labour has said that it it has withdrawn support for kevin craig, who's a candidate in suffolk after mr craigms , may have craig. it seems, may have gambled. we haven't got this confirmed yet, but there are reports across several news outlets that he gambled on himself on whether he would would win or wouldn't win the suffolk seat. so i think that's more of an individual betting. betting on his chances rather than knowing some internal information from the tory party about when the election date might be. but this this news from labour tonight, and there are reports now that labour may return, a donation that mr craig gave to the party, does give i think rishi sunak some room here. if labour are caught up in this issue of betting on politics, it allows rishi sunak when he faces journalists tomorrow , to point to the other tomorrow, to point to the other party and say they've got their own problems. >> interesting stuff. thank you very much for that, christopher. herb, of course , we just did herb, of course, we just did mention a couple of different constituencies, so i do just need to take a

in a statement, mr craig said... it has been quite the day.enanigans, the emperor ofjapan is in london on a state visit. a yen for his thoughts on all of this stuff. chris mason, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. israel's supreme court has ruled that ultra—orthodox jewish religious students can no longer be exempt from military service. with the gaza war leading to a shortage of military recruits, the issue has become increasingly divisive within israel. far—right religious parties in benjamin netanyahu's coalition government have strongly opposed a change in the law. our middle east reporter sebastian usher has been telling us what the reaction has been from the ultra—orthodox community. it's threatened that there will be big protests. there is, of course, hanging oveer netanyahu himself with his coalition. the possibility that two of the ultra—orthodox parties that make up part of it are threatened fora number of reasons to pull out. but this has been the absolute essential one could do so and could bring down h

in a statement, mr craig said... it has been quite the day. guard of honour! shenanigans, the metropolitan police has confirmed that another five of its officers are alleged to have placed bets on the timing of the election. we learnt of one last week. oh, and the emperor ofjapan is in london on a state visit — a yen for his thoughts on all of this stuff. chris mason, bbc news. there is a sense it is getting far and wide. what do we know? alastair jack mi . ht and wide. what do we know? alastair jack might not _ and wide. what do we know? alastair jack might not be _ and wide. what do we know? alastair jack might not be the _ and wide. what do we know? alastair jack might not be the most _ and wide. what do we know? alastair jack might not be the most famous i jack might not be the most famous cabinet minister. in the last hour or so, we open the story that he claimed, he said he had won £2100 betting on the day of the election. he told us after rishi sunak announced the election date, but before craig williams became the first political figure at the heart of

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in a statement, mr craig said, it has been quite the day.gans, the emperor ofjapan is in london on a state visit. a yen for his thoughts on all of this stuff. chris mason, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the emperor and empress ofjapan will continue their state visit to the uk on wednesday after they were welcomed by king charles and camilla with a state banquet at buckingham palace. our senior royal correspondent daniela relph reports. the centrepiece of any state visit, the grandeur and glitter of the state banquet. senior members of the royal family led the guest list, as the king tried out his japanese. welcome back to britain. earlier, there was a seven with ceremonial welcome for princess empress masako. this is a state visit during an election campaign. that is unusual, and changes have had to be made to ensure political neutrality. this state visit was planned well before the election was called, having already been delayed due to the covid lockdown. there was no appetite for a further postponement. in

in a statement, mr craig said, "a few weeks ago when i thought i would never win this seat, i put a betntion of giving any winnings to local charities. while i did not place this bet with any prior knowledge of the outcome, this was a huge mistake for which i apologise unreservedly. i will comply fully with the investigation." it has been quite the day. amid all the political shenanigans, the emperor ofjapan is in london on a state visit. a yen for his thoughts on all of this stuff. chris mason, bbc news. let's get more detail on the emperor and empress of japan being welcomed by king charles and camilla at the start of a three—day state visit to the uk. 0ur senior royal correspondent daniela relph reports. the centrepiece of any state visit, the grandeur and glitter of the state banquet. senior members of the royal family led the guest list, as the king tried out his japanese. welcome back to britain. earlier, there was a seven with ceremonial welcome for princess empress masako. the spectacle of a state visit, the first of the king has hosted since his cancer diagnosis. this is a stat

