she is urging independent-minded democrats to do the same. the former congress from and announced her departure in a series of tweets in a video posted this morning. i can no longer remain in today s democratic party that is under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers who are driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoking antiwhite racism. who actively worked to undermine our god-given freedoms that are enshrined in our constitution, who are hostile to people of faith and spirituality. who. who demonized the police to protect but protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding americans, who believe in the open border, who weaponized the national security state to go after their political opponents and above all who are dragging us ever closer to nuclear war. i believe in the government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people. unfortunately today the democratic party does not. instead it stands for a gover
catastrophe, this is serious, it s really going to get worse. and private screenings of a film starring british and pakistani stars are being auctioned to raise funds forflood victims in pakistan. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk, where new finance ministerjeremy hunt has insisted prime minister liz truss is in charge. 48 hours into thejob, he has the herculean task of restoring market confidence in her economic plans. he s made clear he will be looking at government spending as well as the planned tax cuts. mr hunt held talks with the prime minister on sunday. but her position did not appear secure three conservative members of parliament have publicly called for her to resign. here s our political correspondent ben wright. behind the gates of the prime minister s country retreat, liz truss met her chancellor not unusual in normal times, but these are not. jeremy hunt has been sent in to urgently rewrite the
leaders he doesn t support a spending plan that includes billions of dollars for the climate, at least not right now. while the president is preparing to use his pen to deliver some green energy dreams to the far left, he is putting something on hold. reportedly to try to make manchin happy. for now, biden will not declare a national emergency at the climate. biden has been quiet on manchin in general. other dems didn t get that message. it is not fair to string people along for a year and not come to a conclusion. we re here to serve our constituents. if we can do something productive. i would prefer that he really supports the president s agenda to a bigger degree. harris: while the white house has been victory lapping after a new week of lower gas prices, facts matter in all this. gas at the pump is still $2 higher than when president biden took office 18 months ago. in focus republican senator john barrasso, ranking member of the energy committee. we ll begin with