hello, welcome to bbc news. let s start with that story causing major shock waves today, the boss of one of the largest business groups, the cbi, has been fired after an investigation into complaints about his conduct at work. to ny danker will leave the group with immediate effect. tony danker will leave the group with immediate effect. he apologised in the wake of the allegations over his behaviour towards a female employee. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. this story has absolutely rocked the cbi. tony stepped aside last month as an investigation got under way, but the report into what happened hasn t actually been published. it was done by an independent legal firm. so we don t know the full details. at the cbi said today that it related to specific complaints about workplace misconduct. it determined that tony s conduct fell short of that expected of the director general. so, he s been sacked with immediate effect. but he s clearly not happy about it bec
i m across the city at the kayll road, one of sunderland s warm spaces as at survey conducted on the half of the bbc say many people are delaying putting the heating on this winter to try to save cash. the other main headlines this morning: a report on failings in maternity care at the east kent hospitals trust is to be published families have been warned it s likely to be harrowing. good morning. a terrific turnaround from crystal palace they come from behind to beat wolves in the premier league, with wilfried zaha s winner sending them up to tenth in the table. we are in for another unseasonably mild day across much of the uk and we also have some rain pushing up the western side of the country. the sunnier skies will be in the outer hebrides and parts of the southeast. i will have all the details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 19th october. welcome to the national glass centre here in sunderland. we are here to talk about the rising cost of living and how it s af
many more details and questions about the multiple investigations into donald trump right now. the wall street journal reports an informant tipped off federal investigators to the possibility that there were more classified documents at the former president s florida home. leading to that unprecedented fbi search at mar-a-lago on monday. the big question this morning is who turned on donald trump. cnn has also learned that some justice department officials are pushing attorney general merrick garland to speak up publicly about the investigation to try to push back on trump and his defenders questioning the credibility of the nation s top law enforcement agencies. this extraordinary week in american history is seeing yet another first. a former president repeatedly invoking the fifth amendment in a sworn deposition as new york s attorney general and her team questioned trump for hours yesterday. trump refused to answer hundreds of questions. let s get to it, let s get starte
the illegal server taking the fifth, i think it s disgraceful. have you seen what is going on in front of congress? fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible! the lawyers are deposing trump in a civil investigation by the new york attorney general. she s looking into the donald trump organization s allegedly misleading of lenders and insurers and tax authorities by providing inaccurate financial statements. add this to the list of legal troubles facing the former president. including a probe of documents. monday s search has his supporters urging him to move up the announcement of the 2024 run. cnn has the latest on the deposition from outside the new york attorney general s office. what is the president saying about why he took the fifth? reporter: well, victor, as you have played in the montage, you can see it s a different tune today that the former president saying he s not answering questions and asserting his fifth amendment right. in a l
results of a free election. they re working right now, as i speak, in state after state to give power to the elections in americas. they are empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. the president did somewhat soft in that message on friday. take a listen. [inaudible] he did repeat that election deniers and those who fought for the denial are a threat to democracy. it is going every day. join me now is the host of a daily digital show, hashtag rolling martin. this is the cofounder of the black voters matter fund. very excited to have this panel breakdown president biden s speech. i want to kick it off with you, what do you think, the joe biden capture the soul of america on thursday night? i think he did three things. one of, not it was one of his strongest speeches. i think he was able to capture the idea of hope. the last two years have been very difficult for people. having a sense of hope, that and itself he s a really good job. the second thing i t