our challenge is coupled with our ability to overcome them and be anywhere else in the world. we begin tonight with the growing presidential primary fields. a former texas congressman and a former cia officer. congressman hurd represented a border district where reelection was always a tough fight. signing the so-called unity pledge and supporting the so-called nominee no matter he or she may be. what would he do if you were the president. let s find out. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. happy early july 4 to you. thank you, mr. chairman. it s good to be on with you. we are lucky to live where we live. alrighty. what did you see when you surveyed the existing candidates that led you to say i am jumping in. i will run to be the leader of the free world. i recognize the challenges that i have ahead of me. the reality is we are faced with a number of defining challenges. everything from china trying to surpass us as a global superpower to persisting. that wil
our challenge is coupled with our ability to overcome them and be anywhere else in the world. we begin tonight with the growing presidential primary fields. a former texas congressman and a former cia officer. congressman hurd represented a border district where reelection was always a tough fight. signing the so-called unity pledge and supporting the so-called nominee no matter he or she may be. what would he do if you were the president. let s find out. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. happy early july 4 to you. thank you, mr. chairman. it s good to be on with you. we are lucky to live where we live. alrighty. what did you see when you surveyed the existing candidates that led you to say i am jumping in. i will run to be the leader of the free world. i recognize the challenges that i have ahead of me. the reality is we are faced with a number of defining challenges. everything from china trying to surpass us as a global superpower to persisting. that wil
will take immediate action to help people with the cost of their energy bills and i will be making an announcement on that tomorrow. and we ll report from pakistan and the deadly flooding there. officials the threat of the country s largest lake bursting its banks is receding. we start with the war in ukraine. the russian president vladimir putin says the sanctions imposed on russia following the invasion of ukraine represent the biggest current threat to the world economy. have a listen. translation: after the pandemic, different challenges arrived that have also been global in nature and pose a danger to the whole world. i m talking about the west s sanctions fever. its brazen and aggressive attempts to force others how to behave, deprive them of their sovereignty and force them into submission. there is nothing unusual about that. this policy has been used by the west for decades. the kremlin has repeatedly tried to downplay the effect of sanctions on its economy. with s
little can be done to stop the uk falling into a recession, that s the verdict of the bank of england. in pakistan, the authorities are desperately trying to stop the country s biggest lake from bursting its banks, adding to the devastation cause by the recent floods. the former manchester united footballer ryan giggs is to face a retrial on domestic violence charges. and chelsea football club have sacked their manager thomas tuchel, prompting anger from many of the fans. welcome to the programme. liz truss has spent her first full day as prime minister appointing more of her front bench team and clashing with the labour leader, sir keir starmer, over her plans to cut taxes and cap gas and electricity bills for households and businesses. details of the scheme to control the cost of energy will be announced tomorrow. it s understood it ll be funded by government borrowing. sir keir told the commons that a windfall tax on energy companies would have been a fairer way of funding