hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. we start in washington and high stakes because the us supreme court is about to start hearing a case which could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection onjanuary 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december where he s been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys will argue that any effort to stop him running is anti democratic. the us supreme court will hear 80 minutes of oral argument today. we have our correspondent inside the court listening to proceedings. thejustices have given little indication over the last few weeks where they stand on this, so it will be fascinating in the coming hours to hear the sort of questio
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. you re watching the context on bbc news. one person died and houses destroyed as severe storms and tornadoes sweep through the us. the impact has been felt from alabama and tennessee in the south stretching far to the north. aerial footage shows the power of the winds, debris strewn across roads and properties flattened. migration and border security is going to be a key issue at the next uk election. and today labour laid out part of its policy. sir keir starmer says a labour government would scrap the tories rwanda policy straightaway but would not bring back migrants who may have already been deported there. but the labour leader refused to commit to stopping the boats, saying he would not put false numbers on his plans as he laid out his proposals. as the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment. we will set up a new command with new powers, new resources and a new way of doing things border security command. now this is abo
so our big question this morning, as the temperature drops can the nhs avoid a terrible winter? to answer that question, victoria atkins in her first interview with us as health secretary. would labour have it any easier? the shadow business secretaryjoins us too. israeli strikes on gaza are most definitely back. mark regez is with us. and nelson mandela s granddaughter activist ndelika joins us from dubai where she s pressing the flesh with world leaders at the climate change summit. good morning. with me at the desk jane moore, the columnist and broadcaster. historian lord andrew roberts. and professor kamila hawthorne the chair of the royal college of general pracitioners. we re going to spend a lot of the morning talking about health. victoria atkins is with us. one of your colleagues said to me what you do is going to make the difference to whether the toys can hang on at the next election. feel the pressure? the nhs is one of the reasons i came into politics.