secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned of course it did just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathered to greet her, the sketch writers might have been tempted to draw analogies with the deluge of issues, that are now piling up on the new prime ministers desk. not that she seemed fazed by the challenge ahead. this is a storm we can ride out, she said, to become the modern brilliant britain i know we can be. i m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time in our country. what makes the united kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom in enterprise and in fair play. our people
the white house. joe, what will we hear from the president tomorrow in this big labor day appearance? he s really kicking off the start to the mid-term cycle. reporter: you know one thing that is very clear and that is the president, jim, is definitely interested in getting out there and showing his stuff, as it were. he s going not only to wisconsin. he s also going to pittsburgh. and later in the week he s going to columbus, ohio. that, of course, is going to be essentially a groundbreaking for a microprocessor plant that he s been promoting. labor day, around labor day, is the time of year where campaigns really start bearing down. it s also a time, very important to say people start looking more closely at the candidates. of course joe biden s name is not on any ballots. just the fact he s getting out to the three major battleground states does tell you that the biden people are thinking carefully about the president and his posture. you know it was just a few weeks ago
white house has that biden went from feeling bad and fine but didn t go to sleep well before he went to bed. his positive covid test results came this morning. he is experiencing mild symptoms appear they release a statement, this morning president biden tested covid-19 and vaccinated twice and boosted with mild symptoms. he has been taking paxlovid with cdc guidelines. purity what isley at the white house. he will continue to carry out his duties fully during that time. the president is in our prayers, obviously, this is a very serious thing. dr. nicole saphier, given in a different state than we were 2020 with president trump and covid but it is scary to hear the president of the united states is isolating. i did hear next reactions are layer on fox for the paxlovid. that is we had dr. mccreary save perhaps follow up with covid after paxlovid where i heard another doctor say otherwise, what would you recommend for the president at this point? that is what is going to ha
we have a stronger and better position to tackle inflation than almost any other country around the world. what juneteenth does it channels a way for america to talk about slavery and to talk about it without and tim dags and anguish to honor slaves who have never been honored. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. happy father s day to all the dads out there. and we begin tonight with new cnn reporting. u.s. intel is warning of another potential russian plot to interfere with the 2022 midterms. homeland and national security officials say they are worried kremlin meddling like hacking into smaller and more local election authorities in this country and creating disinformation campaigns could have a significant impact on the november elections. so this is not new, isaac, the idea of meddling in the elections. we know similar campaigns were used during the 2016 election and after that as well. what has changed with the threats since then?
the times highlights a change in policy by the nhs, which will stop prescribing sleeping pills for many patients with insomnia and prescribe a self help programme instead. the metro is one of a number of papers to feature the gloucestershire couple who won a jackpot of £181; million on the euromillions lottery. the sun says they celebrated their huge win with a £16.95 meal of steak and chips, leaving a sizeable tip for waiting staff. the star remarks that with a win that big, at least their energy bills will be covered for a few months. lots to get through, could use good news, bad news, we will cover it all. thanks to you both are coming back to talk about the papers. dan, let s start with the guardian. the headline there, fury asjohnson escapes partygate with a single fine. lots of the papers covering partygate finds today. interestingly, lots of different lines that they ve chosen to pick out. dan, can you start with what the guardian has gone with? the guardian the