good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
we begin with microsoft. the tech giant has just revealed its financial health and investors are satisfied for now as it showed some strength in the face of a weak global economy. its cloud business hit wall street targets for the end of 2022 and revenues rose 2% to just under $53 billion. but what is the outlook? microsoft last week announced it would be slashing 10,000 jobs worldwide in a bid to cut costs. it s also investing in a company behind chat gpt the chatbot that is predicted by some experts to be the future of search. let s discuss this withjeremy goldman director of briefings at insider intelligence. good at insider intelligence. morning to you. looking at what good morning to you. looking at what microsoft had to say, after its resolve without, shares went up 4% and fell back i% shares went up 4% and fell back 1% higher by the end of the day, your thoughts on how it s doing? day, your thoughts on how it s doinu ? , ., day, your thoughts on how it s doin.?
good morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthy s speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard line members who is held out against his speakership are still meeting behind closed doors. these new concessions include what was once a red line for mccarthy. once a red line. agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. but even with that concession, it is not clear at this hour if mccarthy will ultimately be able to lock down the votes he needs. do you have a deal with those guys right now? a lot of progress. he s
plus, thousands of travelers stranded this afternoon with southwest airlines at the center of a hot mess. 70% of their scheduled flights canceled we ve got the nightmare situation for folks trying to get home after the holidays and what the biden administration is saying about it in just the last couple of hours. we ll also take you live to one of the hardest hit areas in the destructive holiday winter storm where they are just starting to dig out even with driving bans still in effect in some spots. and donald trump s tax returns could be made public at some point. i m hallie jackson in washington, d.c. with you on this tuesday afternoon and we re starting with the uncertainty over what could happen with title 42 as we await a decision from the supreme court we know the biden administration wants this to be lifted, but they don t want the rug pulled out from them overnight. josh is live at the white house with this story. the issue with this, right, is that many people thi
buendias. the defiant response from gop governors and how this could factor into the november midterms. plus, sticker shock. mortgage rates jumping to the highest level in a decade. what that means for buyers and what it says about the market. tropical storm fiona closes in. when conditions will start to deteriorate and the potential impacts to the island. plus, procrastinators take note. was this headline written for me? travel experts say this is the time to book holiday flights . good morning and welcome to your new day . it s saturday, september 17th. whitney, do you feel that? it s the weekend. it is the weekend. it s almost the end of summer. it is. we re grateful to have you here with us this morning. we re grateful you re making us part of your saturday. up first, a lot to get to. but we start with the political battle over immigration heating up. florida s governor doubling down on his plan to relocate migrants from the southern border. he arranged f