needs of working families. meanwhile, republicans push for amendments in support of cold lines and reducing gas taxes. and even against hiring more irs agents. they are going to be collecting about close to 740 billion dollars in new tax revenue over the next supposedly 5 to 10 years, but most certainly it is not going to help get us through a tight time. certainly it is not the time in which we start adding additional government employees. talking 87,000 more irs employees. i don t think very many american citizens are going to want to see that. the vote-a-rama will continue for at least the next few hours before the bill is expected to pass the senate. it will come up for a final house vote on friday, and president biden is expected to sign it as soon as it passes. biden has left the white house for the first time since testing positive for covid-19. he traveled to for union with first lady jill biden. meanwhile, new warning to donald trump or one of his allies. tru
the top players and millions. but, at the other end of the scale, players are paid just a few hundred pounds. the football industry worldwide is worth billions, and even in lower leagues, huge amounts can be made both legally and illegally. it can be big profits and buying and selling players but also through gambling. in the welsh premier league alone, £160 million is gambled on matches every year, and that s just the money we know about. more is gambled on black markets across the world. go! go! and it s money that can attract the wrong kind of people to the sport. i think it s fair to say that corruption has always been around football. kevin carpenter is a lawyer, specialising in sports integrity, and he has advised football authorities across europe. more specifically we are talking about match fixing, we re talking of money issues of conflicts of interest, bribery, so all those kinds of times, within this broad idea of corruption within football. with more money coming
reports. we begin with breaking news, in the last 24 hours, donald trump suffering two major legal blows when it comes to his actions on and around january 6th. three judges, on a federal appeals court unanimously dismissed trump s claims that he has immunity from several claims connected to the capitol riot. the judge overseeing the justice department s criminal case ruled trump has no protection from prosecution as a former president. let s go right now to nbc s dasha burns joining us from cedar rapids, iowa. where donald trump is expected to speak in this next hour. welcome to you, dasha. how is trump s legal team reacting to these back-to-back losses? well, trump spokesperson is reacting to both of these lawsuits, saying in a statement, in a response to the federal appeals court ruling, this is a limited narrow and procedural ruling, the facts fully show that on january 6th, president trump was acting on behalf of the american people. carrying out duties as president of
chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt has described his autumn budget statement. 27 million workers will see their main national insurance contributions cut from 12% to 10% from january. and a tax break for companies that invest in new equipment will be made permanent, which mr hunt claims is the biggest business tax cut in modern history . also announced the news that from april, universal credit and disability benefits will go up by 6.7 percent. but those on welfare will have to take a work placement within 18 months or risk losing their benefits. the state pension will go up by 8.5% to 221 pounds 20 a week. the minimum wage for those aged 21 and older will go up to 11 pounds 44 an hour. pouring some cold water on all this however, a report out from the uk s independent spending watchdog, the office for budget responsibility. it warns that despite the new cuts, overall tax as a percentage of national income will soon be the highest since the second world war. here s our p
any moment president biden will meet with the mexico president on the final day of the apec summit in san francisco. while tensions rise between countries over the record amounts of migrants crossing the southern border, border officials warn mexico has handed over their side of the border to the drug cartels. sandra: one issue he is likely to press on, cracking down on deadly fentanyl trafficking, killed more than 70,000 americans last year alone. we are monitoring that meeting for you. we ll bring you the news from it as it comes in. john: that may be just the beginning. anti-israel activists calling for a day of action today as anger grows among the democratic base over president biden s support for israel and rejection of a ceasefire in gaza. hello, i m john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be with you this afternoon. sandra: sandra smith in new york. far left protestors from coast to coast are set to take to the streets in what they are calling a shut down fo