with bringing the financial turmoil under control. also in the programme. iran s supreme leader warns no one can overturn the islamic republic as protesters again fill the streets of zahedan. communities in 3 australian states have been ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding. and the actor, robbie coltrane, who played hagrid, in the harry potter films has died aged 72. welcome to downing street, where it s been a day of high drama. less than 2a hours after kwasi kwarteng insisted he was 100% safe in his job as chancellor he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington. 3 weeks of turmoil on the financial markets has culminated in this another dizzying day in politics. the prime minister has announced a second major u turn on her economic plans for growth corporation tax will now rise from 19 to 25% in april after all. liz truss has sacked the chancellor and named a new one, jeremy hunt, the 4th this year. our politi
and foreign minister agree to dissolve parliament, triggering new elections the fifth election there in three and a half years. the european union says russia s blockade of ukraine s ports which prevents millions of tonnes of grain from being distributed across the world is a real war crime . this is a desperate attempt to use the foot to make to create hunger. welcome to the programme. we start here in the uk which is gearing up for the biggest set of rail strikes in thirty years. which is gearing up for the biggest disruption is expected all week. which is gearing up for the biggest there will be rail strikes on tuesday, thursday and saturday. and a london underground strike on tuesday. almost all major lines in england, scotland and wales will be affected. the rmt trade union is striking that stands for the national union of rail, maritime and transport workers. so, thousands of staff are due to walk out staff working at network rail responsible for the rail
very good to be with you. i m alex witt in for katy tur. what jack smith s case, that is the question being batted around before judge aileen cannon in court today as major questions about her own role in the trial hang over proceedings. there is still no trial date in sight. instead, to the frustration of many, cannon is hearing out what several legal experts have called another long shot argument to dismiss charges against the former president. yesterday, the new york times reported cannon rejected urges from two federal judges that she not take the case when it was firsthanded to her last june. the question is why, when a huge chunk of her rulings have drawn criticism from the prosecution and legal scholars. is it inexperience, she was only on the bench just over a year. is it potential bias? she has shown unusual favor to trump by intervening in the mar-a-lago investigation before he was indicted or is it simply judge cannon s way of proceeding over such a high stakes h
wittingly or unwittingly. based on what you ve seen so far, congressman, do you believe jared kushner s actions fit that description? i think they fit a description of someone who is irresponsible, does not know what they are doing, way over their head. the word treason should not be thrown around very lightly. that s a very serious channel, but there definitely in my opinion was something untoward that occurred during the trump administration, through the transition as well as during the campaign in terms of collusion with the russian government during the campaign cycle versus secretary clinton and this is why it s important that we have an independent investigation and that we also allow the special counsel to do their job. right now what we should definitely be asking for is for jared kushner s security clearance to be taken away. whether he has done things on purpose or not on purpose or if he was led astray, it doesn t matter. either way he s a liability to u.s. government to
knew it was coming. it s how they did it that was more important than what they did. is it inexperience, or is it this is our style, my way or the highway? we re going to do this. the rest of you be damned. perception is everything. especially when you are selling a controversial policy like this. the messaging people are interpreting this as a muslim ban, and the white house is saying it s not a muslim ban, but the fact that it s been perceived that way is in large part because they do not explain exactly what they are doing here, and you can tell from the slips you are playing in the campaign how toxic just the idea of a muslim ban was that they had to change their language through the course of the campaign to sound like extreme vetting because that sounds better than a muslim ban. this is a real problem if you don t sell it to the public, sell it to your own party. you don t have a kpleer communication strategy. they changed the messaging and the policy. in real-time. they