For his reaction to the by election. Well, to be frank, i m pleased that this whole sorry saga has come to an end now. It has been a very difficult and messy process. I m very pleased that we took rapid and robust action in terms of our candidate and the number one priority for us now in rochdale will be to select a strong candidate who will take the seat for labour and we will take the seat for labour and we will have a labour mp at the General Election that we can be proud of. That s Stephen Kinnock of labour. Well, let s head to the rochdale by Election Centre and our Political Correspondent is there. I mentioned an independent candidate looks to be doing well and he s with you. Yes. I m with david tully, a name you ve probably never come across in politics before. David, tell me your story, first and foremost. Why did you first decide to stand in this by election . You first decide to stand in this bitelection . You first decide to stand in this b election . ~ ,. , ~. , byelection
good afternoon to you. i m yasmin vossoughian, we have breaking news on the debt ceiling negotiations. word a short time ago of a white house meeting tomorrow between president joe biden house speaker kim mccarthy. a sign of hope after the two men spent today selling very different versions of the senator talks. i ve done my part. we put forth a proposal to cut spending by more than a trillion dollars. at the top of the nearly three trillion dollars of reduction, i am pleased to propose the spending cuts and new revenue. now it s time for the other side to move, they have very extreme positions. the president has really shifted right after the more progressive socialist wing of the party stood up and said they want to spend more money. he s now bringing something to the table that everyone said was off the table. so members of congress are holding their breath as we are just a couple days away from default, with the finger-pointing coming fast and furiously. i am putt
a very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. we begin this hour with new details about the victims and also the gunman in that deadly mass shooting at michigan state university. first, the three people killed who have now been identified and so young, 20-year-old brian fraser, 19-year-old arielle anderson and 20-year-old alexandria verner. the 43-year-old gunman we ve learned apparently did leave behind a note and a criminal history that includes a gun charge, but what is still unknown this morning, the motive, and also how he got the firearm, which was reportedly used in the shooting. you look at pictures of their kids you think of their poor families. also ahead this morning, former south carolina governor nikki haley makes the first stop of her 2024 presidential campaign, we re going to take you live to charleston, south carolina, and just in a key report shows that retail sales surged in january, beating expectations. more signs of a ve
gulf coast more than five people rescued in charlotte and lee county so far. if you need to be evacuated step out of your front door. the fort meyers fire chief said they conducted 200 water rescues overnight. lee county was the hardest hit. this is a home on fire after the storm. fire crews as you can imagine unable to reach it. this is a neighborhood completely inundated as you can see floodwaters have yet to receive. new video from the lee county sheriff s office confirming the work worse. whole towns have been completely level and mayors giving details about their town out the day. i came here in the mid-70s and was on the police department for 25 years and saw a lot of storms. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. debris is everywhere. my yard looks like a war zone. as of this hour there is some places that are impossible to reach by road. this is the only bridge destroyed in multiple spots as a result of hurricane ian. this is fort meyers bea
the latest on the district s new security measures just ahead. plus, bracing for blackouts, a brutal heat wave blankets parts of the nation. people are cranking up their ac units, and it could be more than the power grid can handle. and we obtained surveillance video that shows a georgia election official escorting two trump operatives into an election office the same day the voting system was breached. let s begin in memphis. el eliza fletcher s body has now been recovered. gary, what are officials saying this hour? reporter: well, the accused kidnapper of eliza fletcher is now the accused murder of eliza fletcher. we were told this morning that a body that was recovered yesterday late in the afternoon behind a vacant duplex is indeed the body of the 34-year-old mother of two, wife, and schoolteacher. already before this happened, before the confirmation, a hearing was going to be held in the courtroom 13 here in the shelby county courthouse. an arraignment on the