Hannah miller, has the story. In homes across the country and Public Services on the ground, it can seem like everyone is crying out for cash. We have got roads full of potholes. Are you confident that the chancellor will be persuaded to give you more money to spend on housing in the budget in a few weeks time . Well, im doing everything that i can. I mean, short of laying siege to his own home. Well, i want us to be, you know, l Cutting Taxes in a responsible way. Under pressure from backbenchers and with less money to play with than hed hoped for the chancellors scrabbling around for ways to pay for a tax cut on a scale that voters will notice. Today, mr speaker, im going to cut the main 12 rate of Employee National insurance. Last year, he chose to cut National Insurance contributions and its thought he may do that again. A tax cut for workers that brings no benefit to pensioners. The Number Crunching going on inside number 11 is not just about the state of the nations finances its
reporter: thank you very much the special. thank you for all you do for show, both of. you nbc s troy in the in north carolina, and south carolina. and charles coleman junior, supervise attorney at msnbc legal analyst, their host of the bring to msnbc special, black man in america, go in 2020. it airs tonight at msnbc s peacock. straight head, he of bob pennsylvania joins us the middle east in the significance of the upcoming reelection bid for joe biden, and how his state, pennsylvania, might hold the key to the future of american democracy. another hour of velshi begins, right now. good morning, sunday, february the 4th. i m ali velshi. in case you hadn t heard, with all the missiles flying around, there was an election yesterday, the democratic party held its first official primary of this election cycle in south carolina. and the result was on surprising. as an incumbent who wasn t facing any credible challenge, joe biden won the contest in a landslide. yesterday s ra
carter receiving hospice care in his georgia home after a series of health battles. the former peanut farmer turned u.s. president is 98 years old. carter s four years in office from 1977 to 1981 are only part of his incredible story. for decades he s been a champion for world peace eventually winning the nobel peace prize in 2002. isabella rosales is in his hometown. is there any indication of how the former president is doing today? reporter: paula, the family is requesting privacy so we re not really getting an indication as to the extent of his health condition. we have a statement from the carter center which he founded. here is a statement. quote, after a vears of short hospital stays former u.s. president jimmy carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and his medical team. that s as far as we know right now about his health condition. l
polls were due to close earlier in the day but people who are in queues at polling stations nationwide are still able to cast their ballot. here s the chair of the nigerian election commission. we are determined that no nigerian should and would be disenfranchised. we will continue to protect the process and will continue to proceed, courageously, to ensure that we conclude this in a very free, fair and credible manner. let s speak to our reporter in lagos, nkechi ogbonna. can you give us the latest? to have been severe delays and even violent disruption in some areas. it’s been severe delays and even violent disruption in some areas. disruption in some areas. it s about 9m local disruption in some areas. it s about 9pm localtime- disruption in some areas. it s about 9pm local time. and disruption in some areas. it s about 9pm local time. and voting - 9pm local time. and voting closed nearly seven hours ago at different poles in the country. but voting is still happeni
a winter storm brings snow and rain to southern california, the likes of which hasn t been seen there in decades. vote counting is under way in nigeria s tightest presidential election since military rule ended there more than two decades ago. but the voting has been marred by delays, technical problems and violent disruption. the race is between two major established parties, and a third candidate, peter obi, who has galvanised the support of young people. nigeria is africa s most populous country and a record number of people nearly 90 million have been eligible to vote. polls were due to close earlier in the day but people who were still in queues at polling stations nationwide were able to cast their ballot. here s the chair of the nigerian election commission. we are determined that no nigerian should and would be disenfranchised. we will continue to protect the process and will continue to proceed, courageously, to ensure that we conclude these in a very free, fai