mcbride: it was like this elaborate game. it worked then. they didn't tell you and you didn't discuss it. mcbride: nevada had always been a state pretty much behind the times. because of religious influence from the mormons and conventional sexuality from the mob, being gay was tantamount to a death sentence. if liberace had come out and said "i'm gay," it was a felony, you could be thrown in jail. his career would have been over. certainly tragic on one hand, ridiculous on another. and so liberace managed to stay deeply in the closet while being absolutely busting out of the closet his whole life of entertainment. [ cheers and applause ] the great misconception about las vegas is that it was a live-and-let-live, party-and-let-party place to be. and that might be true... if you were a straight, white guy. man: ladies and gentlemen, tonight, live from caesars palace in las vegas, this is tom jones. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ zook: tom jones arrived in las vegas in 1968. ♪ 'til the moon deserts the sky ♪ it was like a breath of

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and policy, catherine mcbride and catherine, we're going to start with you as an economist.s doesn't feel like 1997, but i would put it to you that actually, for an incumbent government, things are much worse than 1997. in 1997, you had a fair economic wind. you had 4% growth in the united kingdom at the moment. our january figures, most recently 0.1. >> yes. but i think that's about to change, which is why i think sunak would be very badly advised to go to the polls in june, because we've seen inflation come down quite dramatically. the bank of england is kind of holding all the cards there really should have started cutting rates now, i think, but they will next time. it's going to be very hard for them to not start cutting rates. >> yeah, the market expectations are that they will cut rates. you can get a mortgage for less than the bank of england base rate now. >> exactly. yes. so that as that happens it's going to give more money into people's pockets. they're feel a bit they're going to feel a bit better. the longer this better. and so the longer this goes on, the bett

, now , policy, catherine mcbride, now, despite jacob's absence, the email address remains the same. it's mail mog at gb news.com , so it's mail mog at gb news.com, so let me know what you think on all of the stories that we discuss this evening. now it's time the news of the day time for the news of the day with polly middlehurst. >> tom, thank you and good evening to you. well, the top story from the gb newsroom tonight is that the united nafionsis tonight is that the united nations is calling on rishi sunak to scrap his rwanda scheme. the organisation's human rights committee the rights committee says the government's plan to send asylum seekers on a one way trip to the east african nation should be abandoned or repealed if it passes in parliament. in a report, 18 member states raised their concerns about discrimination and they said potential violations of international law. but the government pushed back today, accusing the united nations themselves of double standards because it already sends refugees to rwanda for michael, gove has described the management of thames water as a

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it seems to be making mode determined unsuccessful efforts to fix the problem. mcbride, i'll just say era don't yet. region ukraine. meanwhile, president biden has said that russia's threat to europe will not stop ukraine. he made the warning as polish prime minister donald to president on the do the on the us capital to try to break an impass of, of funding for ukraine. $95000000000.00 aid package including money for ukraine. taiwan and gaza has been passed by the senate house. the democrats will now try to force force a vote on the measure. was speaking to reporters off to his meeting with president biden. from this the task addressed republic. and how speaking mike johnson directly in his appeal to help you crime despite the problem in the house. and i still hope that mr. jonathan will, will feed dismissed most liberty, people for thousands of lives and, you know, quite and because in fact, he's responsible for the future of, of also, of a who, the people you know, it says about to that the clear message is not on the from, from washington today, but also from all the copies i was

as this roll shows, no sign in defending these a service is seemingly in increasing demand. run mcbride, don't use it, or how to keep you crying. and advise us. an idea is president says, all $137.00 school students who were abducted earlier this month have now been freed. previous media reports had put the number of children taken a 287 government attacked the score and then move in the state of cartoon on launch . 7th, you've gotten this ministry. has one dependent on group we're based in democratic republic of congo is finding more tax of the ally democratic forces has been linked to a number of killings that includes an attack on a school near the border last year that killed 43 people. catherine, so it has this report from them pond way in west and you kind of as for the julius boost that is still in morning live for his family, fell apart last june when 5 to is from an on the group based in the democratic republic of congo, crossed the buddha, a talk, a secondary schools, 43 people, mostly students were killed, included. he's 18 year old son mccain though i did go over, took over

