very criticize by many members of the commonwealth. she's immersed herself in a lot of controversy, and that hasn't helped either. it's an organization, which covers nearly a third of the population of the world, which is the envy of many countries, who actually applied to join like rwanda and mozambique. and now needs good leadership, and good administration to save it. i hope that the -- that somebody will pick up the baton and do the job which is necessary. >> absolutely. tom, we've talked about the disaster, that something that you can have -- this picture speak for himself. for you, were there any highlights at all? >> i'm a great fan of william and kate, i just think they radiate happiness, that they're decent, people who try hard. i think anyone who scores cheap points off them is unfair. i think the children of the adults who came out to welcome them, they do that because they recognize their great qualities. we need stardust in this world. we need leaders. they are leaders, because there are people who epitomizes the best qual

and it is up— be the head of the commonwealth and it is up to _ be the head of the commonwealth ande statement. i am not a _ quite a mature, wise statement. i am not a massive — quite a mature, wise statement. i am not a massive monarchist but i appreciate _ not a massive monarchist but i appreciate their importance in terms of projecting power around the world, — of projecting power around the world, but they have had a tin ear on some — world, but they have had a tin ear on some of— world, but they have had a tin ear on some of the events they have organised — on some of the events they have organised. this image that went around — organised. this image that went around the globe of william and kate sake -- _ around the globe of william and kate sake —— shaking hands withjamaican children— sake —— shaking hands withjamaican children behind a wire fence, it was so tone _ children behind a wire fence, it was so tone deaf and riding around in an open— so tone deaf and riding around in an open top _ so tone deaf and riding around in an open top landrover last used in the i960s. _ open

they still— lots in the commonwealth that are.e to being a _ they still feel it's of value to being a part of that, democracy coming — being a part of that, democracy coming together for the up and time when _ coming together for the up and time when democracy is under threat from autocratic capitalism it seemed like autocratic capitalism it seemed like a pretty— autocratic capitalism it seemed like a pretty good organisation and institution to transport the commonwealth. i think william getti doin- commonwealth. i think william getti doing their best. it was an important visit. some of the optics coutd've _ important visit. some of the optics could've been better. let�*s important visit. some of the optics could've been better.— important visit. some of the optics could've been better. let's end with the lovely story _ could've been better. let's end with the lovely story on _ could've been better. let's end with the lovely story on the _ could've been better. let's end with the lovely story on the front - could've been better. l

realms cutting ties with the royal family, but also the wider commonwealth. that's when you think just how important that body of nations is been throughout his grandmother's reign. the fact that he's also here, representing the queen, also makes it more the -- likely his words have been endorsed by some way from the top. forming your relationships was always a big part of this tour, yet there have been protests. on our travels, we found debates about breaking away from the family is in clear-cut. >> the royal family coming pace visit, it has so much meaning to it. it shows that there are people who are still very much concerned about a well-being. for a short while we were thinking that everybody had forgotten us. >> i think our ties with the queen have been good. throughout my lifetime. >> there have been no major gaps as such from the couple themselves, but following the black lives matter protests, claims of protests -- racism from the family members and the demonstrations over slavery just this week it has felt like we are in a new era of royal tours wil

, that is an entity— inside the commonwealth, that is an entity that— inside the commonwealth, that is was driven— this change was coming, a lot of it was driven by the decolonisation debate _ was driven by the decolonisation debate and how that is landing. but it is also— debate and how that is landing. but it is also a _ debate and how that is landing. but it is also a result of a push by other— it is also a result of a push by other actors, it is also a result of a push by otheractors, not it is also a result of a push by other actors, not the least china, into parts— other actors, not the least china, into parts of— other actors, not the least china, into parts of the world where the commonwealth was the default entity of friendship and alliance. given that they— of friendship and alliance. given that they had a bit of a mixed visit, — that they had a bit of a mixed visit, it— that they had a bit of a mixed visit, it wasn't entirely their fault — visit, it wasn't entirely their fault at _ visit, it wasn't entirely their fault at all, the forces are much bigger— fault at all, the fo

