Look at the us capitol. Beautiful evening, actually, here in washington as we jue just moments awas. Capity fm President Biden and tonights state of the Union Address. Y frompresidengood evening from. Im brad there. Good evening, everybody. Im martha maccallum. Any moment now President Biden will be announced on the house floor with the familiar callilia of the house sergeant of arms. He will make his way down cate, greeted by lawmakers all along the way. There you see mitt romney talking to joe awmakers manchin. Seems like theyre pretty engaged in some conversation ses that happens on the sidelines as you have a lot of lawmakersnh waiting a long time in the chamber. A lot of folkse chambe, you knos expressing themselves different ways. Republicans, some of the more in buttons, die of about the bo. Others dressed in white on the democratic sidemocratic in solidarity. Lets set the stage now with White House Correspondent I Peter Doocy with a preview of the president s speech. Good eveni
interest payments some of which are linked to inflation. let s get this in perspective though the uk s national debt is at record levels. it owes £2.69 trillion. that is almost the size of the uk economy the so called debt to gdp ratio is around 97.7%. that is a useful guide to how affordable the debt is for a country. the chancellor has pledged to get that ratio down. the uk s far better off than some of its neighbours though italy s debt to gdp is around 140%. but if we look at germany s that s is only around 65%. but if we look at germany s that s only around 65%. staying in the uk where aside from talk of potential tax cuts there are stark warnings that 2 million people could have their gas and electricity cut off this winter because they can t afford to top up their prepayment meter. that comes from the charity the citizens advice bureau as cost of living pressure continue to bite for many. joining me now is the report author alex belsham harris en
they were looking to salvage a terrible financial performance that it has been seen, but also for sony, which is also really facing stiff competition right now in the indian market from the likes of amazon, netflix as well as a potential merger between disney and reliance industries. these two giants were looking to come together and consolidate their presence against this competition, but of course it has now fallen through because there was no consensus it has been said between the two companies and who would lead the merged entity. zee of course wanted its current loss to be leading it. sorry of course had reservations about that because of a number of corporate governance cases that have been pending against him. so despite nearly two years of negotiations and a 30 day grace period, the deal has now fallen through. it doesn t look like this is the end because sony is now seeking a $90 million termination fee and zee has said it will go to the courts as well. we will have
on who would have led the merged entity, zee essentially wanted it to be opening but sony was opposed to that because of a number of regulatory cases that are pending against him, such as corporate governance. despite nearly two years of negotiations and a 30 day grace period, this deal which would have created one of india s largest media entities has fallen apart. there are large implications of this, particularly on zee. they have been battling quite a terrible financial performance over the past years, but also for sony, given the huge amount of competition in the indian market. both of them wanted to face up to this competition jointly, but now they will have two face the likes of amazon, netflix and also potentially a merged entity between reliance industries and disney, single handedly that is of course something that has been speculated that there will be a merger between reliance and disney. it doesn t look like the saga is going to end anytime soon because sony has
control. but a city of bakhmut is facing a ferocious assault right now with thousands of civilians in dang danger as the russian s advance. and a man is rested for trying to bring explosives on a flight to florida in his suitcase. what we re learning about the case. new information coming in. and juries visit the scene where alex murdaugh s wife and son were kill and then the closing arguments in the disgraced lawyer s murder trial. prosecutors wrapping up just a short wild ago after condemning his lies confirm his guilt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story this evening. very intense fighting raging right now in the key eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. civilians hunkering down as russia throws some of the most battle hardened forces into the fight. cnn s melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv with an update. melissa, how dire is the situation in the