Convention in milwaukee. Its the third time hes been chosen as the standard bearerfor his party, but now, more than ever, he is at the zenith of his popularity. The image from saturday of the former president , fist held high, Blood Dripping from his ear, reinforces within the republican base the belief that their man is a fighter. Everything they believe Joe Biden is not. And just hours ahead of this appearance on stage tonight, his position was further strengthened by a districtjudge in florida, who threw out one of two federal cases he was facing, the classified Documents Case that many thought was the strongest of the four. Total vindication, says trump, that the investigation was a political witchunt all along. He could not have scripted it better. In the last few minutes, the Roll Call of the delegates who will nominate Donald Trump as their candidate has got under way, State By state. Remember, the former president clinched the nomination in march, having amassed the 1,215 deleg
The midatlantic and northeast are trying to recover from unprecedented flooding as well as tornadoes in the aftermath of ida. A new abc news/washington post poll shows a drop in the president s approval rating. 44% of americans say they approve of how he s handling his job. 51% disapprove. Also, new data points to a slowdown in job creation. The labor department says some 235,000 jobs were added in augment economists expected more than 700,000 new hires. The unemployment rate is down slightly now at 5. 2%. There s increased concern the delta variant is taking a toll on the economy. This comes as longterm unemployment benefits are set to expire this weekend. This morning before his trip to louisiana the president spoke about the state of the economy. There s no question the delta variant is why today s job report isn t stronger. It has brought america out of an economic free fall. The second thing that has to happen in september is for the congress. The house and senate to pass the job
Escape from their enclosure and are shot by wardens. And coming up at 8:30 becoming andi a special programme featuring a transgender teen who s documented his life for the bbc for a year. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The bbc s former director general, lord hall, has resigned as chairman of the national gallery following criticism over panorama s interview with princess diana in 1995. Tony hall was the corporation s head of news at the time, when reporter martin bashir, used deception to secure the interview. Lord hall led an internal investigation into initial complaints a year after the interview was broadcast, but it was branded woefully ineffective this week, by an independent inquiry. Here s our home editor, mark easton. Former bbc director general tony hall has not yet appeared publicly to answer questions about his role in the bashir scandal, specifically about what the dyson report called his woefully inadequate investigation into martin bashir s conduct in 1986
of the former prime minister david cameron for the collapsed firm greensill capital mps vote today on whether to hold a parliamentary inquiry. the family of a pregnant nurse who died with covid 19 hasn t received any money from a fundraising campaign which is now at £186,000, even though it was set up to support her husband and children. young black people have been hit hardest by unemployment during the covid pandemic, according to new research. the resolution foundation think tank said that over the past year, the jobless rate for young black people rose by more than a third to 35%, compared with 24% for young people of asian descent and 13% for young white people. the foundation said that covid had widened existing gaps between ethnic groups. it added that young people had borne the brunt ofjob losses in lockdown: between the second and third quarters of 2020 the unemployment rate among 18 24 year olds rose from 11.5% to 13.6%. i can now speak to kathleen henehan, who s