the new exchange traded funds this week. so when a tweet was posted from the sec gov account saying essentially that it was noteworthy, it was also wrong. the sec and its chair, gary gensler, quickly posted on x that the sec account was compromised and that the regulator had not yet approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange traded products. the erroneous tweet also included a graphic with a quote claiming to be from chair gensler. a second tweet that only said dollar sign btc bitcoin s ticker symbol, was also posted, then almost immediately deleted. for bitcoin s value, a bit of a ride. the cryptocurrency climbed to nearly $48,000 on the false news, then fell back down toward 16,000 with reality. tesla has lowered driving range estimates across its line up of electric vehicles. it comes as a new regulation takes effect in the us with the goal of ensuring that auto makers accurately reflect real world performance. according to a reuters investigation last year,
i m going to attempt, and i probably regret this, i m going to attempt to make sense of the current debt ceiling situation. instead of having someone come on who doesn t know what s going on, i thought i don t know what s going on, i can just guess and so, we re gonna do a little bit of that. and i will advance a theory that joe biden is doing everything right. there is a theory that i landed on it today that joe biden is doing everything right. i reserve the right to take my mind tomorrow. [laughter] listen, lawrence, i will put my money on you being able to not only explain this but make sense of it, and have a plausible theory for all of it so i m eager to see what you have to say this evening. it s one of the things that i know will sound good while i m saying it. i don t want anyone to think about much after i say it. okay? [laughter] [laughter] let s see what the news is tomorrow. you ve got to get the 10:59. right, yeah! it is given some until 10:59, and
thank you alex! have a great show. thank you. well this is the breaking news that i m holding in my hands. this is a letter from donald trump s attorneys to attorney general merrick garland. the letter to the attorney general says, we represent donald j trump, 45th president of the united states in the investigation currently being conducted by the special counsel s office. they go on to propaganda rise about hunter biden which acquires makes no sense. and then they say what the letter is about in the final sentence of there s a very short letter. we request a meeting at your earliest convenience to discuss the ongoing injustice that is being perpetrated by your special counsel and his prosecutors. thank you for your attention to this matter. so there it is tonight, the trump lawyers asking merrick garland, attorney general of the united states for a meeting about special counsel jack smith s criminal investigations of donald trump which of course includes the documents
Less than 2a hours after Kwasi Kwarteng insisted he was 100 safe in his job as chancellor he has gone sacked by liz truss after he flew back early from washington for crisis talks. 3 weeks of turmoil on the Financial Markets has culminated in the Prime Minister Announceing A Second Major u turn on her economic plans for Growth Corporation tax will now rise in april after all. She has sacked the chancellor and named a new one jeremy hunt the 4th this year. At a very short Press Conference this Afternoon Liz Truss was repeatedly asked about her credibility as Prime Minister and why she was remaining in the job. Lets take a listen to what she had to say. My my conviction to this country needs to go for growth and is rooted in my personal experience. I know what its like to grow up somewhere that isnt feeling the benefits of growth and i so what that meant and im not prepared to accept that for our country. I want a country where people can get good jobs and new businesses can set up in fa
the heavier downpours going into northern ireland later this evening and into western scotland. some not just heavy but thundery weather strengthening wind. ahead of that in eastern scotland, a chilly night to come. temperatures close to freezing. we start with the heaviest downpours tomorrow. northern ireland clearing quickly and then across england and wales. elsewhere in england and wales. elsewhere in england and wales. elsewhere in england and wales, another batch running into northern ireland in the afternoon and then western scotland. i talk a lot about showers and we will see some during the day but there will also be several hours of fine and fairly sunny weather as well. across the uk, things will be turning windier, particularly through the irish sea and adjacent coast. dust is near 50 mass per hour and some gales and places. the lowest temperatures in scotland. if you venture to the highest hills, you venture to the highest hills, you may get to see a bit of snow