nothing but drama, we re on multiple days now with multiple candidates from this group. so i m not sure how lauren boebert on one hand can demand so much out of kevin mccarthy but then demand nothing out of someone else and be willing to vote for them as speaker. marjorie taylor greene saying the american people are sick of drama. has marjorie taylor greene met marjorie taylor greene? that s rich. three days, 11 rounds of slvoti and still no speaker. good morning, everyone. kaitlan is in washington d.c., again. and kevin mccarthy is suffering a historic defeat. hours from now, what will happy ahead of the chamber s 12th vote. they re hoping there s a glimmer of hope. there have been tense negotiations happening behind closed doors, questions whether or not a final proposal may be on the horizon. something that mccarthy and some of the party holdouts can agree on. we ll wait to see if the hard liners can. and also this morning what we are laerearning about the suspect of
In afghanistan, gunmen dressed as doctors killed at least 30 people at a hospital in kabul. In south sudan, the un warns of a genocide in the making and blames Government Forces and local militia. And, we talk to the former serviceman whos making history on the racecourse. Coming up in sportsday theres one match in the Premier League as Manchester City look to beat stoke at the etihad to go second in the table. Good evening. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has presented his first budget, promising to build a brighterfuture as the government prepares to start the formal process of leaving the european union. Among the main news was an extra £2 billion to be spent on the Social Care System in england over the next three years. The chancellor was accused of breaking a conservative Manifesto Promise by increasing National Insurance contributions for millions of Self Employed people. And he offered some help forfirms in england facing higher business rates. Well have details of the speech
does is i think it deals with the different chapters of rudy s life. the first chapter, u.s. attorney. the italian american who breaks the back of the mob. the second act, the mayor of new york city, and the record is extraordinary. when he came in, new york city averages 2,000 murders a year. they fell almost 70% under his watch, almost 60% reduction in crime, welfare cut in half. i totally reject that. i think that s nonsense. and i think there s a lot of lessons that frankly are from the policies put in place at that time which were adopted by mayors across the country which could be relrned right now, and part of the tragedy is the lessons of that era are less available because of what he has done in the fourth act of his life. and that is part of the tragedy. i think it s amazing if we take that shot of him standing on that island looking at the statue of liberty, alone on the island on a rock right there,
mps who oppose the welfare cut to do the right thing , and vote with them in a non binding motion. earlier, i spoke to laura robinson, who is on universal credit and volunteers at her local foodbank. i m a mum and i do work part time. i would love to work full time but having such a small child, it s not viable for me with the price of childcare and everything. so, the additional money that you ve been getting during the pandemic, this £20 extra per week, what has that meant to you, what difference has it made? it s made a massive difference, it has been a case of whether we can heat or eat, make sure we ve got a healthy, nutritious meal, put the gas on in the colder months, and it s notjust £20 a week, it works out as £86.67 per month we re losing, and regardless if you re working full time, if your boss said to you, they re going to take £86.67 off your wages, you d struggle. and you ve talked about the choice
very low interest rates. if we were to see an increase, it would be small, they would be incremental, but right now, the bank of england is saying, let s wait and see where we are. an 0pposition day debate will be held in parliament this afternoon on whether to keep the £20 a week uplift to universal credit, which is currently due to be scrapped at the start of october. labour will challenge conservative mps who oppose the welfare cut to do the right thing , and vote with them in a non binding motion. with me now laura robinson who is on universal credit and is a volunteer at her localfood bank. thank you so much forjoining us today to talk about this. tell us about yourself first of all, you are about yourself first of all, you are a mum and you work part time? that a mum and you work part-time? that is correct. a mum and you work part-time? that is correct- i a mum and you work part-time? that is correct. i would a mum and you work part time? trust is correct. i would love to a