in a statement mr craig said... it has been quite the day. guard of honour!nour! amid all the _ it has been quite the day. guard of honour! amid all the political- honour! amid all the political shenanigans _ honour! amid all the political shenanigans the _ honour! amid all the political| shenanigans the metropolitan honour! amid all the political- shenanigans the metropolitan police has confirmed that another five of its officers are alleged to have placed bets on the timing of the election. we learnt of one last week. 0h, election. we learnt of one last week. oh, and the emperor ofjapan is in london on a state visit. a yen for his thoughts on all of this stuff. chris mason, bbc news. and you can find the list of candidates in all of those constituencies on the bbc news website and app. and there's more. our correspondentjoe pike is in westminster, and yet another twist in this story? exactly, another name in the frame. in the last few minutes we have broken the story of the cabinet minister who claimed he had won over £2000 betting on the date of the electi

in a statement, mr craig said, "a few weeks ago when i thought it has been quite the day.n on a state visit. a yen for his thoughts on all of this stuff. chris mason, bbc news. we will catch up with our political correspondent in just a moment. four men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at the prime minister's constituency home. north yorkshire police say they detained the men at lunchtime around 12.40 at the property, and they remain in custody. jessica lane has more from north yorkshire. there is still a police presence here near the north yorkshire constituency home of prime minister rishi sunak. it's after north yorkshire police arrested four men earlier this afternoon on suspicion of trespassing at his property. police say they had arrested the men within one minute of them entering the grounds, which was at around 12:40 this afternoon. it's as a video has been released by protest group called youth demand, which appears to show a man entering the grounds of the prime minister's property. the downing street spokesperson said, "the prime minister t

mr craig wrote on x that he put on the tories to win the seats that he is contesting and he said his, he did do some time ago, was to give any winnings to local charities. it was to give any winnings to local charities. ., , �* charities. it doesn't end there. i have also _ charities. it doesn't end there. i have also learned _ charities. it doesn't end there. i have also learned craig - charities. it doesn't end there. i | have also learned craig williams charities. it doesn't end there. i - have also learned craig williams the former close aide to rishi sunak lost the participatory is expected to be interviewed this week by the commission. mr 0wens was a video tape to voters and here's. an error of judgment. not an offence. i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. i'm fully cooperating with the routine inquiries from the gambling commission and i intend to clear my name. in all these things, due process is important and that is what sets the uk apart from other countries. the commission must be allowed to do its work. in terms of the commission doing its work, there is expec

two of them are conservative election candidates, laura saunders and craig williams. mrams has apologised saying he made an error ofjudgment. laura saunders has said she will cooperate with the gambling commission inquiries. another was the conservative director of campaigning and there is also a police officer from the prime minister's close protection team. questions around this continue to overshadow the campaign. rishi sunak has said he is incredibly angry about the allegations. he says because there were independent investigation is ongoing there was a limit to what he could say. this morning he was asked whether he was aware of anyone else who is being looked into. he did not answer that directly but he said if anyone was found to have broken the rules they should not only face the full consequences of the law but he would make sure they are booted out of the conservative party. 0pposition parties are calling for rishi sunak to go further. sir keir starmer accused the prime minister of a total lack of leadership and he says if they were labour candidates they would

mr. daly. >> to 7 to 9, you guys. >> get to our news at 8:00. thank you, craig and some places hotter than that. al will have the details. first, nbc's maggie vespa is in pittsburgh. it could reach 100 degrees for the first time in 30 years. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda. good morning. yeah, things are already heating up this morning in pittsburgh. as you point out, we could see triple digits here. later on this week, if that happens, it would be the first here ever for the month of june. more than 70 million americans total from iowa through maine waking up under heat alerts this morning with several major east coast cities absolutely sweltering. we're talking about, new york, d.c. and boston. that city's major declaring a state of emergency because of the heat. out west, the emergency is wild fires. more than 20 wild fires this morning are burning across multiple states fueled by the heat. 15 of those are in california alone. hoda? >> all right. maggie vespa for us. maggie, thank you. >> all right. al is back now. who will get it the worst? >> s

mr craig has admitted that he placed a bet on the outcome of the election in his constituency.ng they have direct sort of control over, as it were. what will he have to say about that? that is something he will be certainly questioned about in the debate and quite possibly when we get to talk to him.— debate and quite possibly when we get to talk to him. absolutely, both men, i'm get to talk to him. absolutely, both men. i'm sure. _ get to talk to him. absolutely, both men, i'm sure, answer— get to talk to him. absolutely, both men, i'm sure, answer questions i men, i'm sure, answer questions about betting. damian, thank you. they meet on the bus, going backwards. i am always impressed with correspondence moving backwards on a bus, i get really travel sick so thank you for your dedication on thejob. you can watch so thank you for your dedication on the job. you can watch the debate on bbc one and the iplayer. mark rutte has been formally nominated to become nato's next secretary—general. in a statement signed by the 32 member nations, they announced the appointment of the forme

