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taxpayer dollars on an illegitimate impeachment inquiry because donald trump, the puppet master, has directed extreme maga republicans to launch a political hit job against president joe biden. that s house minority leader hakeem jeffries calling out republicans in the lower chamber before the vote to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. that came after hunter biden defied a subpoena from house republicans challenging them to hold public hearings for his testimony. we ll have much, much more from a bitter and partisan day on capitol hill. plus, the supreme court will hear the first case tied to abortion rights since it overturned roe v. wade. we ll get expert legal analysis on that just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy morning ahead, and we ll start here. the republican controlled house has voted to formally authorize its ....
the first minister on the job that i do on behalf of people here in wales. that spring term will see the publication of our child poverty strategy, the final report of the independent commission on the constitutional future of wales, the future of steel making in wales will be on our agenda early in the senedd spring term, as well the senedd reform, conclusion of consultations about making the council tax fairer and the reform of the school year. module to be of the covid i9 uk inquiry will happen in wales during february and march. module 28. and of course a budget to february and march. module 2b. and of course a budget to pass through the senedd. there will be plenty of time for political obituaries and retrospection once i ceased to be first minister. but not before. in a five year period, which has seen wales deal with astarte, brexit, the covid pandemic, the climate crisis, wars in ukraine and the middle east and four different prime ministers so far, there ....
that number has remained higher thanks in part to persistently high housing costs. raising interest rates is meant to combat inflation. higher interest rates make it more expensive to borrow money and that is supposed to tempt down spending which in turn should tame runway prices. president biden praised the data as good news and called on large corporations to pass the savings on to consumers. now it is up to the fed to decide whether they have done enough work to help prices return to normal. that would mean holding interest rates steady and that is what they are expected to do on wednesday. what investors really want to know is when the fed thinks it will be time to cut rates. they will almost certainly have to wait and hope for next year. of course inflation has been a big topic for many economies around the world this year. it is a different picture in china where we just found out last week the economy is slipping further into deflation, that s falling prices. wit ....
it was still dark when conservative mps arrived at downing street earlier this morning. over breakfast, the prime minister was trying to persuade them to back his latest attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. are you going to vote against the bill? are you satisfied? they were tight lipped on the way out about whether they had been convinced. some have been clear about their doubts. we are all of one mind on this. we all want the government to succeed in stopping the boats. we all want this legislation to be the right tool to deliver that. and i am genuinely grateful to the government for what they have done to make sure that this is the toughest ever piece of legislation. it is still partial and incomplete. successive home secretaries have been to rwanda, but so far no asylum seekers. some conservative mps say the government s latest attempt still falls short, and the plan could remain tangled in legal challenges in the courts. others have warned the government agai ....
cleverly, the home secretary, he is the minister in charge of this legislation. he, and others, have been trying to convince members of the conservative party to back this legislation. wejust the conservative party to back this legislation. we just want to show you the bbc live page that we have. if you go to the bbc website, there we have features and analysis from our correspondence there. analysis there on that key moment for the labour leader. so there is a report of theirfrom hannah labour leader. so there is a report of their from hannah miller. labour leader. so there is a report of theirfrom hannah miller. this is our political correspondence and she is saying that after this breakfast, the prime minister had with potential rebels from his party, that they are yet to deliver their verdict. one of those invited to downing street was jonathan gallas. he said he has yet to make a decision on how he will vote and he wants to get more advice on legal technicalities. ....