The Conservative Partys annual conference starts today in birmingham. The event is a chance for The Partys four leadership candidates to make an impression, with each of them due to give a speech on wednesday. Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg this morning, leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick explained why he is the man to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party after losing out to labour in the general election. In the article that i wrote in the hours after the election, then i came on your show that weekend, i said that we failed to deliver on the economy, on the nhs and our borders. So there are multiple failures that we need to acknowledge as a party, whilst obviously defending the things we got right in government, and then weve got to listen to the public and set out serious answers to those challenges. Ive spent the last few months thinking very deeply about how we do that, and i dont want to waste the next five years debating those things. Thats a recipe for more infightin
In beirut right now. Again, we have had strikes here through the day, and smoke once again rising on the skyline of the lebanese capital. The prime minister of this country, the Acting Prime Minister has called again for a diplomatic solution to the conflict and he warns that up to A Million people here in lebanon could be displaced by the ongoing violence. The streets of dahieh, this is the Beating Heart of hezbollah in beirut, now looking like a ghost town. Thousands have left, many more are still trying to leave. Driving through dahieh this morning, we saw cars packed with mattresses and bags. Some people seemed to be leaving on foot. Israeli Air Strikes destroyed this building yesterday. The smell of the explosives was still hanging in the air and we could hear the sound of drones flying overhead. Israel says it will continue to target hezbollah, even after killing the groups leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Dahieh is no longer safe. There is a tense and anxious wait in lebanon following
Hopeful robertjenrick explained why he is the man to turn around the fortunes of the Conservative Party after losing out to labour in the general election. In the article that i wrote in the hours after the election, then i came on your show that weekend. I said that we failed to deliver on the economy, on the nhs and our borders. So there are multiple failures that we need to acknowledge as a party. Whilst obviously defending the things we got right in government, and then weve got to listen to the public and set out serious answers to those challenges. Ive spent the last few months thinking very deeply about how we do that, and i dont want to waste the next five years debating those things. Thats a recipe for more infighting and for further loss of public trust. I want to use this Leadership Contest for us to settle those things and have a clear plan as to how we take our party and our country forward, and i have that in particular on immigration. Competing with robertjenrick for the
Late for me. I have recently been diagnosed with parkinsons. You should point out he has not been criminally charged and paid bag the money but was named in a civil lawsuit filed by the state. We will continue to cover this story as it develops but for now, we are signing off. On that note, i wish you a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Ill see you at The End of tomorrow. From a very special location. Good evening you can probably tell that i am not in our usual new York City studio tonight. Instead, we are coming to you live from lancings midtown Brewery Right here in the Batten Ground State of michigan. This is one of the crucial states that will decide who the next president is and both campaigns know it. Donald trump will be headed back to the detroit Metro Area just one week after he held a Town Hall in flint, michigan. Meanwhile, the Harris Walz Campaign is barn storming the state with a Bus Tour talking about
Hes had a lot of endorsements over the course of his career that dont matter so i think that is probably part of what is informing his calculus here. Track that is all in tonight. The special editions of Alex Wagner starts right now. Of Alx Wagner starts right now. Not in our usual new York City Studio Tonight instead, we are coming to you live from lancings midtown Brewery Right here in the Battleground State of michigan this is one of the crucial states that will decide who the next president is, and both campaigns know it. Later this Week Donald Trump will be headed back to the detroit Metro Area meanwhile, the Harriswalz Campaign is barnstorming the state with a Bus Tour focused on the issue of reproductiv that bus just rolled into town this morning, and were going to more on that later on this hour including an interview with one of the very important people riding on thatop bus. It is ath critical time for the Harris Campaign in the state of michigan. He today a new Usa Today Pol