mr. williams: (in unison) bye. craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin, thank you for watching. ♪ >>> it's your thursday edition of "street signs." i'm arabile gumede and these are your headlines. >>> the yen sparking intervention that the bank of japan will raise interest rates next month. >>> h&m will be tougher to hit after a difficult set of earnings. >>> and european equities are holding pattern as the united states inflation data and the pce puts the nasdaq puts beginning to dip as micron issues disappointing guidance and shares slide in after hours trading. >>> the u.s. is gearing up for the first presidential debate showdown between joe biden and donald trump. here in the uk, rishi sunak is looking for the face-off for the general election. >>> we're on intervention watch again after japan's finance minister said he is ready to act to boost the yen. authorities are seriously concerned and on high alert with the currency languishing at a 30-year low against the dollar surpassing the 160 mark. the chief cabinet secretary said tokyo

craig. >> yes correct mr. cragin got himself in trouble for disorderly conduct in an airport bathroom. he used campaign funds to fight those allegations. he came into your court and said it was okay to do so because it makes the allegation go away per that's going to when help is campaign. you rejected that argument but you really should have used personal funds the underlying conduct was personal in nature. that rule of law that you articulated expressly contradicts the theory of the case when people beat trump . >> you can again asked me 12 times if you want to comment on that case and i am not going to bear i have your opinion right here. >> i'm that case is an interpretation of federal elections act to per that's all we did not case. >> right and you are well aware interpretation of federal act was at the core with the prosecution case lasthe reason they are so reticent aboutress release the very day of the verdict and cases you know your own very well written opinion clearly shows there was reversible error in this case. you testified earlier it you have not made any progress i am

the bbc understands labour will return the £1000 in donations that mr craig has made during keir starmer

. - well, i'm gonna go over there and-- - no, no, craig, you can't fight him here. mr. off. - ah! what a jerk. - he's really got it out for you, dude. - why? what did i do? - so do you agree to fight him after school? - i guess so. - super, see ya there. - catch me, richard. [laughing] i'm so in love with you, richard. i made you some cookies, richard. [sniffing] merry christmas, richard. [laughs] oh, richard, say we'll be this happy forever. [screaming] [muffled] richard! [bell ringing] - [screams] [chewing] oh, why? why? - mr. adler. mr. adler. - huh? stop screwin' around. - the bell rang. can we go? - oh, well, sure. uh, class dismissed. - come on, you guys. this is gonna be sweet, dude. - you guys are so wrong about tweek. he's gonna get his ass kicked. - we'll see. - why don't we just raise our bet to $10? - you're on, fat ass. - well, well, well, look who's here, our little home economics friend, kenny. - [muffled speech] - how come you wanna take home ec, kenny? - yeah, that's not cool, dude. - bye, kenny. see ya tomorrow. - bye, kenny. - [muffled speech] - hey,

before, rishi sunak stood outside downing street in the pouring rain , craig the pouring rain, craig williams, mrnak's parliamentary private secretary, and tory candidate, admitted to having a flutter . and tory candidate, admitted to having a flutter. he's and tory candidate, admitted to having a flutter . he's now and tory candidate, admitted to having a flutter. he's now under investigation. tony leigh, the party's director of campaigns, and his wife laura saunders, the tory candidate as well in another constituency , are also another constituency, are also under investigation. nick mason, the tory party's chief data officer. he's also under investigation now. it was reported that other people within the tory party and government are also being investigated, but they have not yet been named. but has rishi sunak allowed himself to fall into a trap here? so there has reportedly never been a conviction for political betting by someone who may have been in the know. and it might not actually even be an offence. so as far as i can gather, section 42 definition of cheating as per the gambling act ap

