lso have tnsider 40% of homeowners do not have mortgages. move if the circumstances dictate.lihood of one rate cut this year. that is a change from what they id december when they set about four rate cuts. they are holdingwhatever is bei. we see the inflation metrics ceti. the inflation rate is approaching 2%. i rates later this year and next year and that will drive the mortgage rates more. there is one big red flag. we have a massive federal budget deficit. the government is borrowing, borrowing. at mea lending and that is one of the reasons or 4% mortgage rate. think 6% is where it will settle down. host: michael in seattle. you rent. what is your rent in caller: i live in a 680 square-foot apartment marketed as a one bedroomut i.á door. it is more like a tokyo style one bedroom pay $3100 to live i8 116 area code in seattle. i worked in a military base in the area. my not keep up with the cost of living. my local state bill 2ington stae which did not pass. ■qone of the reasons it did not pass is because we have a lot of baby boomers that were fortunate enough to buy aome.

but i also hope it brings people's attention to the lso.herited quite a budget crunch from president trump. and as for cypress hill, they really feel tonight's show has been their destiny. we salute the simpsons, man, because if they had not written that episode, we probably wouldn't be doing this. # just for a second # don't get me wrong, it's not a new method...# cypress hill and the lso, an idea that's truly insane in the brain, but is now a reality. colin patterson, bbc news. looking forward to that, hopefully we will get some good footage of that tomorrow. time now for the news, travel, and whether where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm alison earle. heathrow has been granted a high court injunction against potential environmental protesters on the site. the airport said it agreed aviation must decarbonise, but disrupting people's well earned travel plans was not the way to reach net zero. last month two members ofjust stop 0il were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after paint was sprayed on jets at stansted. all eyes

and, her fath lso he lations.r masterpiec day. i have one more question, i want to put a little piece of miss lewis and that is with regard to exim statutory unders[ underwriting standard of reasonable rancpayment versus t of energy loan program. their underwriting standard is the reasonable probability of repayment. i realize is cuin. words mean something. this does have a significant effect and again, i think -- my question is going to be, do you support insurance to probability so you can have more flexibility and be able to compete better with the ctp stuff? >> the standard that our underwriters right to, you are correct, mr. chairman, is the reasonable assurance of repayment because that is the to be able to make sure that we have bankable, commercial and viable deals. we look forward to working with the committee on y ut forth to exim bank. >> i think that's a ■upl negotiations because i think you need the flexibility again to be able to compete and that here today is being able to the exim bank to be a part

but i also hope it brings people's attention to the lso.00 famously said donald trump would become president 16 years before he did. as you know, we've inherited quite a budget crunch from president trump. and as for cypress hill, they really feel tonight's show has been their destiny. we salute the simpsons, man, because if they had not written that episode, we probably wouldn't be doing this. # just for a second # don't get me wrong, it's not a new method...# cypress hill and the lso, an idea that's truly insane in the brain, but is now a reality. colin patterson, bbc news. it's been at the centre of both royal and national life for more than 150 years, and now visitors to buckingham palace will soon be able to see even more of its treasures than ever before. the opening of the newly restored east wing will showcase the famous balcony, alongside priceless artworks and antiques from the royal collection. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has been given a preview. buckingham palace, a focal point for royal celebrations. marriages, jubil

whistleblowers also tell us tha lso tellt they were allowing people to come into the ground who weren't checked, they weren't monitorinnotchgit'u who was getting up around the stage. i mean, it's unbelievable, sean. and having beee anving n there today myself, i can tell you it is so close that building where the shooter fired from is soos close to, where trump was.yo the idea that you could a have all of this time elapsell d and nobody notices, no law enforcement notices, he's on the roof. aw enforceone other thing, sean- whistleblowers tell me that law enforcement were actually on different channels, different radio communication channels. there were multiple differentals channels and they weren't coordinated. sean, is it it's a total as disaster. >> somebody needs to resign for this. well, the secret service. director needs to be fired. but they knew that was a suspect. the guy had a range finder, for crying out loud, who carries arounds arou range finder with ? how stupid is this director? put ofll, we didn't want to put the the officers at risk, sofi t put them inside the building,

lso been dramatically outpacing inflation in america historically, long before citizens united.why is it that? well, each election were told this is the most important election in our lifetime and if you look at the example of campaign spending in presidential elections, in recent history, you'll notice something interesting. you will see a in campaign spending in 2008 by the campaigns and outside groups right divorce citizens united expending actually dipped right after citizens united in 2012, and then we see another spike in 2025 campaign spending. what happened to 2008? the financial crisis. what happened in 2020? will never forget, , the pandemc and racial strife. it's only proper donors are going to get more money and organizations are going to spend more money on elections when we think the stakes are higher and we're told the state getting higher and higher in elections. some people say that donald trump is a threat to democracy. i want to be clear, unless you to either support or oppose donald trump because that's not what were debating but if you think that citizens un

■lso it was really figuring out that and, you know, early on, i think it was hard from no male intentt themselves, who i'd done reds interviews with over time for being like, well what is going on with this decision with president biden's thinking? and i had to be like, i haven't worked there in six months. i'mague. i said across this question list, b challenges, what i what i've realizedhat has stue is, you know, thaerience of wory for him and knowing how he thinks about things. al president obama, also three presidential campaigns and the pln hohdw things work whentually things are wrong in terms of the percepti, so of these debates ei was asked this quen, co journalist? i was like, felt like a very strange, like, gotcha. 'purpose of media is to inform the publicig. yourself however you want. so i think of it that way, bgs e transition that were that were journeys for me. do you ever hear from the white critical, no interest, do you have sometimes ieresting because sometimes i expect will and i but they'll they'll do this, like you'll say something critical and then they'll be like,