the event is a celebration of commonwealth nations.s the first time the queen will have missed the event in almost a decade. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell is at westminster abbey. of course, the queen's commitment to the commonwealth has been one of the abiding themes of her reign. she will issue her commonwealth day message as normal this afternoon but she will not be attending the commonwealth day service here at westminster, adding her place, as you said, will be taken by the prince of wales. it is not because of illness, we understand but of course, whenever it is a health issue, buckingham palace becomes very coy and vague. it is to do with her comfort, we understand. for that, read mobility issues. we know that, read mobility issues. we know that the queen now uses a stick. we saw as much just over a month ago at sandringham when she met people in the ballroom there and again at windsor castle, an audience with defence officials. she said, "i can't move". it is a matter of record that she has had over the years issues

i would say in general, our commonwealth, but it turned out to be in demand, and it turned out to beor the development of inter-parliamentary cooperation, already following the meeting of the assembly in full force , valentina matviyenko emphasized attempts to drive in. the wedge between our country and the allies is doomed to failure, given the destructive policy pursued by the collective west led by the united states, when the very foundation of world economic political cooperation is being destroyed. uh, when dictates are arbitrariness, violation of international law, uh, violations of the rules of world trade. it seems to me that there is a demand for regional associations. uh, today it will be even higher over the decades of work of the inter-parliamentary assembly, a huge potential has been accumulated in solving the most important humanitarian issues. this experience can be used, in particular, to create a single court for human rights within the cis robert france forman bayduletov ekaterina bobkova kazakhstan central asian you are watching the whole and in a couple of minutes

the congregation was transported to different commonwealth cultures.s of this continent. at least for the moment ukraine risks being pulverised. but above all, this was the commonwealth paying tribute to the person who today was absent, but who has done so much to keep it together. long live the queen! amen. hip, hip, hip! hurray! today's cheers were unscripted. and in two weeks, there will be another heartfelt occasion, a service of thanksgiving for the life of the duke of edinburgh. the queen will hope to be there. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's matt taylor. more of us had a bit of dry weather tomorrow. there had been some rain around today. that is due to a weather front approaching tonight but for the time being still somewhat weathered to come in scotland and the north of england but clearing away in the first part of the night. for most largely clear skies for time and that means some frost going into tomorrow morning.

, and the commonwealth countries, _ commonwealth, and the commonwealth countries, and whether there willout— these countries. if we had any doubt about this, _ these countries. if we had any doubt about this, i— these countries. if we had any doubt about this, i think this tour has brought— about this, i think this tour has brought it _ about this, i think this tour has brought it to the four.- about this, i think this tour has brought it to the four. adam, the independent _ brought it to the four. adam, the independent is saying _ brought it to the four. adam, the independent is saying that - brought it to the four. adam, the independent is saying that where j brought it to the four. adam, the - independent is saying that where the british royals tour the maker caribbean tour, they've got a good piece about that, there have been some extraordinary moments floating around on social media with perhaps the royals looking pretty anachronistic and a part of the world where there certainly seems to be growing opposition. yes. world where there certainly seems to be growing opposition.— be gro

who the commonwealth chooses to lead his family -- 's internet is on my mind.ds from a future king, who were told has been listening. conversations with prime ministers and all those countries -- some of his speeches. it is striking to hear prince william acknowledge so clearly that he believes one, day it may not just be commonwealth realms cutting ties with the royal family but why -- that's when you think just how important that body of nations is been throughout his grandmother's reign. the fact that he's also here representing the queen also makes it more than likely that his words have been endorsed in some way from the top. >> forming your relationships was always a big part of this tour. yes, there have been protests -- isn't clear cut. -- pay us a visit has so much meaning to it as shows that there are people who are very much concerned about our well-being. we thought everybody forgot us. i think the times have been good with the queen -- from the couple themselves -- claims of racism from other family members and the demonstrations over slavery just

we will be chatting with them ahead of their appearance at the commonwealth club.irst, many ukrainians are fleeing their country. job boards are overflowing with offers specifically for refugees. what is the impact of this mass migration? joining us, a professor of economics at uc davis. droctor, thank you for joining s today. >> thank you for having me. >> more than 3 million ukrainians have fled their country. where have they gone? >> many of them are heading to poland, romania. each european country is actually accepting some. italy, france, the u.k., all have received refugees in the tens of thousands. kristen: how about the u.s.? have we received any, and how many? >> not yet. the u.s. takes a little while. there are a few ukrainians who have some strong network connections, may be some family in the u.s., who have been able to arrive, but the u.s. has received not even 1000 of them. kristen: let's talk about the u.s. a little bit later. i want to start with europe. poland, the big one, but other countries, germany, etc., offering jobs for ukrainian refugees.

