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england decide what to do with interest rates. the current uk base rate 5.25%. but after we found out that wages, on average, are rising at their fastest level now in 20 years, could we see another rise in september. joining me now is kallum pickering, who s the senior economist at berenberg bank. with your predictions, what are you thinking you will see here today? i you thinking you will see here toda ? ~ , today? i think we might be surprised today? i think we might be surprised a today? i think we might be surprised a little today? i think we might be surprised a little to - today? i think we might be surprised a little to the - surprised a little to the upside but it not should not make much of a difference, the bank of england expecting 6.8, markets expecting 6.7, if it came at 6.9 i would not be surprised because petrol prices rose over the month but it should be a big versus last month because the energy price comes down in the monthjuly. this should be ....
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with katie phang in for ari starts right now. hi, katie. hi, nicolle. thank you so much. welcome to the beat for the rest offuous. i am katie phang in for ari melber. we start with flashing warning signs for american democracy at a pivotal moment in the american campaign season. as of tonight president biden and former president trump have clenched the threshold for meeting they primaries. it s the earliest matchup in nearly a quarter of a century. in 2000 al gore and george w. bush clenched their nominations just four days earlier than joe biden and donald trump. of course, that election ended at the united states supreme court. and this election starts there. trump set to make the unprecedented argument for total presidential immunity in his coup case next month, as accountability for january 6th rioters dpriends forward. just today a federal judge or ....
with alicia menendez. thank you so much reverend sharpton. menendez hello everyone, i m alicia menendez, coming and they are tonight with breaking news l of maui, where the death toll has risen to 93. sadly, officials fear that number will rise. these are now the deadliest wildfires in modern u.s. history. here s hawaii s governor, josh greene, earlier today, on msnbc. if they need, they need our love. they need our embrace, and they need resources. right now, we are still in the throes of the acute phase of this recovery. meaning that we are still recovering the tragic loss of life, and the bodies that were, that were previously here in hawaii. it s a war zone. as the death toll rises, and rescue recovery efforts expand, there s also a growing push for accountability across hawaii, three law firms have already filed a class action suit against the electric company on maui, claiming the wildfires could have been avoided if the utility company had turned off powe ....
illegal clarence thomas exception of luxury gifts and travel might finally force the court to take action. and, breaking developments in the georgia election probe, our strongest indication yet that a grand jury could indict donald trump in a matter of days. i am ayman mohyeldin lets, get started. and we begin with that breaking news out of georgia this hour, fulton county s returning fani willis will begin presenting her election interference case against donald trump and his allies to a grand jury early next week. the atlanta journal-constitution is reporting the timeline came into sharper focus when former georgia lieutenant governor jeff duncan and independent journalist george shady separately confirmed they had received notifications they will testify on tuesday. now, this means the public might know by tuesday whether jurors indict the ex president. tuesday evening, to be specific. willis is expected to begin her presentation to grandeurs on monday. we re gonna ....
is preparing to set sail for gaza along a new maritime aid corridor. it s been loaded with around 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies. but, without a working port, it s not clear yet where the ship will actually dock or how its cargo will be distributed inside gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville is in the port city of larnaca in cyprus and sent us this report. it s a drop in the ocean of gaza s need, but this is the first direct aid shipment by sea about to leave cyprus. the spanish ship the open arms, seen here in larnaca port, getting ready to set sail. it has a long journey ahead of it. the barge has 200 tonnes of desperately needed essentials rice, flour and pre prepared meals. this has taken months in planning. the cargo was loaded all weekend. the final security clearances from israel came through in the last few hours. well, we ve done truckloads of food through the rafah crossing. we ve done airdrops with thejordanian army. this is the ....