in 2016, donald trump won the new hampshire primary by a. lot he had just lost in iowa, but in 2016 when he came to new hampshire, he beat his nearest rival, john kasich, by about 20 point. ahead of that new hampshire victory in 2016, trump had racked up endorsements from precisely zero republicans in congress, none in the house, none in the senate, not even any sitting governors either. so contrast that you have her experience in 2016 for trump with what has just happened tonight. as of tonight, heading into today s new hampshire primary, a majority, more than half of all republicans in the house and senate had already endorsed trump. again, but this point in the race in 2016, that number was zero. he s now got a majority of elected republicans in washington, former presidential contender tim scott was that latest high-profile senator to endorse trump before tonight, on friday, after ron desantis dropped out this weekend he too endorsed trump, the 11th sitting governor to do
nancy pelosi, one on one, just three weeks before election day. republicans regain momentum over concerns about inflation and crime. can the speaker and the democrats hold on to the house? also this hour, president biden trying to reignite outrage over the supreme court decision overturning roe v. wade. why is he waiting until after the election to propose protecting abortion rights nationwide? russia hammering ukraine, knocking out power, hitting civilian targets. will their terror campaign weaken western resolve? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. a critical moment for democrats as gas climbed 20 cents in the last month and a new polling shows republicans gaining the edge in the generic ballot as the economy and inflation become the dominant concerns for voters. a growing portion of the electorate, include something democrats and independents, say they will vote for election deniers if they like their stance on other issues. joining me now to discu
now it s time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. what a difference a day makes. today, we ve lost all that sunshine we had yesterday, instead we have that rain around, let s have a look at the radar of the last few hours. the screen heads up the last few hours. the screen heads up the western side of scotland, is an off somewhat. we have seen rain pushing and across more southern england, continuing to work its way into the midlands and across east anglia. not that heavy, but cooler thanit anglia. not that heavy, but cooler than it was yesterday. these are the temperatures, a few showers dotted around elsewhere. we were expecting the rain to move northwards overnight tonight, but then we are going to fine another cluster of thunderstorms actually milling and across more southern parts of england, if you re hoping to see the super blood moon, it is really across northern scotland you will have the clearest skies. a warm, muqqy have the clearest skies. a warm, muggy not
address to the country since anti government protests erupted last month. his brother, the prime minister, resigned on monday. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington, i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin made that momentous decision to invade ukraine, maybe he calculated that the us was too weak, too polarised to offer anything more than ritual condemnation. if so, he was wrong. american weapons are now flowing into ukraine. unprecedented sanctions have been imposed on moscow. my guest today is the senior democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraine s victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude that s reflected by politicians, by the american public, qu
democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraine s victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude that s reflected by politicians, by the american public, quite honestly, i think it is the british government, the british public. what has taken place over the last few months is, you know, the west, nato have come back together, an organisation that candidly a year ago at the end of the trump presidency was totally broken. i think a lot of that was due to the fact that the american intelligence community, along with the british had been very forward leaning up to the beginning of the conflict about vladimir putin s intentions and made the case that he was going to not only invade ukraine, but invade