A shutdown avoided at least for now, but what is the future for House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy . And what of the spending for ukraine . Money promised by the white house was stripped from the bill this weekend, just hours before a pro russia candidate in slovakia, regained power. Good evening, jeremy hunt is the seventh chancellor in 13 years to addess a conservative Party Conference. Today he stood on stage next to a slogan promising long term decisions for the future. Not the easiest sell when your partys trailing 16 points in the polls, and the government is about to cancel a key part of a flagship infrastructure project, in which you have already invested billions of pounds of taxpayers money. A decision the current Prime Minister signed off as chancellorjust three years ago. We are also going to build better railways, madam deputy speaker. With spades going into the ground on hs2, our commitment to fund Manchester Leeds leg of Northern Powerhouse rail, we are going to build broadban
Thank you for being with us. Can i get you to comment on that story that was on the front of the times today . Is not really true, £7,900 a day for a consultant to cover Strike Activity . Is that really true . I dont know if thats true but whats more important is that our doctors feel the need to strike. They dont feel the need to strike. They dont feel they can get what they need. I think there is systematic need for change in the nhs. Change in the nhs. Weve got a government change in the nhs. Weve got a government at change in the nhs. Weve got a government at the change in the nhs. Weve got a government at the moment change in the nhs. Weve got a i government at the moment saying we need to be prudent with the pennies. And thats why they are cutting parts of the hst project. On the other hand, theyve not sat down to find a way through this for 100 days and other causes £1 billion. Its difficult to square that argument when you look at the numbers, isnt it . I when you look at the
they are shivering in texas. it was colder in dallas this morning than in anchorage, alaska. the city struggles to clear roads and highways covered with ice and snow. jacqui jeras, who got a good laugh out of here, is tracking the snow and ice in texas and the rest of today s weather. jacqui, what are we seeing here? it s a travel nightmare for a lot of people between dallas and jackson, it s just terrible. freezing rain and we ve got snow and ice and making things treacherous. five inches on the ground in dallas. houston, texas, you ve gn dealing with freezing rain. a live picture out of houston this hour where parts of the interstate are shut down. it s nothing but ice. the traffic at a near standstill. numerous accidents reported all over that area. it s not just the bridges and overpasses. it s the main surface streets as well. use extreme caution and stay home today if you can. the airways, we have closures