Good evening. Im Alicia Menendez here with symone Sanders Townsend and michael steele. As of this minute, we are 34 days from Election Day 2024. A short time ago, democratic governor Tim Walz of minnesota and republican senator j. D. Vance of ohio faced over the first and only Vice President ial debate this cycle. Folks, lets be clear. The debate might have seemed normal but must nothing was normal on what happened on that stage. J. D. Vance tried to rewrite swaths of Terms Policy positions. Flat out lied about issues like abortion, Health Care, and immigration. Arguably the biggest moment of the night was the final moment. J. D. Vance was on the Debate Stage tonight. Mike pence, Donald Trumps former Vice President had the audacity to certify the 2020 election results. Here is what j. D. Vance said when he was pressed tonight and trumps long running election lies. Would you seek to challenge this Years Election results even if every governor certifies the results . First of all, were f
Melania sharing her truth, for first time in two years, former first lady opens up about life before disdpduring and after the white house. I got a secret service on the phone, they said, that he is okay. We re on the way to the hospital. To scrutiny, weeks from election day. The leaders from opposition party, and mainstream media branding him as a threat to democracy. Why she has chosen to moment to speak out. A lot of misinformation and falsehoods, have been written about my, i want to put the record straight. Melania holding nothing back, giving an honest acouaccount of what she thinks of state of country and our world. The border is open and dangerous, a lot of felons are coming overkilling our youth. It is very hard to see. And looking back. What she would have done differently as first lady. I think the team around you is very important. Very important. They need to have the same vision. We re recounting her childhood in slovenia her career in my fashion and how she met donald tr
Facing another issue in the us, increasingly chilly relations with the republican party. Donald trump has accused Mr Zelensky for refusing to do a deal with moscow and has questioned why the us is giving billions of dollars of aid to ukraine. And also, the House Speaker and the us, mike johnson, has accused the ukrainian ambassador in washington of organising what he called a partisan Campaign Event to help the democrats. Lets talk through some of theseissues lets talk through some of these issues with a ratio lets have it, he was Deputy Director of the russia ukrainian programme. 8 Billion worth of aid and billions more on top of what america has really given. How much of a difference to think that is going to make to ukraine and to the Army Fighting Rush at the moment . Fighting rush at the moment . Russia. Fighting rush at the moment . russia. There is war is very high Intensity War and it costs a lot of money. The annual needs of ukraine to really be able to repel russian Invasio
Sir Keir Starmer will say there is light at the end of the tunnel in the form of faster ecOnomic growth and falling nhs Waiting Lists, but hell warn there are no easy answers. Well bring you full coverage of that as it happens 2pm. The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has addressed the cOnference in the last Hour And Lisa nandy, the secretary for culture, Media And Sport is expected to speak in about half an hour. So, dOnt anyOne tell me that was a protest. DOnt anyOne tell me that was about immigratiOn, policing or poverty. Plenty of people have strOng views On immigratiOn, crime, On the nhs and more, but they dOnt pick up breaks and throw them at the police. They dOnt set light to buildings with people inside. It was arsOn, it was racism, it was thuggery, it was a crime. Applause and you know it happened because criminals thought they could get away with it. They saw the cracks in the system, the impunity that built up system, the impunity that built up through the tory years, and when t
Borrowing from the George Osborne and David Cameron playbook. You say that things are so terrible that we will have to make really difficult decisions. Dont blame me, blame the last lot. We are trying to fix the mess. They have evidence to suggest that argument isnt completely fabricated. However, icannot emphasise enough that Making Decisions is difficult. And the government will have to choose to do certain things. And when it makes those decisions, it will face the consequences of its actions. And in that sense, yes, you can blame the last administration. Yes, you can say that there is not as much money as we hoped or thought or could have been available if the economy had been available if the economy had been managed in a different way. But you still have to take responsibility for the decisions that you are taking. So in that sense, there is no doubt this government is going to feel a lot of pressure over the next few weeks, particularly leading up to the budget at the end of oct