Arthur the ardvark is handing back his library card. Welcome to the programme. His predecessor in the white house had his name on a book called the art of the deal. Joe biden has spent much of his career making them on capitol hill. For donald trump, deals meant a winner and losers. Senator biden s depended on bi partisanship, something that has become vanishingly rare in dc. So it was a win for the president when democrats and republicans voted to allow debate to take place on his proposed one trillion dollar infrastructure bill. Roads, bridges, public transport and high speed internet are among the areas of investment. Although the proposed spend is undeniably large, it s still less than one quarter the size of the 2. 6 trillion plan that mr biden proposed back in march. In the past few hours, the senate has begun debating that infrastructure package. Let s bring democratic senator from connecticut chris murphy senator murphy. We re very pleased to have you with us here on bbc worl
be a thing of the past. and good morning. the frost and ice is not so widespread that but it will be another chilly, cloudy day. mostly dry. i will bring you all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s friday, 12th january. our main story. the uk and united states have launched military action against houthi rebels in yemen. overnight, the royal air force took part in strikes against 60 houthi targets in 16 locations, following attacks on commercial shipping in the red sea. in a statement, rishi sunak described it as limited, necessary and proportionate action in self defence . louisa pilbeam reports. uk fighterjets launched their attacks on yemen from an raf base in cyprus overnight, directed by the prime minister tojoin us planes striking yemeni rebel targets. the results were captured on houthi television, showing these explosions and reporting significant damage in cities, including the capital, sanaa. yemen s houthi rebels are a tribal mountain militia
average container ship s fuel costs. maersk is re routing its vessels away from the red sea and the suez canal. before the strikes took place the boss of maersk spoke to the bbc to warn of significant disruption to global supply chains because of the attacks. maersk ceo vincent clark told the bbc s aaron heslehurst that these extra costs are already being passed on to consumers. it s one of the most important arteries of global trade and having to re route all of this cargo now south of the cape of good hope is going to create significant disruptions to the global supply chain for the duration in which we have to do that, and probably a few months more as we have to get back then into into normal. so you need to see, i think, a stronger mobilisation. the other thing is that the level of threat is actually evolving and so for the coalition that is trying to put in place this safe passage, they need to constantly reassess the level of protection. but for us, it is really import
four raf typhoon fighter jets took part in the raids, along with us navyjets officials said they targeted 16 sites, including in the capital city sa na a. rishi sunak called the strikes necessary and proportionate in order to protect global shipping. houthi leaders said five people were killed, and threatened to retaliate. we ll have more in a moment about the impact that the houthi attacks have been having on trade and consumer prices. but first, here s our defence correspondentjonathan beale with the story of what happened overnight. these strikes were led and coordinated by the us. last night dozens of jets coordinated by the us. last night dozens ofjets launched from an american carrier already in the red sea. the scene of recent tensions. their targets, sea. the scene of recent tensions. theirtargets, houthi sea. the scene of recent tensions. their targets, houthi rebels in yemen who had been launching their own attacks on merchant shipping. they had been warned to s
this country to a great american comeback. bill: closing argument. florida governor ron desantis in fox town hall in des moines vying for a strong finish on monday. the make or break caucus is five days away. trump is on tonight at 9:00 eastern. wave big two hours. i m bill hemmer. dana: i feel like the audience is great. moderators are very good and candidates themselves high energy and lots of interest in this. governor desantis discounted polls that show him losing to former president trump. he also cautioned against nominating trump for a third time saying he thinks the president has too much baggage. donald trump is the nominee if election is going to be about legal issues, a referendum on a lot of these issues that are not going to put us in a position to hold biden accountable. either way, it lets the democrats off the hook. i think this election needs to be a referendum on their failed policies and we need to offer a positive vision to turn this country around.