it s just a matter of how fast, did you really believe that? of course i believed it then. i think it s a fair assessment about where the anc find themselves in the last local government elections, in 2021, they, for the first time in post democratic south africa, lost their majority and fell below 50%. this obviously allied with the fact that our economy s not growing, we ve got 30 million people living in poverty, 12 million people unemployed, and loadshedding, rolling blackouts, which have reached into every home and switched off the lights, switched off our factories, and switched off our economy. south africans are realising that if they don t change the way they vote, south africa is going to end up in a very, very dark place, and it s going to be poverty and inequality deepening. well, in that bleak context that you ve just outlined, with the unemployment, what they call here loadshedding , the rolling power cuts, the massive economic problems, how is it that the m
increase services to our veterans, we protect those who are homeless, housing insecure. we have protected foster children up to age 24. so we ve taken steps that are very compassionate. but, yes, iam hurt by the fact some people s lives will be more difficult. i want to win the election in november 2024, and i m going to do everything we can to make a difference for those people. democrats are in control of the senate. are you confident they will pass this bill in the senate as well? i will pass this bill in the senate as well?- will pass this bill in the senate as well? i am. it s a must pass senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. we - senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. we have - senate as well? i am. it s a must pass bill. we have to | must pass bill. we have to avoid the default and the total meltdown, notjust of our economy, but frankly, it would impact the economy is all around the world. and what i would s
of the guard coming in south africa, the anc s decline is terminal. it s just a matter of how fast, did you really believe that? of course i believed it then. i think it s a fair assessment about where the anc find themselves in the last local government elections, in 2021, they, for the first time in post democratic south africa, lost their majority and fell below 50%. this obviously allied with the fact that our economy s not growing, we ve got 30 million people living in poverty, 12 million people unemployed, and loadshedding, rolling blackouts, which have reached into every home and switched off the lights, switched off our factories, and switched off our economy. south africans are realising that if they don t change the way they vote, south africa is going to end up in a very, very dark place, and it s going to be poverty and inequality deepening. well, in that bleak context that you ve just outlined, with the unemployment, what they call here loadshedding , the rol
senator chris murphy is coming up with a view from congress, and vice president s top economic adviser is stand by as well. plus, all of the technical glitches during his ill-fated announcement, we heard something awfully concerning regarding the kind of conservative ron desantis is. also today, eye-popping reporting on the destruction of the mar-a-lago documents investigation. and later, ukraine is on the brink of launching its counteroffensive against russia. i ll ask the ambassador what success looks like and how they hope to achieve it. so late last night a deal to raise the debt ceiling was struck between the white house and speaker kevin mccarthy. while the president was able to protect most of his priorities including medicaid, student debt relief, around funding to fight the climate crisis, he did make clear in his stand he doesn t love everything in it, and a number of democrats aren t going to like what they see either, work programs that help poor people, peo
civil servants to help her book a private driving awareness course. sinn fein s vice president has called on the british and irish governments to restore a power sharing government at stormont. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this addition to the media show. this week because s is need very little introduction. welcome to the media show. one of thoseis welcome to the media show. one of those is certainly ukraine, and we heard the news that the journalists had died by russian artillery at 32 years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the - know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east i know very closely. yes, he was i killed somewhere in the east near bakhmut, where i spent over the time, too. these things are tragic and unfortunately, i ve kno