good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. a massive storm churning along the east coast. this storm is getting stronger. rudy giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to two former election workers he defamed after the 2020 election, but these women may never see a dime of the money awarded to them. new this morning, the israeli military just announced a tactical pause in fighting in one gaza neighborhood so people there can get desperately needed food and water, but this won t last long. new information about the death of matthew perry. the powerful drug found in his system when he died. we re starting with the severe weather that s threatening millions of people. this powerful storm system bearing down on florida right now, really up the entire east coast. the possibility of flooding and severe winds has prompted florida s governor to activate the national guard. tens of thousands of
studio audience in miami you can tune in at 8 pm eastern, right here on msnbc. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex are you concerned tha desantis just hard that is like, shut it down no entry maybe if he shows that we can do a live interview. i would love that. he s a big fan of the show i m sure longtime watcher an first-time guest that sounds great. i ll be watching thank you to you at home for joining us this hour this was the line to get int the delaware courthouse wher fox news was set to go on tria this morning the company was accused of defamation by the dominion voting systems a corporation even the sheer number of lawyers showing up for thi trial today was impressive the fox and dominion side look like they had enough attorneys to form a soccer team. the soccer team in suits buying the building, the court erected this mysterious canopy walkway thing presumably for allowing jurors an high-profile witnesses to ente and exit the courtroom with
we shouldn t cut taxes. it s been that we could only cut taxes once we have controlled inflation and debt. first cut inflation, then cut taxes. and that s why i made a promise to have inflation and the official statistics show that promise has now been met. so now that inflation has halved, and our growth is stronger, meaning revenues are higher, we can begin the next phase and turn our attention to cutting tax. we will do this in a serious, responsible way, based on fiscal rules to deliver sound money and alongside the independent forecast of the office for budget responsibility. that was the prime minister, for budget responsibility. that was the prime minister, rishi for budget responsibility. that was the prime minister, rishi sunak. i for budget responsibility. that was| the prime minister, rishi sunak. we are also expecting to hear from chancellorjeremy hunt, addressing the cbi, the confederation of british industry is, due to address them shortly, we will bring you
likely to be needed urgently than anyone likely to be needed urgently than anyone had realised. that is a data problem. anyone had realised. that is a data problem, but it was also i think a scientific problem, but it was also i think a scientific problem in that you can t manage scientific problem in that you can t manage this with the precision that you think manage this with the precision that you think you can and you therefore have to you think you can and you therefore have to take you think you can and you therefore have to take different actions. i m have to take different actions. i m auoin to have to take different actions. i“n going to come back to the decisions taken over that weekend briefly in a moment but i would like to take a step to one side before i do that and ask you some questions about your relationship with professor whitty at this time and the extent to which your views differed. and if we can look, please, at 214 802. this is an extr
information and advice. we often shared papers and they had asked us about the circuit breaker idea and we sent them the papers, i have no idea whether that is what triggered them to take action or not. just above we them to take action or not. just above we see them to take action or not. just above we see an them to take action or not. just above we see an extract we looked at earlier, apparently the cabinet office are now cautious about putting things to sage, because we publish all. this happened at this time of increased tension. you said you weren t convinced that anything ever came of that concern. did you think at this time you, there were things you might have been asked about but weren t because of this caution? i been asked about but weren t because of this caution? of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, that of this caution? i suspect, but i can t remember, that i - of this caution? i suspect,