But a report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says while Uk Government policies have contributed to the pressure, much of it comes from the Scottish Governments own decisions. Heres our scotland editorjames cook. This is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. A Community Centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. And yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. Prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and The Cost Of Living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. I must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024 25. And i call. There is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the Proceeds Of Offshore Wind and publicly owned scottish w
Know we must ask ourselves and all of our allies, what more can we do, what more ammunition can be provided, what extra production can we invest in, what weapons do we have to help the ukrainians in this fight . And we have been discussing this today. And there is the question about what we can do in terms of medium and longer range missiles. I make this point, because it is a sovereign decision for every country, but in terms of what britain has done, i know what we have given to the ukrainians has helped them resist this appalling invasion and fight back against russian aggression. In ukraine itself, Russian Forces are advancing in the east, and many who live there are packing their belongings, and moving away. Ukraine says its forces are holding on, but in the Donetsk Region, several villages have been captured after invading forces took the town of avdiivka, and there are fears more settlements could follow. James waterhouse has been to meet families living just behind the frontlin
damages. in a related story, classified documents just turned up on ebay. carroll appeared on good morning america to talk about the plans for the money. i want to give the money to something donald trump hates. congratulations, eric. aw, that s sad. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 30th. that is a big day for me. i have a 28-year-old now. my daughter s birthday. happy birthday. i have a 28-year-old, wow. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. former white house director of communications to president obama, jennifer palmeri. she and claire mccaskill are hosts of how to win 2024. joe, just sit down. there he is. good to see you. you doing all right? good to see you. happy to be here. i m so glad you could be here. thank you. i want you to know, you re the most valued member of this team. i appreciate that. willie geist, so good to see you. thank you for being here. it s my hon
running on? the economy is danger of recession, foreign policy blunders have created in america with less power and influence and unholy alliances led by china keep growing and oh yeah, the massive corruption engulfing his presidency shows no sign of abating. watch this remarkable moment from the white house briefing yesterday. one committee trying to get an fbi file alleging biden took bribes and an allegation of covering up an investigation and 53 percent of the public including important democrats believe joe biden was involved in his son with an illegal influence peddling scheme there is evidence the president will interact with his relatives and associates china, mexico, russia, ukraine. would you say to the majority of americans who believe the president himself is corrupt? the president has spoken to this.the president has spoken to this. there s nothing to these claims. i don t know if you could hear it but off-camera scurvy was trying to figure out how to answe
the whole story. why rudy broke his promise to testify as we wait to see how much he has to pay the women he defamed. plus, how to process new polling that looks strong for the indicted front-runner, and as families of hostages visit the white house, the new biden message to israel to end the large-scale campaign, when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. i have some news about that recession that everyone said was coming. i think maybe it s not going to come. now whether you believe it or not or if you feel it or not, the united states economy, at the macro level, under president biden, is, according to nearly every metric we used to measure such things, in excellent shape. yesterday the chairman of the federal reserve, jerome powell, announced the fed will keep interest rates steady for now and forecast they will cut rates three times in 2024. that may seem obscure, the kind of thing the business press covers closely, but it s massively s