morning. we have major announcements, joe biden will hold a phone call with the president of china. the state department offers a deal to russia to get brittney griner and paul whelan release from jail in moscow. at what price? we have the host of way too early and the bureau chief of politico, and the author of the big lie. we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, and the former chairman of the republican national committee. good morning to you all. let s dive in after a year and a half of on and off negotiations. joe manchin has reached a deal with party leaders to pass a number of democratic agenda items through the reconciliation process. in a statement, he wrote in part, this bill will cut the inflation taxes that americans are paying. it will lower prescription drugs and health insurance. it will ensure that we invest in energy security and climate change innovations. he went on, it is time to put away the partisan swords and advance legislation that is in the b
and after a break of three years, glastonbury opens its gates to festivalgoers this morning. good morning for the tower of london. we are here for the super bloom display in order of the platinumjubilee. sunny, dry bloom display in order of the platinum jubilee. sunny, dry and platinumjubilee. sunny, dry and warm platinum jubilee. sunny, dry and warm foremost, platinumjubilee. sunny, dry and warm foremost, more platinum jubilee. sunny, dry and warm foremost, more clout in the north and west. it s wednesday the 22nd ofjune. our main story. the uk s rate of inflation is expected to rise once again when the latest figures are released this morning. in april, inflation rose to 9%, its highest in a0 years, as the increasing costs of energy, fuel and food continues to squeeze household budgets. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. if i haven t got the money, i can t eat. you see lots of things that are on cheap, we buy them and freeze them. definitely shopping around, l
that address the challenges that are now surfacing that this killer had in his life. that lead to someone doing what he did. and then there will be all other kinds of issues. there will be a committees formed. there will be meetings held. there will be proposals that will be derived, many of which will lead to laws that will be passed in the state of texas because let me make one thing perfectly clear. the status quo is unacceptable. this crime is unacceptable. we re not going to be here and talking about it and do nothing about it. we will be looking for the best laws that we can get past to make our communities and schools safer. [overlapping voices] universal background checks. [inaudible] governor abbott: let s be clear about a couple things. that show that these background checks. if everyone wants to seize on a particular strategy and assume that is the golden strategy right there, look at what happened in the santa fe shooting. a background check had no relevancy w