as part of the bbc s counting the cost of living series at we are here in derby to see how people are coping. three will become two conservative mps get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party s leader and the next prime minister. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka protesters staged a silent protest. we will hear from staged a silent protest. we will hearfrom brittany s staged a silent protest. we will hear from brittany s newest world champion coach jake wightman, who took gold last night at the world fatic championships. fire crews have worked through the night damping down wildfires and blazes in homes which broke out in yesterday s record breaking heat. dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed and hundreds had to be evacuated. london was among a number of fire brigades that declared major incidents as fires broke out across the country. one blaze in east london, on the edge of kent, gutted several houses a
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Wild card . Why . He picked his pal, kris kobach, over the partys choice, who has a slim lead in polls over kobach even though trump is backing him. The proposition is this. Could trump put this governors seat in play by picking the controversial kobach . Youll remember him of gu dayzy voter fraud fame. Remember that commission to find fraud that found none . Thats him. Trump remembers the loyalty. The gop would like to forget he exists. Its also a crucial test for the other side. Democratic centrists are fighting the growing progressive wing for the future of the party. Then theres something im calling the x growth factor. What can democrats do to peel off trump voters . What do i mean by trump voters . Voters who are disaffected and who picked trump for being an antipolitician. What can they do for that . Lets get after all of this right now with chief National Correspondent john king monitoring it
we ve heard inflation is now rising at its fastest pace in more than a0 years. we are talking to families about how they are coping and finding things. i ve got with me dave, tracey and yvonne williams, councillor for the city. we will get to yvonne in a moment but first, tracey, what is been going on with you? it is difficult at the moment. things it is difficult at the moment. things are really tough. we are behind things are really tough. we are behind on things are really tough. we are behind on a gas and electric, we ve had to behind on a gas and electric, we ve had to set behind on a gas and electric, we ve had to set up a payment plan because we missed had to set up a payment plan because we missed one month in that role and that the we missed one month in that role and that the next month and you re trying that the next month and you re trying to that the next month and you re trying to play catch up and in effect trying to play catch up and in effect we tryin
margin? romney. let me tell did you no, no. obama won by 53%. i know. everybody says this is such a republican district, how did obama win in 2012 by the same margin that president trump won? you know, it defies logic. romney won the state, though, and they ve held the district for but we re not talking about the state. we re talking about look, chris, we re talking about this district. the democrats weren t even putting somebody up for some of those years because there was such prohibitive laws. how ruby red this is and how it s impossible for democrats to win. well, a democrat in 2012 won pretty handily. not for the congressional seat. don t paint it like it s this ruby red, dyed in the wool republican i don t know how red you have to be, sir. from 1935 to now, you ve only lost twice. you don t have to call me sir, buddy. you can call me dave. [ overlapping voices ] listen, i heard your earlier
said he won t vote for nancy pelosi. hold on. you had your time. i want to give some credit on one issue we haven t talked about is that there were a bunch of voters who were purged in ohio because they were so-called infrequent, a progressive group got out there and got a deal cut so that everybody could vote this time. that s the kind of stuff happening on the ground, fighting for voting rights, for progressive values that is making this race so close. we will see how it turns out. you know what s making this race close? you ve got democrats like conor lamb and danny o connor, who are running against nancy pelosi and who are running against the democratic party as blue dog democrats. how is he running against the party? he went after the tax cuts and said they didn t help it. [ overlapping voices ] you sound nervous, dave. you sound nervous. i love nancy pelosi. you keep talking about her, but hold on. let s end the debate and go to the results because you ll have mor