Jose diazbalart picks up the coverage right now. Reporter good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. We begin this very busy hour with the intensifying 2024 race for the white house. It is growing increasingly contentious. Right now President Biden is delivering remarks in washington before heading to New Hampshire to tout his efforts to Lower Health Care costs. It comes as biden and trump ramp up attacks on one another as the countdown to november is in full swing. We all know donald trump sees a different america. An american story of resentment, revenge and retribution. That is not me. That is not you. Everything Joe Biden Touches turns to [ bleep ]. Everything. Joining us now, Vaughn Hillyard and also monica alba. What can we expect to hear from the president today . He is as we speak right now speaking. Reporter exactly. This is the first of two scheduled remarks for the president today. And it is a day where the white house is unveiling its budget plan and propo
regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted last july, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate
is the closest estimation to its sales figures. 0ur north america business correspondent erin delmore reports. calls itself the big scarber brown you ve never heard of, but it may be about to change. more of vehicles in the last three months than tesla did. that s a first. the american company is facing headwinds, higher borrowing costs in the us led to spelling demand slowing demand. but the chinese rival is a gluing, enjoying tailwinds with them unlike tesla, byob makes its own batteries, so controlling that part of the supply gives byd more ability to cut prices. as my colleague erin hasjust reported, tesla s latest number puts byd ahead of the curve. the chinese ev maker reported around three million in sales last year, but that number comprises both electric cars and hybrid vehicles. but even as the competition us revving up, it s worth noting that in terms of overall deliveries in 2023, tesla still has byd beat. however, the chinese ev maker s could keep the momentum
in the house of commons, where we re expecting an urgent question to the home office on the implications of the national crime agency s investigation into mrjavad marandi. this comes after the bbc reported that javad marandi, a businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money laundering investigation, is a major donor to the conservative party. the question has been tabled by snp mp alison thewliss. asking if the home secretary will respond or make a statement. we will head back the is should get any further developments. the british telecoms giant, vodafone, is to cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years as part of an overhaul to cut costs. the firm s new boss, margherita della valle, said its performance had not been good enough. posts will go at the company s headquarters in the uk and in other countries. our business reporter theo leggett has more. talk to us about what we know about the job losses, talk to us about what we know about thejob losses, 11,000