he before he debriefs the queen, who we we know treasures the commonwealth a lot.aid in belize, jamaica _ said, he said in belize, jamaica and _ said, he said in belize, jamaica and bahamas, | said, he said in belize, - jamaica and bahamas, that... the duke of cambridge goes on to say... so, three thoughts for you from royal watchers. the first thing is that this is a mature statement from a projector of soft power. he's showing his style of the features style of the future king, if you like. showing us some leg, and it's a sympathetic style, isn't it? putting it to a host at a reception in the bahamas, relationships evolve on my friendships and doer, he said. the second thing is, it's clever. he is giving him the choice, he said they will decide whether to stay part of this club. it's a huge club, 2.5 billion people, and it gives them the access to lobby donors, it gives them the axis to help resolve disputes within this mechanism and some key events coming up, the commonwealth heads of government meeting in rwanda in june and the commonwealth games in birmingham

, the commonwealth games injuly.ared to be candid and break with royal protocol. this comes at the time of an eight—day tour received with some criticism, but this is most certainly a humble ending.— humble ending. and 'ust briefl , humble ending. and 'ust briefly. ti humble ending. and just briefly, if you ups and i humble ending. and just - briefly, if you ups and downs on the trip, how has it been received generally?- received generally? that's ri . ht, received generally? that's riaht, a received generally? that's right, a couple _ received generally? that's right, a couple of- received generally? that's right, a couple of photo i right, a couple of photo incidents that haven't shown the royal couple in a good light. a lot of examination as to whether they were fair photographs taken and the circumstances in which the decision to hold those photo shoots, such as in a land rover replicating the queen and duke of edinburgh previously, or touching fingers of children stretching through a fence in jamaica after raheem

the commonwealth is an organization that is different from the commonwealth countries, that still haves to the british crown. you're right, it includes the caribbean countries, but australia, new zealand and canada. over the years, there has been moments of publican sentiment. there has been referendums in those countries -- when the queen is no longer with us. >> it's gonna be an interesting, interesting way forward, isn't? it especially for these countries. professor, thanks for talking to us. let's have another look at the weather. >> more sunshine to come. there's a blocking high over scandinavia repels -- systems. it will be a chilly start to the day but with widespread blue skies. there is cloud over ireland in the southwest, as well as some patchy clouds over scotland. most places will be dry. temperatures will be close to average for the time of year, but in lighter winds, it'll feel quite pleasant. the breeze over the north sea coasts will make it feel a bit cooler. >> still to come here on sky news breakfast, we will have a news at the newspapers. ou ♪ turns out everyone does

it read, "on behalf of the commonwealth of australia, i would like to express strong support for the plan to restructure the en+ group and rusal in order to lift the threat of sanctions against the companies." serena: it is quite extraordinary that a lobbyist would actually provide a letter stating "we, the commonwealth of australia, support this request." it is quite an audacious approach to lobbying ands effectively spoon feeding the australian ambassador with information in order to get his signature on a letter that the company then planned to use for whatever purpose they want in the future. sean: joe hockey told four corners he couldn't recall the letter and would not have acted on it. documents obtained under foi show that, at the height of the lobbying campaign, senior australian embassy staff sent more than a dozen e-mails to key u.s. officials overseeing the sanctions regime. the australian diplomats met with u.s. state department and treasury representatives and raised "the importance of an early consideration by the u.s. of an australian company's proposal to meet the ter

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and now it became clear that this idea of ​​​​the commonwealth was needed only for one in order to usete, so to speak, for this period create your own army. moreover, to take and transfer the current army simply under the jurisdiction of ukraine. although i can’t understand why to live? such a nomenclature of conservatism, which was obvious to everyone. and today they found each other very quickly, if you pay attention to the speeches of the leadership of the current ukraine, no. a word about human rights about the rule of law, they all begin and end with words about independence. now we see, what kind of independence they chose for this independence of theirs, it turns out that, first of all, an army is needed the army that they would have put together as soon as possible, then they also needed the black sea fleet, but i have no doubt that tomorrow they will present appropriate claims. yes, they have already actually presented for nuclear weapons. you, as a politician, as a lawyer, you see the possibility of some kind of compromise, there is one. uh, the legal option is legally correc

