His tweet is flagged as misinformation if you dunt tcount the illeg votes, the ones that came in late, they are trying to steal the election jay powell says the current economic downturn is the most severe of our lifetimes. Sure, i think that there are plenty of people on capitol hill who on both sides of the aisle who see a need for further fiscal action and understand perfectly why that might be the case and the wall street rally continues. The swiss luxury giant says online sales are recovering after 82 drop in net profit well, the u. S. Election is inching toward a final result as votes continue to be counted in several crucial battleground states across the country. At this moment, democratic candidate joe biden is ahead of President Trump in the key Electoral College tally, 253 to 214, that is according to nbc news projections 270 votes are needed to win. The tightest race is in georgia where President Trump holds array czar thin lead of under 700 votes. A win in georgia for bide
Welcome to bbc news. All four Board Members of the governments social Mobility Commission have stood down in protest at what they say is a lack of progress towards a fairer britain. Ex labour minister alan milburn, who chairs the commission, said he had little hope the current government could make the necessary progress. The resignations also include the former conservative cabinet minister gillian shephard. Downing street insists it is working to provide opportunities for all. Heres our Political Correspondent, alex forsyth. When theresa may became Prime Minister she stood in downing street and made a promise. The government i lead will be driven, not by the interests of the privileged few, but by yours. When it comes to opportunity, we wont entrench the advantages of the fortunate few. We will do everything we can to help everybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you. But the governments Senior Adviser in improving social mobility has now left his j
About an hour from now. And theres been no let up in the president s tirade against Jeff Sessions, he tweeted again just before sessions arrived at the white house. The president also tweeting he will reinstate a ban on transgender individuals serving in the United States military, and he cited medical costs and did ruppation. The natt meanwhile has delayed the next vote on a plan to repeal obamacare, scheduled for about 2 1 2 hours or so from now, well update the Health Care Debate here in the United States in a live report, thats coming up this hour as well. But lets start with the u. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions who was there at the white house when the president launched his latest attack against him. And ill quote, why didnt a. G. Sessions replace acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe, a comey friend who was in charge of the clinton investigation, but got big dollars, 700,000 for his wifes run against Hillary Clinton and the represents drain the swamp. She got 700,000 from the de
Building case against the president. Sources say cnn Robert Mueller has in his possession memos from Andrew Mccabe, the now retired and fired Deputy Director of the fbi who was just dismissed from his job last night. The memo said to discuss conversations between mccabe and the president and james comey. Also learning late today, the mccabe gave an interview to the special counsel and was asked about the circumstances surrounding comeys firing. Those developments are the back drop for another remarkable attempt by the president to humiliate his own Justice Department and potentially poison the well as the special investigation reaches closer to the president. Cnn has been all over these fast moving developments in the past 24 hours. Lets begin with laura in washington. What do we know about the memos Andrew Mccabe turned over to the special counsel and his interview with muellers team . Well, anna, we have confirmed one of the topics covered during that interview with the special couns
Here on details of how msnbcs joy reid came after her and someone else you might know. And larry kudlow is here to respond to critics on trumps bold trade moves. But first try to unlock a mittry. Why doesnt the russia investigation time line seem to add up. And solomons latest piece on the hill points out key discrepancies. The f. B. I. s most senior Counter Intelligenceeges visited london in the first week of may 2016. Days after australian diplomat Alexander Downer met in london at a bar with George Papadopoulos who revealed that russia had dirt on Hillary Clinton. And then Trump Campaign advisor carter page was contacted by an associate of an apparent informant in june. But not until july 31st did the f. B. I. Launch its counter intel investigation. John solomon discovered that the f. B. I. Violated its own rule by using informants before the investigation was ever launched. So why were f. B. I. Informants contacting trump continues about russia long before the russia probe was open