with the rising cost of living. it will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months, the winter when we know things are going to be tough, and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when costs are so high. ready for lift off.again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off, which is hoped to be in the next four to six hours. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev, the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of uni
With a potential 2020 rematch on the horizon, President Biden is targeting donald trump. On capitol hill, no deal on preventing a government shutdown. There is an Impeachment Inquiry Hearing into President Biden and sources are telling cnn, the republicans dont think it is going as planned. And one day after facing a j. Senator bob menendez faces his colleagues. All coming into cnn news central. President biden will issue a stark warning focused on the the republicans president ial front runner and his possible opponent next november. Specifically President Biden will focus on the danger he says donald trump poses to American Democracy. Also new today, a House Committee is holding its first Impeachment Inquiry Hearing for President Biden. Well have more on that in a moment. Lets begin with cnns reporter live in tempe, arizona. Thats where President Biden will speak at an event honoring his close friend, the late senator john mccain. The setting is very deliberate. Reporter yeah, it is.
and to wales. finally, let s look at the lib dem leader, ed davey. this is what he said about his party s manifesto. we put forward a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it s got a big health and social care package at the centre. it is true to say that the lib dems are promising a lot of extra cash for the health service but there are some questions from experts. have a look at this from the nuffield trust again. the funding proposal appears to be insufficient. that s for their social care plan. secondly, the ifs on the manifesto as a whole there are clear risks that their package of tax measures wouldn t raise the money that they claim, which would make it harder to pay for some of those commitments. so, hopefully that was some useful context about some of the claims made last night. as ever, there is plenty more on the bbc website. sir keir starmer has promised to put scotland at the heart of government and provide thousands ofjobs in sectors such as engineering,
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Because the email said they were talking about a sealed indictment in a Russian Court about Hillary Clinton. Sealed indictments have been released in the past during campaigns. As you recall in 2004, there was a State Senator from illinois. He was a democrat. He was running against a republican who had a lot of money, and his so you dont see anything sleazy about the meeting . No. No. Do you think Rudy Giuliani is doing a good job representing the president in the Public Sphere . Yes. Because it seems to be hes made contradictly statements, confusing statements. Do you think thats part of his job to sort of muddy the
Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Thats what Rudy Giuliani said today. He wasnt arguing about that statement from Michael Cohen, who is alleging that President Trump did know about that meeting before it occurred. Rudy giuliani only said that he could state for the record that President Trump did not attend that meeting with those russian officials, which is not something that was in question in the first place. It was whether or not President Trump knew about it, which is something that his aides and President Trump himself have denied for months now, including that President Trump said he just found out about it in july of 2017, a year after it happened. And donald trump jr. Testified in front of lawmakers that his father did not know about it before. So it would be increasingly problematic. That is the question now, anderson. It is essentially the president s word versus Michael Cohens. But the white house does not seem to