today on inside politics, follow the leader. the trump wing of the republican congress goes after the justice department. and new reporting on how the biden campaign plans to generate campaign cash without mentioning the trump indictment. plus mayor francis swau resident is running. he debuts in the 2024 race with long odds and video of him, yes, running. and by ducking the question every single candidate will have to answer. and cornel west changes his game plan. he s running for president and he s now switching parties. he calls donald trump a criminal, but is his campaign an inkind donation to the gop front runner. he will join the show in minutes. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. pencil in a post indictment first. donald trump s campaign choosing south carolina as the stage for the former president s first rattle ily following his arraignment. there are plenty of ways to measure the indictments political impact. 7 million of them
as last minute preparations are made for the final of the eurovision song contest. the uk will be the last of the 26 acts to perform. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, it s time to party. eurovision rolls into liverpool, so we ask are scousers really the greatest showmen? i m proud to be a scouser. the greatest showmen? i m proud to come from liverpool. a little taste of ukraine in the heart of merseyside. very nice indeed. ..and the midlife handbrake turn that saw one woman choose life on the road. i wanted to go and explore life and see if there was another way of living. hi and welcome to liverpool, where a wild extravaganza otherwise known as the 67th eurovision song contest is taking place this weekend after last year s winners ukraine were unable to host the competition because of the ongoing war. last year s event was watched by 160 million people and this year, the city that knows how to celebrate is pulling out all the stops to make sure that the competiti
now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, it s time to party. eurovision rolls into liverpool, so we ask are scousers really the greatest showmen? i m proud to be a scouser. i m proud to come from liverpool. a little taste of ukraine in the heart of merseyside. very nice indeed. ..and the midlife handbrake turn that saw one woman choose life on the road. i wanted to go and explore life and see if there was another way of living. hi and welcome to liverpool, where a wild extravaganza otherwise known as the 67th eurovision song contest is taking place this weekend after last year s winners ukraine were unable to host the competition because of the ongoing war. last year s event was watched by 160 million people and this year, the city that knows how to celebrate, is pulling out all the stops to make sure that the competition is bigger than ever. now, later on, i ll be off to see some of the massive spectacle the city is putting on with much of it dedicated to celebrating ukr
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying