well now to a man who knows all about putin's plans, john sweeney is an investigative reporter and author of killer in the kremlin about hooton's regime. thank you very much for joining us, john. how did put in get to this position that is in now of having the whip hand not only over russia, but of europe to because of 2 things. one western timidity in the 2nd western greed for a long time. the west people on politicians in germany and britain and the united states kept on looking the other way when by the murdered people. he's the serial killer in my view, and the west kept on looking your way and let him get away with murder after the murder at the murder. because we like cheap russian oil and gas. the city of london, like a russian money and try to kind of follow the machine. so this money could be hit and nobody knows who the who the true owners of this russian money is, where it, where it actually is. and germany, in particular like cheap oil and gas, one of the, one of the dark armies of the war so far is that as much money that the west has given to ukraine to help you crime fight

john sweeney is executive vice president of planning and advisory services with fidelity investments. john, certainly this is a big threat for all investors, all income earners, how big is it for long-term investors? >> thanks, tom. a lot of our investors are asking us for help, trying to navigate the tacks tax landscape. and people are asking how they might adjust their portfolios. a couple of things to keep in perspective. when you think about constructing your portfolio, you want to be focused on your long-term goals. if retirement several years away, you want to make sure you have enough earnings power to outpace inflation. equities are going to play a large role in anyone's portfolio. for folks in retirement, they're obviously concerned about income in their portfolios. so we've seen a tremendous shift into fixed income over the last several years. but as people lost sight of the ability for equities to outpace the earnings power of fixed income, and we've seen that a trillion dollars has flown into bond funds, but a lot of the investors have missed out since the lows of '09. >>

earlier we spoke to john sweeney and investigative reporter and the author of killer in the kremlin about putting through jean. he told us that eliminating russian fossil fuels is the correct course of action. one of the dog armies of the war so far is that as much money that the west has given to ukraine to help your crime fight against the brutal invasion we have given fall to russia to pay for its oil and gas. and because because of the will, the prisons fans and the price of oil and gas has gone up so. so yes, sanctions, but actually the reality is you're in particular germany in particular has kept on buying russian all and gas know, obviously this is an addiction which is hard to get off quickly. but we quickly and here are some other business news. felony has cut its annual net profit forecast. electronics. conglomerate said that slowing growth in the gaming market after the pandemic was the cost of buying game developer bungee were to blame. tony agreed to pay $3600000000.00 for the american company earlier this year. alphabet, google's parent company has blocked battle grounds mo

john sweeney is an executive vice president at mutual fund giant fidelity investments. he joins us from boston. john, it's great to see you again r most of those mutual fund investors taking too much risk with bonds? >> well, tom, the important thing to think about with bonds is that we've had a flight to bonds as a safety mechanism. people have gotten concerned about the volatility in the equity markets and moved their portfolio to bonds. what we ask folks to i have about is how much bond portfolio dow need in your portfolio. has to be a balanced mix and we ask folks to think about the time horizon in which they need to use the money. most people obviously focused on retirement. i think with the demographic shift of people ageing in america we going to continue to see people continue to buy bonds as they put more ballast in their portfolio. i want to caution though and say that at the same time you need to have some significant equity exposure on rising that investors might make as they approach retirement is they need to have some equity exposure to make sure they can

john sweeney from fidelity investments, planning and advisory services is here to offer only insight on that. welcome back. >> thanks for having me, sue. >> let's start with who are you are hearing from. >> so we heard from three different kinds of investors. the nervous investor and bold investors. on monday, people were concerned about the information coming out of shea, concerned about oil and the impact on the federal reserve. people were looking for information. the nervous investors, very few of them, said maybe it's time to take some profits off the table. the vast majority were confident and the people who had plans, retirement plan, plans for college, and understood the roles of asset allocation in the portfolios, they were confident and the very bold, they stepped in and they bought on the dips and they took advantage of the low prices. >> what about those who might not have a plan because markets like this and volatility like this certainly rings home the fact that you don't have a plan and the market basically is controlling what you do. >> well, it's interesting. like a

john sweeney, executive vice president with fidelity investments and planning and advisory services, e to offer some insight. john, welcome back. the article in the "wall street journal" today was interesting because it points out when people retire typically some of the draws on their income disappear. you're not going to be paying social security tax or maybe not as much or medicare tax or maybe not as much. or contributing to a 401(k). but my question is what should i really be looking at? my gross income? my after-tax income to replace? or do i want to look at my expenses? >> expenses are absolutely the place to start, tyler. when we talk to people about planning for retirement we ask them to think about their essential expenses, food, shelter, and health care. and when we construct an income plan for people often it's centered around the starting number that's like 80% of the last dollar you that made before you retired. and when you think about that number you're exactly right. you're no longer contributing to retirement. so if you've been saving 15% you've already been living o

john sweeney in valletta. the roll—out of universal credit, the government's flagship welfare policy. this morning, the work and pensions secretary announced that the helpline will become a freephone number. it had cost as much as 55p per minute. but with figures today suggesting that as many as one in five are waiting more than six weeks to get their money. jeremy corbyn was sharpening the knife at pmqs. mr speaker, last week, i asked the prime minister to scrap the unfair charges on the universal credit helpline. today, she's finally bowed to that pressure. but the fundamental problems of universal credit remain — the six—week wait, rising indebtedness, rent arrears and evictions. will the prime minister now pause universal credit, and fix the problems before pressing ahead with the roll—out? prime minister. why have we introduced universal credit? it's a simpler system. it's a system that encourages people to get into the workplace. it is a system that is working, because more people are getting into work.

does not rule out. sending troops to great britain has allowed key to use is long range. missile john sweeney is the new leader of the ruling scottish national party and is now set to become scotland 1st minister. he was the sole content or for the top job. when i'm use up, it's resigned last week. as many served as deputy 1st minister for nearly a decade in the state of israel is closing the local offices of the guitar, a broadcaster l g 0 siding, a risk to national interest. national security rub. israel's main cable tv and satellite providers have also removed the channel from the offerings l. g 0 has failed to take legal action. united nations and free speech groups have conducted the closure. israel is marking holocaust, remember and stay. sirens rang out nationwide and people stop to commemorate the more than 6000000 jews killed by the nazis in world war 2. the prime minister and president let us ceremony at the holy cost for more this ukrainian forces are struggling to hold back a wave of russian assaults in the east of the country. moscow says it has captured several 100 square kilome

john sweeney there.had a bank account. he said he had properly declared his ownership of the company in a ministerial declaration of interests in 2015. the prime minister's chief of staff keith schembri said that the panamanian company owned by him was never used. but, he said, "with hindsight, i realise that it was probably not the right call, purely based on the fact that perceptions matter as well". malta's anti—money laundering agency, the fiau said that jonathan ferris's dismissal was based on an objective assessment of his performance and did not involve any political interference. well, malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat has given newsnight an interview about all of this. john met up with him in valetta. what's been the effect of her assassination on your own standing, sir? well, bad, definitely, because that's not something that any prime minister would want. she was a very vociferous critic of many people. i might have been the top of that list. and this doesn't look good on me. i'm very realis

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john sweeney has the report. >> has anyone heard of glencore? it may not be a household name but it trades a tenth of the wheat that comes onto the world market, a quarter of the barley and half of the copper. when it was on the london stock exchange last year, five of its partners became billionaires. >> we care about the environment, we care about the people, we care about all these issues in which we operate. >> but glencore's copper refinery in the democratic republic of congo tells a different story. to reach the copper, the rock is burned with acid. the result is an acid water fall. you can see the pollution, you can see how bad it looks but you can't smell it. and i promise you, standing here, it stinks to high heaven! this whole place stinks of acid! >> glencore say the pollution started long before the company took over the refinery, and it has now been stopped. here's some water i took. would you like to wash your hands with it? >> i can see what it is. >> yes, would you like to wash your hands? >> that's what people have dumped into t

and over the last fifteen years or so beginning with the election of john sweeney now richard trumka the national leadership has been. a lot better in terms of its commitment to workers' rights and its attempt to sort of in instilling encourage militancy but at the same time the relationship with the democratic it's been called by some like a bad marriage the union are sort of like the women within the bad marriage they know it's bad but they're afraid to get out i want to ask about the middle class in the u.s. you know teach and right from a marxist standpoint yes and recently a lot of attention has been brought to the issue of the gap between the rich and poor in the united states that this gap keep it keeps expanding has become bigger than it's ever been is the middle class basically going to cease to exist at some point well in the united states. the people who are called the middle class are the working class that's a very important point and the consciousness what happens if the working class is not working what are known to the working class is not working. then they become wh

come to cold ahead of the us presidential election in november. scottish national policy lead the john sweeney has been sold. and now as the 1st minister sweeney won the noble nation and a pile of entry both on choose day, his main goal is to an independence from the united kingdom. a deal it takes. i just finished its 12 day journey from athens. html site. that's over 150000 people gathered to the south coast of problems to walk you to arrive over a 1000. but it's a company the 3 master chip called the bell. m, as french olympics, we met champion and floral magnitude brought the flame to land. the flame was led to an ancient linea. earlier in april and on thursday at torch we, they will start across the country. it will end in defense of capital with the lighting of the flame on july, the 26th to month, the stones of the paris olympic games 2020 full. of course, you can follow those stories on our website that i'll just say what comes of texas throughout the day, i'll be back good movies. and just in the hoffman's time the weather was next and inside store like somebody as well. caesar of the

