the u.s. trying to calm tensions after the biden administration summoned him to the state department. we prefer not to create a situation where we can face unintended collisions or unintended incidents between the russian federation and the united states. reporter: with u.s. and russian aircraft operating over the black sea, the invasion of ukraine drags on, and so do the chances of a dangerous miscalculation. we know that the interception was intentional. it was also very unsafe and unprofessional. the actual contact of the russian fighter with our uav, the physical contact of those two, not sure yet. reporter: russian aircraft have had other dangerous confrontations with the u.s. in the black se
bret: breaking tonight the effort to avoid a disaster involving commercial airlines. there have been several very close calls lately we told you about them yesterday. today the held a safety summit to come up with solutions. mark meredith leads us off from reagan national airport. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. the top aviation the skies are safe. after a number of near misses and close calls, including one at this airport just last week, the government is also examining if more can be to avoid potential disasters. we have seen an uptick in serious close calls that we must address. transportation secretary pete buttigieg kicked off today s aviation safety summit with a warning. more mistakes than usual are happening across the system, on runways, at gates when planes are pushing back, in control towers and on flight decks. the government says it s investigating six runway incursions this year alone, including one at washington s reagan airport 8