fire. 100 meters. we re trying to make our way out of here. plus, see the intense fight in the forest, showing what ukraine is up against. leading this hour, the latest dysfunction on capitol hill, this time over immigration beginning with a look at how we got here. you ll recall when president biden was sworn in on january 20, 2021, the new administration started ending trump administration immigrations policy arguing they were harsh and inhumane, for instance a policy that forced would be asylum seekers to stay south of the border. last may along party lines house republicans passed hr -2, a bil that would bring back trump policies. president biden vetoed the bill. last october republicans demanded any additional aid for ukraine and israel would need to include legislation to deal with the border crisis. james langford of oklahoma along with kyrsten sinema and chris murphy decided to negotiation for a compromise. in mid december hoping to win passage for the aid for u
to fall into recession this year and will maintain positive growth this year. news welcomed by the uk finance minister as a big upgrade in the uk outlook. but for many right now, it might not feel like things are looking up with double digit inflation pushing up the cost of living, and pushing living standards down. here s the chancellorjeremy hunt reacting to the news. today the imf s assessment shows we are on the right track. the report forecast growth of 0.4% in 2023 and 0.7 percentage point upgrade since the aprilforecast. 0.7 percentage point upgrade since the april forecast. that s even higher than the bank of england forecast published last week for 0.25% growth in 23. the imf says we have acted decisively to fight inflation which will substantially reduce to around 5% by the end of the year. in the imf say our approach to fiscal policy will help to significantly reduce the deficit over the forecast by 3% of gdp between 20 to 23 and 2728. so together these forecasts
it comes after easyjet announced plans to cut more flights over summer. a setback for french president emmanuel macron as he loses his majority in parliament after elections over the weekend. a report into grooming and child sexual exploitation in oldham between 2011 and 2014 finds there were serious failings in the handling of some cases by the council and police. in sport, a first major trophy for england s matt fitzpatrick who s won the us open. and.up close and personal we have a special report from uganda on a successful conservation effort to increase the number of mountain gorillas he so close to us. whenever closest relatives on earth. one of our. wow! still no sign of a deal to avoid a strike. so, today, network rail has set out a plan for the limited number ido i do think it is important that we send out a message early this week that industrial action is likely to proceed and therefore people should take sensible preparations now because there is no point in g
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they find a way to get it done today and if not today then as quickly as possible, because it needs to be sent to the president and signed into law. thank you for joining us. thank you. the patriot act is going to be a big part of the conversation on today s state of the union with jim scuitto today. yeah, down to the wire and a few hours to go unless there is action on capitol hill. is there a sense politicians are playing politics with the nation s national security? it s a continuation of debate that has gone on more than a year now since edward snowden s revelations put this into the public spotlight, and that debate, it s a substantive debate, and the fact that it s coming up to the final day is more of what we have come to expect in washington.