the latter would be a subject she would touch on during another commonwealth appearance in 2017. >> i said can you believe i'm a refugee and got my nationalization six to forget -- certificate, can you believe a refugee is secretary of state? >> isn't that fantastic? >> she was a staunch advocate of nato's expansion and intervention in the balkans as secretary of state. she stayed actively involved in world affairs in her post diplomatic career and taught at georgetown university for years. she was 84 years old. >> new covid developments. moderna will seek fda emergency use authorization for its vaccine in children under six in the coming weeks. the cdc is carefully monitoring new england and new york city for increases of the ba.2 variant after finding slight upticks of cases in wastewater. ceos from all major airlines are calling a president biden to lift the federal mass credit on transportation. it cites increased vaccination rates and other countries lifting restrictions as reasons. >> with office workers coming back to big tech campus, the demand for corporate catering has retur

the latter would be a subject she would touch on during another commonwealth appearance in 2017. >> i said can you believe i'm a refugee and got my nationalization six to forget -- certificate, can you believe a refugee is secretary of state? >> isn't that fantastic? >> she was a staunch advocate of nato's expansion and intervention in the balkans as secretary of state. she stayed actively involved in world affairs in her post diplomatic career a yeashe was . >> new covid developments. moderna will seek fda emergency use authorization for its vaccine in children under six in the coming weeks. the cdc is carefully monitoring new england and new york city for increases of the ba.2 variant after finding slight upticks of cases in wastewater. ceos from all major airlines are calling a president biden to lift the federal mass credit on transportation. it cites increased vaccination rates and other countries lifting restrictions as reasons. >> with office workers coming back to big tech campus, the demand for corporate catering has returned. the economy is a key part of building a better ba

uh hmm western borders of the commonwealth then u teaching east 2022. the east and the armed forces of belarus will participate in these exercises. big group. now they have 10,000 km to go. to move there, the belarusian military work at russian training grounds every year, but the mass relocation to the far east will be carried out for the first time, and the experience of russian colleagues will help here. today, the russian federation and the republic of belarus must be ready to repel any threats, these are the most serious threats to the union state, and in order to eliminate them, it is necessary to take the most drastic measures. the joint russian-belarusian operational exercise of allied determination 2022 showed the armies of the two countries are reliably defending the fraternal peoples. don't miss out on central television. hit the ruble on sanctions, how our currency turned out to be russia’s main weapon and why in europe the decision to sell gas for rubles had the effect of an economic bomb, the great migration of ukrainians to europe why thi

now there are just 136 days until the 2022 commonwealth games get under way in birmingham. stadium was positively sparkling as local schoolchildren marched around the freshly laid track for commonwealth status moring —— alexandra stadium. it will be the turn of the finest sports men and women at the opening ceremony. you aet a women at the opening ceremony. you get a sense — women at the opening ceremony. you get a sense of— women at the opening ceremony. gm, get a sense of the kind of atmosphere that can be created in this stadium, with the bullet text that we will have going forward, so i am really looking forward to 28th ofjuly the opening ceremony, going be fantastic. it ofjuly the opening ceremony, going be fantastic-— be fantastic. it will feel so thunderous _ be fantastic. it will feel so thunderous in _ be fantastic. it will feel so thunderous in here. i- be fantastic. it will feel so thunderous in here. i canl be fantastic. it will feel so - thunderous in here. i can imagine the whole — thunderous in here. i can imagine the whole place is going to shake. i am prett

brilliant career in which guthrie won 110 england caps and played at three world cups and two commonwealth this year. to have a family. in terms of, you know, falling pregnant. it is earlier than we had planned but, you know, these things happen. sometimes life happens and it was an amazing surprise to kind of know that we were going to be entering parenthood a little bit earlier than expected. so, yeah, that is how it all started for me. in terms of this kind of process and rolling my retirement forward just a little bit earlier so was always the plan to retire at the commonwealth games but the early pregnancy news has meant i is what i have older that forward. you have so much to offer in the game when you think about your recently you are still instrumental, really, there's performances for england. what was really behind the decision to retire at the end of the season anyway? i am not your average athlete in terms of my perception in the play and how i have always wanted to contribute, you know, to the game. for me it is not always about how much i can still impact on the court, it is

