Good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with the intensifying 2024 race for the White House. In just a couple of Minutes Vice President harris will head to battleground North Carolina where she is set to unveil a new Tax Relief Plan for american families. This as former President Trump doubles down on his personal attacks on the Vice President. I think im entitled to personal attacks. I dont have a lot of respect for her. I dont have a lot of respect for her intelligence. And i think she will be a terrible president. I just want to win for the country. Some people say, oh, why dont you be nice . Be but theyre not nice to me. They want to put me in prison. Joining us now is garrett haake. Aaron, first to you, we are set to hear from the Vice President in just a couple of hours on our economic plan. What can we expect . Yeah, jose. Vice president harris will leave a little later this hour. This afternoon, we expect to hear her layout some
Economic agenda. The Battleground State where shes making her pocketbook pitch. Meantime, prices and personal attacks. Donald trumps allies want him to focus on the former, but the former president keeps coming back to the latter. Plus, Hurricane Ernesto, a Categorytwo Storm now, bearing down on bermuda. The Small Island has rarely been hit with such a strong storm. How theyre bracing for impact. And ahead, the battle over bronze. Romanias gymnast claiming her medal after it was stripped from u. S. Gymnast Jordan Chiles. Happy friday. It is 10 00 eastern, im Ana Cabrera reporting from new york. On the Campaign Trail, two competing vision for the u. S. Economy starting to take shape. Vice president Kamala Harris will lay out her Plans Today with the focus on cutting costs and cutting taxes for working families. Shes going straight at this issue republicans saw as democrats hope to turn it into an asset. Former President Trump is trying to steer the conversation to the economy. He delive
From people at work for years. The premier league season might not even be over, but the transfer speculation is starting. England captain harry kane is understood to be frustrated at tottenham, with widespread reports over his long term future. We are live at the royal horticultural society s brand new garden, rhs bridgwater in salford. Its opening has been delayed by a year because of covid but it opens today and looks blooming marvellous. Good morning from the top of the london eye. What a view! on a gin clear view, you can see a0 kilometres in every direction as far as windsor castle. Many of us starting dry with some sunshine but through the day, further showers developing some with hail. All the details later in the programme. It s tuesday 18th may. Our top story. Ministers are stepping up calls for people to book a coronavirus vaccination as soon as they re offered one, amid increasing concern over the indian variant. It s now spread to 86 local councils, with more than 2,000 co
for hundreds of records from the trump administration? way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, december 29th. we ll start with the news. longtime senate majority leader harry reid has died. his wife of 62 years announced in a statement last night that he passed away peacefully, while surrounded by friends following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. reid was elected in the senate in 1987 after serving two terms in the house of representatives. he held the role of senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015 and was a pivotal figure on capitol hill with president bush and barack obama. paying tribute to a dear american and dear friend. in a statement, he wrote, if harry said he would do something, he did it. if he gave you his word, you could bank on it. that s how he got things done for the good of the country for decades. biden cited a number of reid s accomplishments including passing the affordabl
and kindapped by a police officer. cctv images show the moment sarah was stopped by wayne couzens in south london. he will be sentenced tomorrow. still plenty of long queues for fuel but there are more signs that crisis is gradually easing across the uk. and celebrating the life and achievement of betty campbell, the first black headteacher in wales, with a statue in central cardiff. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, testing times and cheering as losses and s champions league winners chelsea take on italian giantsjuventus. good evening. after four consecutive defeats since the general election of 2010, labour was told today that it would never again ask for people s support without having a serious plan for government. that message was delivered by the party leader sir keir starmer in a conference speech widely seen as a significant moment in labour s quest to get back into government. sir keir set out new policies on education, housing and mental health but