Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
That you might have missed. The hthousep of representatives passed a set of Funding Bills needed to avoid a partial government shut down. House speaker johnson said he is pleased with the legislation because it allowed him to make spending cuts. We also advanced as you seen the surgery cuts to some of the agencies that we believe are really overreaching. And have been turned in some ways against the American People. We are going soto cut 3 from doj, 7 from the atf, 6 from the fbi, and 10 from the epa. And thats a start. We have a lot more priorities and things we need to advance but the reality is we have to grow the house majority, take back the senate and win the white house and i am hear to tell you the reason we are optimistic is because we believe the things will happen in november. What happened to my former party. You got a speaker who bragging about defunding the police. He is bragging about defunding the top Law Enforcement agencies in america. He is bragging about defunding t
and there s more. we are following for you this morning including ten people killed. more than a dozen injured in a series of stabbings in canada. the latest on the hunt for the two suspects. plus, state of emergency with northern georgia under water. meanwhile in california, record heat and wildfires. the climate challenges coming in to sharper focus this morning. tomorrow will mark an emotional day for uvalde parents and their children. students are going back to school for the first time since the tragedy at robb elementary. i ll speak with the state senator representing uvalde who has been trying to help the community heal. we begin with the 64 days until the midterm elections. president biden is about to kick off his first battleground blitz of the campaign season. this is a live look at joint base andrews where air force one is ready to take the president to milwaukee for the first stop of his very busy day. the president will deliver a speech celebrating labor day an
. . test. given republicans a lot of momentum. then a couple of months ago, donald trump came back on to the scene. of course, we had the roe v. wade ruling, as well. but that s given democrats a lot of momentum. republicans can see what democrats are trying to do. joe biden is trying to build a coalition of democrats, independents, and disaffected republicans. that s why he s elevating donald trump, because joe biden believes, and a lot of the polling indicates he s right, the more prominent donald trump is closer to the election, the better it will be for democrats. a lot of republicans are aware of that, and are looking to change the subject from donald trump. but the former president loves attention, plans to campaign all over the country, and that could be a big problem for republicans in swing states and swing districts. so adrian to you now, do you agree with that strategy that democrats are pleased the more donald trump is a part of the conversation? yeah, i d
Today, removing barricades, dismantling the propalestinian encampment. In New York City, the new images just out, and tonight, authorities now say half the protesters arrested at columbia and elsewhere were not affiliated with schools in the city. Also tonight here, on i95 in the northeast, that fiery crash shutting down the interstate. The tanker truck carrying Gasoline Exploding into flames. How long will it be shut down . Tonight, the deadly plane crash into a neighborhood. Authorities now saying the Pilot Swerving in between homes on his way down. They believe he must have been trying to save lives as the plane was descending. The severe storms and lifethreatening Flash Flooding. A disaster just declared in texas. Well time this out. This evening, the dramatic testimony at Donald Trumps criminal trial, and trump at the end of the day leaving court, telling reporters, he cannot testify. But legal observers saying he certainly can, and for weeks, he said he would. The race for presid