after the former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders, also faced investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement but not an offence . a judgement but not an offence. a former engineer who worked on the faulty horizon it system claims the post office tried to put words into his mouth when he attempted to disclose concerns he had about the software. gareth jenkins was with fujitsu for his whole professional career and was regarded as a distinguished employee up until his retirement in 2015. he said he was truly sorry for the wrongful convictions, but evidence he'd given about the system was used in the prosecutions of many subpostmasters. evidence, which has since been quashed. today he told the inquiry he never had complete oversight of all the systems and he relied on others to supply reliable information. juuan to supply reliable information. julian assange has arrived at court on a remote island in the pacific, where his long running campaign to avoid extradition to the united states will formally end.the the united states will formally end. the

after the former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders, also face investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement but not an offence . judgement but not an offence. labouris judgement but not an offence. labour is pledging to halve knife crime within a decade if it wins the general election. the party's plan includes creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions, as well as community hubs involving youth workers and careers advisers. sir keir starmer says cracking down on knife crime is his moral mission i >>i -- >> i was the chief prosecutor for five years and therefore i prosecuted many cases involving the use of knives and i've made it my personal mission to deal with this. it is a moral mission as far as i'm concerned . it as far as i'm concerned. it isn't a question of urban versus rural. in fact, i think there's more knife crime. sadly, in rural areas , or at least it's rural areas, or at least it's going up more quickly. and i think it's not fair on the families we've been hearing from this morning to simply point the finger

. >> thank you, chris mason bbc thank you, chris craig snell mr farage. >> give us an insight into yourhaving mirror in the morning. >> it's difficult , isn't shaving mirror in the morning. >> it's difficult, isn't it, for smaller parties to make an imprint in the house of commons. >> however we do, however popular you are. are you dreaming at the moment of being the leader of the opposition, standing down at the despatch box, potentially throwing questions at a prime minister, starmer begins thank you. >> what i see in the shaving mirror every morning, looking back at me, i think, gosh, where have the last 40 years gone? you know? but there you are. i'm sure i'm not the only one in the room that has that sensation, well, i'll tell you what. i led a group in the european parliament for 15 years. i was in seat number 20 with mr barroso, and then mrjuncker, who wasn't himself , but never barroso, and then mrjuncker, who wasn't himself, but never mind, so you know, i'm quite used to getting up in big chambers and asking questions of the french president or british prime ministers or i mean

. >> craig's eyes lit up when he took his first bite. >> mrs. l.ble on top? >> you are just putting the crumble on top. it would be nice if all the flour were crumbled, but it isn't. >> that's a shot your way, jen. it would be nice if my daughter did it right, but that's not going to happen anyway. >> she's just saying it's no big deal. right, mom? >> that's right. >> it's never going to be all crumbled. >> are we eating enough cobblers in america? we're not, right? >> we're not. >> this is delicious. >> i feel like people think the blackberries might be bitter, but they're sweet. >> could you use blueberries in this? >> oh, yeah. you can use peaches, too. >> peach cobbler, i love that. >> so we have the crumble down on the blue berries. the pan has been buttered. >> the last thing you do. where is the wet one? the last thing you do is put on six ounces of melted butter. >> okay. >> whoa! >> that looks so good. >> there you go. >> that is the secret right there. >> oh, my gosh. >> then we will put this in the oven for how long? >> until it's done.

comes after former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders also face questions amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement, but not an offence . a former but not an offence. a former engineer who worked on the faulty horizon it system claims the post office tried to put words into his mouth when he attempted to disclose concerns he had about the software. gareth jenkins was with fujitsu for his whole professional career and was regarded as distinguished right up until his retirement in 2015. he said that he's truly sorry for his wrongful convictions , but wrongful convictions, but evidence he gave about the honzon evidence he gave about the horizon it system was used in the prosecutions of many subpostmasters. those convictions have since been quashed. he told today's inquiry he never had oversight on all of the systems bugs, and relied on others to supply reliable information . julian assange will information. julian assange will soon appear before a federal judge in the mariana islands. that's a us territory in the western pacific, the 52 year old founder

two of them are conservative candidates, laura saunders and craig williams. mraign. while you are with us, let's talk about fundraising and i let's talk about fundraising and donations to all the political parties. we have got a number that suggests that labour donations are 15 times the level of the conservatives. this relates to the second week of the election campaign. second week of the election campaign-— second week of the election cam-vain. . v . :, , campaign. that's right, the nations between 6-12 _ campaign. that's right, the nations between 6-12 gene _ campaign. that's right, the nations between 6-12 gene in _ campaign. that's right, the nations between 6-12 gene in every - campaign. that's right, the nations between 6-12 gene in every week. between 6—12 gene in every week during the campaign parties must report to the electoral commission any donations they receive above a certain figure, around £11,000. for that second week of the campaign, june the 6th —12th, labour received more than £4.3 million and the largest single donation coming from lord sa