calculations of the national currency, and also the search for new logistics chains within the commonwealthent states, such a statement was made today in kazakhstan by valentina matvienko after a meeting of the council of the inter-parliamentary assembly according to matvienko, this year it is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the potential of the commonwealth countries opening up new opportunities for import substitution of such important tasks, since our cooperation within the cis is based on the principles of mutual respect. uh, respect for each other's interests are mutually beneficial principles of mutually beneficial cooperation. and we have already integrated so much in these 30 years. uh, our countries, what u think that our further integration, including within the framework of the european economic union within the framework of cis she will only be stronger. the russian foreign ministry announced a mini-hour ago that the expulsion of ten diplomats of the baltic states from the country stopped the accreditation of four employees of the lithuanian embassy in moscow, three of the

the idea of ​​the commonwealth was needed only for one thing in order to use this idea, as a certainto speak, during this period to create your own army to create your own army, and on such a scale. well, you know the ukrainian president even before he became president and those who are in power today, uh, in ukraine they talked about the need for 400,000 army. now that we already know that, uh, how they want to create this army, when at the beginning we thought that, well, every independent state should create armies in a normal way, and this is the right of at least 4 million. create at the expense of your taxpayers, but it turns out that the idea, as journalists like to say, was another to take and transfer the current army simply under the jurisdiction of ukraine. although i can’t understand. why should the inhabitants of russia, uzbekistan or kazakhstan, be called to serve in the soviet army ? to swear an oath to the ukrainian e government and moreover, i believe that today we have received the most dangerous symbiosis of extreme nationalists. e, with e. such a nomenclature of c

do you think this could be the end of the commonwealth? >> no. i don't think the commonwealth would. i think the comparable of wooden door. but obviously those will fight their own judgments and decisions about the membership to the commonwealth. but i felt i'm obviously convinced that the cover -- . and that's really good. >> okay. thank you so much for being on the program today. go to ukraine now, and the city of lviv. for weeks a great way to the west has been hit by explosions yesterday. with that coming, its main goals is focusing on areas in the, east as it tries to secure the donbas region. so, what's going on in ukraine? we're trying to get a situation on the ground, and putin said -- will now join the emperor e miss murray -- . >> i can see you're in a car, we'll just cross our fingers and hope that everything will be okay. could you tell us a little bit about the -- could you give us a sense about the situation where you are? >> yeah, so we, as you received us very well in a very high level in ukraine. quite recently, we think that mps

lieutenant governor of virginia and first african-american woman to hold statewide office in the commonwealth. we applaud the lieutenant governor's lifelong accomplishments and thank her for her service to her community, her commonwealth, and her country. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. ruiz, for five minutes. mr. ruiz: i rise today to honor a local leader in public health and exceptional community advocate, my constituent and my friend, rosa lucas. i first metrosa during my -- met rosa during my freshman year duat ucla in 1991. ever since i have admired her integrity, humility, selflessness and passionate for social justice. rosa's story begins in los angeles, california, in december 7, 1945. she spent her childhood in beverly hills before studying at u.c.-berkley and ucla. in 1968 she graduated from ucla with her bachelor's in spanish languages. and was part of the health science center becoming her a certified nurse practitioner in 1975. 10 years later she settled in our desert and began work in the coachella val

going forward. >> i think the job of being head of the commonwealth isn't the same as being king or queen. and we saw that in prince charles, when he was elected to do that, all of the members of the commonwealth voted for him to be the next one, and you can do the job separately, so someone else could do that for him. it doesn't mean that he is going to be king. what he does want it do is to stop this don't explain and don't complain. which i think is a very good idea. i think nowadays, people can't hold back. there is so much social media, people demanding to know information, and they've all got very aggressive, but i think he's right, when he says something, i thought that went very well, to say what he felt and the fact that he's not trying to tell people what to do, which i thought perhaps was referring to his brother. >> and let's talk about the majesty before i let you go and he is desperate to be able to attend the service for her late husband, i can't believe that it's a year since we lost him, and do we know when she's going to be able to? >> she said yes, because she's n

today, virginia commonwealth university professor karen rader teaches a class on cold war era educational films meant to teach students about nuclear warfare and science. all right, so good afternoon and welcome today. we're going to talk about cold war era science education films in particular ones that were made for tv and the classroom now we've been talking about classroom films before. really to do any kind of history of classroom film you need to understand the scholarship in a lot of fields. so i'm going to be quoting and referencing and pulling together work that i've done work that's been done by other historians of science film studies people communication studies scholars even folkloreists. so this will be particularly interdisciplin

