fireworks shows. final preparations are underway across the country before americans line up to see the displays. julie: will the weather forecast cooperate? heavy rain across the central u.s. putting the region at risk for severe thunderstorms and putting a potential damper on festivities. team coverage starts now. fox weather will nunley is live in nashville with a sneak peak at one of the largest fireworks displays in the country. christina coleman is live at the beach in santa monica, california. hello. yeah, we re here at the beach. thousands will gather here today to celebrate our country s birthday. so many people getting together for the holiday weekend. take a look at this. a glimpse of cool military activities. in hawaii the crowd is rallied with a free fall parachute demonstration. camera footage captured from the helmet shows them in the sky after they jumped from a blackhawk helicopter. how cool is that? thousands grabbed a picnic blanket to enjoy fireworks o
of labour and a demand that farmers produce more at less cost to the environment. my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news forfarmers. is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i have ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we are facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that co
my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news for farmers. is it? it s it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i ve ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we re facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures and, of course. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start by talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic foods
my guest today is minette batters, she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm and the sun is shining, and in some ways you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher, you would think that would be good news forfarmers, is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think in my lifetime i have everfaced into anything like the cost inflation we are facing with our inputs now. we are seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%, these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i ve chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic food stuffs that they buy at the super
offences. police in england and wales are failing victims of bulgaries, robberies and theft, the official inspectorate has warned. donald trump declines to answer questions as part of a new york state investigation into his family s business practices. and the bbc finds that more than 16 local swimming. closed across the uk in the past three years. 16 local swimming pools have closed. good morning and welcome to bbc news. ministers are holding talks with energy bosses this morning, amid fears over soaring bills. there are concerns households will fall further behind in paying for their gas and electricity but ministers have said that no extra support will be announced until a new prime minister takes office next month. at the moment, annual energy bills for the average household arejust under £2,000. but bills are predicted to soar to about £3,500 in october. it and forecasters say they could rise to more than £4,000 injanuary. our business correspondent, caroline dav