after former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders also face investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election . mr williams general election. mr williams says he committed an error of judgement, but not an offence. meanwhile, labour is pledging to halve knife crime within a decade if it wins power. the party's plan includes creating a new cross—government coalition to work on solutions, as well as community hubs involving youth workers and careers advisers. sir keir starmer says cracking down on knife crime is for him a moral mission. >> i was the chief prosecutor for five years and therefore i prosecuted many cases involving the use of knives and i have made it my personal mission to deal with this. it is a moral mission as far as i'm concerned. it isn't a question of urban versus rural. in fact, i think there's more knife crime. sadly, in rural areas, at least it's going up more quickly. and i think it's not fair on the families we've been hearing from this morning to simply point the finger to somebody else. this is something which a government needs to take responsibility for . i will take res

after the former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders, also face investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mrent but not an offence . judgement but not an offence. labouris judgement but not an offence. labour is pledging to halve knife crime within a decade if it wins

comes after former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders also face questions amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mrnt, but not an offence . a former but not an offence. a former engineer who worked on the faulty horizon it system claims the post office tried to put words into his mouth when he attempted to disclose concerns he had about the software. gareth jenkins was with fujitsu for his whole professional career and was regarded as distinguished right up until his retirement in 2015. he said that he's truly sorry for his wrongful convictions , but wrongful convictions, but evidence he gave about the honzon evidence he gave about the horizon it system was used in the prosecutions of many subpostmasters. those convictions have since been quashed. he told today's inquiry he never had oversight on all of the systems bugs, and relied on others to supply reliable information . julian assange will information. julian assange will soon appear before a federal judge in the mariana islands. that's a us territory in the western pacific, the 52 year old founder of wikileaks left the uk this morning after mo

craig? >> indeed. marissa parra, thank you, thank you. >>> all right. 7:42. mr.r friends down in florida will not have a lot of beach weather. that might be good news with all this we're talking about with sharks. front will dip across the southeast. slow-moving storms. we have a flood risk for a lot of the cities in florida. this boundary will linger, especially central florida, heavy rain to the south. some places picking up two inches of rain per hour right through wednesday. widespread flash flooding likely. in fact, we have a good risk all the way down to key west. we'll probably see an upgrade of that because we are talking about upwards of 10 inches of rain or more from south of orlando all the way down to key west. we will be watching that closely. we will get to your local >> that's your latest weather, >>> still ahead, shocking moments on camera. a rodeo bull leaps into the crowd, charges into spectators. the very latest on how that all ended. >>> plus, a touching new message from princess kate. amid her ongoing cancer battle. we'll have a live report f

mrs. robinson. and just loving care that she devoted to them in the same kind of guidance that she poured into michelle and craig just a cheap she's just a magnificent person and had a wonderful life and she, she will be missed and somebody's raising kids who don't have a grandma because she she got a couple of years ago before they were born. i was thinking about just what an extraordinary thing i would've sundry blessing for the obamas to have mrs. robinson there when they were on the road or couldn't make it to dinner or whatever it was to have that maternal role for the kids and maybe even for personal mama who lost his mom i know long before obviously he won the white house yeah. >> well, i think that relationship was really interesting. barack obama was sort of rootless when he came to chicago. he was looking for roots and he found it in the robinson family and mrs. robinson, as you point out? his mother died quite young. his father was not really a part of his life and michelle's family became his family and mrs. robinson was mother to him as well. and their relationship was very, very close she meant a l

mrs. saunders, says she's also considering legal action against the bbc and other outlets for infringements of her privacy rights. it comes after another tory candidate, craigilliams, admitted to an error of judgement after he placed a bet on when the uk election would take place . michael gove would take place. michael gove has said today the tories are still capable of pulling off what he's called a poll defying election victory , despite election victory, despite forecasts of a labour landslide. well new yougov data suggests the conservatives will slump to their lowest number of seats even their lowest number of seats ever, while labour could win a 200 seat advantage. it's also predicting significant gains for the liberal democrats, winning 67 seats. that's six times their result of 2019. now for the latest from the euro's in frankfurt, where england have drawn one all with denmark in the german city. we've been showing you the fan zone in wembley and in nottingham today on gb news, where fans were pretty excited to get together and cheer on the england side. gareth southgate chose to stick with an unchanged squad following his team's one nil victory aga

