king charles the third met with prime minister lose trust in the cabinet today after accession ceremony formally proclaimed him the new monarch. also today prince s william and harry reunited in public for the first time in two years marking the grandmothers death along with their wives, princesses kate and meghan duchess of sussex. fox team coverage, alexis mcadams live with more on the funeral plans for the queen. first, senior affairs correspondent live at buckingham palace in london, greg. hi, late saturday night here but a steady stream of folks coming to pay their respects to their beloved queen elizabeth the second. the crowds today got a few more consists of king charles the third much to their delight. winter castle mother was a real treat. for the first time in two years prince harry and wife meghan received, were seen together. in honor of their late grandmother. liam initiated the extraordinary walkabout, paused to look at flowers and spent time with the crowds.
rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months time. t
forth their ideas because they have no plan. independents and democrats, to all americans. todd: you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus issue not just the midterms americans should be worried about, democrat voters do not want biden at the top of the party ticket in 2024, even though the white house says he plans to run for re-election. here is more from washington. historically, even if a president is polling well heading into the midterm, tips for their party are typically lost and president biden is not near the fairly well territory at all. 56% of democrats desire someone other than the president to run two years from now, 35% preferring biden try for a second term, which is technically still two years off. former white house press secrjen psaki says here is what will happen. if the election is about who is the most extreme, as we saw kevin mccarthy touch on with marjorie taylor green, sitting over his left side, then t
close the gap. crime is a problem in philadelphia. oz is there right now. this is a live camera in philadelphia. oz is receiving the official endorsement of the city s largest police union after he received the unanimous endorsement of the pennsylvania state police union. he will take this stage, speak soon. we ll keep an eye on this. but he says if fetterman wins this race people in pennsylvania will be a lot less safe. he is the most pro- murderer candidate running for office. certainly the most radical in the contested senate seat. if he really believes that 1/3 of prisoner should be released and getting murderers out of prison before they serve their time. fetterman believes over 1,000 second degree murderers should be released from prison if they didn t take a life. these brothers were granted clemency and release from prison after being convicted of second degree murder. they maintain their innocence and let fetterman to take this shot at oz. what does it say abou