fine. a lot of you will say, neil, don t talk. anyway, we ve got more on what s happening on the price front, where are that that s all going down for the time being, but the real trouble for much of the country and up to a third of all americans is this heat wave that s gripping a good part of the country. fox weather s robert ray in galveston, texas, where it s particularly hot. welcome, my friend. reporter: neil, good good morning to you. happy weekend, happy saturday. galveston island just off of houston, the gulf of mexico. and look at that, neil, this big seawall, 20-foot seawall, jetting down. it was created after the 1900 hurricane that still killed more people in america than any other natural disaster. it is scorching here this morning. temps expected to be in the mid if 90s, dripping as i speak right now. gulf of mexico temperatures above average, and that is concerning, definitely, as our tropical storm season is about to heat up in august and into september. in
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with new intensity in the 2024 race. florida s governor starting to peel off the gloves against donald trump. this weekend was supposed to feature a split screen battle in iowa with both men set to hold dueling events. only one, the one not officially in the race ended up appearing. we must reject the culture of losing that has affected our party in reason years. the time for excuses is over. the gop contenders battle it out. we have the current president set to meet tomorrow with congressional leaders at the white house with the president preparing to travel overseas this week, is there enough time to avoid a catastrophic default. later, extreme weather, massive destruction across the midwest after tornadoes touched down. at least one person is dead in texas amid widespread devastation. we re live on the ground as the community works to pick up the pieces. first, the 2024 race and the rivalry between trump and desantis
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start here in the uk where the bank of england is poised for the biggest rise in the cost of borrowing for 27 years to rein in the soaring cost of living. economists expect the central bank to raise its main interest rate by half a percentage point something it hasn t done in one go since 1995. that would take it to 1.75% the most expensive borrowing costs the uk has seen for almost a decade and a half with further steep rises expected. it comes as a leading think tank has warned inflation could hit 15% before it starts to ease next year. george buckley is chief uk & euro area economist at the investment bank nomura. i assume you are with the majority and you think is half a percent rise today is a given? i a percent rise today is a civen? ~ , a percent rise today is a civen? ~ , ., a percent rise today is a . iven? ~ , ., ., given? i think it is going to happen. given? i think it is going to happen.
and at the commonwealth games it was gold for scotland s eilish mccolgan, in the 10,000 metres last night, and for england s katarina johnson thompson, who became hepathlon champion. hello and welcome to bbc news. the mother of 12 year old archie battersbee says the legal battle to postpone the withdrawal of her son s life support has come to an end. it comes after the european court of human rights refused an application to delay the withdrawal of his treatment. his family now wants him to be taken to a hospice as louisa pilbeam reports. she says she ll fight for him until the end. but archie s mum accepts she s now at the end of her legal fight for her son s life. 12 year old archie has been in a coma on life support since he was found unconscious in april. last night, the european court of human rights refused to intervene to stop that life support being withdrawn, ending the family s last hope. absolutely devastated. frustrated, angry. let down. so many emotions. hollie
widespread and heavy for northern ireland, western scotland, a few getting in to the north west for england and wales but still dry where we need that rain. temperatures 8 111, a comfortable night ahead, and tomorrow, weather wise it s almost exactly a carbon copy repeat of what we ll have to day. we ll see further showers for scotland and northern ireland, maybe a few for the north west england and wales but the further south you go across the midlands, southern wales, east anglia and the south, it s another dry day with sunshine and temperatures not really changing much either, where the sunshine comes out it will continue to feel pretty warm. it means for the commonwealth games tomorrow, no problems for the athletics, almost perfect conditions with like winds and lots of dry weather. for the start of the week and something of a change for the north of scotland with thick cloud on the way here with thick cloud on the way here with the weather front moving in, we ll see a bi