morning joe. it is tuesday, december 26th, i m jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbc s politics nation reverend al sharpton. president biden and first lady jill biden spent christmas eve fielding phone calls for the norad santa tracker. the president posted this picture on social media writing that he spoke to excited young americans worried about santa s whereabouts. then the president and first lady called units from each branch of the military to wish them a merry christmas and thank them for their service. republican front runner donald trump, on the other hand, spent the holiday weekend in a very different fashion, taking on his political enemies. the former president posted several, shall we say, unusual christmas messages on truth social that criticized people like joe biden and jack smith. in one post the channeled home alone kevin mccallister. merry christmas, y
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we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in th
and it s kick off for leeds and southampton and it s half time for leeds and southampton in the championship play off final at wembley. who will return to the premier league? hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. the home secretary, james cleverly, says the conservatives plan to bring back a form of compulsory national service if it wins, is about pushing young people out of their comfort zone . the party says it would cost £2.5 billion a year and would see 18 year olds join the military for a year or serve and would see 18 year olds join the military for a year or serve the community for a weekend a month for the same period. our political correspondent helen catt has more. the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy but it wouldn t be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. instead all 18 year olds would have to choo
southampton lead 1 nil to leeds united in the championship play off final at wembley. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start here in the uk and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. the home secretary james cleverly says the conservatives plan to bring back a form of compulsory national service if it wins, is about pushing young people out of their comfort zone . the party says it would cost two and half billion pounds a year and would see eighteen year olds join the military for a year or serve the community for a weekend a month for the same period. our political correspondent helen catt has more the return of national service is certainly an eye catching policy but it wouldn t be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963. instead all 18 year olds would have to choose between a year of military service or volunteer work in public services. it s about addressing the fragmentation we have seen in socie