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international policy is almost a relationship policy, a key figure, a charismatic, big, strong leader in india working with other like-minded leaders. so expecting him to work with trump if he gets into power in a similar way, he works directly with xi. so the way he presents himself with a global stages as a big, powerful figure in terms of policy, it's not always that clear in terms of international policy because he does try to work with everyone and everyone is trying to woo him. china's charter with him, america is trying to woo him the big important economy, and everyone wants them on side, but he's getting with everyone likes the strong the strong man. so that's been interesting and it'll be interesting to see how he continues with that. >> well, it's a bit undermining right. to not have had this be the sweeping victory that he and his allies had projected. it might max foster for us in london, max always grateful for you. thank you so much. thank you. casey. >> i just ahead here, boeing's starliner preparing for liftoff and just a few hours after two
courts will reject it as they did when president trump did. and that really throws the issue back to congress. >> the asylum is a very important part of american history, but now the system is being abused. i think it was the right thing to do. >> all right. they sit both sides for democrats, both sides of the democratic party is speaking right there on full display. arlette saenz, that the white house for us, what is the white house thinking about this as the reaction, as we just played has been coming in swift okay president biden's executive action on the border went into effect at midnight, really marking a significant shift in this administration's approach to border security policy. >> now it does come as the president has been facing some criticism from republicans and members of his own party to this approach. but essentially what this plan is doing, it is, it's preventing migrants who are crossing the country illegally from seeking asylum at the us southern border. when that certain daily threshold is met, that figure is 2,500
>> they heard that and more. how was the jury reacting? do we know? >> reporter: the jury was rapt. some jurors were taking notes. the reading of that memoir also drew emotional reactions from first lady jill biden and hunter biden's sister ashley biden who were sitting in the courtroom. and people who -- our colleagues who were also sitting in there thought that hunter biden came off as a sympathetic figure as those excerpts were being read. after all, this is a memoir where he owned up to all of this, where he was explaining his demons and his pursuit of drugs, and many of these jurors have people this their family who have dealt with the same kinds of issues. and so it remains to be seen how that plays. >> lisa, hearing hunter biden's voice, that can be powerful. how do you see that playing with the jury and impacting this case? >> i think the defendant's own voice can be extremely powerful, so powerful, for example, that in the recent trump criminal
previously, i think in this poll, is it the reverse is also true. there are a fair, we think of trump's a vote as entirely this unconditional walkover glass support from there. in fact, a lot of ambivalent voters supporting trump as well. there are people who are, who have an unfavorable view of trump. and are voting for him in part because they are so negative about biden. both of them. our winning a surprising share of ambivalent voted in a vacuum. and by vacuum, i mean maybe country other than the united states or to this could mean a third-party candidate would enjoy some success. >> but right here, right here, the third-party candidate, i robert f. kennedy jr. is enjoying some success in polling, but he is, i think ultimately if figure who can't bear the weight of the expert, i mean, he can probably do best among voters who are largely disconnected from the political system and the end, by the way, that's the other kind of inversion we're watching, you
around the table so we will pass it around. but you got access to archival material that we haven't seen before. you feel like you know everything about d-day, especially if you're that interested in it and you read every book and watch all of the documentaries but tell us what new light you shed on this. >> i think the most important light i shed on it was the light on the commander, himself. you know? dwight eisenhower is this received figure who, you know, has this -- he is our grandfather in some ways and his presidency was certainly defined by being a trying to look boring. you know? the two million or more stories that come out of d-day. the one i think is the most dramatic and almost relatable to us today is the man of the middle who had to struggle through it all and to project optimism even though at all times he knew it was on the verge of collapse, that, you know, even on the eve of battle, his chief of staff predicted there is maybe a 50/50 chance of it succeeding and had it failed, what world would we live in
the nhs, the cost of living and tax took centre stage, including a repeated conservative claim... mark my words, labour will raise your taxes. it's in their dna. ..that labour's plans would mean a £2,000 tax rise per working household. a figure arrived at, rishi sunak suggested, through independent treasury officials. this £2,000 you keep saying it's going to cost is absolute garbage. we won't go into the details of it. it became clearer that the supposed hike would be over four years as the tories stuck to a treasury based attack line. i've worked in the treasury and i can tell you that these are brilliant independent civil servants and they will not be putting anything dodgy in there. these are all policies that have been set up by the labour party. and actually, if anything, they are underestimating the cost to families. but look at this. it's a letter from the treasury's top civil servant obtained exclusively by the bbc. it says the civil service wasn't involved in the production or presentation of the conservative
lots of claims and counter claims were made during the televised leaders debate between rishi sunak and sir keir starmer — including a heavily disputed conservative claim that labour's policies would mean a £2,000 tax rise for every household. ben chu from bbc verifyjoins us now. ben, you've been fact checking the numbers? we have. was that claim from rishi sunak in the debate last night that labour would put up household taxes by £2000 produced by the treasury? that is what the conservative leader implied. here is what he actually said. independent treasury officials have costed labour policies and they amount to £2000 tax rise for every working family. let's explain how that £2000 figure is generated. the choice added up what they say are the net cost of labour spending commitments in the next four years and come to a keenness of some of
the bayeux war cemetery in normandy. more again tomorrow from bbc breakfast onwards. full coverage across the bbc, but from cell c for now, back to sally. a letter from a top civil servant has cast doubt on the conservatives' claims of tax rises under labour if it wins power. labour says rishi sunak�*s claim, that the party would increase taxes on every household by £2,000 overfour years is a desperate lie. the prime minister used the figure repeatedly in last night's televised debate, and claimed the costing came from treasury officials, but that is disputed by the most senior civil servant at the treasury. the conservatives are standing by the figure, as our political correspondent jessica parker reports. it was the first live tv showdown of this election between the two men who could be your next prime minister.
hear is scary numbers, but now doubt has been cast on the claim, he risks something else — public trust. jessica parker, bbc news in westminster. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is here — henry, how will labour and the conservatives be feeling about their leaders' performances now? in the immediate aftermath of the debate i think the conservatives were pleased because they had put these questions about the labour tax plans right into the mix of this general election campaign. but this morning i think it has become clear that in the process they've unleashed a separate row about rishi sunak and his honesty and character and that will be harder for them to control. i was sitting here this morning when i got hold of that letter from the chief civil servant at the treasury which did seem to shake up this particular issue. the fightback is now beginning from the conservative party, the chief secretary of the treasury laura trott insisting even if not the entire figure is from treasury
party's tax claims, that the calculations go beyond what the treasury's provided and shouldn't be presented as having been produced by the civil service. well, as rishi sunak, who lied 12 times in the debate last night about labour's tax plans, the truth is, it's the conservatives that have taken the tax burden to the highest it's been in 70 years. that is the conservatives' record and their legacy. so what's going on here? well, the conservatives asked the treasury to cost policies they claim labour will pursue. those calculations have then been included in a tory party dossier to reach the £2,000 figure. so it's not a treasury number, it's an extrapolation that is soaked in the politics of this election. a cloudy picture, but rishi sunak appears to be doubling down, releasing this video on social media. he may hope all you'll