rob mcbride elders, eric keith, that's the new. so now $11.00, east, east. next, so the us a call was of interest to people around the world. this has been going on for a number of our report stories going into the national perspective to try to explain to global audience how this could impact the lives. this is an important part of the world and how to do this very good the bringing the news to the world from here, the 20th tens of thousands of chinese migrants typing taking the dangerous routes through latin america to the united states where they plan to seek asylum, 2 more risk getting everything in that quest, but back to lives, point value. so in the 2nd half of our 2 parts investigation, $1.00 oh, $1.00 east finds out what happens to the microns once they've made it to the top of the single coon on us. as you check on cars. we meet so secretive cost to discover his plan for new arrivals along the judge, and then she had a job. we learned why, despite the risks, many more chinese are willing to undertake the same perilous journey. and we all ask if the

rob mcbride joins us live now from keith. well, bring us up to speed on these latest attacks to yeah, this was another nice of attacks, a targeting guy, the a capital key. we got the right alarms, been going off in the early hours of sunday morning, and then just before doing a series of explosions across the city. but also that had been a tax in the east of ukraine, around dundee, pro and crematory, a number of drugs and strikes that specifically targeting. it seems power supply and also heating systems and across in the west of the country. we're hearing from the authorities that are around the, the, the region of mold and 20 drones and missiles, once again targeting critical electricity infrastructure. it does seem to follow apart. and we saw a hearing key of a few days ago. one of the biggest missile strikes is taking place in a month and a half that was followed the next day by strikes by drones and missiles across the country targeting specifically ukraine's energy system. it was still to be the biggest kind of strike o

health workers are looking at innovative ways of helping wounded soldiers recover from mcbride, travel to eastern ukraine to find out more is not far from the front line. and you don't yet region this medical cruise days, mostly hidden during the day for fear of drone attacks. it's night time they work really begins and the number of casualties is rising. stars of the trend, little book, the bottomless, there is a lot more work to do, especially with the recent attacks. so we have a lot busy fellow medic late and it shows us there ambulance, which they used to meet up with units bringing back injured soldiers from the battlefield to be treated and transfer to westfield hospital on this night. they get just one soldier. he has slight shrapnel wounds and concussion, and will likely return to duty off to treatment centers like this one. in hockey, the ne and ukraine of a physical and psychological support to help recovery, but deem is still suffering from the effects of a serious concussion. 2 years ago, so we can always machine, the shell landed nearby and we were all thrown out of the c

bosses or to protect buddha regions. meanwhile, in ukraine, russian continues to strike call came from mcbride has more. the this is talk happened early wednesday afternoon, local time in the hollow to his feet district of khaki, which is to the west of the city. i am mixed residential and civilian area was said to have been targeted, damaging, an 8 story building and also damaging a nearby prince works and other workshops involved in the production of furniture and paint products which was said to have possibly contributed to the large fire that broke out of one point covering 2000 square meters. emergency crews are still at the scene in addition to the dead on the injured to there is an ongoing search for annual victims and also people who are on the country for a given khaki regions, proximity to the voted with russia. it is very difficult to give advanced warning of incoming gas strikes and also very difficult to intercept any incoming themselves. mcbride houses, era chief provider has to be on. so it has been confirmed as the when of indian easiest presidential election basing 2 rivals wh

there is no evil he will not commit to prolonged his personal policy also boost rob mcbride reports from keith. this election is widely regarded here in ukraine is a fossil be at once that according to ukraine, is accompanied by a threats, intimidation and bribery in the russian control, territories of ukraine, where this pilot is being held according to ukrainian intelligence and election officials in places like separate easier and kind of sons have been going door to door with violet boxes accompanied by um, soldiers and also agents from russia's security service the f s b apparently to explain to voters who to vote for. and also apparently explaining that a boat not full vladimir putin might be considered to be anti russians as also to. busy of pressure being placed on business owners and public employees such as teachers to turn out and vote. meanwhile, ukraine's parliament has condemned this whole exercise and called upon the international community to do the same. and there's also be in a timely reminder, as has been issued previously when russian occupies, is a on known here of h

