republicans need a win in just two of these states to take control of the senate. so democrats are bringing out some of the biggest names on the left to get their voters to the polls. president biden actually is coming back from the sidelines, he s been in and out of the game. he s going join his former boss in pennsylvania or he did yesterday arguably barack obama is still the democrats only star player and later today he will be once true blue state of new york campaigning for governor kathy hochul who you know her big sticking point has been crime should she help solve it, get rid of liberal da or standby on the sidelines much like a biden and jumping in hasn t been with the plan. it s been a hot mess sandwich and in the window of hot mess sandwich. the race is becoming purple. a red hot republican lee zeldin is pulling ahead. president biden mocking hecklers calling them idiots. give me a break. what idiots? socialist. no one ever doubts what i say, sometimes i say all
melissa murray in for mehd hassan for nearly half a century it was an obvious, clear norm if you wanted to be th president of the united states you had to show the american public where your money came from it was a norm that began amazingly, with richard nixo during the watergate scandal i 1973, when nixon released hi tax returns to fight off accusations of corruption. in fact, it was nixon s ta filings sparked one of the mos famous quotes in america politics i look on this kind o examination because people hav got to know whether or not their president as a crook, am not a crook, i have earne everything i have got. since then, every america president has released their tax returns or a summary o their taxes. well, all but one. and, you know which one. and you know why, or, at least his explanation of why i will absolutely give my return but i am being audite for two or three years, so, cannot do it until the audit i finished, obviously. it is under, i i will revisit
we start here in the uk, where the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 13 years. the quarter of a percentage point rise, to 1.25%, was less than some were expecting. but financial markets are now betting uk interest rates will have to rise a lot further from here, to get control over soaring inflation. the worry is, too steep a rise in borrowing costs could tip the economy into recession. and the warning signs are already there. our economics editor faisal islam reports. on faisal islam reports. the outskirts of doncaster, a on the outskirts of doncaster, a successful business, the crown hotel, grappling with energy, food prices and wages going up at the same time that household income is being squeezed and now a relentless run of interest rate rises to hit some buyers on variable rate within hours. hit some buyers on variable rate within hours. with got a mortgage rate within hours. with got a mortgage and rate within hours. with got
stolen by fraud. that was testimony from former attorney general bill barr, played during the second hearing into the attack on the capitol, saying donald trump was detached from reality, as he tried to overturn the 2020 election. we will have the key take-aways from day two of testimony. plus, after yesterday s intense sell-off, stock futures are in the green so far this morning. as investors brace for a larger than expected interest rate hike. we ll have the latest read on the economy. and the race to turn that bipartisan compromise on gun safety into law and the process of writing the bill hits a snag. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin today with the second hearing into the january 6th attack on the capitol. the house select committee made the case yesterday that donald trump had an inner circle of advisers telling him the truth, that the election was not stolen, but t
Chance Donald Trump will win the presidency in a decent chance those two things will then republicans will be in a deficit in the house. What got us here when you look about Kevin Mccarthy, the last Straw And Matt gaetz make say because of the Spending Bill and not a chance to go through and develop Spending Bills for each section. The truth is, they asked if Kevin Mccarthy with the help of Steve Scalise and his team knowing Mike Johnson would be a lameduck because everything with a onevote majority, everything republicans have to handle like will be on johnsons neck. I think hes embraced it, just going on with it and plans the term that dont involve being in congress much longer and what its going to do is put steve police the seek to be Minority Leader its easier to raise money and be Minority Leader because you dont need to be held accountable. The reason why 112 republicans voted against it for the reason why they voted for it, when you