a me to take it too far on a night out and that was main city players last night as a celebrated winning the trouble. can you really blame them, though? that is good work lads. you are all cut up now. goodbye. this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from manchester. i m stephen sackur. this city styles itself the capital of the north of england, but with the pride there is also some resentment of the degree of centralisation in england, the dominance of london, and the lack of regional autonomy. my guest today is the mayor of this city, andy burnham. he quit westminster politics to come here and he is committed to a radical vision a decentralised, united kingdom. but is his own party, let alone the country as a whole, ready for his brand of radicalism? andy burnham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, mr mayor, you have had six years
ambitions. do you think you have made a difference? i hope so. i have made a difference? i hope so- i think have made a difference? i hope so. i think manchester - have made a difference? i hope so. i think manchester today i have made a difference? i hope so. i think manchester today in | so. i think manchester today in 2023 is different from the city i came to in 2017. you just need to look at the skyline of manchester city centre to see that difference, the city is growing in stature, physically but i think also in terms of its reputation, both in the uk and around the world. this was, obviously the home of industry going back a couple of centuries, hit a decline in the second part of the 20th century, but manchester is most definitely back. and i think there is a lot of energy flowing around the city right now. i flowing around the city right now. , , ., ., ., , now. i guess we had to measure our now. i guess we had to measure your performance now. i guess we had to m
in six weeks, come in whatever, well, we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to $22 billion cut in veterans health care. now they dispute this. they know where their actual proposal or exclusive protection for veterans, but they say it s unusual language we use with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups speak out in opposition to the republican proposal, they re not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing, anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect something. they would have written it down and say we re protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so he can see it. here s another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staf
up and talk about these issues and push, and push, and push republicans to get it together and wake up to the deaths and the tragedies that are happening in communities across this country. congresswoman sydney kamlager-dove, thank you so much for joining us. i hate that was for this tragedy but i appreciate your insights and the work that you and your colleagues are trying to do in stopping this pandemic of gun violence that we have in our country. thank you, congresswoman. thank you. good evening to you, i am ayman mohyeldin, it is 9 pm here in new york, 8 pm in allen, texas. where we are following reports of a mass shooting at an outlet mall. if you re joining us right now, that incident reportedly took place just after 3:30 pm local time. according to the authorities, at least nine people have been hospitalized. the shooter is dead. we do know there were fatalities. local officials though do not have an accurate count at the moment. police say there is no longer an