it seems to be making more determined, unsuccessful efforts to fix the rob mcbride. i'll just say era don't yet. region ukraine. preston vide meanwhile, has said that russia straight to europe will not stop at new crane. he made the warning as polish prime minister donald to scan president andre, due to visit the us capital to try to break an impasse over funding for ukraine. ross in jordan has more to buy new ministration, made the announcement for the additional $300000000.00 in military assistance for ukraine. on tuesday. jake sullivan, the national security advisor said that this is essential aid, but it's not going to go very far. or for very long this emergency package that we're announcing contains a large tron chef, artillery rounds and gamblers for the high mars. it is assistance that you create desperately needs to hold the line against russian attacks. and to push back against the continuing rushing on slot. in the east and in other parts of ukraine, after his meeting with the us president joe biden at the white house on tuesday, the polish prime minister

rob mcbride, i'll just say eric keith, the the, the un secretary general, antonio gutierrez, hes again cold for a sweet spot, and garza, during a visit to the egyptian side of the roof of crossing hill on the ground. the ministry of health says $72.00 palestinians were killed in just the last 24 hours. is ready for us is open fire on crowds waiting for a killing at least 19 people and injuring 23 others. victoria guy, somebody has more hungry people, desperate for food nest. seriously injured and some damage is really soldiers opened fire room palestinians waiting a q 8 round about an intersection, often used by a trucks and garza city and i'm invested in more. we survived this. they showed that the us there are many that many injured, almost died to get our children a bite to eat. and about the injured we taken to ali baptist hospital, bought with gauze is health care system in the collapse many which we did outside in the openness with the ones who could read round about because they wanted to eat. they wanted to live. these rallies fired at us. some people died, some were injured an

what damaged from mcbride is at the see in keith this was the largest such missile strike against the cave region in a month and a half. the rate alone was issued in the early hours of thursday morning local time, after large numbers of across to a detective taking off from russian fields. and then the 1st explosions began. just before dawn. as ad defenses across the city got to work into septic incoming missiles with debris folding out a number of locations, causing widespread damage and also a number of casualties. they all star these wreck and the just over the t ms tiles were fired. 2 of them, they say, well hypersonic kings themselves, the rest of the said to have been cruise missiles, all fired from strategic boneless people who took to the right shows is also seeking shelter as they have done in the past, in the metro system until the all clear was finally given like to in the morning when they say it over the service initiative. nice and lots are now doing everything to destroy a nation. a task is a people is to stay united into a remainder who is the enemy? the, as the clean

health workers are looking at and negative ways to help wounded soldiers recover from mcbride travels the eastern new crane to find out more not far from the front line that you've done yet. regions. this medical cruise stays mostly hidden during the day for fear of driving attacks. it's night time they work really begins and the number of casualties is rising. stars is attributable to the bottomless. there is a lot more work to do, especially with the recent attacks. so we have a lot busier fellow medical a and it shows us there on the lens which they used to meet up with unit springing back injured soldiers from the battlefield to be treated and transfer to westfield hospital on this night. they get just one soldier. he has slight shrapnel wounds and concussion and will likely return to duty officer treatments. the sense is like this one in how to even ne, in ukraine, of the physical and psychological support to help recovery, but deem is still suffering from the effects of a serious concussion 2 years ago. so we can always mushroom a shell landed nearby and we were all thrown out o

rob mcbride, i'll just say era keith, the origin team as president has delivered a major policy address to congress. heavier malays said his nation has no future unless its economic model is changed. there were public protests ahead of his speech with people angry about his economic reforms. theresa bo reports from the side us precedent have you had a really was a beat and i'm faced was entering congress to nag with the annual sessions after feeding to pass a landmark bill that would have helped him carry out. he's promised economic reforms and they'll stay with the measures. we don't have any stuff you couldn't meet. the libertarian president says, can continue to fight against those who have drugs argentina down. so nobody knew most of what we did not come to play the game of politics. that's why before approving a load, that was what the less because of what changes we withdrew to go from. we want to change again. tina, we do not negotiate change, and we will fulfill the promise we made to the people with or without the support of the political costs. but if any more issue will take

back is to provide more ad defense saying that defense missiles he says, save lives, rob mcbride, i'll just say era. keith, in tennessee, a thousands of members of the largest labor union have been protesting in front of the prime minister's office. demonstrates has cooled the greatest social freedoms and denounced a crackdown on union rise. i'm rising prices and union has been one of the strongest critics since president case. i seized power in 2021 and it may have widely described as a qu of these doors. so i was that i didn't choose yeah, we are custom to accept the differences of opinion to formulate the content. we do not accept silence invoices nor do we accept the policy of southern tara betrayal, distortion. i'm dividing society, all of this is rejected in the mentality of the tenants in general. labor union. hodge and tina's president has delivered a major policy address to congress. javier minay said his nation has no future unless it's economic model is changed. from a public purchased ahead of his speech with people angry about his economic reforms . malay has rolled back m

