Trade, britains only surviving cloth hall opens after a multi Million Pound renovation. Good morning. Its tuesday 1st august. Im julian worricker. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. British gas has said it will increase the price of electricity for the first time in nearly four years. Its owner centrica says Electricity Prices will increase by 12. 5 from 15th september. 3. 1 million customers will be affected. But the companys gas prices will be held at their current level. The average annual dual fuel bill for households on a standard tariff will rise by £76, up by 7. 3 . Ian conn is the Chief Executive of british gass Parent Company, centrica. He explained why the price rise was necessary despite a decrease in the wholesale cost of energy. First of all, the last time we moved our Electricity Prices was in january 2014 and since then they have been held flat. From that time, and you are correct, wholesale prices have fallen, we estimate about £36 on an average bill, that is not what is d
So many ways to look at this. Because you asked about sean, thats one way. Another way is also what this says, maybe much more importantly, about the president of the United States, and how he has learned from the First Six Months about the way he wants to craft his white house with people who are loyal to him. People who know him, who are new yorkers. And are much more fluent in the language of trump than in the ways of washington. Were going to talk much more about that. Jen palmieri, white house comes director for President Obama and of course, you will know her from the Hillary Clinton campaign where she also served chief of communications there. Jen, thanks for joining us. Give us your reaction to this. All right. Can jen . Can you hear me . All right. Were going to try to work out the connection with jen palmieri, well bring her in soon as we have her. Going to scaramucci, and im sure sean believes that hes not the right guy for the job. And hed been we were seeing him sidelined
Carried political and potentially legal peril. The strategy, the advisers agreed, should be for donald trump jr. To release a statement to get ahead of the story. They wanted to be truthful, so their account Couldnt Be Repudiated later if the full details emerged. But within hours, at the president s direction, the plan changed. Flying home from germany on july 8th aboard air force one, trump personally dictated a statement in which trump jr. Said he and the russian lawyer had primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian children. When they met in june 2016, according to multiple people, with knowledge of the deliberations, the statement, issued to the New York Times, as it prepared a story, emphasized that the subject of the meeting was, quote, not a Campaign Issue at the time. The claims were later shown to be misleading. Further down in the washingtwa post story, quote, as special Counsel Robert Mueller investigates potential obstruction as part of his broader probe o
Addon advantage. Discounted hotel rates when you add on to your trip. Only when you book with expedia. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live every sunday from washington from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tonight, critical mass. Thought our politics were explosive before . Try replacing the swing vote on the Supreme Court. Well talk about the wild conjecture and whats actually about to happen. At the same time, democrats take stock after a top member of leadership is upset in new york. Rising stars ben jealous and jason candor join me live to talk about what their party should do next. And later i travel to utah
to talk with mitt romney on the campaign trail. Hes set to become the republican senator in the age of trump. Plus, do not congratulate. Russia stuns spain at the world cup. But first the interviews, the Lobbying Effort and even the ads are underway to replace Justice Anthony kennedy on the Supreme Court. The president is back home after spending the weekend at Bedmin