there are warnings of a potential threat to life and property as super typhoon noru hits the philippines, with forecasted winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour. good afternoon. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of income tax which the tories are abolishing but keep the 1p cut in basic rate income tax also announced by ministers. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrowing billions to cut taxes, in a dash for economic growth a strategy labour s leader slammed this morning as wrong headed . i see a very big p
joining us. sun shining through above you. how do you explain giorgia meloni s rise from 4% in the last election to about 25% now, and possibly the next prime minister? fundamentally, giorgia meloni is the last woman standing. in the past term, last woman standing. in the past term, italy last woman standing. in the past term, italy has three governments with three term, italy has three governments with three different combinations of parties with three different combinations of parties. 0ur party is the only one that stayed out of power, so italians that stayed out of power, so italians are now saying, why not try her? italians are now saying, why not try her? she italians are now saying, why not try her? she isn t tested, but at the same her? she isn t tested, but at the same time, her? she isn t tested, but at the same time, all the parties have been in power same time, all the parties have been in power haven t done a good job, so it might in power haven t done
if anything, it gives maybe a little more motivation to come up with some way to address voting rights. so the democratic base isn t frustrated. the republicans pass all lies predicated on the big lie. to make it harder to vote. and the democrats who own the power haven t done anything. and haven t come up with a federal response. the pressure will fall on democrats the white house and democratic majority. slim majority. in congress. over the next few months. to try to come up with some legislative response. to what republicans have done around voting laws. do you agree. i do think that the focus on voting rights is going to be critical. i think this is an opportunity for democrats to really label republicans as the antidemocratic and democracy party. as an unpatriotic party. keep in mind they have obstructed any investigation into what happened every step oeft way. they refuse to hold trump
republican defector overnight. he has to be mindful of reelection. the border wall is unpopular. the national emergency is unpopular, and the president and the republican party is going to have to deal with the consequences of this if it goes forward. we re watching it closely as the house prepares to vote today. thank you for sticking around for another segment. the u.s. wants north korea to give up its nuclear program. but what does north korea want? president trump trying to answer a question presidents past haven t been able to. we re going back live to my colleague hallie jackson in vietnam when we come back. stay with us. it s only on msnbc. welcome to the place where people go
can use the power haven t been litigated in court. it s normally used for things like a national emergency in the wake of 9/11, for example, when the government needed to spend a lot of money very quickly before congress had a chance to act. and republicans were distributing this literature in their meeting, notes that president obama once asked for emergency money for the border. but what he did was ask for emergency supplement cal appropriations. that s code for going through congress. yeah. i think you hit at the heart of the debate there. quickly, kasie, before i let you go, if it does pass the house, it goes to the senate. do you think there are enough votes there to actually pass this senate controlled by republicans? well, they ll need four votes, and they have thom tillis, lisa murkowski and susan collins. and the very important fact that you pointed out here is that mitch mcconnell has to put this