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neverending tide of gun violence. the annual convention of the nra kicked off today in houston. the keynote speaker is the arguably the most president voice of the republican party, the twice-impeached ex-president. greg abbot pulled out of an in-person appearance to return to uvalde. hell be holding a press conference there in a few minutes, but back at the nra stage there will also be a speech from senator ted cruz who recently stormed off when he was asked by a reporter why mass sho...

georgia voters are mortified than ever with the primaries just two days away, weve got new numbers from georgia secretary of state brad raffenspergers office, and it shows early voting in the peak state surged ahead of tuesdays primaries. 2022s total is up to 112% from 2020. and 2020 was a presidential election year, so thats pretty good. now lets look at the party lines, weve got republicans who cast nearly 500,000 early ballots, while democrats cast just over 368,000. so, what insigh...

downing street. two people have been taken to hospital after a stand collapsed during a trooping the colour rehearsal in central london. and coming up at 8.30 — in political thinking, nick robinson speaks to nimco ali, the uk governments adviser on violence against women and girls. good evening and welcome to bbc news. australia is poised for major political change, after the labor party, led by anthony albanese, won the most seats in the general election. he will be the countrys new...

reported, get this, a stunning 52% drop in first quarter profits, that was just a day after shares in the nations largest retailer walmart had their worst day in 35 years. what is going on here? they have their fingers on the pulse of the american consumer and they say inflation was the problem, their customers are sticking to the basics when they come in, leaving with fewer items in their shopping carts. those purchasing decisions being driven by sticker shock of course. basics are ge...

nearly two years, the dow dropped nearly 1200 points, it came after target reported a huge 52% drop in profits for the first quarter, walmart slashed its outlooks. these stores are pocketing less money because they have to pay so much more to get product on their shelves. wal walmarts stock fell more than 11% on tuesday, the companys worst day since 1987. >> and then of course there are also gas prices to talk b now above $4 a gallon in every state in america for the first time ever. t...

dow suffers its worst day since 20206789 more on what drove the massive sell-off and how stocks are looking right now. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this thursday, may 19th. im jonathan lemire. in a case of history repeating itself, a race in pennsylvania is once again coming down to mail-in ballots. the republican senate primary race between trump-endorsed dr. oz, and hedge fund ceo dave mccormick is still too close to call this morning. the candidates only separa...

during the height of the pandemic. well go live to the white house with the latest. and also ahead the republican primary race in pennsylvania is still too close to call. and we may not know the results until june. but until then, former president trump is urging his candidate to declare victory right now. before all of the votes have been counted. will dr. oz bend to trumps demands. well have steve kornacki at the big board on where the race stands exactly. plus trouble on wall stre...

started a key drive that could bring answers to that question. tonight with the context, chief political commentator for the i, paul waugh, and the republic strategist rina shah.an the british foreign secretary, liz truss, has confirmed the government will introduce legislation that would change parts of the post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, known as the protocol. she told parliament that britain would prefer a negotiated settlement with the eu, but failing that ...

Arraignment week. All eyes will be split between atlanta and, d. C. This, week in georgia on wednesday, arraignment day for the 19 defendants and the case led by Fulton County d. A. Fani willis. Trump pleaded not guilty and 11 of his codefendants waived their right to a day in court. Meanwhile, key witness and former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows is waiting to hear if his georgia case will move up to Federal Court. And the Georgia Special grand jury report is set to be released on frid...

And what will the long awaited Special Grand Jury report reveal, a very big week, coming up. And just what the doctor ordered, the Biden Administration moves to lower Prescription Drug costs for millions of older americans. Big pharma is promising a big fight. Domestic Policy Adviser to President Biden joins me live to discuss. All of that and more is coming up. And a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. We begin with a look at the week ahead on capitol hill. The senate is back in s...