Senator toomey good morning, everyone. Im the c. E. O. Of lehigh public media. Gives me great honor to introduce the United States senator from pennsylvania, tim good morning, everyone. Im tim fallon, the ceo of Lehigh Valley public media and it gives me a great honor to introduce the United States senator from pennsylvania, the honorable patrick toomey. Sen. Toomey thank you, tim. Take your time, its all right. Good morning. And thanks for being here. A special thanks to my family for joining me today. For joining me today. My wife chris, my son patrick on the far left, my daughter brigett and our son duncan. My family and i have reached a decision and i wanted to share that with the people of pennsylvania. And that is that i will not be running for reelection in 2022, and i will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term for a little over two years that are left of the current term and after that, my plan is to go back to the private sector. I want to say
On. The Health Secretary has defended the governments record on Maternity Care after a major new report revealed endemic failures at hospitals. It found mums to be are often treated as an inconvenience , with some an inconvenience, with some women mocked or shouted at and denied basic needs such as pain relief, the birth trauma inquiry is calling for a National Plan to improve services , led by to improve services, led by a new maternity commissioner, who would report directly to the Prime Minister to the us now. And Donald Trumps former lawyer, michael cohen, has taken to the witness stand at his criminal trial. He told jurors today he secretly colluded with mr trump and a tabloid publisher to suppress negative stories that could damage trumps 2016 campaign. Mr cohen used to be one of the former president s most trusted colleagues , but most trusted colleagues, but hes now the prosecutions star witness as the so called hush money trial enters its fifth week, a man is facing life in pr
Practising christians in todays increasingly secular liberal democrats . That and much more. Over the course of the next houn over the course of the next hour. But first, lets get the news with tamsin roberts. News with tamsin roberts. Nigel, thanks very much and good evening from the gb newsroom. Rishi sunak has warned that giving sir keir starmer the keys to number 10 would leave the country less safe. The labour leader rejected the Prime Ministers claim, saying that as a former director of Public Prosecutions , he knows the prosecutions, he knows the importance of Security First hand. But rishi sunak says only the conservatives have bold ideas for the future, despite having 14 years with nothing to do but think about the future , do but think about the future, labour have almost nothing to say about it. Say about it. No plans for our border, no plans for our energy security, no plans for our economy either. And no principles either. Keir starmer has gone from embracing Jeremy Corbyn
Airport in florida. In sport. Three Premier League sides are knocked out by Lower League Opposition in the fa cup third round among them bournemouth, who were beaten 3 0 by League One Side millwall. And helen has the weather. A very similar day to yesterday, weatherwise. It is grey and misty with fog in a few localities first thing. The israeli ambassador has apologised for comments which appear to show an Embassy Employee plotting to bring down a government minister. Undercover footage, filmed by middle east news network aljazeera, shows an Israeli Government employee saying he would like to take down the Foreign Office minister sir alan duncan. The video also shows the official insulting borisjohnson, as Jane Frances Kelly reports. The emergence of the footage is highly embarrassing for the israelis. It shows shai masot dining with, among others, an aide to the conservative Education Minister robert halfon. Mr masot, a senior political adviser at the Israeli Embassy, says he would li