mrs. saunders said this afternoon she's also considering legal action against the bbc and other outlets for infringements of her privacy rights. that comes after another tory candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place . government minister place. government minister michael gove says the allegations are reprehensible , allegations are reprehensible, as is the case that obviously any decision by anyone to use inside information to bet on the election date, that is wrong, deeply regrettable , but i think deeply regrettable, but i think the individuals concerned are now being investigated and until that process is concluded, i think it's difficult for me to say more . well, sir keir starmer say more. well, sir keir starmer criticised the conservatives for this, saying that behaviour would never be tolerated by laboun >> this candidate should be suspended and it's very telling that rishi sunak has not already done that . if it was one of my done that. if it was one of my candidates, they'd be gone and their feet would not have touched the floor. >> sir keir starmer, the economy and the bank of england

mr williams. last week, another conservative candidate and a former aide to the prime minister, craig williams, apologised said he had made a huge error ofjudgment after allegations he had placed a £100 bet on a july election three days before it was called. a conservative party spokesman told the bbc. "we have been contacted by the gambling commission about a small number of individuals. as the gambling commission is an independent body, it wouldn't be proper to comment further until any process is concluded." these revelations come as a separate incident in which a police officer in the prime minister's close protection team was suspended and later arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over alleged bets they made. the matter has also been referred to the independent office for police conduct. with just two weeks to go until polling day, it seems july the 4th is a date which is still causing controversy for the conservative party. harry farley, bbc news, in westminster. and for a full list of candidates standing in all constituencies in this election, you can visit the bbc website. our chi

mrs. saunders say she's also considering legal action against the bbc and other outlets for infringements of her privacy rights. and that comes after another tory candidate, craig williams, admitted to an error of judgement after placing a bet on when the election would take place. government minister michael gove says the allegations are reprehensible. >> is the case that obviously any decision by anyone to use inside information to bet on the election date that is wrong, deeply regrettable. but i think the individuals concerned are now being investigated and until that process is concluded , i that process is concluded, i think it's difficult for me to say more. >> michael gove well, sir keir starmer has criticised the conservatives, saying the behaviour would never be tolerated by labour. >> this candidate should be suspended and it's very telling that rishi sunak has not already done that . if it was one of my done that. if it was one of my candidates, they'd be gone and their feet would not have touched the floor. >> keir starmer, now the bank of england, has held its interest rate at 5.25. that is the highest level since 2008. it is a blow as well for bor

mr naval literature in year 2015. his most recent published two years ago takes us back to naval warfare the pacific with a biographytz as with his long list of published published works, a list of craig's justly deserved awards is extensive, a few in honorable mention include the u.s. naval academy teacher of the year award in 1988 and researcher of the year in 1998. franklin d roosevelt prize for naval history. in 2014, the naval historical foundation presented him with the commodore dudley w award for lifetime achievement. this year, the pritzker military museum and library awarded him the pritzker for lifetime achievement military writing. ladies and gentlemen, dr. craig simons. thank you, tom. don't in live up to that. thank you, everybody, for coming back lunch. i appreciate that on beautiful day out there to i want to thank the organizer of the conference, carol of course and tracy potts and of course the eisenhower family susan, who spent many years heading this organization. and i told david last night at dinner that i was going to explain what it was we had in common. where are you, david? where are you sitting? there he is, way in the back. he knows is going to make a quick g

he was asked in the last while if he told the conservative candidate, craig williams, the date of the election before mrt that. where an one specifically about that. where anyone has — specifically about that. where anyone has broken _ specifically about that. where anyone has broken the - specifically about that. where anyone has broken the rules i specifically about that. where i anyone has broken the rules they should face the full consequences of the law, whether that is the gambling commission or the police, and i will also ensure they are booted out of the conservative party. booted out of the conservative pa . , , ., ., booted out of the conservative party. did you tell craig williams, a man that _ party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you — party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you said _ party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you said you _ party. did you tell craig williams, a man that you said you were i party. did you tell craig williams, | a man that you said you were with almost every minute of every day, the date of the election before you announced it? i the dat

