more surplus food to those in need after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits, despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue the leader of the commons, penny morduant, has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning, the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she a
mounting evidence from china of a steep rise in covid cases, with many millions thought to be affected. we catch up with the ukrainian couple who married at an army checkpoint early in the war what are their hopes for the future? hello and welcome to bbc news. plunging temperatures, blizzards and icy winds are gripping much of the united states and canada, with more than 250 million people facing life threatening conditions. 19 people have been killed so far. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. the storm extends from quebec to texas. sancha berg reports. a blinding snowstorm in buffalo. this is what zero visibility looks like. no planes could land or take off. this northern part of new york state has been hit hard by the bomb cyclone in an enormous winter storm. further south, there have been floods. ~ . ., . floods. we have had ice, flooding, snow, floods. we have had ice, flooding, snow. freezing floods. we have had ice, floodin
every week i go out for groceries and another dollar. i work a minimum wage job and, i mean, just buying food takes over a third of my income. i don t think the administration gets what the average person has to deal with. we live paycheck to paycheck. dana: inflation is on the minds of americans not to mention rampant crime and energy crisis. they are on the back burner for president biding heading to california today to talk up his infrastructure agenda. gillian turn for the white house. the president is in the golden state to raise money from democratic political doaners and tout his infrastructure bill. californians want to talk about crime and gas prices going into the mid-terms according to polling. president biden touched down last night in santa monica and greeted by the city s democratic mayor. white house is accusing congressional republicans putting medicare and social security on the chopping block cuts they insist would push most families over a cliff.
that this was politically motivated. the pelosi attacker reportedly confab says. he was gonna hold nancy hostage and dr.. if she lied, he was gonna break your kneecaps. tonight, the explicitly political motive. the pelosi attack and the suspects onwards. and nonstop lies and conspiracy theories from the right. she s, her house doesn t have a lot of protection. we then can you support an insurrection and get elected governor of new york? the new alarm over the republican candidate there. plus, what may be promising new polling numbers for democrats in the senate. amid record high profits for fossil fuel companies, the new white house effort to lower the cost of gas. give me a break, enough is enough. it s time for these companies to stop more profiteering. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. tonight, paul pelosi, husband of nancy pelosi remains in the intensive care unit of a san francisco hospital. he s recovering from s