new reporting on the biggest political speech of the year just hours now away from president biden s state of the union address. six to be exact. set to take place on the building on your screen, just a couple of blocks from where i m sitting. sources telling the president he will focus on his accomplishments and to finish the job. a job that will require bipartisan ship with the republicans. we ve got our team standing by live at the white house and on capitol hill. also standing by across the country asking voters what they think about our state of the union just months before 2024 campaigning gets into full swing. also this hour, you have u.s. aid workers now on their way overseas as the dual crisis in turkey and syria are going from bad to worse. more than 7,000 people now confirmed dead from those powerful earthquakes. our team is there live on the ground as the rescue efforts continue. i m hallie jackson with you in washington where we ll with the rest of the evening. w
do you work in education do you have children in school? are you worried how this will affect their studies and wellbeing? let me know by getting in touch with your comments and questions on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. millions of people in the us prepare to head to the polls and vote in the midterm elections. new research suggests over half of young people between 11 18 are navigating a world outside of school that is increasingly isolated and home based. and the purr fect home? how one family turned their house into a cat rescue centre. thank you forjoining us at the bbc news channel this morning. new allegations of bullying have been made against the government minister sir gavin williamson claims which he denies. he s already facing two investigations a conservative party one and a parliamentary one after sending abusive text messages to the former chief whip, wendy morton. sir gavin williamson is currently minister without portfolio
of the us midterm elections. nine months into the war in ukraine, with winterfast nine months into the war in ukraine, with winter fast approaching, we are with winter fast approaching, we are with a community in norfolk that once again is preparing to send vitally needed supplies into the war zone. is it change at the top for liverpool? after a period of sustained success, are the club s american owners looking to sell the club? have you got your christmas decorations are up, or is it way too early? good morning and welcome to this winter wonderland near warrington, where i ll be looking at the cost of living crisis and how it could affect christmas for many people. good morning. some sunshine today, but plenty of thunderstorms and heavy downpours. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 8th of november. our main story. headteachers in england are warning they re facing a crisis, and many schools may have to cut teachers or reduce their hours to save
even though it s actually not part of the grade school curriculum. that same bill requiring the program to teach american patriotism. in florida, ron desantis blocking a new advanced placement course for high school students on african american studies, saying that that course lacks educational value. last year, he also signed a bill restricting how schools can talk about race with their students. governors and legislators, mostly on the right, waging a kind of war on what they see as so-called woke curriculum. others see as the, well, telling of truth and unvarnished truth at that, of our own american history. then there s the war on woke part two. this time it s called the word police. in arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders has banned the word latinx in all official state documents. and you may have heard that stanton university created a list of harmful language like, you guys, killing two birds with one stone, even the word american. we re going to dig into the quest