and they ll have to be rebuilt. unfortunately, there are also homes and businesses that will simply not be able to safely take the power once it s ready. but the 20,000 plus men and women who are already here are staging and getting on the field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on. again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always poses different challenges. but appreciate all the support from the state. governor, thank you. from local law enforcement as well, national guard. this is a team sport and a team effort, and we re going to all work together until we get florida back up on her feet and where we all want her to be. thank you. when fdl and the other companies have crews in, the extent to which that infrastructure has remained is just critical because, you know, it s a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than to have to rebuild it. to see that was able to withstand is encouraging.
Meanwhile, the Labour Leader keir starmer has been out meeting voters in the West Midlands where he told voters that stabilising the economy would be a number one priority. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. The Labour Leader arriving at a Football Club in the West Midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a Labour Government would do. Stability is change. Its strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming Labour Government, and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. It comes as a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the countrys finances if elected. For rishi sunak it was a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. He answered some gentle concerns about his drenching in downing street. It was wet. The amount of people whove given me an um
our first guest, please put your hands together for ourfirst guest, sir ed davey. applause hi there. good to see you. so, sir ed davey, welcome. just to say, our rules here are pretty simple. they are the same for every leader. you won t get interrupted if you keep your questions reasonably brief and actually answer the question. myjob here is to keep you to the point. so, on that, let s have our first question from alison. the liberal democrats - are planning to spend five times as much as the labour party in extra spending. aren t you going to i bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison. the answer is no. we put together a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it has got a big health and social care package at the centre, about £9 billion, and other things, for instance, helping with free school meals and the cost of living, and we have shown how we will pay for everything we have got in that. for example, we are thinking that some of the large corporates
and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the history chasers can they become the first scotland side to make it out of the group stage of a major tournament? hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. well, in just a few hours, scotland s footballers kick off the euros, taking on germany in the opening game of the four week tournament. tens of thousands of scotland fans have descended on munich. england play their first match on sunday, against serbia. john watson s in munich for us and john, a big task for scotland tonight playing germany in germany? it is. they are calling this the biggest party in scottish football in 26 years. not since the world cup which was staged in france back in 1998 have scotland qualified for a major tournament overseas. as you can probably see behind me most of the scotland fans have now arrived here in munich. they have been mingling alongside their german counterparts here in one of the main squares in the city. it has been good natured, good