extreme heat across large parts of the uk is expected to last into early next week. the met office issues an amber weather warning. drivers at eight rail companies vote to strike in a dispute over pay, but scotrail drivers accept an improved pay offer of 5%. the president of sri lanka says he will resign after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. the composer monty norman, whose works include the james bond theme tune, has died at the age of 94. and still to come in sportsday, england and northern ireland are an action at euro 2022 and we will have all the latest. hello and welcome to bbc news. so far, all 11 mps are in the running to replace borisjohnson. the tories aim to reduce that number to two over the next ten days. boris johnson has refused to endorse any candidate. you he said he didn t want to damage anybody s chances. ros atkins is at westminster. let s head there now. you thank you forjoining us on coueg
federal reserve is directly contradicting the president about the main driver behind that inflation. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. for now rebate cards are out and the federal gas tax holiday is in. president biden s problem few democrats don t see the point. i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some immediate relief. president biden wants congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days to bring down prices at the pump. but evidently didn t nail down lawmaker support before making the public plea and congress is lukewarm. house speaker nancy pelosi writing: we will see where the consensus lies on a path forward. democrat senator joe manchin indicated the votes may not be there at all telling abc. i m not a yes right now that s for sure. even if congress gets on board, there is nothin
phone hacking and hillsborough. he said britain s vote to leave the eu was wonderful and described donald trump as a very able man. maybe, very often, in the words of the famous, some might say infamous, it was the sun what won it. if you were in a room with rupert murdoch, what would you say? murdoch, the media and you. get in touch. a comedian who used to work with russell brand says the former actor had a reputation for getting angry or a bit nasty with women who rejected him. cole parker worked with russell brand in the early 20005. mr brand has said his relationships were always consensual . labour is setting out plans to give the economic watchdog more powers which it says would avoid a repeat of disastrous mistakes made in last year s mini budget when liz truss was prime minister. the government has criticised labour s record on spending when it was in power. an eight year old girl has become the first child in the uk to receive a kidney transplant without nee
julie: fox news alert. anti-israel protests this morning here in new york city. some of them are gluing their hands to the sidewalk. this video just in from moments ago. the call to action posted across social media. their goal is to shut down the annual thanksgiving day parade. they were unsuccessful in doing so. it has been going on without a hitch and amazing. posts on instagram and tiktok told demonstrators to show up along the macy s parade route right now at 11:00 a.m. organizers are calling it thanks taking. they re saying it s for gaza and indigenous resistance everywhere. the protest does not stop the parade today. to breaking news in the middle east. shocking pictures released by the israeli military showing weapons sized from a hamas commanders home. the weapons were hidden under his children s beds. idf uncovering more of terror group tunnels. newly released video showing one under al-shifa hospital. israel claims this proves the terror group is using the medic
room. happening now, breaking news. influential democratic senator joe manchin reveals he s not seeking re-election. delivering a major blow potentially to his party s chances of keeping control of the u.s. senate next year. we re getting new reaction from a key senator to this bombshell announcement. also tonight, a break in israel s bombardment of gaza. the white house says israeli forces are moving forward with daily four-hour pauses in northern areas of the territory to allow palestinian civilians to get out and humanitarian aid to get in. and cnn has exclusive new details on the prosecutors strategy in the trump classified documents trial and a potential witness list that includes a mar-a-lago plumber, a maid, a chauffeur and a woodworker. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. first tonight, the breaking news rocking capitol hill. west virginia de