mr williams. last week, another conservative candidate and a former aide to the prime minister, craig williams, apologised said he had made a huge error ofjudgment, after allegations he had placed a £100 bet on a july election three days before it was called. a conservative party spokesman told the bbc... these revelations come as a separate incident in which a police officer in the prime minister's close protection team was suspended and later arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over alleged bets they made. the matter has also been referred to the independent office for police conduct. with just two weeks to go until polling day, it seems july the lith is a date which is still causing controversy for the conservative party. harry farley, bbc news, in westminster. secretary of state housing michael gove was asked this morning about the conservative candidate being looked into by the gambling commission.— looked into by the gambling commission. well, it is deeply regrettable — commission. well, it is deeply regrettable if _ commission. well, it is deeply regrettable if anyone - commission.

after former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders also faced investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election, mr both of those candidates have now lost the support of the conservative party, but they will still appear on election ballots because the deadlines for nominations has passed. in other news, today , a former other news, today, a former engineer claimed the post office tried to put words into his mouth when he attempted to disclose concerns he had about the horizon it system. gareth jenkins worked as an engineer for fujitsu for his entire career. he told today's inquiry that he never had oversight of all the systems bugs, and said he was truly sorry for the wrongful convictions that resulted . and as you've been resulted. and as you've been hearing, the king and queen hosted a ceremonial welcome for the emperor and empress of japan this afternoon, they began their three day state visit at an eventin three day state visit at an event in horseguards parade, with the royal couple greeting a line of dignitaries including the prime minister, rishi sunak. princess anne isn't taking part in to

mr. roker? >> this is your tie, and that's my pocket square. >> that's actually true. i buy nothing. >> we traded. that's it. >> i have craig'sve going on for today. flooding and stormy conditions in the northern plains. intense heat in the east. opical showers throughtr >>> and that is your latest weather. best time of the morning. >> all right. let's do it for a friday morning. we'll start with taylor swift. megan fitzgerald is right there in the middle of the action for us. i see you have swifties. >> reporter: that's right. guys, these fans have been waiting over a year, over a year for this moment. it's finally here. guys, i have a question. are you guys excited for this? they're a little excited, a little excited. they painted the town taylor. take a look for yourself. we have these steps decked out. this is just the start of what's expected to be an epic summer. >> we love taylor! >> reporter: this morning london is gearing up for taylor mania. starting tonight, taylor swift playing a record eight shows at the famous wembley stadium. and the fans are a little excited. taylor's american fans do travel well. these devote

craig? >> janis mackey frayer for us there in beijing. thank you. >>> coming up on 6:17, let's turn to mr.t a check of the weather. hey, al. >> good morning. good morning to you. we're talking heat and wet weather. right now, 20 million people from california all the way to texas under heat advisories, heat warnings. big dome of high pressure still hanging out but starting to ridge out to the east. so those temperatures will start to make their way east as we get to the end of the weekend. meantime, a 5 to 15 degrees above average from the rockies to the east coast, daytime highs. we could be looking at records between now and right on into thursday from colorado springs, el paso, las vegas on into palmdale, california, as well. and we have six million people under flood watches in the southern half of florida today. now the interesting thing florida about 42% of the state sat moderate drought, but they just don't need the rain all at one time. so with these slow-moving storms, we're talking about a risk of flooding from tampa all the way down to miami. and the keys with rain fall amounts

laura saunders and craig williams are being looked into, as well as two other tory officials and a police officer. misss saunders said she would co—operate with the gambling commission. mr and said he had made an error ofjudgment. this morning, rishi sunak has been speaking to reporters in edinburgh and asked if he could rule out whether others close to him had placed bets on the election timing, he said he is not aware of any other candidates the gambling commission is investigating, but he did add that the commission does not reveal the names of those it is looking at. and important to remember that the gambling commission investigations are independent, i don't have the details of those, they don't obviously report to me, but i can tell you that we have in parallel conducted our own internal inquiries and we will of course act on any relevant findings or information. today, a former minister has said there is no doubt the existing revelations will cost the conservatives seats. this betting saga has been deeply unhelpful, self—inflicted distraction. and triggered by a few individuals. in what world they thought this was acceptable is beyond belief. should the prime mi

