welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that way. yet we re still seeing stronger pressure from price and wage setting in the economy in the question is, will that start to ease off? coinciding with the bank s decision came a profit announcement from shell and a rather blunt illustration of why we re all getting poorer. the oil and gas giant has reaped profits of £40 billion last year. the taxman has reaped far less. shell said it paid $1
he is storing mail in here? evidently. jesse: joe biden s aides have been doing a little early spring cleaning for the big guy. it feels like everywhere they look they find something new that surprises joe. or as joe s lawyers put it, they keep finding highly classified documents that were inadvertently misplaced. first they found docs in the closet at the u penn center. storming with thousands of people a day. in fact, i was there in 2018 on the roof hosting the five. today they find more documents and just as predicted yesterday, they found them in delaware. right in joe s personal library, a library without any books. but joe is not responsible. he is not irresponsible. the most important documents were stored aed away in his garo his 72 vet. classified material next to your corvette? what were you thinking? let me i m going to get a chance to speak on all of this, god-willing, soon. what i said earlier this week by the way my corvette is in a locked garage,
i don t know that the president and i differ on issues. but we may differ on focus. i truly do believe that elections are about the future. it is absolutely essential at a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling that we don t give way to the temptation to look back. mike pence just spoke about an hour or so ago. the former president himself is speaking this afternoon to a crowd of loyal supporters one day after president biden slammed his predecessor for his actions on january 6. for three hours, the defeated former president of the united states watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the oval office. while he was doing that, brave law enforcement officers were subject to the medieval hell for three hours, dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage, face to face with crazed mob that believes the lies of the defeated president. the police were heroes that day. donald trump lacked the courage to act.
and eurovision host contest the shortlist is announced for the cities who will stage the famous celebration of song. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the author salman rushdie has been stabbed on stage at a literary event in new york state while preparing to give a lecture. his agent says he has been going under surgery for the police that he suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck and a man has been taken into custody. the 75 year old novelist has received death threats and it release of his book satanic verses in the late 80s many muslims view that focus blasphemous. our north america correspondent john sudworth has more. there was confusion and panic. the attack happened in full view of the audience. sir salman was left injured, lying on stage, and eyewitnesses in deep shock. there was nothing audible from the attacker. we just saw him move on stage very quickly and, repeatedly and with vicious determination, stabbed salman rushdie. peop
seriously. tim miller, miles taylor, and susan glasser joining me to discuss the man one magazine calls it biggest ager to the world. pause for hostages, new reports of a potential deal to secure the release of hostages held by hamas in exchange for a pause in the fighting. the latest from former nbc news foreign correspondent, martin fletcher. countdown to expulsion. a scathing house ethics reports may finally force the departure of george santos, the serial liar from new york. one of the first lawmakers who tried to hold him accountable, robert garcia, joins me live to discuss what s next. and, snl, at santos s expense. this is serious, they re calling for your expulsion. girl, expel me. that is that s not a word. girl is a word. that s not what i meant. this is the sunday show. election 2024 is less than a year away, the matchup seems like it ll be a rematch of 2020. joe biden versus donald trump. the prospect of another trump term, it s implications for am