for nine years, successive uk governments have repeated promises to revolutionise how we travel by train between the north of england and london. high speed rail2, or hsz, promised to modernise britain s transport infrastructure, cut travel times and integrate the economies of england s regions. hs2 will still go ahead, but today, the uk government confirms it is significantly watering down the project s ambition by scrapping its entire eastern leg. here was the original plan, in which hs2 connects london with birmingham, manchester and leeds. but as of today, it s been confirmed that the leg between the east midlands and leeds will now be scrapped. and it s also ditching a planned new high speed rail link between manchester and leeds. instead the government says it s come up with an alternative rail package priced at £96 billion. it promises to upgrade existing train links and build new, but shorter stretches of high speed track. katy austin reports. this south yorkshire lo
that should motivate you. will you sue him for us? we re going to sue him. we re going to be a real pain in the [bleep]. president trump cannot avoid justice in the great state of new york. since i ve been in office the past two years, my office has either led or joined to 68 lawsuits against this administration. martha: okay. you get the idea. after three years of investigating real estate properties on their books, a high profile announcement that she s suing all of the working trump family mens. andy mccarthy is here on developments this hour. but first, this huge story as well today. a cornered vladimir putin drafting up to 300,000 reservists, recruiting at russia s prisons as well to battle back ukraine. while warning america and its allies that he s not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear and war capabilities. a short while ago, president biden was at the u.n. calling for a unified push back to russian aggression, also calling out china for transparency over t
tarried of tweet againstjeff sessions. then he said these words a few minutes ago. and disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself almost immediately after he took office. and if he was going to accuse unselfish and told me prior to taking office and i would ve quite simply picked somebody else. sighting that s a bad thing not for the president but for the presidency. i think it is unfair to the presidency and that is the way i feel. thank you. many americans must be wondering if the president is trying to pry open the office of attorney general to appoint someone during the august recess who will fire special counsel moller and shut down the russian investigation. first, let me state for the record now democrats will never go along with the recess appointment of that situation arises. be ready to use tools in our action to stymie action. if jeff sessions recused himself some months ago, why is donald trump saying all the snow? robert moller is hi
There s a name out there. what do you hear? hope hicks is leaving. she announced her departure several weeks ago. one of the names i heard is somebody that currently works for the president, mercy schlapp. whether she gets the job, i m not sure. shepard: jeff mason from reuters. thanks to see you. thank you. shepard: there s a report that president trump is looking to go after, a quote, amazon. the company s stock plunged on that report. it cost investors at least on paper tens of billions this morning alone. the white house is responding about this go after amazon thing. and we re watching the markets and your money. that s coming up from the fox news deck on a wednesday afternoon where the do you is suddenly largely in the green. back in the red again. it s a finicky thing the market. i ll tell you.
9:00 am on the east coast, 6:00 am out west. marathon talks lead to a new debt deal. at least in theory. the president backs it. so do leaders of both parties. still, no reason to celebrate just yet. in syria, a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. more than 7 0 people killed and counting. and new this morning, a big change to health coverage. the federal government will require insurers who provide birth control without co-payments. now, in just a few hours, we could see the beginning of the end of the debt crisis. it s been the issue in washington for weeks. and you re probably tired of the finger pointing and doomsday predictions. today, that could all come to an end if the house and senate approve a compromised plan. the deal identifies about $1 trillion in spending cuts over ten years and raises the debt ceiling by about the same amount. bipartisan committee must find ways to trim another trillion a, a so-called deficit posse. the president and house spea