rob mcbride, i'll just say or how to keep you. great. so i had to own the 0 politicians in the gum, the look to overturn alignment. find on female genital mutilation. protection. millions of women on the go, the the, brought to you by visit capital. hey, welcome to your world's weather update beginning this one in india is still a stormy picture here in the east, around taylor, and gonna odessa and be heart states. that's where we're gonna see some summary downpours and wouldn't be surprised if we see some hailstones mixed in here as well . energy hops out of iran pushes into afghanistan. this is going to lower temperatures in herat to where it has been quite hot for this time of year, down to 20 degrees. that energy then pulls into northern pockets, done, but it remains hot in sin, providence would be surprised if some spots hit 40 degrees. i mean, look at new options, getting pretty close there on thursday. now for indo china, the storms in thailand, hopefully bringing in some relief freshening up the atmosphere there. we've had some o

from mcbride, joined the ukrainian red cross on an evacuation mission, and the hockey region. a full exam the and then to be prepared for another trip close to the boulder with russia to bring out people who have had enough of the will. oh, so wasn't it today we're going to the town of, of chance. we have 2 addresses with families and there are children to the east of how to keep the town was occupied at the start of the war. and then we taken by ukrainian forces. but that's when the russians began bombarding it with shells and rockets, now landing on a daily basis. first stop is this family who decided to leave with a few possessions and the pet cat. at the 2nd address, they pick ups with linda and the 2 children leaving the husband behind. that is only time for hi read good byes. before a quick exit with i have a more drone circling overhead. and the constant threat of showing this evacuation has been taking place while russian fights as opposed to moscow. and based in this positive ukraine, had been staging good tax. just across the board, underlining the dangerous volatili

from mcbride has the latest from kings, firing off decoy flat as to avoid interception. a russian missile hits the hydro, electric dime and power station in separate it gives you the advert tax. what am did you cranes critical energy infrastructure around a dozen missiles were fired, it's upper region alone. there were a lot of explosions after the 1st of all, i had only one goal to ensure my child was a life was good to him from terrible around 150 drones and miss housing total. that came in ways from how to key the northeast, where large parts of the city had power cuts affecting water supplies, and forcing people to use emergency generators. it's for the generator to keep water pumping and also to keep my business going somehow to the central western region of canal, netscape reports of damage and casualties was soon coming in from all parts of the country. and the biggest attack of its kind on ukraine's energy system emboldened 2 years of rule. the question for many people here is why now ukraine had been expecting a repeats of last winter as a tax on power stations

it seems to be making more determined, unsuccessful efforts to fix the problem. mcbride, i'll just say era don't yet. region, ukraine, or india is government is going ahead with the implementation of us citizenship no weeks before the general election a little makes it easier for religious minorities from neighboring countries to become the indian citizens, but excludes muslims. yeah, the body reports singing and dancing, but also accompanied by quotas. they're not in the mood. the government is implementing a controversial citizenship, lou weeks before general elections as the prime minister bits for the 3rd through the citizenship amendment act offers refuge to minorities from pakistan, bundle of dish. and i've gotten his time. books excludes muslims, legal scholars see excluding a religious group violates in the secular constitution. i'm met some of them on the this was a long standing demand. i want to thank prime minister never and remote a whole minister. i'm it shaw potty president. joe got percussion nanda for providing assistance to our brothers who have come from a dentist on

said in his address to the nation that the alleged attack has been trying to flee to ukraine. ro mcbride has reaction from cave. ukrainian officials here have dismissed any claims of a ukrainian connection to this attack. we've heard from under the use of who's a senior representative, where the military intelligence here at cooling such claims and nonsense, that the alleged perpetrators were apprehended good as they were approaching the buddha. area with ukraine saying it's the kind of explanation put out by russian security, the f. s. b a for what he called a zone defied russian population. making the pointed off to a more than 2 years, a full scale will that boulder area on the russian side is so saturated with roadblocks, with soldiers, with security. that if you were trying to escape such an attack into state free and then the escape the law, it's the one place that you would not be heading. and we've also heard for the from the center, full counseling, this information, another government body here and other government agencies which is gone further by suggesting, suggesting but wi