today's program with in forum and the commonwealth club. i'm sure i'll evans davis the executive director of the san francisco human rights commission, and i'm pleased to be moderating. today's program. i am beyond honored to be in conversation with renown civil rights activists host of msnbc's politics nation founder of the national action network and author of the new book righteous troublemakers untold stories of the social justice movement in america. reverend al sharpton paying tribute to those members of the civil rights movement whose stories have not been given due recognition. the book is a testament to the connections relationships and individuals that the movement was built upon and sustained by so with that let's get started first. i just i can't state enough how much reverend sharpton i'm grateful for the opportunity to talk. to you and to be in your presence and to have this conversation. so, thank you so much for your time today. well, thank you cheryl, and i'm very happy that you're hosting it and i look forward to a very ro

at colonies in africa, india, china, the commonwealth of australia, asia north and south america. from said captured half of africa and half of indo china. belgium possessed congo. germany had colonies in africa, asia, south america, and osi. anya italy, established colonies in somalia, ethiopia, libya and eritrea. the was spanish colonies in south america and africa. portugal occupied colonies several times, its own size and population. the usa also kept up with the europeans.

i'd like to yield to my colleague from the great commonwealth of pennsylvania, the energy-rich commonwealth of pennsylvania, representative meuser. mr. meuser: i thank my very good friend, dr. joyce of pennsylvania. madam speaker, we are witnessing horrible brutality by vladimir putin. he's killing civilians and committing war crimes while zelensky has ordered his troops to not cross the line between humanity and animals. zelensky requested aircraft, military supplies and for credit card processing to be cut off. master car and visa -- mastercard and visa stepped up and i hope the aircraft is on its way as was planned. he also asked for the u.s. to impose an embargo on russian oil. finally the biden administration is taking this important step. madam speaker, 14 months ago this would have been a simple ask. as we, the united states, was in factor inning independent. but because of the biden administration's reckless anti-domestic fuel energy policies, it's far more complicated. at a time when we should be ramping up domestic production, the biden administration is sending officials to venez

. >>> the uk celebrations about to get under way at westminster abby for commonwealth day it usuallyark in london with more good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. noticeably absent will be the queen herself. this would have been her first public appearance since her covid recovery and while she's sitting this event out, royal officials say that she still has a pretty jam packed schedule ahead. queen elizabeth's highly anticipated return to the public stage is still on hold for now following her covid recoverybuie will miss today's commonwealth day service. a crowning achievement for the monarch. instead asking her son prince charles to stand in. >> the service is going to be focused on jubilee and looking to her first commonwealth tour >> reporter: that last service before the pandemic is when princess harry and meghan markle that he had mare final appearance as senior royals. >> you could see the sort of friction between the royal couples and the rest of the royal family and i think the queen will be very keen that this year's service is focused on what the commonwealth is

shadow secretary of foreign commonwealth and foreign affairs. thank you, for joining. and i am joined by laura burkart, mep in russells, member of the environmental committee of the european parliament. thank you for joining here today. here is that we are going to structure the event. i am going to turn to each of you to speak for two minutes. i will ask a question and that our audience will ask a question and we will have more conversation. senator sanders, welcome to the atlantic council. senator sanders: thank you very much for having me. it is a pleasure to be here with our fellow panelists. it goes without saying that what we are seeing in ukraine today is the horror that almost embarrasses all of us as being part of the human race, to see a large country just simply, systematically destroy the people of a small, democratic nation. about what is happening today in ukraine is more than just a human disaster in their country. what it speaks to is the role that oligarchy place in russia. you have a handful of billionaires including putin, one of the wealthiest peopl

>> my high honor and personal privilege for the nomination, the name of susan sweitzer of the commonwealthf virginia to return as a member of the august rules and bylaws committee. i am so delighted. she will provide the insight in her voice to our committee the liberations and will help us in the presidential nominating process to a successful conclusion and help us win in 2024. with that, go susan sweitzer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i second the nomination. >> we have a motion and the second. all of those in favor say i. the i's habit. i will not ask our secretary to come up and make any announcements. >> we are so thankful for your cigna time, we wish you safe travels back home. there many questions on when our next meeting is. we are working hard right now to schedule our next meeting. we will get that out to folks as soon as we can. please give a round of things to all of our staff who work tirelessly. he could not do it without your hard work and dedication. thank you to our dnc staff. thank you to the staff, thank you to the whole stat here at the hilton as well. thank you for the

