[announcer] pray. Coms bedtime bible stories calm your mind and ease your spirit. Download pray. Com to get the 1 app for prayer and sleep. Hello an welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world. You are watching cnn newsroom. And im rosemary church. Just ahead, the cracks are showing within the u. S. Republican party as it debates whether to punish a congresswoman over her incendiary views. How this fight could determine the gops future. Also im not making it law. Im eliminating bad policy. President biden rolls back trump era Immigration Policy, pledging to reunite children separated from their parents at the border. And paying their respects. The president and first lady are among those to honor officer Brian Sicknick who died after being injured in the capitol hill riot. Good to have you with us. Well, the future of one controversial u. S. Lawmaker is now being debated by her colleagues in the house. And in the coming hours, a group of republi
independent treasury officials have costed labour s policies and they amount to a £2000 tax rights for working family. it looks like now the chief treasury civil servant actually wrote to labour at two days ago saying the conservative assessment of their tax plan should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service. the debate sought the labour leader sir keir starmer challenged over hospital waiting lists among other things. with a rant out of the highlights from that debate, this is our political correspondent ian watson. the first debate of the campaign was a head to head clash between the prime minister and the man who wanted to replace him. if you re still wondering about the key messages they want to hammer home at this election, wonder no longer. this election is all about a choice more of the chaos and division we ve seen for the last 14 years, or turning the page and rebuilding with labour. no one knows what labour would actually do. but you know
Named in the side. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Record numbers of patients waited for more than four hours in accident and Emergency Departments in england in december thats according to officialfigures. Only 86 met the nhs target of being seen in four hours or less. And figures leaked to the bbc suggest it was even worse in january, just 82 , the worst performing month for a e departments in the past 13 years. The bma says the Prime Minister can no longer bury her head in the sand about the increasing pressure on the nhs. The government says the vast majority of patients are seen and treated quickly. This report from our Health Editor hugh pym. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strains being felt right across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. The latest official figures confirmed it was the worst for waits since modern re
The archbishop of canterbury says hes saddened and shocked. A vigorous welcome in the oval office for new us attorney generaljeff sessions the most controversial of president tumps nominees. President , please take your seat. Chaotic scenes in the south african parliament, as president zuma is accused of promoting rampant corruption. And we talk to the british sprinter who competed in rio whos now hoping to rebuild his Running Career after a Road Accident. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news find out if the leeds rhinos could hold onto the lead, and beat st helens in the first match of the new superleague season. Good evening. Record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in january, according to figures leaked to the bbc. During a difficult winter for the nhs, january seems to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once th
And this budget is an example. Nick watt reports. We havent quite heard the first cuckoo, but spring will soon be upon us. As the buds slowly sprout, its time to prepare for future climates, both sunny and chilly. That was the spirit Philip Hammond invoked in the lead up to the budget. Expect to prepare for troubled times as the uk leads the eu. It actually turned out that spreadsheet phil is so comfortable in his dream job that we witnessed gag a minute phil as he cracked a joke about the last chancellor, who announced the demise of the Spring Budget. The treasury has helpfully reminded me that i am not the first chancellor to announce the last Spring Budget. 2a years ago, Norman Lamont also presented what was billed then as the last Spring Budget. What they fail to remind me, mr deputy speaker, was that ten weeks later he was sacked laughter so wish me luck today ah, a chancellor who thinks he can deliver a deadly serious budget whilst lightening the mood with some gags at the expens