day-to-day. all right, welcome to cross connection everyone. i am tiffany cross, and you just heard a little advice from former president barack obama. as president biden is hitting the campaign trail, trying to convince voters that the democratic party can t help. because trust me, they need more money. it does not mean more problems. people can definitely use if you are going to the bank. account inflation and the economy are at the top issues that fish voters care about. but listen, abortion rights, immigration, and protecting our democracy are all on the ballot to. so if you don t think you impact politics, believe, we politics definitely impacts. you get in that game and by all means. good morning, it. tiffany thank you for having. we every time you re on the show. we have so many things to talk, about not a lot of talk. time silica get off, you have seen a lot of the republican attack ads and i think there are some bad faith efforts out there to pin the economy on t
for a musical extravaganza. welcome to the programme. we start in the us, where a landmark bill which includes billions of dollars to fight climate change, has been approved by the us senate. we ll look more at that bill in a moment. first, let s go to kentucky, because presidentjoe biden is there. he s set to meet families hit by the flooding a week ago that killed at least 37 people. we re expecting to hear from him shortly. we will bring you more on that as and when we get it. now let s look at that landmark climate bill and what it means. it s the largest investment in climate action in america s history $369 billion. the aim is to cut carbon emissions by forty percent by the end of the decade. senate democrats celebrated the bill. the boldest climate package in us history. the senate has now passed the most significant bill to fight the climate crisis ever. and it s going to make a difference to my grandkids. republicans, though, have criticised it. mitch mcconnell i
contaminated blood in the uk in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. british police appeal for witnesses after an elderly man is stabbed to death while riding a mobility scooter in the capital, london. voters in a republican primary in the us state of wyoming oust trump critic, congresswoman liz cheney, in favour of a candidate backed by the former president. harriet has received the most votes in this primary, she won, i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. this primary election is over. the british betting company entain, which owns ladbrokes, coral, and foxy bingo, is ordered to pay more than 20 million dollars for safety and anti money laundering failures. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. prices in the uk increased by 10.1% in the year tojuly. that s the first time inflation has reached double digits since 1982. much of the rise is due to the fac
four days after the author salman rushdie was stabbed, we speak to the man who was with him on stage and was attacked at the same time. welcome to bbc news we start in the united states where president biden has signed into law the biggest ever investment to fight climate change in the us. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, includes more than four hundred billion dollars of new spending. the bill which marks a major victory for the biden administration also contains reforms to the price of prescription drugs and tax rises on corporations. mr biden said it was one of the most significant laws in america s history. let s have a listen to some of what he said about the significance of the climate element of the bill. this bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever. ever. that is going to allow us to boldly take additional steps towards meeting all of my climate goals. it includes ensuring that we create clean energy opportunities in front line and fron