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comes our way. all the details later on in the programme. it s thursday the 13th ofjuly. our main story. junior doctors in england will begin a five day strike this morning, described by their union as the longest in nhs history, in a major escalation of their pay dispute with the government. downing street said the latest walkout by members of the british medical association would put patient safety at risk, while the union has urged ministers to follow the example of scotland and produce what it calls a credible offer. sophie hutchinson reports. picket lines are now a familiar sight outside hospitals in england. but the nhs has been bracing itself for today, the start of a marathon five day strike byjunior doctors. like at many hospitals, here at the royal berkshire, they know they ll be stretched. our focus is on patient safety. we will do everything we can to keep those patients safe. and in five days, we will find the cover and we will work however hard we need to work ....
she. bill: that visit designed to restore stability. the secretary admits it is not all sunshine and rainbows. we are clear eyed about the challenges posed by the prc. the united states will advance a vision for the future that we share with so many others, free, open, stable and prosperous world. i came to beijing to strengthen levels of communication. we agreed on the need to stabilize our relationship. dana: the trip was originally scheduled for last february but the discovery of a chinese spy craft in u.s. airspace prompted the white house to postpone it. i don t know what more that chinese communist party has to do in terms of violating u.s. sovereignty and international law for us to take a tough stand. i think the problem has been the entire biden administration has been filled with mishops towards china. he has made mistakes in terms of not being tougher against china on stealing of intellectual property. letting spy balloons fly over the country unhar ....
group with the very latest polling numbers with now 48 hours until election day. then, the senate contest that the everybody is watching, two of the most competitive races right here with football great and georgia peach senate candidate herschel walker closing in on his democrat opponent and north carolina senate story y all candidate and current congressman ted budd with closing arguments, coming up live. all of this as desperate democrats get personal and bring out the big guns in the final days to try and convince voters inflation and spiking crime are not really impacting american families after all. herschel walker was a heck of a football player. i mean, some of you are a too young to remember, but in college, he was amazing. one of the best running backs of all tile. all time. but here s the question, does that make him the best person to represent you? they don t care about keeping you safe, they want to keep you scared. and the thing about kathy hochul ....
conversation with someone from your medical team to interview your physician. you ve declined those requests. why? i feel like we have been very transparent in a lot of different ways. when our doctor has already given a letter saying that i m able to serve and to be running. dana: james freeman from the wall street journal ahead with reaction but bryan llenas is live in the newsroom. the nbc reporter said during small talk before the interview without the use of closed captioning it was not clear whether john fetterman understood their conversation. when pressed as to why he has not released his medical records fetterman pointed to his campaign schedule. being in front of thousands and thousands of people and having interviews and getting around all across pennsylvania, that gives everybody and the voters decide if they think that it s really the issue. the pittsburgh post-gazette in washington post editorial boards have called on both candidates to rel ....
politics. it s flagged it. and also donald trump s burden the former president presumptive republican nominee is celebrating the big 78. he says he wants to pretend the day does not exist, but it does. and it highlights one of the biggest issues of this election plus a supreme court decision on guns, the highest court in the land, striking down a ban on bump stocks the one used in the deadliest mass shooting in american history. one liberal justice warren s rulli will have deadly consequences and the lesser of three evil that, that s how some voters who backed trump s 2016 and then biden in 2020, explain why they re choosing robert f. kennedy jr. this time around, you hear firsthand how swing voters and swing-state are weighing their choices. manu raju in for dana bash, let s go behind that leinz in inside politics first up they say age is just a number. but in this presidential race where both candies would be the oldest president ever integrated. it s so much more ....