Is a pretty crucial question at the heart of this which is was the government taking concerns about this concrete seriously enough . And what we found out this morning which i think will be really tricky for the government is that ministers were told some years ago that more money was needed to deal with some of these building defects. Considerable increases in can in funding was needed, in fact the opposite happened and funding was reduced and rishi sunak was the chancellor at the time so undoubtedly Prime Minister will be asked whether he took these very seriously enough, whether one of the problem is that is now being faced is that there was not enough funding in the first place. I suppose there is a broader political question at this going to be asked which is has the government Austerity Drive which of course was quite a long time ago now but also some of the ramifications of that, the of that, how is that i had an impact as well . There will be many Opposition Politicians who qui
Over the years. Again, im not a Law Enforcement tactician, but it is strange that how long we have waited here and decisionmaking protocols a part of that. The unfolding situation as they discover more intelligence about the way the encampment is set up, what if any weapons are in the encampment. Law enforcement are confused as to why this is taking so long. That is the bottom line. Its taking a long time. More than 24 hours since we saw a riot in that very spot take place and nothing in effect has been done since then. Todd were all confused. Jonathan hunt, thank you. 2 01 pacific time. This is thursday morning, you are looking live at campus of ucla, right now lapd and california Highway Patrol are c confronting protesters on the campus of ucla. The most recent information it appeared the lapd was retreating after initially moving in on some of the ucla protesters. Bring in william at the ucla campus for the latest on what hes seeing. William. Todd, they might be redeploying, weve be
The home of the Black Sea Fleet as well. So we are seeing an aerial picture of sevastopol. But in recent weeks, ukraine focusing its efforts there and now we just have this news from a local governor and also from russia, admitting that at least one Ukrainian Missile has hit the headquarters of russias plexi navy in crimea. More on that story very shortly. Black sea navy. It comes as president zelensky arrived in canada, for the First Time Since russias invasion, on an unannounced visit to thank canadians for their support. Canada has been a firm ally of ukraine. Here is president zelensky and his wife, olena, being welcomed by Prime Ministerjustin trudeau. There is full day of events, including talks with Business Leaders and members of the large Ukrainian Community in ukraine. Ukrainian community. He will also give a speech to the Canadian Parliament in ottawa. Mr zelensky flew from washington where he held talks at the white house. President biden has approved Security Assistance fo
And abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays good judgment in a crisis is shocking. And he lost 8 points on the is he a strong and decisive leader question. Now, on these same questions, trump is up a point or flat from 2020. And this poll isnt the only warning sign for biden. The trump trials have not moved the needle for biden at all. The border story keeps getting worse. And inflation remains, as jamie dimon said yesterday sticky. That means its bad. Voters just are not happy. Plus, even in blue states like nevada, democrat incumbents may be in trouble. And while the official reaction from the democrats, kind of cool as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Su