hurricane, is looking a little less likely of a severe threat to this area of south florida than just a couple days ago but the pause has resumed in the search and rescue operation, all because sometime later today, that s expectly, the remaining part of the champlain towers, the only part that did not collapse, that is going to be demolished by explosives. that s the remaining section. it has been impeding search operations and it is fragile. it s been observed to be swaying or of shifting a little bit. so not only is it fragile, it also threatens the workers in the pile down below looking for either victims and hopefully in their minds, survivors. take a look at the weather radar right now, the satellite loop of this tropical storm. elsa is now blasting winds of 65 miles per hour and marching towards key west. the concern is surfside is that the winds could be perhaps too strong for what s left not to fall down. today is day 10 since the building plummeted into a pile. two
joey: for me the movie and then the song. i never thought about that. rocky is just it. it s a true story, by the way. at least i through iv were. rachel: rocky an all american film if anything was. will: highlight that this morning on the 4th of july. joey, rachel, and will. we hope you love america. sadly not everyone does. a new poll shows confidence in the national government is at an all time low. only 31% feel confident in america. joey: is this really a bad thing, though? do we want people to have full confidence in the government n you want to be skeptical here, and the headline the lowest across the g7 countries, maybe the only country that doesn t mandate so much the democrats might would have you believe that you have to believe in the government, but libertarians and conservatives, want to be skeptical of the government. will: among the g7, not as much joey: the independent spirit. i didn t see how it was asked, so polls will: the problem,
hello. welcome to the programme. we start this hour here in the uk with the general election campaign. labour says it s committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour s plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here s our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, a
The scottish national party leader, john swinney, will formally launch the party s general election campaign in the next hour or so. let me take you live to the scene in glasgow, where the speeches have begun. he will urge people to vote snp to put scotland s interests first and will say independence offers the country a better future . let s speak to liz lloyd, former chief of staff to former snp leader and first minister nicola sturgeon. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. i mention independence will be part of his message. how do you think that independence message will be from the snp in the general election campaign? t will be from the snp in the general election campaign? election campaign? i don t think independence election campaign? i don t think independence will election campaign? i don t think independence will be election campaign? i don t think independence will be the - election campaign? i don t think l independence will be the forefront of this camp
Of community pharmacies have already closed in recent years. labour, meanwhile, is calling it the latest empty promise from the conservatives. let s get more onjohn swinney s speech. no surprise, attacks on both labour and the conservatives, and in independence message. independence message. there are a few key themes independence message. there are a few key themes to independence message. there are a few key themes to this independence message. there are a few key themes to this speech. - independence message. there are aj few key themes to this speech. first of all, the snp has been in government in holyrood for around 17 years now, so one thing john swinney did hammer was they record at holyrood, and his perception that they have a lot to shout about on that front. but as you mentioned, attacks on the conservative record attacks on the conservative record at westminster, that has been happening since this election campaign was called. john swinney has been saying that auster