over the past week and beyond. what does it mean for the pound in your pocket, your mortage rate, and the future of the uk s economy? to help answer these questions, we have a panel of experts. andrew walker is a former bbc economics correspondent who has reported on many tumultuous events in economies around the world and will turn his weathered eye to what the uk has been experiencing. and from across the uk, we have mercedes osborne a director at the exeter based mortgage brokers pointers financial paul lewis, is a personal finance expert who presents the bbc s money box radio show and joins us from llandudno, and fiona cincotta is a currency expert and senior market analyst at city index the online trading platform. she s in north london. welcome to all of you. so, first, andrew how did all this turmoil start? the pound at one stage went to an all time low and lost ground against other currencies. the bank of england which is responsible for controlling inflation an
rating. i can tell you, royalty or not, you would pain for such numbers. the queen won t be attending a service of thanksgiving amid some discomfort we re told during this platinum jubilee. it will not get in the way of what they re saying will be a number of events prescheduled and will go into the evening, including this beacon, series of beacons being lit throughout the day and the evening. it s about 9:00, 10:00 p.m. there, i should say. we ll be monitoring this. martha maccallum will be joining us to give us a sense of the flavor of this and what is in store the next few days. in the meantime, developments close to home look a little bit diceyer and murkier. the back and forth of the administration and how to address inflation that is running amuck. gas prices hit another record high. talk that there could be a shakeup within the administration. they re officially denying it, but we re watching it nevertheless amid over who is responsible for the inflation run up that wa
realizing now that children his own age were murdered inside their classroom, inside their school, he s trying to process it all. and he saw my own anxiety this morning and i felt guilty for even causing a little bit of his own. and he actually said to me, don t worry, mommy. i will be home tonight. he said, i make a promise to myself every day that i will make it home at night. now, these should not be the promises any child has to make. not in a nation where our promises to keep them safe have not been kept. i remember when mr. rogers was trying to comfort kids like me by telling them when you see scary things, look for the helpers. look for the helpers. okay, well, as far as we know, the helpers stood in the hallway. the helpers heard shots even after they believed it was a barricade and not an active shooter, and when the helpers aren t being tight hp lipped, they re offering changing narratives but i m still going to look to these helpers. but this time it will be for an
moment, but first, president biden in south korea today where he is issuing new warnings to china and north korea. jacqui heinrich is in seoul with the very latest. reporter: good morning to you, david. in case the subtext of the president s trip was not clear enough, he wrapped up his final full day in south korea with a not so veil ised warning the china that they better not invade taiwan, or they ll face at least the same treatment that that russia is getting over its invasion of ukraine. our alliance between our countries is built on shared sacrifice. our joint commitment to the freedom of the republic of korea and our opposition [inaudible] reporter: before his state dinner with south korean president yun, biden sopped to sign a $40 billion aid package funding ukraine s military, having that bill flown to the other side of the world for his immediate signature so there ll be no lapse in funding. the moment underscoring alliance after china buzzed taiwan with a do
And it really, again, undermined the conference and the institution. Unfortunately, these eight individuals torpedoed the conference, took out our best player on the field, if you will, and created a constitutional crisis. Thats republican Congressman Mike Whauler of new york state criticizing the members of his own party who voted to remove Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. Well bring you the very latest from capitol hill on the candidates who could replace him. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is trying to reassure allies that the chaos in the house wont affect our nations support for ukraine. Well tell you what the white house is planning. And also ahead yet another tantrum from donald trump outside the courtroom in his Civil Fraud Trial. This one prompts a response from new York Attorney general letitia james. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 5th. Im jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the race to become