in south korea. president biden will tour a samsung facility. president biden said i m on my first trip to asia as president to strengthen alliances and partnerships and working with fellow democracy to shape the rules of the road for the 21st century. the president lands as soaring gas prices hit a new daily record high. new numbers released $4.59 for gallon of regular gas, that is up 1 cent from yesterday. the house voted thursday to prevent price gouging. members want to place the blame on russia. you can think the activity of vladamir putin for invading ukraine and pulling oh, nonsense. with all due respect, that is utter nonsense. griff: others refusing to believe the pain being felt at the pump. americans are still recovering from this terrible pandemic and there are a lot of other world events making things difficult. you are unwilling to say gas prices are too high. we re doing all we can, senator. griff: not the only mounting crisis the president left
Sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. It has been a busy day. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. I want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. Earlier he had an admission hed promised deportation flights to rwanda. Now he says they will happen if he is elected. We have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. All of that work is already ongoing and the choice of this election is clear, because if im reelected as Prime Minister on the 5th ofjuly, these f
Security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. So what happens next . Over the next five days, parliament will try to get through Unfinished Business and pass remaining legislation. It will be dissolved next thursday, may the 30th. Each party will launch its manifesto in the days to follow. Then on the 4th ofjuly, the polls open for this Snap Summer General Election and the people will cast their votes. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. To the man everyone has staked everything on this gamble calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to become. I he has a huge poll deficit to become. ,. , . ,. , become. I want to build britain, a country where become. I want to build britain, a country where you become. I want
For the Prime Minister it is continuity, the risk he says of Swapping Leader in the midst, of what he believes, is the beginning of an economic recovery. For keir starmer it is change, and an end he says to the tory chaos. We will hear plenty of that in the weeks ahead. And we will hear it in every corner of the country. The Prime Minister has already been to events in england, wales and scotland today. The labour leader travelled to kent. The Liberal Democrats and the snp out and about and competing in the key, swing seats. Our political editor, chris mason has been tracking them all day. Applause. Placards and cheers and a baby is getting attention from politicians. Keir starmer is quite a fan of visiting Lower League Football grounds and places he hopes labour can win. He was in gillingham in kent this morning, his deputy with him too. Thank you. Whatever Service People try and access these days, they find its like wading through treacle. Red cards arent usually welcome for folk on
[dramatic music] breaking news out of georgia. Democrat Raphael Warnock and democrat jon ossoff has won the Senate Runoff election. This is the new georgia. This is a state that is changing like the country is changing. The big factor in black voters matter, its the new georgia project. You have black genius and grassroots genius on display, and black joy. We vote all we win we vote all we win welcome to the new georgia. Welcome to the blue georgia. Republicans taking another step to prevent what they believe is voter fraud at the polls. 48 states have introduced at least 389 bills to restrict voting. Both of those senate seats flipped from red to blue, and so republicans in georgia want to make sure that that doesnt happen again. Anytime a Political Party abuses their power to actually put laws in place so that whoever does not vote for them, they can prevent them from voting, that in itself is political corruption. We are fighting for our lives we are fighting for our votes we are fi