act, sweden and finland s asession to nato, gun control and reconciliation were all passed over the last two months, many with big bipartisan majorities. if it gets to his desks, the president will have pushed through a $3.7 trillion agenda. how is this all going to play in the mid terms? that is the big question. there are a lot of variables, including record inflation and abortion and that stubborn political precedent that the party in the white house almost always loses in the mid terms. joining me is senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell, jake sherman, co-founder of punch bowl news, susan page, washington bureau chief and peter baker, author of the divider. jake, i want to start with you because you re on capitol hill. there was a vote-a-rama over the weekend. it s in the house now. what are the big headlines? the big headlines is that they got it through after 18 months of tortured negotiations over this package and the will he or won t he of joe manchin a
Pregnancy, there was concern about archies physical dependence on that. He was monitored and then he was instantly placed into foster care. And thats when, you know, thats when i knew this is serious. That full report in 15 minutes time. Plus. Plus. And plus. And bruno is the hero of the night. Frank bruno one of britains most famous boxers of all time will be here to talk to you at10. 15am. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning, well bring you the latest news and developing stories. In around half an hours time politicians will debate whether the use of mesh in surgery should be abandoned. Its after this programme revealed six months ago the debilitating pain it can leave people in. And not just and notjust physical pain, but mental pain as well. Well bring you some of that debate live. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning, use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network
British driver. All eyes on catalonia as the Spanish Government takes control of the regions institutions. There are rumours the sacked catalan president could be tried could try and turn up for work. I am it sank ankrah station where rail bosses are trying to transform the network of the uk over the next 18 months and i am looking at how they are going to do it. St pancras station. do it. St pancras stationli never really would harm a never really thought it would harm a pet. That passive smoking can pose to your pets. And carol has the weather. Good morning. It isa it is a cold and frosty start to the day with a widespread frost, actually, but for most of us it will be dry and bright with sunny spells, showers along the north sea coastline and later thick cloud will bring rain and drizzle into the west. Ill have more details in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. The leader of the house of commons has been asked to make an urgent statement about tackling S
Putting your regime in grave danger. Two of the Big Six Energy companies are looking to merge. Im taking a look at what that will mean for their millions of customers. In sport andy murray targets a return to competitive tennis next year. The former world number one has been out of action with a hip injury, but faced Roger Federer in a Charity Match in glasgow last night. Carol has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold start to the day, there is quite a bit of frost around, some patchy mist and fog but for most it will be dry and sunny. However, in the south east there is more cloud, some rain and drizzle, and we have got some wet and windy weather coming in from the north west. I will have more details on that 15 minutes. In 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story downing street is examining new information about the International Development secretarys unauthorised contacts with senior Israeli Government officials. Priti patel apologised for meeting israeli Prime Minister B
Facing many new charges. Trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom tonight with this breaking news and what we know. Good evening, trace. Trace good evening, martha. This is the worst Case Scenario for Jussie Smollett because the indictment actually expands the case against him in two ways. He was facing one felony count for disorderly conduct. Now he is facing, as you say, 16 felony counts but the grand jury also returned two separate sets of charges for making false statements to two different Chicago Police officers and those stories were different. Remember, he gave one statement shortly after the alleged attack and another later the same day where he told police about the racist and homophobic slurs that they yelled maga country, beat him up, put a noose around his neck and poured bleach on him. Each set of charges carries a possible penalty of four years in prison. Experts say its highly unlikely he will serve 8 years, but its now more likely that he could face some jail ti