At the emirates. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative partys biggest donors about the mp, diane abbott, during a Business Meeting in 2019. The guardian claims that frank hester said ms abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and that she should be shot. This morning diane abbott has called the alleged comments frightening. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude, but his spokesperson has said this is not a confirmation of the quotes in the guardian. Henry zeffman has the story. Some people who give millions to Political Parties have high public profile is. Frank hester didnt. Until now. This is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the Health Care Software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. Its like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate All Black Wom
Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
Between a player, a city, and a tie quick shout out to, to kylie kelce, who refuse to wear any other teams jersey, go birds thanks to all of you for joining us. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now its a Super Tuesday i really its Super Tuesday. Millions of americans are going to go to the polls to cast their votes in primaries and caucuses. This will be decided some day for nikki haleys campaign as donald trump looks for sweeping winds to help him clinch the republican nomination and well do they show any more signs of trouble for President Bidens Reelection Campaign an air force employee accused of sharing Classified Information on a foreign dating site that man now under arrest and cnn takes you to the capital of haiti as violent gangs rule the city and residents live in fear. Im sarah sidner with kate bolduan. John berman is in colorado for Super Tuesday. We will see him in just a bit. Cnn news central starts right now. There are tuesday and then there
Zack cohen really appreciate it. Thanks so much. The news continues right here on cnn its Super Tuesday, march 5, right now on cnn this morning, donald trump hoping for a Super Tuesday sweep hes asking the Supreme Court for more help after the justices ruled that states like colorado cant kick him off the ballot. President biden, preparing for his state of the Union Address its his campaign hoping Super Tuesday doesnt reveal more vulnerabilities and will Super Tuesday been nikki haleys last stand or is she going to try a different path to the presidency all right. 05 00 a. M. Im here in washington. A live look at the washington mind a little bit foggy this morning here. Good morning. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to be with you. Will come to Super Tuesday. Its maybe the last day that nikki haley can really make a credible claim of any kind to the republican president ial nomination voters in 15 states with about a third of it delegates at stake head to the polls this morning. All signs