and avoid reputational damage. we start with the day ahead here in the uk with a new prime minister in waiting. and as you ve been hearing from day one, liz truss has a monumental task ahead, both economically and politically. rising inflation and the high cost of energy is at the forefront of voters minds with households and businesses desperate for help. no surprise then that the energy crisis is top of the new prime minister s agenda. a freeze on energy bills is understood to be one of a number of options being worked on. that could mean bills are subsidised and the current price cap ofjust under £2,000 would be maintained for two years. the cap would be repaid in loans over the next 10 to 20 years, plus help for businesses is expected to be unveiled. scottish power estimates the two year package of energy relief could cost around £100 billion. joining me now is douglas mcwilliams, deputy chairman of the centre for economics and business research. this government plan w
political spectrum pledging to cancel up the $10,000 for those making less than $125,000 and year and twice that for pell grant recipients. bill: $300 billion is the latest hand out on a tab topping $4 trillion. republicans call it reckless. this sends the wrong incentives telling people if you did pay your loan on time and you did the stand-up thing, you are a sucker. this is just another example of politicians saying give it to me and then we ll take it from the people. of all the dumb things joe biden has done this may be the dumbest yet. it is stiff competition. bill: maria bartiromo has analysis. madison all worth and the cost to taxpayers. hello, jacqui heinrich at the white house. the administration just won t say it even though we already know the answer. the press secretary yesterday repeatedly punted on who is paying for this. this morning the education secretary wouldn t even talk dollar amounts. how much does this cost? you know, depending how many
Jillian good afternoon i am Martha Maccallum and this is the story were keeping a close eye on the activity at the courthouse right now where President Trump is in the middle of a criminal trial here in downtown big apple. The judge finding him for a new gag order violation and the judge gave him a stern warning this morning saying if this happens again the former president could and up in jail. Live update from the courthouse and we will speak with a trump attorney. First new reaction from the white house. After the big developments this afternoon were tried to dig through this and figure out whats coming together here and what might not be. Hamas got out in front of this and said they accepted caseys fire proposal for the war with an israel. It happen after president by the had a conversation earlier today about 30 minutes he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and israel told palestinians they should evacuate parts of rafah about 100,000 hitting the road to leave rafah whic
Lets stay with israels Military Campaign in gaza and look at the protests against it that are sweeping across College Campuses in the United States. Students are calling for their universities to Boycott Companies and individuals with ties to israel. Major Protest Camps and demonstrations were seen first at Columbia University in new york. Since then, theyve spread across the us. This map shows the universities with the biggest protests. The university of Southern California has cancelled its graduation ceremony, on what it says are safety grounds. In austin, texas, the governor ordered State Troopers to arrest demonstrators. And more than 200 people have been arrested at universities in los angeles, texas and atlanta, georgia. These images show the dramatic arrest of a protester in atlanta. Lets hear from a student there. This is insane. Ijust saw police use unnecessary violence for a peaceful processor. I saw police non students underground, clearly you see a bunch of arrests going o
the former president with an affinity for strongmen doubles down on his comments about being a decorator on a day one of a second term. former trump national security adviser john bolton has spent a lot of time with donald trump and the dictators. he s coming up first. the fight for reproductive freedom in texas gets a name in a face. as kate cox s story grips the state in the nation. the texas supreme court pauses a ruling that would allow her to get an abortion. also today, the president of upenn resigns amid an uproar over her handling of questions on antisemitism during a congressional hearing. professor and bestselling author adam grant joins me with his reaction. and later, with the iowa caucuses just around the corner, a deep dive into one of the most perplexing relationships in politics today. the one between donald trump and evangelical voters. so, i worked in politics for a long time, and in government for a long time, as did my first guest. and sometimes, tha