violin plays. ceremonies are being held to mark holocaust memorial day to remember the millions of people persecuted and murdered by the nazis. and britain s alfie hewett and gordon reid secure theirfourth successive australian open wheelchair doubles title their 16th grand slam title together. hello and welcome. the chancellor, jeremy hunt will make a major speech shortly about where long term growth in our economy will come from. mr hunt is expected to dismiss gloom as he sets out plans to increase productivity in the uk. it s also thought he ll pledge a relentless focus on the key industries of the future. but it comes against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis and ongoing strikes about public sector pay. it comes in a week the government has faced accusations it has no long term plans for growth. according to advance extracts from his speech released by the treasury he will say. the government will offer a plan for long term prosperity based on british genius
major consequences for all americans. just one hour from now the federal reserve is expected to roll out its eighth straight interest rate hike. experts, executives and the markets all hope it will be one of the smallest yet. just a few blocks away, down at the white house, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy will sit down for their first stare-down since mccarthy became speaker over the debt ceiling. if one doesn t blink soon, you can say goodbye to federal elt benefits and hello to a financial meltdown, all courtesy of your representatives on capitol hill. let s start with cnn s matt egan over at the fed. matt, is today the day that jerome powell starts to pump the brakes on these interest rate hikes? it certainly looks that way. it would be a big surprise if that didn t happen. fed officials have been dropping hints, strong hints for weeks now that they do plan to dial back this war on inflation today. the thinking is that the fed goes from a 50 basis poin
republican candidate in new mexico visited homes of democratic officials before targeting those homes with gun fire. this morning, still no word on how lisa marie presley died. the coroner deferred a ruling asking for more time to investigate. a busy wednesday but first the tragedy on the outskirts of ukraine s capital. 16 people are dead after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten and residential buildings east of kyiv. three children are among the dead with 15 more being treated in the hospital. the mayor of kyiv now reacting. this is a tragedy. i m not ready to give we inves investigate what happens. let s get straight to clarissa ward live at the scene in ukraine for us. good morning, what s going on? what s the latest there? reporter: don, you can probably see behind me the smoldering wreckage of that kindergarten where the helicopter hit this morning, tragically killing 16 people, all nine people on board the helicopter were killed, including the interior
reserved to westminster and we need that to be in public ownership too. as talk to our scottish political correspondent. andrew, good to have you with us. i was talking to the snb spokesperson this morning. all sorts of plans that the snp has. let s talk about whatjohn swinney says. basically about railways. let s talk about that festival. that s rightjohn swinney was on the that s right john swinney was on the campaign that s right john swinney was on the campaign show in five in an area cold campaign show in five in an area cold lieven campaign show in five in an area cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link there. what s the snp are trying velvet link there. what s the snp are trying to do, it is a common theme are trying to do, it is a common theme. they think they can keep labour theme. they think they can keep labour on theme. they think they can keep labour on the right tra
and this pollution, these are little particles. and they can come from anything from a power plant to a farm, and these particles are so small, that s what really makes them dangerous. they can get past your body s defenses, they can get stuck in your lungs. you can see here, respiratory problems and other things. so, again, in some ways, it does make sense that it could also affect your brain and your neurological system. so is there any evidence that exposure to cleaner air might reverse mwhat happens here? it s such an interesting question, researchers are looking into that, about whether it would make a difference. unfortunately, a lot of people who live in places with a lot of pollution are pour and they may not be able to move to a place with cleaner air. the authors of this study say, we have to do this right, correctly from the beginning, which is to lower levels of pollutants at the source. so important?