tonight fresh in their minds. democratic senator rafael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker. senator warnock as you know won his seat in the 2020 election in a narrowly decided runoff. walker a former running back with the former president firmly behind him. senator warnock is a pastor. herschel walker is currently involved in a scandal over allegedly pressuring the mother of one of his children to get an abortion. here s how the abortion issue came up tonight. a week before the debate a former girlfriend made public accusations that you paid for an abortion and encouraged her to have another. in an abc interview this week you said the accusations are, quote, all lies. for the voters watching tonight can you explain the circumstances surrounding these claims? you have 60 seconds. as i said, that s a lie. i put it in a book. one thing about my life, i ve been very transparent. not like the senator. he s here things. at the same time, that s a law. on abortion
or a living in a household already struggling financially? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i m @annitabbc or use #bbcyourquestions. bbc news has been told that conservative mps are in talks with opposition parties to oppose the government s fracking plans. calls for all women to be invited for a menopause check up when they turn a5, as a report criticises the current support as completely inadequate . last night the police arrested himm tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. there are more concerns for the uk economy this morning as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released this morning s
and surreal. i don t know anything about politics. but the most important job that i have is daddy. and my two why s i have to take that off the table of running for president. one is 6 and the other the 4. i totally respect that it s beautiful. but kids do age. that s not closing the door for 2040. even before them, 2036, they ll be in college. what about then? you re not closing the door forever is what i m asking? no, not at all. i wouldn t do that. like thank you for asking that, for clarifying that. no, right now for my daughters, it s important that i m hope, and that stability is important for me to be there. and that s the most important thing to me. well, he is running. that s what i heard. oh, sorry. is our show going on still? i was mesmerized. sorry, i m going blink a little bit. it was a moment. let s bring in our next guest, john berman, stuart stevens and nara haq. of course i m joking a little bit about the idea. first of all, if he is sitting across
he beat britain s anthony joshua on a split points decision. the fight in saudi arabia was a rematch of usyk s victory in london in september. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your minds back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watts divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural landsca