These spiritual attributes that your name will be glorified throughout our nation and world. As our senators dedicate their lives to obey your precepts, direct them to your desired destination. Lord, give them a faith that will not shrink when at times they cannot see clearly the road ahead. Help them to place their total trust in you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley imagine the people of the United States have been able to follow the demonstrations in bella rouse in opposition to the president declaring victory, since alexer chankov has con sol dated con
South tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. We knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so thatll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the Transport Secretary who has just joined us and Jonathan Reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the Liberal Democrats and we will talk to you in a while. Lets tell you where things have got to in the total tally. Where things have got to in the totaltally. Labour where things have got to in the total tally. Labour have a9, gaining one and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems 16. One and the Conservatives 19, losing 15. The lib dems
Well be speaking to parents of premature babies. And bad news for music fans ticket prices for big name arena gigs have doubled since the late 1990s. While a ticket to see the spice girls was £23 twenty years ago, going to see taylor swift costs upwards of £60 now. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. So have high ticket prices stopped you seeing your favourite artist . Have you noticed how much more expensive it is now . Get in touch with us. Share your experiences. And concert prices arent the only thing going up. Council taxes are on the increase as well. Theyre going up by an average of £100, as local authorities struggle to balance their books. Whats happening in your area . Can you afford to pay more . And have you or your family got personal experiences of cuts to services . Do get in touch on this and all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Ou
Banks, insurers, utility companies, big conglomerates, retail, you name it. If it has happened to you, do get in touch and tell us your experiences this morning. We will page should be to the american rock star, tom petty, who has died in hospital at the age of 66. We will pay tribute. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. We will bring you the developing stories today. Use the hashtag victoria live and, if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Detectives in the United States have recovered a large number of weapons and explosives from the man who carried out the shootings in the United States. The death toll has 110w United States. The death toll has now reached 59 with more than 500 others injured. Our north america correspondent, laura becker, reports from las vegas. Gunshots. As the first spray of bullets cracked through the Country Music melody, some in the crowd fell to the ground. Others ran. They hoped for it all to end, but the
The jet and there was two flares coming down. Reporter the flares were inadvertently released, according to the Air National Guard in westfield are they were stationed. This is file video of that location. Official says they were doing target intercept training over the skies of New Hampshire. State Senate Candidate jane deach was campaigning when she heard it. Everyone came out of the voting area, were all stand it was a dramatic event. Reporter about she says she wasnt scared because shes seen worse before. I have seen two fighter jets come down when i was sitting beside Harrisville Pond and they came down and almost skimmed the pond and then went back up. And that was far more terrifying than the flares. We constantly hear aircraft come over, nothing that circles around and, you know, you see something that is out of the guess, surprising. Reporter the massachusetts Air National Guard typically notifies the public before flying over New Hampshire. However, that did not happen today,