and in brussel, patrick 10 bring sexy general of the european environmental bureau in dublin, john sweeney professor emeritus at munos university and to contribute to to the incoming mental panel on climate change. and also in brussel. suzanne lynch, global type of offer and associates as to politic kind of i will welcome to all of you, john. we have 2 years left to save the planet. it's now the you in climate cheapest method, but this sounds melodramatic. but do you agree with the sentiment i do indeed. i mean, i think it stays merely echoing what the ip c c has been saying for many years that procrastination and delete the mix or task almost insurmountable. the longer originally, i think, you know, he's only a queen as well. what the, you themselves have surgeon, they're very recent at risk assessment. so the, the in that to you repeat environment age and say i part of the you said even more start play. but if we don't know, then we do face catastrophic damage even within europe in the years ahead. so i don't think he's being melodramatic. i think what he's saying is that we may be appro

s. presidential election in november. scottish national party lead a john sweeney has been sworn in as the 1st minister when he won the nomination and upon them entry voters on tuesday. his main goal is to win independence from the united kingdom to achieve it to you and have to rebuild these policies. reputation after a struggle scandals and political missteps. russia has stepped office attacks on your claims energy infrastructure about drones and missiles have targeted pals facilities in chief and 6 of the cities fulsome you're trying to limit energy supplies across the country. it's on home and reports from keith of the keys, so it's like trying to pick out drawings in the early hours of wednesday. for the crating, the defense is, can still move. explosions were heard in several parts of the country. russian forces moments, 50 missiles and 20 joins, said the ukrainian government. there was some damage in the key region, but the main big thing was the country. so electric plants, pots, if you create enough, struggling for power, already 80 percent of the tech stuff or electric genera

i remember i was, you know, john sweeney of the president of the a f l. c, i o, the american federation of labor once told me when i worked in the senate, you know, this is not the time to fix problems. this is the time to complain when he was fighting against the republican administration. so i don't want to say that donald trump is just unique in that. but when you kind of look at that last deal that they had, do you, you know, just in your sense of things and you sort and government offer republican administration. do you think they're going to resurrect that bi partisan deal? and i think there is a bi partisan deal to be had i worked irritate to your point. i worked with george w bush in the white house on his immigration reform that came really tantalizing close. and then henry reed, who was the democratic leader and did it, and combusted in large part because of what you're saying. they wanted the problem more than the solution. so i think late in the president cycle as the length for deal came, is more likely to time when you talk about problems. a

speaker, i know the whole house will join me in congratulating john sweeney on becoming s.m.p. leader. i look forward to working constructively with him to deliver for the people of scotland. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. last week's prime minister's questions, i highlighted the shocking rise in the number of teenagers trying vaping and i asked the prime minister if he would take decisive action to stop the advertising on football stadiums. he declined to do that. since then i have had an exchange with the scottish chief medical officer, professor sir greger smith, during a session of the tobacco and vapes bill committee and he said, where i become very uncomfortable and i'm not supportive is where the massive attraction of sports companies is used in a way that promotes behaviors that are known to be unsafe or unhealthy. can i ask the prime minister again, does he still think that it is right that vape companies sh

john sweeney, bbc news.as told the bbc that all ethnic groups are equal in xianjiang. in a statement it said: the us will end all funding for the un agency that supports palestinian refugees. washington had already drastically cut its support for the agency, which helps more than five million palestinians in gaza and the west bank, and in other countries neighbouring israel. the state department described the un relief and work agency as irredeemably flawed, and said washington will hold talks with the un and others to consider new approaches to the conflict between israel and the palestinians. for more on this decision let's go live to chris buckler in washington. i gather there has been a response from the agency. what they said? the american statement made it clear that as far as they were concerned, they were concerned by the financial impact on america, and they felt that they were lifting the burden on this. but there is deep criticism of the programme itself, talking about it being in crisis mode for

