Now on bbc news, Monday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Monday In Parliament, as mps call for more help for those living in flats with Inflammable Cladding. Theyre locked into an absolute nightmare, in unsafe homes, unable to sell, unable to remortgage and facing mounting bills. The Housing Minister says the government is on the case. It is vital that dangerous cladding is removed as fast as possible, and the government will not tolerate unnecessary delays. Also in this programme, a message for those unsure about the covid jab. This is a safe vaccine. Everyone who qualifies should take it and you should trust i the government and the nhs in order to supply it. But first, ministers have come under pressure from mps including many on their own side to do more to help People Living in homes with dangerous cladding. Three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 72 people died, thousands of leaseholders are facing large bills to remove Inflammable Cladding and
One bucket at a time. Many people forced to flee at a moments notice had to leave everything behind to the mercy of the flames. On saturday hawaiis Attorney General announced an investigation into why the islands Warning Siren didnt sound at the height of the emergency. Questions are also being asked about if power to the island should have been cut. One of the islands Airport Runways has now been closed to Civilian Aircraft to help supplies reach the island faster. Hawaiis governor, josh green, spoke to reporters a short time ago. He was asked to give an update on the number of casualties. Here is what he said. Ido i i do i had to imagine the fear that came over people when the fire, which was really a hurricane and a fire, came through at once. We will rebuild. Families will come together, but theres a lot of loss here, and i think were going to see significantly higher numbers in the coming days as our professionals from fema and maui fire continue to do theirjob. We are proud of th
Of the country are finally getting a break. Plus donald trump enters yet another plea. And the Social Media Event in new york that got completely out of hand. Which influencer brought out the mob and the charges he faces. One in five is starting their weekend under a heat advisory. In phoenix theyre putting sunscreen on the road to keep the pavement cool. Its called cool pavement. It kept roads up to 12 degrees cooler. Tennessee river valley and parts of the northeast and plains and Jennifer Gray has more on whats in store. The oppressive heat will continue to be a big story this weekend and actually build as we get into the beginning part of next week. You can see already excessive Heat Warnings for a huge chunk of the south. Heat advisories, as well. Excessive Heat Warnings. A couple of days they got a break but back in it. 107 degrees in dallas for a High Temperature today. Phoenix, 115. Las vegas, 107. Oklahoma city at 102 so temperatures across the south are going to stay above av
carefully what it comes from that tomorrow. general kellogg, come back. dana: halls of congress is buzzing with activity. lawmakers return to washington. republicans are going to take action against the head of the f.b.i. and justice department claiming they are politically biased against the gop. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. good morning. got through it. bill: back on the bike. dig it. i m bill hemmer, good morning at home. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy and other top republicans have made it very clear they plan to hold merrick garland and f.b.i. director accountable for what they claim to be a dual system of justice. wray will appear on wednesday before the house judiciary committee where republicans have a lot of questions about everything from hunter biden s quote sweetheart deal to the investigation into classified documents at mar-a-lago. whether it s the way they misused fisa, which is a complicated issue but a very important one that deal
president mike pence responds to the federal indictment of donald trump. i don t know why some of my competitors in the republican primary presume the president will be found guilty all we know is what the president has been accused of in the indictment. been if you were president biden would you pardon him right now think this whole matter is incredibly divisive for the country. divisive for the country. as he launches his own run for the white house, he explains how he differs from his former running mate h as he launches his own run for the white house, he explains where he differs with his former running mate in 2016 donald trump promised to govern as a conservative, but he makes no such promise today his criticism in how trump would lead on the world stage. my former running mate has seen war raging in eastern europe is signaling an ambiguous message, not even able to say he would prefer to win war in ukraine. and now he thinks he can build support fo