Implosion of the tories. State of the nation starts now. Ill also be joined by my most intellectual panel, former conservative mp and commentator paul goodman, and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. As always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Email me at gb news. Com but now its what youve all been waiting for. The news of the day with sophia wenzler. Jacob. Thank you. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The Prime Minister has ruled out holding a general election on the 2nd of may, amid speculation he could choose to go to the polls early. In an interview with itv, rishi sunak was asked if there would be an election on the same day as the local elections, which takes place on the 2nd of may. He replied there wont be an election on that day. Previously, hes been reluctant to make a definitive statements about the general election,
Saying only that its his working assumption. It will take place in the second half of the year. Michael place in the second half of the year. Michael gove place in the second half of the year. Michael gove has named some of the groups to be investigated under a new definition of extremism, which he says will mean the government can express more clearly than ever who poses a risk to britain. Some of the groups included are alleged to have islamist views, with others described as neo nazi. See described as neo nazi. See todays new extremism definition will be used to assess whether some groups should be marginalised or blocked from pubuc marginalised or blocked from public funding. But michael gove insists its not about silencing those with private and peaceful beliefs. Beliefs. We have to be clear eyed about the threat we face, precise about where that threat comes from and rigorous in defending our democracy. That means upholding freedom of expression, religion and belief when they are
Former president , his staff, and his lawyers alleged attempts to change the results of the 2020 election here in the state of georgia. The Fulton County District Attorney announced her plans to try all 19 defendants including former President Trump together. Among the other defendants are trumps former white house chief of staff, mark meadows and his attorneys, R Rudy Giuliani and john eastman. Reporter many occurred many occurred in georgia. Some occurred in other jurisdictions and are included because the grand jury believes they were part of the illegal effort to overturn the results of georgias 2020 president ial election. Reporter before the indictment came down yesterday, the clerk of Courts Office said a fake document was posted online with charges that ended up matching the real indictment. Da willis said she doesnt know anything about that but on truth social, former President Trump says its proof the case is rigged against him. He also attacked willis, saying the witch hunt
This after moodys cut Credit Ratings on 10 small and midsize banks yesterday, sparking fears over a potential slowdown in the banking sector. The Congressional Budget Office estimating the deficit will top 1. 6 trillion in the first 10 months of the fiscal year. Were watching Second Quarter earnings as well. Disney is going to be reporting after the bell today. The stock is up going into the numbers. Almost 1 . European markets also in the green this morning, take a look at you eurozone, the dax is hir by 182. Asia overnight a mixed story, chinas Consumer Price index down in july for the first time in two years, shanghai composite down one half of 1 , kospi index up 1 and a quarter percent. The 2024 race taking shape, another gop hopeful taking the debate stage. President trump remains in the lead as a majority of americans think is charges are a distraction from the growing evidence of biden family corruption. Calls for an impeachment inquiry into joe biden getting louder on capitol h
Unveiling articles of impeachment against President Biden. Steube laying out four articles of impeachment, abuse of power, obstruction of justice, fraud and financial involvement in drugs and prostitution. He joined maria on this program last week to talk about it. Watch. I personally intend on filing our own impeachment resolution just based on the corruption and bribery information thats been brought forward to the house. Ultimately its up to Speaker Mccarthy who has now opened up, he has said openly that he is looking to that which is certainly more language from him than ive seen previously but i can tell you, there is way more evidence of high crimes and missmisdemeanors we have beforee American People the house has been able to uncover because we have the majority and doing the investigations. It is long past time to start the impeachment process. Cheryl editor in chief John Sullivan joined maria on sunday morning futures saying there is more evidence about the biden familys infl