The bill was passed just before the midnight deadline that would have seen Tens Of Thousands of federal employees placed on furlough and various Government Services suspended. The issue of more aid for ukraine is something opposed by some hard right House Republicans. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns. The American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no Government Shutdown. Democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship and we are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. Madam president Susan Collins and leader mcconnell. Our Bipartisanship Work in the senate set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. I
To be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1,800 injuly last year to more than 50,000 a week ago. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, reports. As everybody expected, they entering the tower, accepting that the elected House Of Commons will its way and the governments safety of rwanda bill will now get royal assent and become law undertakes the government a huge step closer to seeing planes take off for rwanda at some point in the next 10 12 weeks and the first Asylum Seekers will be sent to the east african country and it is a very big moment for rishi sunak. Two years ago the government first came up with the idea of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda and its been completely bogged down and railed with legal challenges, the Supreme Court deciding it was unlawful, massive opposition from opposition parties, from peers from across the House Of Lords in the last few weeks, but the governments bill becomes law and flights will take off, that doesnt mean they wont be other legal challen
Who will reportedly be the first witness called by the prosecution . Lets talk about the trial this weekend. All weekend long. Twitter was going wild. Also ahead, it appears ukraine will finally get the critical funding it needs after the house passed a package of foreign aid bills which includes more Military Support for israel, as well. The bill now heads to the Senate Despite efforts by Marjorie Taylor greene, who got called out, yes, by the new york post. Kind of sums it up. It does. Good morning. It is monday, april 22nd. Welcome back the morning joe. Former aide to the Bush State Department and white house, elise jordan. From the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And financial editor at the financial times, ed luce is with us. Well get to the lead story in one moment, which are Opening Statements in Donald Trumps hush money trial. First, jon meacham, i dont want to ever be melodramatic on things like this, but that saturday vote was one that wil
Good evening. On a day of Significant Developments for the enviroment and the economy, im in plymouth as we continue to report from different parts of the uk on stories that impact all of us. Tonight the focus is very much on the major changes to the governments green policies announced by the Prime Minister. Rishi sunak said the present approach would impose unacceptable costs on hard pressed families. But the decision has been criticised by some politicians and businesses. The Prime Minister has decided the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the uk will be pushed back from 2030 to 2035. He said there will be far more time to transition from gas boilers to heat pumps and that the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Grants will increase from £5,000 to £7,500, with a new exemption for people in the poorest households, so they never have to switch at all. But rishi sunak said he remains committed to the target of net zero by 2050 thats when the uk would no longer be adding to the total
Harry a year ago. Kane will lead the line against harry kane will lead the line against the german champions tonight. The enviroment and the economy. Well go to the heart of the action in westminster in a moment, but im here in plymouth this evening as we look to report from different parts of the uk. On the stories that affect us all. In the last hour, the Prime Minister has confirmed the news but still insists he can achieve the uks commitment to reach net zero by 2050, which means by then the uk would no long be adding to the total amount of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere. So these are the key announcements. He says therell be a delay on the Electric Vehicle Target the sale of new petrol and diesel cars wont be banned until 2035 instead of 2030. There will be a delay on the ban on new oil boilers until 2035. The Prime Minister says he will remain committed to the target of net zero by 2050 but wants to take a pragmatic approach. In a moment, well hear from our economics editor,