rob mcbride has more on all of this from keith. another nights of strikes across ukraine. here in the capital key, the arrow alone was sounded in the early hours of the sunday morning. and then just before doing a series of loud explosions across the city. that of also being attacked by drones in the east, around the new pro and creevy v. as that is said to have been target to the electricity supply and also a heating systems. i would also hearing that that have been at least 20 missed 1000 drones directed to the west and the v region again targeting critical electricity infrastructure is does seem to follow a path and as rush, it was ramping up. it's asked right to few days ago. we saw the biggest missile strike on elm keep in a month and a half that was followed the next day by a series of around a $150.00 drones and missiles being fired at electricity infrastructure across ukraine. meanwhile, the loved them is the landscape. the ukranian president has used his address on saturday evening to dismiss any claims by russia of a ukrainian connection to the attack in moscow s

has intensified as attacks on the desa. often talks in port infrastructure in the southern city of mcbride has more from case this attack happened mid morning, local time on the port city of desa. just after an air raid alarm had been issued, as is often the case. and the desk had given its close proximity to the black sea and crime if there is very little voting often of an incoming strike, as well as the case with wednesday's attack. just a few minutes after the raid was sounded, that was a loud explosion. later wednesday, it was then revealed the president, beloved of me as a landscape, had been in the city at the time, given security concerns. his itinerary is never issued before hand. but it was revealed that he was that in the city, playing host to the greek prime minister, kitty acco submits attack is, who was there with a delegation seeing odessa and the importance it plays in re establishing ukraine's grain exports to the rest of the world. in a joint appearance between the 2 man, president zalinski then said that they had had a 1st hand experience of just what ukraine is dealing

rob mcbride, douches, era. how do you crate? a russian president vladimir putin has imposed new security measures after friday's concert hall attacking your moscow at least a $154.00 people were killed and more than a $150.00 were injured. sunday has been declared a national day of mourning or sa jabari reports from moscow. the scene, the morning after one of the worst attacks by an armed group in russia's recent history, emotions are running high as the russians come to terms with what happened, including those who survived. and it was, this was enough. they started to shoot in our direction, they shot people through petro bombs. people were panicking, and so scared only now i understand how lucky i am. can you text me by now? it is so terrible. what's happened here? i really can't comprehend this. it is an ugly, active tear. there animals struck a heavy security and check points. now surround the suburban area about 20 kilometers northwest of the center of moscow. the people have been coming here all day to pay tribute to thos

rob mcbride visited ukrainian artillery units near the front lines. it's just a few kilometers from the front line, visiting full without hillary units like this one is done quickly and on for the growing number and sophistication. if drones flowed by both sides beans, that's very little, that's hidden from view. and everyone quickly becomes a target monkey office since recent russian victories gun come on to the next mission has been to stop the advances. but he shows us the dwindling stock of shows with which to do it now rationed in part because of the delay in the multi $1000000000.00 a package in the us congress. somehow bidding it that some of the most difficult thing discount of actually finding that option, showing all good, excellent ones that's out on our position. and when they do the concept press stop to enable interiors. but see on this day they did 5 are short following, but the 1st and 3 days. the shortage means along the whole of the 1500 kilometers the front line. ukraine is only able to find around 2000 shells per day . that's less

issues to families living in eastern areas on the increasing attack by russian forces. alj a 0 is rob mcbride, joined the ukrainian red cross and i need accusation mission in the khaki for each for alexander and then to be prepared for another trip to close to the boulder with russia to bring out people who have had enough of the will oh, so wasn't it today we're going to the town of, of chance. we have 2 addresses with families and there are children to the east of cod keith. the town was occupied at the start of the war and then we taken by ukrainian forces. but that's when the russians began bombarding it with shells and rockets, now landing on a need daily basis. first stop is this family who decided to leave with a few possessions and the pet cat. at the 2nd address, they pick ups with linda and the 2 children leaving the husband behind. that is only time for hi read good byes before a quick exit with a have a mo, drones circling overhead. and the constant threat of showing this evacuation as being taking place while russian fights as opposed to moscow. and based in this positive ukraine