After Rishi Sunak led the conservatives to their worst performance at a general election, who will succeed him as Tory Leader . The race officially began at 7pm tonight. Plus, shoplifting has hit a record high, with 50 offences recorded by police every hour in england and wales an increase of 30 in one year. Why is shoplifting as widespread and how do we stop it . Good evening, welCome to newsnight, live each weeknight, bringing you interviews and insight. Your Panel Tonight former Conservative Deputy to theresa may, Damian Green. Defeated at the election, hes now backing Tom Tugendhat. Theo bertram, former number 10 adviser to prime Ministers Blair and brown, now director at the social Market Foundation think tank. And kevin foster, former tory mp who was Migration Minister between 2019 and 2022 and wants his old Boss Priti Patel to stand for Tory Leader. Two conservatives are sitting on our sofa, we had to labour members last night. It evens Out over the series. And just before we ge
Speak tonight to address the convention. In a few Minutes President Joe Biden is expected to take the stage at the Naacp Convention in Las Vegas. We will bring that to you live in its entirety. But we begin this program with a quote, it goes like this, quote, what trump offers is an easy escape from the pain to every complex problem he promises a simple solution. He never offers details for how these plans will work because he cant. Trumps promises are the needle in americas collective vein. Those words were not uttered by a democrat, they were not uttered by any one of the many thoughtful critics of both parties of Donald Trump in the press, they were uttered by the man who now stands beside Donald Trump on the 2024 republican ticket as his running mate. J. D. Vance is now casting his sharp, unsparing criticism of Donald Trump, things like calling him a, quote, cynical ahole or not, quote, Americas Hitler, as the result of Brain Washing he was subjected to by the media. Really . Here
Massive power grabby democrats. It would disenfranchise millions of americans. And it would do precisely the opposite of its nominal title for the people. It is instead for the politicians. Because it entrenches politicians and people cannot vote them out of office. It would strike down every reasonable voter integrity law in the country. That isn t true. A police reform bill is floating in limbo for months. While he might cry that the bills are not for the people and we know what people he is referring to census numbers released this week beg to differ. The u. S. Population is diversifying. The white majority shrinking for the first time in american history. Let s talk about it. Joining me now former florida congressman and political analysis carlos carvalo and my friend angela rye. Congressman, happy to have you back on the show. I m really interested in the perspective on this because i think as we maneuver through capitol hill i have covered politics for over 20 years now. I don t
Reporter: president biden back on capitol hill urging democrats to pass a plan. We ll get this done. Reporter: focussing on social programs and climate change. Democrats going it alone on this package but they can t lose a vote. Bernie sanders who wanted more new spending sounding satisfied. This is the most consequential piece of legislation proposed since the great depression and fdr. Reporter: but moderate democrats less certain about the price tag? is it too high? depends if we can pay for it and still be competitive. Reporter: the proposal invests in universal prek, paid family leave and climate change and an expansion of medicare to add dental, vision and hearing benefits. Democrats want to pay for it with tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations. Republicans slamming it saying it ll spend inflation and debt skyrocketing. The number is a shocking figure. We re seeing the outlines of the democrats radical freight train to socialism. And everybody, one way or another in america i
Black line connected to monday 8:00 a. M. , crossing south florida and just north of miami of course is where surfside is. That s when the winds would begin to arrive. It could come a little bit earlier. Notice the winds hang around a while. South florida the florida peninsula is going to bear the brunt of the storm, which was a hurricane, now a tropical storm. The hurricane hunters went out and found the winds were 70 miles an hour. Below the criteria of 74 for a hurricane. I ve been watching it the last couple hours. It s lopsided. You see the red to the right of the symbol showing the storm. That let s me know the storm is noting a organized. Still has the potential to bring damage. The storm surge threat is very high across southern cuba. Anywhere from three feet to five feet. I m a six foot guy. Think about the water from my waist to my shoulders. That s a three foot to five foot storm surge would do. The storm is just impacting the southern tip of the dominican republic rather, h