john sweeney will become scotland's seventh first minister after being nominated by parliament.eader succeeds youssef resigned today. there have been no trains on some of the busiest commuter routes in the country due to strikes by train drivers. disruption is expected to continue throughout the week. tomorrow it is a different set of operators which will be affected. among them, avanti west coast and great western. it has been revealed prince harry will not meet the king during his visits to the u.k. this week. a spokesman for the duke of sussex had a meeting between father and son was not possible because of the king's busy schedule. harry is in london to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the invictus games games which he set up to rehabilitate wounded or sick service personnel. you are watching bbc news. the white house said this afternoon at is hopeful israel and hamas can close the remaining gaps on a cease-fire agreement the palestinians have accepted but israel has rejected. so why did the israelis appear blindsided by a negotiation? cia director bill burns was so involve

that he did that. >> reporter: after john and cheryl sweeney bought their 1927 home john, a veteran civils attorney, found the original covenant. >> none of the real estate herein described shall be sold, conveyed, leased or rented to or occupied by any person other than that of the caucasian race. >> this house was designed not for an african american, not for an asian american or a latino american or caucasian american. it was designed for a person who appreciates fine things. and that's the story this house tells. this is the sun porch. >> reporter: to ensure that williams' legacy endures, the sweeneys worked to have their home declared a l.a. historic cultural monument. >> this house is now legally protected. >> it is now legally protected. this is mr. williams' vision, and it won't be disturbed. >> reporter: a fitting tribute for the master architect with a groundbreaking life. >> that again was mark whitaker reporting. and this is the "cbs overnight news." dove 0% with coconut and jasmine is aluminum free and kind to skin. it dries instantly, with no visible residue. with 48 hour od

the effort was led by john sweeney, member of the democratic socialists of america. interesting how they just changed the name. the president of the afl cio from 1995 until last year. he also started the union summer intern program. this is great! this was a crash course on achieving social justice. and economic justice. through community organizing. using class warfare ideas and tactics. question, why would you need to repeal this old law in your bylaw of your union unless there was some new demand or desire for communists to join your rank s? now california. in 2008, state passed sb-1322. this bill amazingly allowed communists to teach in schools. to become school teachers in california. oh, public employees also would no longer have to take an oath of office that says i do solemnly swear i'll defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of california against all enemies foreign and domestic. and i do further swear -- >> glenn: why would you want people to stop taking that oath? who wouldn't want that taken? especially by teachers. other than p

or john sweeney or whoever else, you know, greenhouse picks up the phone and talks to. he doesn't talk to enough workers. occasionally comes through. out of the blue he did an interesting article about the jimmy john's campaign. what they were going cofast food workers. before he comes back to some of the questions that david raised, alex. you have to -- you won't be on booktv if you don't approach the mike. >> you never told us what a teamster was. >> it's a guy that cracks a whip. a team of horses. >> today is international womens day. >> yeah. >> and that provoked me question. the vibrancy in organizing seems to me and part of the wars have taken place in the health care industry. which many people regard health care as a drain on the economy. i regard say health care is the economy. it's the growing and sustained industry. you may disagree with it's funding, everything about it, but nevertheless, it is. and my guess is that a lot of of the -- there are two reasons why this is happening. one is because it is a growth industry. unlike some of the other ones. but the o

well, money is tight, we have already seen cuts to this year's scottish government budget, and john sweeneyernment has the power to lower or raise taxes to try and bring in more money and i think we can expect to see a lowering of the threshold for the top rate of income tax from 150,000 to 125,000 to bring it in line with the rest of the uk as was announced by the chancellor in his autumn statement and the bbc also understands thatjohn swinney is expected to increase the top rate of income tax from 46p in the pound to 47p, and the higher rate of tax from 41p to a2p in the pound, for everyone who earns over £43,000 41p to 42p in the pound, for everyone who earns over £43,000 here in scotland. i think these changes will be welcomed by unions and antipoverty campaigners, some business groups and the scottish conservatives may have concerns it will hamper economic recovery. lama will hamper economic recovery. lorna gordon, will hamper economic recovery. lorna gordon. thank— will hamper economic recovery. lorna gordon, thank you. _ boris becker has been freed from prison after serving just eigh

the effort was led by john sweeney, member of the democratic socialists of america. interesting how they just changed the name. the president of the afl cio from 1995 until last year. he also started the union summer intern program. this is great! this was a crash course on achieving social justice. and economic justice. through community organizing. using class warfare ideas and tactics. question, why would you need to repeal this old law in your bylaw of your union unless there was some new demand or desire for communists to join your rank s? now california. in 2008, state passed sb-1322. this bill amazingly allowed communists to teach in schools. to become school teachers in california. oh, public employees also would no longer have to take an oath of office that says i do solemnly swear i'll defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of california against all enemies foreign and domestic. and i do further swear -- >> glenn: why would you want people to stop taking that oath? who wouldn't want that taken? especially by teachers. other than p