the vehicle speeding through the intersection. also, the major storm threat tonight. chicago, st. louis, kansas city. then this heads right toward the already hard-hit northeast yet again. new york and vermont, that state already under a new flood watch tonight. and the new warning from vermont s governor, that there could be seven days of rain coming to their state. already under water and under mud. janai norman in vermont, rob marciano timing this out from the midwest to the northeast. tonight, the extremes elsewhere. the heat emergency from california to texas to florida. 100 million americans under heat alerts. tonight, we have just learned phoenix now hitting 110 degrees for the 13th day in a row. and las vegas could soon hit its all-time highest temperature ever. matt rivers in phoenix. tonight, the murder of a well-known and well-respected surgeon in tennessee. police say he was shot and killed by a patient in his exam room. the fbi director chris wray grilled
that state under a new flood watch tonight. and a new warning from vermont s governor, that there could be seven days of rain coming to their state. already under water and under mud. janai norman in vermont, rob marciano timing this out from the midwest to the northeast. tonight, the extremes elsewhere. the heat emergency from california to texas to florida. 100 million americans under heat alerts. tonight, we have just learned phoenix now hitting 110 degrees for the 13th day in a row. and las vegas could soon hit its all-time highest temperature ever. matt rivers in phoenix. tonight, the murder of a well-known and well-respected surgeon in tennessee. police say he was shot and killed by a patient in his exam room. the fbi director chris wray grilled on capol hill today, asked if he s going after trump, but protecting the bidens. how the fbi director, appointed by donald trump, answers. rachel scott on the hill. president biden, the major address at the nato summit i
if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us it is time for the top business stories. we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the bank of england is widely expected to raise the cost of borrowing for the twelfth time in a row. the quarter percent rise most economists are predicting would take the bank s main interest rate to 4.5% the highest it has been in almost 15 years. the big question though will it be enough to start to get inflation, which is still running at more than 10% a year, under control? let s speak to katharine neiss she has held various roles at the bank of england and is now chief european economist at p gim fixed income. good to have you on the programme. iassume good to have you on the programme. i assume you are with the majority believe we are looking at a rate hike today of another 25 basis points. today of another 25 basis oints. . , today of another 25 basis oints. . , ., , points. that s right, that s the consensus p
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
department shows that 236,000 fi refox newjobs were created in the us in march a very healthy figure, but showing a continued decline in the pace of newjob creation. it suggests that the economy is slowing down and the question on everyone s minds is what this data will mean to the us federal reserve when it makes its next decision about the interest rate in the us. here s our north america business correspondent, samira hussain. this reflects other data from the us, which suggests that perhaps the post pandemic crunch is coming to an end. we kind of knew that this was going to be reflected in the march jobs report. a, to be reflected in the march “obs reort, , ., ., to be reflected in the march “obs reort. , ., ., , ., report. a slowdown in terms of hirin: report. a slowdown in terms of hiring based report. a slowdown in terms of hiring based on report. a slowdown in terms of hiring based on the report. a slowdown in terms of hiring based on the data - report