after the former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders, also faced investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the general election. mrnce . a judgement but not an offence. a former engineer who worked on the faulty horizon it system claims the post office tried to put words into his mouth when he attempted to disclose concerns he had about the software. gareth jenkins was with fujitsu for his whole professional career and was regarded as a distinguished employee up until his retirement in 2015. he said he was truly sorry for the wrongful convictions, but evidence he'd given about the system was used in the prosecutions of many subpostmasters. evidence, which has since been quashed. today he told the inquiry he never had complete oversight of all the systems and he relied on others to supply reliable information. juuan to supply reliable information. julian assange has arrived at court on a remote island in the pacific, where his long running campaign to avoid extradition to the united states will formally end.the the united states will formally end. the 52 year old wikileaks founder left the uk this morning after mor

> later on the 3rd hour, craig is saying i don't know how you raise three boys in a new york city apartment. well in today's big dare, he gets to find out because i challenged mrike a nice day in the northeast. most of the heavy rain is farther inland, where we will see some pockets of heavy rain. storms likely down along the gulf coast today. it is beautiful out west, although extremely hot. we have the sun. temperatures up to the 90s. so brutally hot for some. very, very humid down across texas where it will feel like it is around 110 degrees. that heavy rain will hit the east coast tomorrow, and we could s. good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. temperatures will be heating up quickly in the valleys. we are going to have the hottest day we've had so far this year. for some spots up to 102 degrees in vacaville, napa. back up to 101 degrees. oakland in the upper 80s and low 90s for san jose, while morgan hill will hit a high of 100 degrees for tomorrow. temperatures come down just slightly for some. definitely some relief near the coastline and for the pen >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> all right, dylan. thank you. coming up next, jenna

mr. trump on abortion access acknowledged the issue had cost republicans. expressing support for policies that include exceptions, even as some conservative states >>> this is an nbc news special report. here's craig melvin. >> and a good friday morning to you, and we are coming on the air with breaking news from the supreme court that could impact gun laws nationwide. the high court has just ruled on a ban on so-called bump stock devices. those are the gadgets that attached to semiautomatic firearms and allow them to fire faster without more pulls on the trigger. the ban as you might recall was imposed by the trump administration after the 2017 mass shooting in las vegas when that shooter used bump stocks to kill 58 people and injure 500 more in an outdoor concert. the issue was whether using a bump stock accessory whether converts the weapon into machine gun. machine guns have strict regulations throughout the country. there is a lot to unpack, and we will bring in our senior correspondent laura jarrett, and our chief white house correspondent peter alexander and talk about theer legal implications as well. it was split along political lines. >> yes, it is interesting rule here. it was the biden

comes after former conservative candidates craig williams and laura saunders also face investigations amid allegations of betting on the date of the election. mrommitted an error of judgement but not an offence. work and pensions secretary mel stride says the scandal is disappointing. >> i think it was absolutely right that the party made internal inquiries and has now come to a very clear conclusion, which is that those candidates are suspended. they will not be supported by the conservative party, during this general election. and if indeed in the course of time, they or any others who are candidates are found to have broken the rules in relation to betting, then they will actually be removed from the conservative party. so i think the prime minister has been a very, very clear. he's very angry about what has happened. i am deeply disappointed about a number of the things that have happened here as well. and that is why, action is being taken , former action is being taken, former labour adviser mike buckley told gb news the tories have been too slow to address the issue . slow to address the issue. >> the conservative candidate, it is alleg

craig. all right, some good tips there. kathy park for us at chicago o'hare. thank you kathy can't talk travel without talking weather. mr. roker, what you got? hey, guys. good morning. we're looking at severe storms in the northeast and the ohio river valley. heat advisories continue down through the gulf, and we've got more monsoonal moisture causing storms in the southwest. we're going to get to your local forecast in the next seconds. so glad i remembered uber eats has office supplies, but i feel like i'm forgetting something else. what are you doing? this weekend ? oh. shoe's untied. nope are. timbo. big man, you guys eat all the donuts. good wednesday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today. we're starting out with clouds, but the inland areas are going to clear out and enjoy a beautiful day. it will be a little bit on the warm side. and these temperatures continue into at least saturday. it will be slightly warmer on sunday and temperatures get a big bump on monday into tuesday. while san francisco is looking at some cooler weather here will remain in the 60s into the weekend. and that's your latest weather, gu