in fact, sonoma county firefighters had to rescue someone trapped in their car that was surrounded by rushing waters. also right now, some supporters of a far right group that calls itself god s army heading to the texas border and calling for a civil war. what they say they ll do when they get there. plus, the eu reaching a critical $54 billion deal to fund ukraine. so, can president biden push congress to do the same? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the looming question of when there might be u.s. military retaliation against iran. nbc s courtney kube is reporting on this from bahrain. courtney, what do we know at this hour? reporter: so we re still waiting to hear about what frankly the administration has really been telegraphing was an expected response or retaliation to those deadly attacks over the weekend, in which three u.s. soldiers were killed and at least 41 others were injured, including one who was seriousl
who are using the power of boxing to help improve the lives of people with parkinson s. good afternoon. the government has defended its sweeping range of tax cuts from criticism that they favour the better off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny moves the government says will promote growth. the institute for fiscal studies says the richest who pay the most tax will benefit most from a cut. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. it s an all out attempt to grow the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market, in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s signalled a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i think it probably will help, yes, to a degree, but it depends what bracket you are in in t
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions
max whitlock at home with his daughter, willow. he is britain s most successful gymnast with a string of olympic medals, the most recent in tokyo last year. so, what lies in wait for max whitlock throughout this men s pommel horse olympic final? can he retain the olympic title? for me, looking back, the memories are incredible. this is excellent work. he needs to up into the dismount with the pirouette. well, max whitlock, - you could not have performed that routine any better! and i remember literally, just even before my feet hit the floor, landing that dismount on pommel, ijust genuinely couldn t believe i d done it. but this was confident and fluent right to the end.
too, for everyone at his gym in basildon. it was definitely - nerve racking, especially i watching, like all the other good i people, as well, because they were getting such high scores. obviously being so good at pommel and everything, hejust inspires everyone. a monumental effort, this year of all years with covid. a third gold medal, a superstar of british sport. to cornwall now where work is under way on a new emergency housing scheme in the grounds of the council s headquarters in truro. the local authority says it can t rely on hotels and b&bs to house vulnerable people, so it s installing 18 more self contained single cabins following schemes for street sleepers in truro and penzance. other sites are planned, as well as more than 100 park homes for families. tamsin melville reports. while the visitors pour into