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pulling. >> reporter: outside baton rouge, baker, louisiana, home is roughly two roughly 12,000 people. money is tight. the population and tax base are shrinking, the infrastructure is crumbling. all five school buildings were built in the 1950s. >> typically, when you have declining enrollment, it's tough to do anything. >> reporter: superintendent j.t. stroder met us at one of baker's two shuttered schools. speak our school infrastructure is reflective of community and for structure, as well. >> oh yes i think they are. you can drive around the community, and you will see all those kind of match the way student feels about their surroundings and the atmosphere, it reflects on how they perform academically. >> reporter: america's infrastructure grades are income and the grades are bad. overall, america's infrastructure for roads and bridges to drinking water get a grade of c-, and the needed investment to bring america's schools up to par, $870 billion.
about the level of funding - that's going to be needed, i and being honest that we're going to need to askl the richest in society, i including the multimillionaires,| the billionaires, to pay modestly more in tax in a way that - could raise the funding that's needed to protect our nhs. in a surprise move, the leader of the scottish conservatives, douglas ross, has put his name forward for a westminster seat in the general election. mr ross had previously said he would stand down from westminster at this election to concentrate on his job as a member of the scottish parliament ahead of the 2026 holyrood election. but today, as he announced his intention to stand in aberdeenshire north and moray east, he said he had to "lead from the front". and here's a list of all the candidates currently on the ballot. douglas ross is expected to be confirmed within the next hour or so. a full list will be on the bbc news website after nominations close tomorrow. in the past hour, england manager gareth southgate announced his 26—man squad for the euros,
surprise move, the leader of the scottish conservatives douglas ross has put his name forward for a westminster seat in the general election. mr ross had previously said he would stand down from westminster at this election to cut straight on his job as a member of the scottish parliament head of the 2026 holyrood election, but today as he announced his intention to stand in aberdeen north, he said he had to lead from the front. the green party co—leader, adrian ramsay, has been outlining its plans for the nhs including an extra £30 billion of funding a year in england. he says the health service is in a desperate situation and that he's outlined a fully costed proposal for the very richest to pay more tax. a full breakdown of costings will be in the party manifesto. we all value our nhs, and the green party is the only party being honest in this election about the level of funding that's going to be needed, and being honest that we're going to need to ask the richest in society,
of the scottish parliament ahead of the 2026 holyrood election. but today, as he announced his intention to stand in aberdeenshire north and moray east, he said he had to "lead from the front." the green party co—leader, adrian ramsay, has been outlining its plans for the nhs — including an extra 30—billion pounds of funding each year in england. he says the health service is in a desperate situation, and that he's outlined a fully costed proposal for the very richest to pay more tax. a full breakdown of costings will be in the party manifesto. we all value our nhs, and the green party is the only party being honest in this election about the level of funding that's going to be needed, and being honest that we're going to need to ask the richest in society, including the multimillionaires, the billionaires, to pay modestly more in tax in a way that could raise the funding that's needed to protect our nhs. and a reminder that we'll be building up
it's emerged the conservative party accepted a further £150,000 from the businessman, frank hester, days after he was accused of making racist and misogynist comments about labour's diane abbott. rishi sunak came under intense pressure from other parties to return mr hester�*s donations — which included one of £5 million made injanuary — when the row erupted in march. mr hester allegedly said that ms abbott "should be shot" and that she made him "want to hate all black women". the conservatives said he had "apologised and shown contrition" so the matter was resolved. the green party has launched its plans for the nhs. it wants to deliver an extra £30 billion a yearfor the health service in england by 2030, as well as an extra £20 billion for social care. they say they will raise the money by asking the "very richest" to pay more tax and extending the windfall tax on oil and gas companies. we all value our nhs, - and the green party is the only party being honest in this election
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conservatives will have known these were going to be disclosed at this point and, yes, were going to be disclosed at this pointand, yes, at were going to be disclosed at this point and, yes, at this point during a general election campaign. the awkwardness is clearly, from their point of view, worth it. they say because of his contrition, but let's because of his contrition, but let's be clear, because of his money. he has given the conservative party an extraordinary amount of money, £15 million, in the space ofjust ten months. that makes him by far and away the biggest conservative party donor. that is his significance to the conservative party.- donor. that is his significance to the conservative party. henry, thank ou ve the conservative party. henry, thank you very much _ the conservative party. henry, thank you very much indeed. _ the conservative party. henry, thank you very much indeed. the _ the conservative party. henry, thank you very much indeed. the green - you very much indeed. the green party court leader has been outlining its plans for the national health service, including an extra £30 billion of funding per year in england. he says the health service is in a desperate situation and they have a fairly costed proposal for the rich is to pay more tax. the
allowing the ukrainians to use american weapons on a tax inside russia. >> now president biden said ukraine won't use the weapons to talk to target moscow, or to target the kremlin is there any other guidance beyond that? >> this is a really common sense. guidance that the president has now given to ukraine when they are under imminent threat. and it's just across the border. >> and they know they're gonna get hit they should be allowed to hit back in that kind of scenario now right now jake, while you were talking the only place without really applies with the geography is up north of kharkiv where the russians had until very recently, tried to pressure that city, seemed to look like they're kinda backing off right now. there's no other place really in ukraine geographically where that's likely to happen because we were the other places where the russians are, are actually inside ukraine in the dom boss it's an in crimea so right now at mostly applies to kharkiv, but not because we put some geographic boundaries
including the multimillionaires, the billionaires, to pay modestly more in tax in a way that could raise the funding that's needed to protect our nhs. we can get a little more on this. our correspondentjenny hill was at the launch of the policy in central london. well, the greens say, in their words, they want to nurse the nhs back to full health, and they've been telling us how they intend to do that here in central london this morning. what stands out is what even they admit is an eye—watering sum of money they intend to spend. the greens say they'll need some £50 billion a year. they say that's required if they want to, for example, make sure that there are on—the—day gp appointments for those who need them, to make sure that people have access to nhs dentists. they also want to invest heavily in mental health provision and social care. the obvious question, of course, is, how are they going to pay for it? the immediate response, well,