Ministers questions. It is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. He has vacated the chair for the Deputy Speaker. She will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his Budget Statement. He will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for Aboutan Hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. We will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the Chief Secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the Treasury Team and her shadow for labour. Here isjeremy hunt. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the Prime Minister reminded us of the Prime Minister reminded us of the need the Fight Extremism and heal divisions. I start today by r
hey yeah. as evan waits for his next day in court, his parents say they understand the conviction rate in russia as just about 100% so they don t have a lot of hope right now that he will be freed anytime soon, but they were given some relief when they got to physically see and speak with evan at his last pretrial detention hearing. it s even harder now to leave him there. then it was the first time trying not to think about anything. it s just very hard. that was part of a new interview evans family did with the wall street journal who employs evan, his parents say when they saw him. he appeared to be in good spirits and strong despite his tough circumstances. now just this week, u. s ambassador to russia than tracy was granted access to evan for the first time in nearly three months. we re also learning the kremlin may now be signaling they re open to the idea of exchanging evan for one of their own in a prisoner swap , but evan s parents and sister danielle, say right now
sun s rays. but then the white house clarified by saying there are no plans underway to establish a comprehensive research program focused on solar radiation modification. good. but not just the sun, fireworks are under attack this weekend, environmental party poopers in los angeles got their way by instituting new regulations on firework shows over the water. to get a permit shows must demonstrate how they will keep pollutantses out of the water, one company flat out refused to comply. if that is not enough, climate activists suggest using less ice in your holiday cocktail. to help save the plane planet. a lot to unpack. raymond. i understand we have droughts and wildfires, it gets ne nerve-racking with the fireworks, i understand that. and i understand chemicals from firework shows but to 2020 last time you had legislators in karine jean-pie california saying you can t do fireworks. if the l.a. regional water control board had their minds in the right place and were wor
sun s rays. but then the white house clarified by saying there are no plans underway to establish a comprehensive research program focused on solar radiation modification. good. but not just the sun, fireworks are under attack this weekend, environmental party poopers in los angeles got their way by instituting new regulations on firework shows over the water. to get a permit shows must demonstrate how they will keep pollutantses out of the water, one company flat out refused to comply. if that is not enough, climate activists suggest using less ice in your holiday cocktail. to help save the pla planet. a lot to unpack. raymond. i understand we have droughts and wildfires, it gets n nerve-racking with the fireworks, i understand that. and i understand chemicals from firework shows but to 2020 last time you had legislators in karine j california saying you can t do fireworks. if the l.a. regional water control board had their minds in the right place and were worried about
independents only 36% want to see biden on the ticket. 58% say they want to see someone else. dana: if that s not enough of a warning sign, the same poll shows biden running six percentage points behind trump. five behind desantis. those kind of numbers have republicans pointing to a big problem for democrats. no president has ever had these kind of numbers and won in a second term. if i am the democratic i would be in a panic. those are dismal numbers, not just bad, they re dismal. it really shows that even democrats don t believe he has what it takes to go to a second term. bill: mark meredith leads a new hour live at the white house with more on this, if there is much reaction. good morning. there is reaction. good morning to you. the next presidential election is still 547 days away. but as you were just talking about with dana the latest polling shows the president has an uphill battle ahead of him including with his own party. the poll took a look at the preside