Appeared lethargic up against Donald Trump. His performance sparked concern among democrats about his age and mental fitness. The 81 year old president has responded to the growing scrutiny by hitting the campaign trail. He also sat down for an exclusive interview with abc News Anchor George stephanopoulos, rejecting any notion that he is considering withdrawing his candidacy. The bbc s Peter Bowes has more. Reporter Mr President , do you want to talk about your message in wisconsin . On a mission to prove himself, that he can still do the job of president and win the election. Joe biden is in Damage Control mode, after that disastrous Debate Performance against Donald Trump. Here he is at a rally in wisconsin. Again, answering the Question Everyone is asking. Is he going to drop out . Whats he going to do . Well, heres my answer i am running and going to win again cheering. A rousing reception here, but the unease amongst fellow democrats In Washington is palpable. Five members of the
in one school, i have ten rooms and a staff room i cannot use. my second school 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets. and in my third school, 12 rooms. so, you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for months. and 2a hospital sites, like hitchin brook hospital in huntington, also have weak concrete. they are spending millions on surveys about what is safe, and what is not, and millions in mitigationjust to keep the building safe and open. and so, this is a really big challenge, and frankly, any building mainly built with raac is past its sell by date, and will need to be replaced, so there is a very big bill for the taxpayer. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record. although individual government departments are being requir
with governor desantis since the storm made landfall. and at my direction, fema administrator chris welch, she travelled to florida wednesday night after having been here earlier, and i approved the request within six hours at the time, governor desantis asked for a mass, a major disaster declaration. at the same time, a request from governor mcmasters of south carolina for an emergency declaration. that s a fancy way of saying just getting help immediately and all we can do under the law. and, folks, we re making federal assistance available for florida survivors whose homes or businesses damaged and destroyed. in the uk, the opposition labour party is calling for an urgent audit of the concrete in public buildings, with some hospitals and courts known to contain the potential dangerous type known as raac. more than 150 schools in england and 35 in scotland were found to contain the material and so have had to completely or partially close. investigations in wales and northe
it had hired a hall not far away from the embassy, to the centre, south of tel aviv. and earlier in the week, as you were saying, there were activists within the eritrean community they mostly reside in the south of tel aviv who had warned against hosting this. they say that the authorities didn t heed their warnings. certainly the israeli authorities, the police, the hospitals as well seem to have been really caught by surprise with what happened here. there were attempts to break through police barricades. the israeli police then ended up using all of these different riot control methods, as they described them, to try to push people back. but you could see as well from some of the videos that have been shared on social media that there were actually also street fights going on, notjust with the police, but also involving asylum seekers who are against the eritrean regime and those who are in favour of it. and that has been something that we ve seen in the past, not on
1991 and 2011. the high court has ruled prince harry was the victim of phone hacking and has been awarded more than £1a0,000 in damages. the mirror group newspaper has issued a statement today. it said the group apologises unreservedly for where historical wrongdoing took place, and prince harry by his lawyer has said today is a great day for truth as well as accountability. let s get more now on charities warning that millions of people might need to borrow to pay essential bills during the festive season. concerns have been heightened by an increase in the energy price cap in the new year. the government says targeted payments have helped ease the burden. live now to brighton to talk to alfie stirling chief economist at the joseph rowntree foundation. thank you for being here. put it in context, how does the level of debt people in now compared to last year? one of the big problems we are seeing is the level of debt has been slowly declining, that s because abe is as