Conversation thats happening across the country. Senator chris murphy, thank you very much. That is all in on this tuesday night. Good evening alex. Liberal democracy, not a foregone conclusion apparently. Woo hoo, these times. And thank you at home for joining me. Today the former Special Council that investigated President Bidens mishandling of classified documents was ruled by house members on capitol hill. Former Special Council has declined to charge President Biden with anything, concluding officially nothing President Biden did was worthy of prosecution. That did not stop republicans in congress are making a four hour circus out of the testimony today. Thats because the hearing wasnt actually about matters of law, it was about political points. The reality is the only reason joe biden accidentally taking some classified documents with him, the only reason that matters at all is because donald trump willfully, purposefully took classified documents with him when he left office an
First a Welcome Development here in the uk. Inflation fell sharply to 6. 8 injuly, from 7. 9 injune. But it still means prices continue to rise. Prime minister rishi sunak says it shows his governments plan is working, but he cautioned against complacency. The drop was fueled by lower energy costs. But Core Inflation which looks at price rises excluding food and energy remained unchanged. According to the office of national statistics, the rising costs of hotels, air travel, and rents are in Part Keeping Inflation high. Economists are still expecting Interest Rates the tool used by the Bank Of England to control price rises to be raised further. The bbc s economics editor faisal islam has more. The heat may be coming out of rising prices at supermarkets and convenience shops, and that can be seen, for example, in milk prices on the shelves of this shop in walsall. Overall they are still rising, butjust by less than they were. This area was, originally, about two months ago, all a pound
Kind of a preview of how shell run her court and this case. And in deciding whether to grant Special Counsel jack smiths request for protective order limiting what the disgraced expresident can and cannot say publicly about the case, judge chutkan cuts through Talking Points like a hot knife through butter. On the First Amendment protections, they are so fond of citing, mr. Trump, like every american, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute. Adding that without a protective order, the disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfering with a fair trial. What about the fact that trump is running for president. And chutkan did not mince words on that eithe saying, this is a criminal trial and i will not take into consideration the impact will have for have for a political came on either side. He will have all of the rights hesen tieptled to. The existence is not going to have any bearing on my decision. I i
we are less than a week of nate from entering a presidential election year. and if i had to choose just one thing the republican front runner said this year, i think we should carry over to the next year, just one thing from 2023 that tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming election, well, it would probably be this. under normal circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except on day one. he s going crazy. except on day one. meaning? i want to close the border and drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution. i am going to be he says, you are not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no, other than day one. donald trump telling the world he plans to be a, quote, dictator on day one of his presidency. defenders at the former president at this missed that comment as a joke, a one-off quip that was never meant to be taken literally. trump himself has continued to promote t
and drill, drill, drill. that s not retribution. i am going to be he says, you are not going to be a dictator, are you? i said, no, no, no, other than day one. donald trump telling the world he plans to be a, quote, dictator on day one of his presidency. defenders at the former president at this missed that comment as a joke, a one-off quid that was never meant to be taken literally. trump himself had continued to promote the idea that he will be a vengeful dictator in a second trump presidency. over the holiday weekend, he shared this image of a word cloud put together by the daily mail. the image was based on a survey of what voters sent about trump s ambitions for a second term. and you can see that the most popular responses, the biggest ones represented in the middle r, power, revenge and dictatorship. revenge being the most devoted. that is the image that trump himself wants to cultivate ahead of the 2024 presidential election, an image she wants to promote, eve