i m martine croxall in the studio in london. also in the headlines this morning. more than 60 people are now confirmed dead including 12 children after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast of italy. fresh calls for the uk government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator announces a new price cap. early results from the nigerian elections show support for the governing party is holding firm. observers say it s still too early to predict who ll win the presidency. and big wins ahead of the oscars for the fantasy adventure film everything everywhere all at once, at the screen actors guild awards in hollywood. hello and welcome to bbc news. we are in windsor, about an hour outside london, not in westminster, which has seen of course so much of the brexit drama, but we are here today because we are told that ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak will be here in a couple of hours time, also, in orderto will be here in a couple of hours time
christina coleman has more on what we are finding out the day after. christina. hi, neil. yeah, paul pelosi suffered a skull fracture and serious injuries to his arms and hands, but fortunately is expected to make a full recovery and underwent successful surgery yesterday to repair the skull fracture. house speaker nancy pelosi arrived at san francisco general hospital to be with her husband last night. and she flew in from washington d.c. after the attack. the suspect 42-year-old david depape broke into the pelosi s san francisco home in the upscale neighborhood. a family member travelling with the house speaker says the suspect was trying to tie him up until the house speaker got home. and shouting what is nancy? where is nancy. she was not home at this time. and san francisco s d.a. says by making a phone call he likely saved his life. officers witnessed the 82-year-old paul pelosi get attacked with a hammer. mr. depape immediately pulled the hammer away from mr. pelos
93. betty boothroyd was former labour mp for west bromwich. she spent many years to try to become an mp. betty boothroyd was born in dewsbury in october 1929. she finally entered the house of commons after a long period in which she was after a long period in which she was a secretary to various mps. very active the labour party. in a by election in 1973, she won a seat in the west midlands, rather than in her native yorkshire. she was proud of yorkshire. she was also very active politician, and in her private life very active, she was still hang gliding in her 70s and 80s. loves to go to cyprus for a summer holiday. often to be seen with and tonic and tonic and a cigarette, which she admitted were her worst vices. she was undoubtedly hugely significant in raising the
you on this, the anniversary of the october 1929 stock market crash. i discovered that, i remember it so well no, i did not. some of you are thinking, yeah, you look old enough to have covered that. scott martin, a puff of parent s eyes and even the 87 crash and we ve also got emily roland with us, john hancock management. both combine their ages and they re not close to me, but anyway, i have to move on. [laughter] scott, october, what it s telling us thus far. because, it s putting in heady advances here, now, i don t know if they last and i don t know if this is a head fake or what they call a dead cat bounce. what s going on? markets are heading off, let s say, neil, that negativity and i think it goes to show you sometimes when sentiment gets so bad and so negative and so clear, the market s going to take another dive down, usually it does not.
that is so great. you know, you know what s weird, it was one year ago tomorrow that we had another teachable moment. yes! yes, it s very similar. apparently nobody learned their lesson. the president said a year ago tomorrow that the police acted stupidly in another racial controversy. that s when we all should have been talking about healthcare. that s weird, because today, we should have been talking about something else. let me leave you with this thought off the top. there are dates in the country that will live in infamy. black tuesday, october 1929. pearl harbor. september 11, 2001. now i believe you can add july 21, 2010 to this list. this will be the day that will be remembered as the day that the final nail in the republic was pounded in to the coffin. president obama signed the