real life drama for hollywood actors as contract talks collapse setting up a strike. plus president biden in finland to welcome one and eventually two nordic nations to the nato alliance. and federal prosecutors talk to the top elections official in michigan. what does she know about efforts to overturn the 2020 vote. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin this morning with a developing story out of hollywood, california, where contract negotiations with the s.a.g. actors union and major studios and streamers broke down overnight. this sets the stage for hollywood s first big shutdown in more than six decades. union leaders say its national board will meet a few hours from now to formally authorize a strike. s.a.g. has about 160,000 members. if they go on strike, they would join hollywood screen writers who walked off the job in may. more on this coming up. but first president biden with a meeting of nordic leaders in finland this morning fo
it s monday 12th june. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson has already seen a copy of their report and he resigned as an mp on friday describing the common s privileges committee as a kangaroo court. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. this is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i m sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain t
tonight, the new covid shock. as america records its biggest one-day surge in cases since this pandemic began. more than 50,000 cases reported in one day. dr. anthony fauci warning we are at risk of losing control. at the same time, president trump insists they are putting out the flames. tonight, we go inside one florida hospital as doctors and nurses suit up for battle. 10,000 new infections in florida today. and their youngest victim yet, just 11 years old. disturbing reports about young people throwing covid parties in alabama to see who gets it first. a 4-month-old hospitalized there. hospitalizations rising in more than half the country. one houston icu at 100% capacity. and tonight, after first resisting the move, face masks required across the state of texas.
the other major headline breaking tonight, ghislaine maxwell, ex-girlfriend of jeffrey epstein, tonight, under arrest. the fbi finding her in new hampshire. federal prosecutors say she conspired to entice minors to trav
That the federal reserve may soon stop aggressively raising interest rates. consumer price index showing that inflation slowed to 3% on an annual basis making june the 12th straight month that inflation has slowed. let look at some of the categories. gas from a year ago down 27%, used cars 5%, meat fractionally, but airfare off almost 19%. one thing that is not off are school supplies. for the first time in nine year, back to school spending set to fall according to a new report. consumers are expected to spend 10% less has prices have increased almost 24% in the past two years. let s bring in brian mccarthy. good morning, thanks for waking up with us. absolutely, good morning. so where are people pulling back and where are they how are they looking to save? our study finds that inflation is taking its toll. as you mentioned, we expect
In the name of the father, i the son and the holy spirit. may he bless you and protect you on this, your 75th - wedding anniversary. and we look forward to the 80th. this is very private, really. we used to go up to the woods. when we were 16. i think we had our first kiss there. he chuckles. but in 19114, during the second world war, eric was sent to palestine. they were apart for nearly three years. when his 18th birthday next day there was his calling up papers. it s quite dangerous out there, and i was quite worried. well, very worried. but we wrote every day. and as soon as eric was allowed home, they got married on june the 12th, 19118. this is my gran s wedding dress, which she made herself. - what granddad did to help was, when he was in palestine, - he would chase after the flares - and the parachutes that would come down so she could make her