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memorials have been held across indonesia for the deceased. the british prime minister has admitted her government s mini budget that sparked turmoil on the financial markets could have been handled better. liz truss has remained defiant as senior conservatives criticised the fiscal event. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our thinking about what has shaped theirs. well, you know what they say about a week in politics. what a long time this week has felt since that budget that was officially not a budget. we ve seen the pound go down. interest rates go up, mortgages being cancelled, and billions and billions and billions of pounds being spent by the bank of england in order to try and defend the pension system. my guest on political thinking this week is a new member of liz truss s new cabinet. he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. four year ....
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our thinking about what has shaped theirs. well, you know what they say about a week in politics. what a long time this week has felt since that budget that was officially not a budget. we ve seen the pound go down, interest rates go up, mortgages being cancelled, and billions and billions and billions of pounds being spent by the bank of england in order to try and defend the pension system. my guest on political thinking this week is a new member of liz truss s new cabinet. he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. for years before then he d done more junior roles, having been deputy to borisjohnson, not as prime minister, but when he was mayor of london. kit malthouse is seen as a fixer. he becomes the fifth education secretary in a little over a year, a sign ofjust how unstable politics has been. kit malth ....
democrats are not only paying for this $700 billion tax and spend package by raising taxes, super sizing the irs to bring more muscle on so they can go after taxes. the tax reduction act the senate passed over the weekends gives the irs $80 billion to add agents to their roster spending money to bring in more money. this is six times the current annual budget of the irs. half of the $80 billion goes to inflation efforts, having auditors pour over taxes with a fine tooth comb to make sure they re paying their fair share. we also empowered the irs to go after wealthy tax cheats so that we collect taxes that are already to you and owing from very wealthy people that try to hide their income. not contribute to the country. the white house and the irs commissioner insists that audit rates for anyone making less than $400,000 will not increase. but last year half hoff all irs audits were people making $75,000. republicans say there s no way that the irs can guarantee that ....
familiar with his testimony. on tuesday, cassidy luchinson testified he told and lunged add at secret service member when he have told he couldn t go to the capitol himself. what more committee vice chair liz cheney announced they were asking their reasons regularly if anyone was trying to influence testimony and cheney laid out two witnesses said yes. they received calls from someone they knew trying to impact their testimony. one of these people on the receiving end was cassidy hutchinson. we are able to report this is confirming a punch bowl news story yesterday. she s now the star witness who revealed shocking details of complacency on january 6th despite the violence today. the legal risk for trump related to january 6th. more about the calls. the committee has not said who the calls came from with one going to hutchinson. here is one of the quotes, the witness said the caller talked about being a team player. they knew i m on the right team. i m doing the right ....
i m having a meeting with a group of governors when i get home on friday. and i ll have announcements to make then. reporter: the president was pressed on the politics at home, after wrapping up meetings with world leaders on ukraine. russia, russia, russia. reporter: western leaders rallying around ukraine, as russia s invasion drags on, but declining to predict when the war will end, only saying their support won t. we are going to support ukraine as long as it takes. reporter: an added cop my c complication, rising energy prices. prices at the pump are higher in every country. we re better positioned to deal with this than anyone. reporter: despite soaring gas prices, biden asserted that the economic pain won t deter the united states from supporting ukraine. i don t know what how it s going to i would, but it will not end with the russian defeat of ukraine in ukraine. reporter: and jake, on that front, he did say the united states is preparin ....