I will add thoughts about the united states supreme court in this hour, especially their moral responsibility in the moral diagram of the death of amber nicole thurman, which you were also talking about in this hour. I am eager to hear that and that is important framing for this moment. Have a good show. Thank you. They got what they wanted. The two, 78yearold, former republican presidents who appointed the majority of republican supreme court justices who overturned roe v. Wade got what they wanted. Sometimes when you get what you want, more things than you anticipate come with it. It is possible that the people who worked to elect george w. Bush to the presidency, a job for which his only qualification was that his father once had that job, knew that george w. Bush said he wanted to ban abortion in america by overturning roe v. Wade, but maybe they thought that would just never happen. Maybe president george w. Bush and the people working for him and supporting him thought that when
No one should call this one too early. You wouldnt call a premier League Football match after about 30 minutes. And theres a lot more people whove got their view, too. Except you are at The End Of You are at the end of a government term. Thats fair. But people make a choice at the election, a very clear choice. Whos going to walk through the door of number ten the following morning. In dorset, the conservatives lost control of the council to the liberal democrats, who are second in terms of the number of seats won overall. But in some places, Labourface A Challenge from the greens. This is bristol, where they became the Biggest Party on the council, picking up every single seat in what will be one of their top target constituencies. These are huge steps forward for the green party. Theres now nine councils across the country where were the largest party. Large numbers of councils where greens are part of the ruling administration, often working with other parties, which were very happy
up their campaigns out across the country. let s take you through some of todays key events: rishi sunak and sir keir starmer go head to head in their second live tv debate later facing questions from voters on sky news in grimsby this evening. will either man change tack, or will it be more of the same? we ll be discussing all of that during the course of the day. and the green party launches its manifesto promising to raise taxes on higher earners and the wealthy to help fund 50 billion a yearfor the nhs and social care. also today: the cost of living is always important, and we ve just had figures out this morning showing that the uk economy failed to grow in april after particularly wet weather affected consumer spending. the office for national statistics recorded no growth for the month, which was in line with economists expectations. nevertheless it will be disappointing for the conservatives. here is hannah minna. the green party are pledging to mend what i call brok
The move to sack fbi chief james comey has caused huge controversy. Donald trump claims hes lost confidence in mr comey, and the bureau needs new leadership. But Opposition Politicians say its an attempt to block the fbis investigation into the possible links between the Trump Campaign and russia. Heres what mr trump had to say when questioned at the white house. Why did you fire directed comey . Because he wasnt doing a good job, very simply. He was not doing a good job. Did it affect your meetings with the russians today . Excuse me . Will the new fbi director be in charge of the Russian Investigation . Laura bickerjoins me from washington. Its been more than 2a hours since james comey was dismissed. What more do we know about why he was removed . The question everyone has been asking is, why now . Why remove the fbi director, the man in charge of the investigation into whether or not russia colluded with the Trump Campaign during the president ial election . That has been a big ques
The move to sack fbi chief james comey has caused huge controversy. Donald trump claims hes lost confidence in mr comey, and the bureau needs new leadership. But Opposition Politicians say its an attempt to block the fbis investigation into the possible links between the Trump Campaign and russia. Heres what mr trump had to say when questioned at the white house. Why did you fire directed comey . Because he wasnt doing a good job, very simply. He was not doing a good job. Did it affect your meetings with the russians today . Excuse me . Will the new fbi director be in charge of the Russian Investigation . Laura bickerjoins me from washington. Its been more than 2a hours since james comey was dismissed. What more do we know about why he was removed . The question everyone has been asking is, why now . Why remove the fbi director, the man in charge of the investigation into whether or not russia colluded with the Trump Campaign during the president ial election . That has been a big ques