But its still not far enough. Ten months ago, britain stood on the edge of the precipice. A vote for brexit said the government would be disastrous. The hit to the uk economy would be so great, there would be spending cuts and tax rises, almost immediately. Well, what a difference ten months on. As the country prepares to start the brexit process, phillip hammond, todays chancellor of the exchequer, was sounding a very different tone. I report today on an economy that has continued to confound the commentators with robust growth. A Labour Market delivering record employment and a deficit down by over two thirds. As we start negotiations to exit the european union, this budget takes forward our plan to prepare britain for a brighterfuture. And the reason for this cautious optimism is the growth rate for the uk economy for 2017 it has been revised upwards from 1. 4 to 2 , while employment is forecast to grow every year to 2021. Far from the immediate recession predicted by remain campaig
who was barely hanging on line by a landslide. we saw several quality democrats be destroyed, chris jones in arkansas, and up in new york. there should not be 75% of white americans who still vote on the side of objective white supremacy. and as we ve seen in these shootings that have unfortunately interrupted our political discussion week after week, this white supremacy, this white christian nationalism, these evil spirits, they will ultimately destroy us all. if i understand chuck schumer, he wants to do, he has to do his job of projecting leadership coming in the next year s the democratic party, but these margins should not be this close when there was such a clear and objective choice on the table about what we re gonna do is a country going forward. i hope that we can continue to see these trends chip away. but the problem for democrats, the problem for oppress people in this country throughout the world is that we have to continue these exhausting fights in order to gain just m
but on the question you asked, rev, there s no question about that. look at two other southern states where the governors, both democrats, governor bebee in arkansas and governor bashir in kentucky, where they took the medicaid expansion and set up their own exchanges. they are popular. they are both 20 points up in positive versus negative as opposed to governor jindal being 14 points down. so i think the republicans are in deep trouble. in kentucky in kentucky, think about kentucky. for 113,000 people signed up by the aca, of which 75% were previously uninsured and more than 50% were under 35. the law has worked beautifully in kentucky. mitch mcconnell is calling for its repeal. he s in trouble. you know, susan, check out these numbers, and this is what the governor s referring to. check out these numbers from the new york times. most voters approve of arkansas
murray is up to a jury. corporations raking in millions in profits and not paying taxes. sometimes the government is paying them. that s triggering outrage on this american morning . good morning, everyone. it is friday, my very favorite day of the week besides saturday and sunday. happy friday. it s november 4th. welcome to american morning . i m christine romans. ali is on assignment. he s still in caane. herman cain still defiant this morning. the republican front-runner pushing back against the sexual harassment swirling around him. cain says that he will not let it derail his campaign for president. also developing this morning we may hear from one of cain s accusers today, her attorney hopes to release a statement which can rebut cain s contention that any allegations made against him were groundless. joe johns. following all the twists and turns of this case that continues to twist and turn, joe. reporter: that s for sure. if it happens, best case scenario
city up with a header. sporting fc wins 2-0 and advances to the eastern conference finals. college football, another exciting finish in the m.a.c. conference, ohio down three in the final minutes. daunte foster completions, bobcats. and the a college tradition like none other, john brown university in arkansas celebrates the start of basketball season with their version of making it rain. students throw rolls of toilet paper on the floor. the team beats their opponent by 43 points and there s plenty of tissue for the losers to wipe away their tears. that s your first look at sports. for another look at the weather, here once again, nbc meteorologist, bill karins. a nice tradition. but they ve got to clean it