in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. major us companies including disney and jp morgan tell staff they ll cover employee travel expenses for abortions after a landmark ruling by the supreme court banned them. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in central england and damaged at least three others. obviously that is really sad and tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. and we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today include novak djokovic, andy murray and emma raducanu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is addressing g7 leaders in bavaria by video li
of grain from occupied areas of ukraine as some countries grapple with shortages. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in birmingham and damaged at least three others. former prime minister sirjohn major is giving evidence at a public inquiry looking into how thousands of people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c through contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s. suffered incredibly bad luck. and in sport we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament is under way. novak djokovic is on centre court now and he ll be followed by emma raducanu. and then andy murray. welcome to the programme. good afternoon and welcome. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would step up sanctions on russia. president zelenskyjoined the summit remotely, and told the leaders he needed more weapons and air
Tong forward its important get the laws changed so we do not have a report that just sits on the shelf is we cannot afford to have this kind of tragedy. Be of our work will important. I turn back and thank the chair. Let me close by thanking the officers. You are true heroes to me and this committee. Thank you for my Watertown Police patch. I will wear this very pro next, the house debates the federal budget. Then this weeks Prime Ministers questions from the british house of commons. Followed by a house hearing on the oneyear anniversary of the bombings. Athon the next on washington journal, a look at the differences between the budgets released by House Democrats and Budget Committee chairman paul ryan. Our guest is congressman john of kentucky, a member of the Budget Committee. Representative aaron schock of illinois, a member of of the ways and Means Committee, will theere to talk about prospects for tax reform in congress. Washington journal is live starting at 7 00 a. M. Eastern,
And it should not be the facts of 2014. It should not be the way things are. You you know, theres been a lot of discussion around the opportunities for women and obviously weve grown you cant see 20 women in the United States senate and not think that were making some progress. But we have to think not only about those women in professional occupations but those women who are our school cooks and our janitors, like my mother, those women who are working every day at the diner to put food on on the table to to put food on their familys table and food on the table of their patrons. And so when were talking about this i also talk about the need for an increase in minimum wage, which i know is is a topic for further discussion on the floor. But i like to remind my fellow senators that the current minimum wage which as we all know overrepresented by women the number of people earning minimum wage, overrepresented by women is less than 9 is less than 9 of a congressional salary. And we have
On the next washington journal a report showing that the number of stayathome mothers is on the rise here in than a Washington Post reporter looks at the challenges facing the next secretary of health and human services. Then a discussion about the u. S. s contribution to the u. N. Peacekeeping operations. You can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Reddish Prime Minister David Cameron answered questions wednesday about the resignation of the culture secretary arena miller. She resigned over allegations of excessive spending and expenses. Minister cameron believes that she should have been able to apologize and carry on with her job. This is just over 30 minutes. Off the ground. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Number one, mr. Speaker,. Prime minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further su