britain s largest energy supplier, centrica, is to reveal record profits today on the back of a surge in wholesale gas prices linked to the war in ukraine, just weeks after suspending the forced installation of prepayment meters over concerns of its treatment of vulnerable customers. many families are struggling to pay their energy bills, with a quarter losing sleep over it. centrica s boss chris o shea has been urged to waive his bonus. kathryn porter is an energy consultant and founder of watt logic. by by any one s numbers, £3 billion, it is a huge amount of money and it s going to mean a huge amount of criticism today as well from people across the board. is centrica profiteering in your view? board. is centrica profiteering in your view? no, i don t think the are in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, - in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, the - they are profiteering, the record profits are driven by its upstream business, production o
People behind including racine. On my watch we make promises and we keep promises and we leave no one behind. That was President Joe Biden in the Battleground State Of Wisconsin yesterday announcing a Major Economic investment while highlighting his predecessors failed deal in that exact same town. Well have more of his comments straight ahead. Meanwhile, the president is also drawing a hard line on Military Support for israels impending invasion of rafah. That decision is now drawing some sharp criticism from lawmakers on capitol hill. And also ahead well get a preview of what to expect today in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial with Stormy Daniels set to take the Witness Stand yet again. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, may 9th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin with President Bidens visit yesterday to wisconsin, a key swing state in novembers election. The president was there to announce a 3. 3 billion investment by micr
The last time in early 2019 saw a month of widespread disruption to the Worlds Largest economy. Erin delmore reports from new york the clock is ticking on capitol hill. The democrat led senate and the republican led house will need to agree on a deal to fund the federal government past september 30th. Right now, the senate has bipartisan support on a stopgap bill that would extend funding until november 17th. But House Republicans have rejected it. Theyre fighting over Government Spending levels with hard line conservatives calling for deeper cuts and tying any Government Funding Bill to the ongoing issue of immigration and security at the us s southern border. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy has a handful of holdouts in his Republican Caucus who have said theyll oppose any short term funding bill. Several are threatening to oust mccarthy from his post if he doesnt meet their demands. Any shutdown would impact hundreds of thousands of federal workers, many of whom would be out of work wit
Good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing a part of your morning us with. Another after shock in morocco. The Death Toll Climbs to 2,000 people. We are going to have the latest on the Search And Rescue efforts. Pennsylvania authorities confirm a new sighting of escaped inmate danelo cavalcante. We will tell you what were learning about how he has changed his appearance. All eyes on iowa. President ial candidate donald trump and Governor Ron Desantis Crisscross Paths in the hawkeye state. The latest from the campaign trail. We begin with reports of a 3. 9 after shock in morocco. Now, two days after fridays major earthquake in that african nation, more than 2,000 people have been killed. Nearly 2,000 have been injured in this 6. 8 magnitude quake. It is the countrys deadliest earthquake in decades. Those numbers are expected to rise as rescuers dig through the rubble. Relief efforts are arriving slowly to some of the most re
Business news live from singapore. The dow breaks another record on wall street, but what will it take for the rallies to spill over into asian markets. Mothers milk against formula. Why is the latter a favourite option in hong kong . Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Its a tuesday. My name is rico hizon. I am glad you could join us. Rico hizon. I am glad you could join us. We start the programme with the markets. The dow jones us. We start the programme with the markets. The Dowjones Industrial Average posting the ninth straight record, finishing the session like this. Much of the gains driven from strong corporate numbers from Companies Like apple and others. We will look at is the positive sentiment is filtering through to asia. Unfortunately not. The nikkei is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is up is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is upa is flat. The all 0rdinaries Index is up a little bit. A mixed day. Earlier, i spoke to an analy