good morning. good morning. good morning, everyone. as we begin our final day of consideration of the fy21 spending bills, i d like to thank you all for your kind words and well wishes and ask you, please, to indulge me in just a few more reflections. i came to congress in 1989, one of just 31 women in the house and senate and to this committee in 1993 alongside only six other women under the 64-member panel. this body is better for the 100 women serving in the 116th congress and for the many women in the room today. it s my honor to address the full committee for my final time as the first woman chair. you know, it s ironic [applaus [applause] thank you. it s ironic that back in 1993 i had to choose between serving on appropriations or ways and means. i was fortunate to be given that choice. and today, we markup my final appropriation bills in the ways and means committee room. i chose appropriations because i believed it was the best place to give more people a better
prime minister boris johnson. finally the conservative leader and prime minister borisjohnson. and remember as always you can join in on twitter, facebook, instagram and the usual way. so let s get started. will you please join the usual way. so let s get started. will you pleasejoin me in welcoming the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn? good evening, mr corbyn, and thank you for being with us. before we start, and i promise you i am saying this to everybody, the aim tonight is for our audience here is to ask if as many questions as possible so if as many questions as possible so if you could keep your answers brief and to the point, that would be great. so, let s have ourfirst question from ian parkin. good evening. should businesses be frightened of an incoming labour government? no, they should not be frightened. because our country s economy relies on many small and medium sized enterprises that are the motor of our economy that have difficulty in accessing capita
happy friday. maria: big story and the top story right now this hour 2020 shake-up, new york city mayor billionaire michael bloomberg to enter the 2020 democratic race, he s expected to file paperwork to do in alabama. you heard it here first, white house chief strategist steve bannon and former adviser to the clintons mark penn told me last month. i think that bloomberg and clinton are still there as biden is in fourth in iowa, second in new hampshire, dropping to third. he s losing steam everywhere. maria: do you think michael bloomberg or hillary clinton will enter the race? the two representatives of the centrist party. maria: who are you expecting to enter the race? i m not sure exactly who is going to enter, if you re a michael bloomberg, hillary clinton, john kerry or michelle obama, you re probably sitting there saying, i could take this field, maybe i should get in, maybe not, i think all four of them are possibilities. maria: that s why we love our guest so
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the defence correspondent for the times, lucy fisher, and the political editor of the new statesman, stephen bush. many of tomorrow s front pages are already in. in the daily mail, britain s jobs boom thanks to a record number of women in the workforce. in the times, downing street risks betraying the people by forcing through no deal, warns phillip hammond in his first public intervention since resigning as chancellor of the exchequer. in the telegraph, the speaker of the house, john bercow, says he ll stop borisjohnson shutting down parliament in order to force through a no deal brexit. an insult to over 75s , says the express. the paper leads with anger over pay rises for bbc staff as free tv licences are being axed for millions of pensioners. the guardian leads with a 2.9 per cent hike in railfares due to be confirmed tomorrow. it says commuters are being priced out of t
major currencies this morning. iain conn, the chief executive of centrica, which owns british gas, announces he s stepping down after a challenging period for the company. poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses, according to new research. coming up in sport, gareth bale pulls out of real madrid s pre season trip to munich after his big money move to china was blocked by the club. greg and amber! and, as the winners of this year s love island are crowned, we ll ask what s made the reality show such a success. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice after lying about his claims. sir richard henriques, who carried out a review of the scotland yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those bee