Today very similar to yesterday, drier weather towards Northern Areas but wetter In The South of england and wales. Sundry downpours expected today, which could cause some problems. I will bring you the full forecast very shortly. Its sunday, the 22nd of october. Our main story the prime Minister Sir Keir starmer has said it is his job to Do Something about leaks from his government, which he has described as damaging to everybody. Mr starmer was speaking ahead of start of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool today, in a week which saw a row over donations to ministers, controversy surrounding the salary of his top adviser sue gray, and continued pressure over cuts to Winter Fuel payments. 0ur Political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports. It is his first Party Conference as Prime Minister and his partys first in powerfor years. Not surprising then that sofia was pretty upbeat as he in liverpool yesterday. Sir keir. He in liverpoolyesterday. Sir keir. ~. , keir. Welcome to liverpool
But really and meeting. Opening up society. What we were talking about just now, we met all sorts of women who were saying ive owned a car for a decade but i have a driver who takes me to and from work and i cant wait to learn how to drive lot are starting to learn how to drive but in terms of how the culture is moving. Saying publicly they are looking to are a more moderate society essentially. By the way more moderate form of islam this is not without controversy though im sure. There is a huge other side. Hes pushing through, trying to push through this transformation and theres economic, by the way the entire driving industry, you talk about drivers, because all the women most professional women have drivers every day what happens to the drivers . But theres a whole thing going on with all of it but that whole 500 billion Economic Zone theyre going to create, the whole new city in the middle of the desert with klaus. With klaus its amazing we should all go there in ten years from n
O defame justice suitor. With with aadd with kind of independence the nation sorely needs in a federal judiciary thats been and is still the envy of the world. I remember very much when the soviet union broke up. A group of new members came to visit with with members of congress. They sat and said because of your position let us ask you one question. Certainly. They said we have heard that there are actually cases where people sue the government in your country and the government loses. I said it happens all the time. They said well and you dont replace the judge immediately when that happens . It struck me how much different with with we are and how much we can show the rest of the world if we stay independent in our judiciary. We see about the planning and fund raising about Public Interest groups on both sides of the debate they prepare for what has been characterized as an upcoming pitched confirmation battle. Just this week in the wake of the Supreme Courts decision on affirmtive
Springs, yet another devastated community. Frank says most of the homes were wiped out, very few left. There was 200. I probably what i could see, maybe 20, i dont know. Or less. Reporter this is where lake county Officials Say they found the first fatality, an elderly disabled woman who lived at the back of the neighborhood was not able to leave with the 12,000 evacuees saturday. Her body was found last night. On the front lines, exhausted but persistent firefighters are digging in as flames from the valley fire continued to roll out of control down the hillside. You can see how tall this grass is. I can feel how dry it is too. This is whats fueling this monster fire. For the First Time Since saturday the skies cleared just enough today for air support to drop water from above. These fire crews say theyre determined to defeat one of the worst wildfires in california history. Im a pretty tough individual but i had some tears. Just now roger bevers was able to make it back to his home.
Emancipation proclamation. But followed by other historians on the controversy and debate. Part of four days of American History tv at 9 30 on cspan3. The president of the United States [applause] thank you. Happy new year to you. Hello, everybody. Thank you. Everybody have a seat. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the white house. I realize that the last thing you want to hear on new years eve is another speech from me. But i do need to talk about the progress being made in congress today. For the last few days, leaders of both parties are working toward an agreement that will prevent a middleclass tax hike from hitting 98 of all americans starting tomorrow. Preventing that tax hike has been my top priority. The last thing that folks like the folks appear on this stage can afford right now is to pay an extra 2,000 in taxes next year. Middleclass families cannot afford it, businesses cannot afford it, our economy cannot afford it. Today, it appears an agreement to prevent this new