Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
Technology boss frank hester who donated £10 million to the Party Last Year is said to have made the comments in 2019. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made comments that the Prime Ministers spokesperson has described as Racist And Wrong. Its like trying not to be racist. But you see diane abbott on the tv, frank hester is reported to have said in 2019, and you just want to hate all black women because shes there, and i dont hate all black women at all, but i think she should be shot. Mr hester has apologised and said that he abhors racism. In a statement he said that he accepts that he made comments that were rude about diane abbott, but said his criticism had nothing to do with her
The white house. General election coverage gets underway today. Im Andrea Mitchell reporting from washington along with my colleagues. Donald trump is the Presumptive Republican nominee at nikki haley suspended her campaign this morning without endorsing trump. I said i wanted americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have no regrets. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. We will look to exit polling to see where the haley voters are going. Donald trump is calling for the Republican Party to unite behind him before he is officially declared theexpected. He picked up an endorsement from Mitch Mcconnell in a major sign the party will coalesce behind trump after last nights results and todays announcement from haley. Trump insisting they call it Super Tuesday for a reason when he spoke last night. Theres never been one like this. Theres never been anything so conclusive. This was an amazing night. Its be
on this hour of ayman, how devastating aren t cool has put a michigan city on high alert. that there of dearborn is here to tell you what his city is really like and why he decided to snubbed a presidential visit. also tonight, a look at the first 100 days of speaker johnson as he now battles the senate on sending aid to israel and new reporting on the speaker s ties with a group that justifies difficult slavery. no impact the confusion of the states nominating process. i am a myth moment team, let s do it. dear born michigan s high home to the largest mcglynn population in the country. there and the subsequent by the israel-hamas war and subsequent humanitarian crisis inside gaza as many community members have family ties and personal connections to the region. but now the mayor of dearborn, abdullah have mood, is ramping up police force after a scathing wall street journal op- ed was published on friday titled, welcome to dearborn, americas jihad capital. then there
on this hour of ayman, how a devastating article has put michigan city on high alert. the mayor is here to tell you what his city is really like, and why he decided to snub a presidential visit. also tonight, a look at the first hundred days of speaker johnson as he battles the senate on sending aid to israel. new reporting on the speakers ties to a group that justifies biblical slavery. next stop, nevada. ahead of caucus day, we unpack the confusion around the state s presidential nominating process. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. dear born michigan s high home to the largest mcglynn population in the country. there and the subsequent crisis, as many people have personal ties and connections to the region. now the mayor of dearborn, abdullah hammoud is ramping up enforcement in after a scathing op-ed was published on friday, entitled, welcome to dearborn, america s jihad capital. the mayor says that the article is already led to a alarming increase in islamop