the economy, dealing with their waiting lists, getting british people back to work, setting up great british energy, those are the changes this country desperately needs. and i think so many people are yearning for change, if you want change, you have to vote for it. that was at the leader of the labour party, sir keir starmer speaking a little earlier on today. their battle bus going off to essex to do more campaigning. that was launched this morning. the conservative party battle bus also lunch today. we can see the image of rishi sunak there. our correspondentjess parker is there. we can see the battle bus behind you. a lot more at the conservative party are offering throughout this election campaign. party are offering throughout this election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister election campaign. yes, we ust the prime minister lunching election campaign. yes, we just the prime minister lunching effectivelyl prime minister lunching effectively the battle bus.
committee this year that said. there has been criticism from the labour party who said that communities are feeling tory decline, they put it, and councils which play a role in running local communities have been begging for scraps, but that seems to be the policy they conservatives want to push today, and maybe we will hear later from the prime minister push today, and maybe we will hear laterfrom the prime minister a little more on that. you later from the prime minister a little more on that. little more on that. you are mentioning little more on that. you are mentioning that little more on that. you are mentioning that rishi - little more on that. you are| mentioning that rishi sunak little more on that. you are - mentioning that rishi sunak was talking, well, referencing the diane abbott situation for the labour party. angela rayner, when it comes to this, the spending promises that rishi sunak was making, has described it as an unfunded spending commitment sure to be broken
organizations that helped us push today s choice legislation across the finish line. whenever i spoke, this is one of the most important things. it was something i got the biggest hand for. people want to take care of our great vets. they are our great people. four years ago our entire nation was shocked and outraged by stories of the v.a. system plagued by neglect, abuse, fraud, and mistreatment of our veterans. there was nothing they could do about it. they couldn t do anything about it. good people that worked there, they couldn t take care of the bad people. meaning you re fired. get the hell out of here. with us today are many brave veterans who endured the grave injustice, including steve cooper and laura villa. they served their country with honor only to be denied the medical treatment they desperately needed. to steve and laura, no one should suffer what you suffered. they suffered gravely. no one who defends our country in uniform should have to
believe me, that is saying something. this has been the worst fire season in texas history, and this is the worst of more than 35 fires burning right now. it s southeast of austin in bass strup county. and 1,000 other homes are threaten threatened. firefighters are attacking on the ground and in the air. and chris welch is in the thick of it. are they making any headway at all? caller: not exactly. this is a very bad day for fighting a fire to put it lightly. officials here caution, you know, they asked everybody to evacuate yesterday in the hardest hit areas. this fire continues to move south, moving through neighborhoods. now, thankfully this is one thing i think we can be thankful for, moving into areas that are less populated. and they expect the number to grow today. i want to give aquick look at the plumes we have been looking at today. we have seen the smoke rise and fall as it goes through the thicker woods, as it goes through grass. you see less smoke and more as i
president obama pointed to the auto industry, sort of as an example today, didn t he? that s right. he all along has said the wall street reform bill that he likes, the dog bill, will prevent more taxpayer bailouts of financial firms. but today in his address, he talked a lot about the auto industry bailout, saying they were helpful. on the other hand, they were triggered by the turmoil on wall street and that is why the president wants the senate to vote on and pass that democratic bill. here is president obama. these reforms will put an end once and for all to taxpayer bailouts. they would bring greater transparency to complex financial dealings and they will empower ordinary consumers and shareholders in our financial system. that address, his push today, is probably, gregg, the last public push for the financial reform bill before the test vote in the senate on monday. gregg: all right. now, all the president really needs for this is one republican