Bret alive look at the u. S. Capitol a beautiful evening in washington as we are Just Moments Away from President Biden and tonights state of the Union Address, good evening from washington i am bret baier. Martha i am Martha Maccallum in moments we will be on the house floor from the familiar call of the sergeant at arms will make his way down the aisle greeted by lawmakers along the way. Bret you can see mitt romney talking to joe mansion it seems like they are pretty engaged in some conversation that can happen on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakers waiting a long time in the chamber, a lot of folks expressing themselves, different ways, republican some of them wearing buttons about the border, others dressed in white on the democratic side in solidarity, we set the stage now with White House Correspondent with a preview of the president s speech good evening. Good evening officials at the white house think that most people who will watch it tonight have not been very polit
Look at the us capitol. Beautiful evening, actually, here in washington as we jue just moments awas. Capity fm President Biden and tonights state of the Union Address. Y frompresidengood evening from. Im brad there. Good evening, everybody. Im martha maccallum. Any moment now President Biden will be announced on the house floor with the familiar callilia of the house sergeant of arms. He will make his way down cate, greeted by lawmakers all along the way. There you see mitt romney talking to joe awmakers manchin. Seems like theyre pretty engaged in some conversation ses that happens on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakersnh waiting a long time in the chamber. A lot of folkse chambe, you knos expressing themselves different ways. Republicans, some of the more in buttons, die of about the bo. Others dressed in white on the democratic sidemocratic in solidarity. Lets set the stage now with White House Correspondent I Peter Doocy with a preview of the president s speech. Good eveni
explosions and a fire have been reported. the mum of dame deborahjames speaks for the first time about her daughter s legacy in riasing awareness of bowel cancer. we were given three to five days deborah lived eight weeks. that eight weeks was probably, in one way, the best eight weeks we ve had together as a family. and animal charities say they are the busiest they ve ever been as people are struggling to afford their pets. the value of people s wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the value of uk wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to call for inflation matching pay rises with some, such as rail workers, going on strike. but the government claims the employment figures show the resilience of the uk economy. our business correspondent nina warhurst has more details on those uk job figures. average pay is growing faster than for 15 years but what is crucial at the moment, what everybody watching will
but his focus will be, his fraud trial in new york where his eldest daughter ivanka is this hour on the stand, as a witness. good evening, donald trump is the runaway favourite for the republican nomination, his gamble not to debate the other candidates is paying off. the field is certainly getting smaller. just five candidates met the republican national committee s qualifying rules for tonight final debate in miami, the former south carolina gov. nikki haley, florida gov. ron desantis, businessman vivek ramaswamy, us sen tim scott and the former newjersey gov. chris christie. of course donald trump does meet the polling and fundraising thresholds. but he has not met the qualifying standards specifically the one that requires each candidate to pledge they will support whoever wins the nomination. trump has flat out refused to sign that. and tonight some of the usual counter programming, the president will be on stage 30 minutes away from miami in hiya lea, speaking to a cr