Its soaring costs. He pledged to reinvest every penny in other Transport Projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. The speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister to revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Here are some of his speech. I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under cons
[background noises] [background noises] is nick any on education and workforce will come to order. I note the quorum is present. That objection the chairs authorized to call recess at any time. Good morning everyone and welcome to todays hearing. Acting secretary at soup, i like to start by saying you have been a hard witness to schedule. The committee began working with the department to secure your in person testimony beginning in march. You would not appear in may, we honored your request to appear in june. Using the day, june 7, that was offered by your staff into which you agreed. More than a commenting to establish a mutual date for this meeting, this hearing. Why is it that late friday evening following the committees public posting of the hearing a week ago, your staff told us you were quote no longer to make june 7 work . What was so important that you are willing to stop the work of a Congressional Committee come up in the schedule 45 members of congress and leave the America
[background noises] [background noises] is nick any on education and workforce will come to order. I note the quorum is present. That objection the chairs authorized to call recess at any time. Good morning everyone and welcome to todays hearing. Acting secretary at soup, i like to start by saying you have been a hard witness to schedule. The committee began working with the department to secure your in person testimony beginning in march. You would not appear in may, we honored your request to appear in june. Using the day, june 7, that was offered by your staff into which you agreed. More than a commenting to establish a mutual date for this meeting, this hearing. Why is it that late friday evening following the committees public posting of the hearing a week ago, your staff told us you were quote no longer to make june 7 work . What was so important that you are willing to stop the work of a Congressional Committee come up in the schedule 45 members of congress and leave the America
Country. Hello again welcome to our there live from doha im Martin Dennis also coming up as involving the president get some of his promises to fix the country ripples emerge of a possible massive payout and immunity deal for Robert Mugabe. Russian and syrian jets a suspected of killing more than fifty people in airstrikes well hear from our correspondent is inside syria. And why a political scandal in r. L. And could add more complications to britains exit from the e. U. Pakistans Prime Minister and the military have agreed not to use force to Disperse Protesters in the capital islamabad the demonstrations have increased dramatically since saturday thats when six people were killed and one hundred fifty were injured as police tried to break up the crowds well earlier the government asked the military to help restore order the violence from thousands of people on to the streets in solidarity that blocking roads in several cities and their paralyzing major highways the protests as a sup
Today. Down more than 10 as shocking Sexual Assault allegations about casino mogul steve wynn emerge lets get to Contessa Brewer in the newsroom with the details in the developing story. Reporter these allegations date back more than a decade and the wall street journal outlines a pattern of Sexual Misconduct by Ceo Steve Wynn the report details multiple instances of alleged misconduct including an assault against a manicurist who was awarded a 7. 5 million settle men and many other forced sexual encoupers with employees wynn says the idea i assaulted any woman is preposterous. And then he blames his exwife for instigating the allegations. Her lawyers tell the wall street journal she was not involved there a representative from the company says blamed her. Again, the attorney said she is not involved in those allegations. Wynn owns a 12 stake in the company, is regarded as crucial to its success before the company went public it wrote in its s1 filing our ability to maintain a Competit