showed you data that she would fair better against former president donald trump, would you reconsider your decision to stay in the race? no, unless they came back and said, there s no way you can win. me. no one is saying that. no poll says that. 1,000%, in your words, see you on the ballot this november? unless i get hit by a train, yeah. let s hope that doesn t happen for your safety s concern. is there anything that you would look to, you personally, not anybody else, not other pundits, not even perhaps family members, that you would look to to say, if i see that, i will reevaluate? if i had some medical condition that emerged, if doctors came and said, you got this problem, that problem. since the debate, president biden has given a number of responses as to what could drive him from the race. the last response came in an interview taped on tuesday. now, his covid diagnosis is adding to the growing concerns about his chances of defeating donald trump in n
hours away from his first news conference since the on the line potentially his. party support. what we know about where democrats stand on an important day plus donald trump claims he has no idea who was behind project 2025. controversial policy plan, but a cnn investigation piece of very different picture. how the former president is actually deeply tied to the ultra conservative proposal and a patrol essentially deadly combination in texas, more than 1 million people without power amid rising feet. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central thanks so much for joining us. we begin this hour with brand new reporting just into cnn about how president biden s closest advisers may have been shielding the public from the full extent of the president s decline. this news coming just hours, of course, before the president is set to give a major news conference to ramp up the nato summit here in washington, dc.
a reminder of our top story. as belgium reports its first case of the new variant the health secretary ones that could pose a substantial risk here. that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m chetan pathak. coming up this friday night. wales and scotland find out who stands between them and a place at next year s world cup we ll bring you the full play off draw. scotland and wales women are both in world cup qualifying action tonight the build up is on its way and just who is the man on his way to manchester united we dig a little deeper into the career of ralf rangnick, all set to be interim boss at old trafford. also coming up on the programme before seven. australia name their new captain for the ashes as pat cummins replaces tim paine $and we ll tell you why barbarians will make history at twickenham tomorrow welcome along, thanks forjoining us.
when he fired a gun on set, killing a colleague. more than 1,000 people have already come forward to contact the inquiry into racism in cricket, following azeem rafiq s emotional testimony about his own experiences at yorkshire. good morning. todayis today is going to be fairly cloudy for most of us, also rather breezy. rain in the north and west, some brightness across central and eastern areas, but it s going to be very mild for the time of the year. details coming up. good morning. it s thursday, the 18th of november. our main story. the government is planning to publish a £96 billion plan for the rail network in the midlands and north of england. but there s anger that the section of high speed 2, stretching to leeds, is now expected to be scrapped. and instead of building a brand new line between manchester and leeds, there are reports the existing track will just be upgraded. ministers insist their changes will mean improvements happen up to a decade earlier. dan johns
as a four year old girl, who was taken from a campsite more than two weeks ago, is found alive and well. and, us authorities give the go ahead for children between the ages of five and eleven, to receive the coronavirus vaccine. hello and thanks very much for joining us. two days of conference, two significant agreements. the leaders gathered at the cop26 climate change summit have made bold commitments to end deforestation by 2030 and to reduce emissions of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases, by some 30%. it s enough for the british prime minister, and host of the cop, borisjohnson, to say he is cautiously optimistic about the progress being made. but as heads of government leave their national delegations to focus on more detailed discussion, mrjohnson also warned against false hope. our political editor, laura kuenssberg has been following the day s events. when cultures clash can they still agree? when there is so much difference, there can be dissent. shout