our reporter ben king has the details. when drinkers gather at london s king charles pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. changes announced in march come into effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. at the same time, alcohol duties rise with inflation up by io.i%. the result a complex series of changes. 12% sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. a can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. but a bottle of 12% still wine will rise 44p. a bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20% port up £1.30. so among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. but the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. we have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. on top of that, we have raw materials like glass that are increas
quote, misery march plus get out and vote michigan. it s primary day and some democrats are refusing to back president biden over his support for israel and its retaliatory war in gaza. what happened? happens at the polls and the next few hours may serve as a critical morning to the president in a state he needs to win reelection and cornell west doesn t care about being called a spoiler. but one of his independent presidential run land trump back in the oval office. i ll talk to cornell west one-on-one. this our dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics we start at, the white house where as we speak, the big four, mcconnell schumer, johnson, and jeffries are in the oval office with president biden. and what happens in that room could have major consequences, not just for this country and the ability to keep the government running, but for the entire world, ukraine is in a dire position. president zelenskyy told my colleague kaitlan collins, he s countr
on max good morning. you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are following breaking news president biden is at walter reed for his annual physical. dr. sanjay gupta is standing by to weigh in. meanwhile, up on capitol hill, hunter biden is testifying what we re learning about the president s son and what he s going to say behind closed doors and disaster and northern texas wildfires are raging across the panhandle as communities are scrambling to evacuate, one resident tells cnn, it looks like armageddon i m jim acosta in washington and this is the news right now and we begin with the breaking news. president biden at walter reed medical center right now for his annual physical marking, what is likely to be his last update on his health before the 2024 election, germany now is cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz, and our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta arlette, let me go to your first what do you think we re going to hear from the white house about this v
that that employee is suspected of lying to federal investigators and threatening potential charges. according to abc news, special counsel jack smith in recent weeks transmitted a target letter to the staffer indicating that he might have pur jurred himself during a may appearance before the federal grand jury hearing evidence in the classified documents probe the sources toll abc news. quote, the target letter to the employee described by sources familiar with it but not reviewed by abc news, signals smith s growing interest in the trump organization s handling of the surveillance footage and potential efforts to avoid sharing it with investigators. donald trump who has pleaded not guilty to 37 criminal counts, related to this case, received a similar target letter from jack smith s office, right before a grand jury in florida indicted him. this files a filing by federal prosecutors working under jack smith asking a florida federal judge aileen cannon to reject a bid by tru
71 felony counts in two jurisdictions, in new york and in south florida, to say nothing of a grand jury in fulton county, georgia, that may indict trump as early as next week, also a federal grand jury in d.c. investigating trump s role in the january 6th insurrection. in this case, the documents case, trump s attorneys are asking for trump to get special treatment, to be treated unlike every other american, to take into consideration trump s status as the frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination. the lawyers write that trump is, quote, currently the likely republican party nominee. this undertaking requires a tremendous amount of time and energy and that effort will continue until the election on november 5th, 2024. quote, mr. nauta s job requires him to accompany trump on most campaign trips around the country. the schedule makes trial preparation with both defendants challenging. whether judge cannon buys into this idea that the ex-president and walt nauta ar