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us now is former richmond fed president who is now a distinguished professor at vcu, virginia commonwealth university school of business. it's great to have you here today. as we see people on the street kind of raising their expectations dramatically, where duke the fed should be taking the fund rates from here >> they have to after the last meeting, week and a half ago i think markets are coming to realize that as well and i think chairman powell recalibrated or tried to, the expectations in the speech the past monday. a key principal that has undermined successful monitoring policy for decades is that wihe inflation is high and you want to bring it down, you have to raise eninterest rates by more than inflation increased and in this instance, if you fail to do so, you have falling real interest rates and it introvieds even more stimulus to the economy which is not what you want at this point so they've got to get back to real interest rates around 0, and they probably need to go higher in this environment by the end of the year, that's going to mean interest rates above 4% >> wow >> whe

guthrie, who was expected to captain the roses at the commonwealth games later this year, representedfor now. good evening. it's been a rather wet day for some western parts of the uk sitting under an active weather front, but that will push eastwards through the night and start to peter out. but there will be further rain at times over the coming few days, breezy weather, but with the winds coming up from the south, it should be, for most, relatively mild. this is the cloud band associated with today's rain. it will, as i say, continue to peter out and push eastwards, but still some snow over the hills here and some heavier bursts of rain for a time, not that much rain getting its way further eastwards, just a band of cloudier weather, damp weather, and actually where it clears away from northern ireland and northwest scotland, some dense fog will form and some frost, a frosty night here. but for most, with the cloud and the breeze and some rain, it will be relatively mild. but quite grey and misty, particularly over the hills first thing. the dense fog patches further north and west

is my high honor and personal privilege to place the nomination the name of susan spicer of the commonwealthginia to return as a member of the august rules and bylaws committee. with that mr. chair and so delighted that she will provide the insights and her voice to her committee, deliberation and will help us in the presidential nominating process to a successful conclusion and help us win in 2024. with that mr. chairman. >> taking madam chair the chair recognizes iris. >> i second the nomination. >> we have a motion in a second to ratify the appointment of susan's wacker to the rules and bylaws committee paid all those in favor ratify the appointment say i. i'll oppose nate. the ayes have it in susan's i wl now as jason, to make any announcements. >> nikki mr. chair members we are think of for taking the time to participate in this meeting and traveling and we wish you safe travelse back home. another's many questions of when the next meeting is staff isng working hard to schedule our next full meeting will get that out as soon as we can. as we wrap up today give around of the thanks he wo

. >> yeah, it is, again, the queen announced last night that it was gonna miss the commonwealth service of westminster abby. she said, look, she cares so much about her, work this must of been a very difficult decision for her. evidently, it's to do with her mobility, she's been traveling from windsor to the abbey, it could be uncomfortable for her. rather than the fact that she had covid recently, and has evidently fully recovered from it. she's carried on working, she's carrying on some people in windsor. it's just us shoveling expert there was causing concern for people. she's coming up on her 96th birthday, it's pretty incredible she's doing anything, to be honest with you. prince charles and camilla are taking her place on monday. but there is a memorial service for philip at the end of the month, coming up. march 29th. and the queen is very very hopeful that she will be fit enable, to attend that, which is obviously going to be incredibly close to her heart. this is a jubilee milestone month, so many things coming up to celebrate, how incredible the dedication to this country, and

at colonies in africa, india, china, the commonwealth of australia, asia north and south america. from said captured half of africa and half of indo china. belgium possessed congo. germany had colonies in africa, asia, south america, and osi. anya italy, established colonies in somalia, ethiopia, libya and eritrea. the was spanish colonies in south america and africa. portugal occupied colonies several times, its own size and population. the usa also kept up with the europeans. and so, by the early 20th century, most of the world was divided between a few colonial nations. p. what was going on in the colonies as well known and documented millions of ruined lives. from slavery, ruthless and remorseless exploitation. the phone of british diplomats professor of political ideas and also william melanson, has studied europe's colonial system. and the reason for its rise and fall only one main thing is important for knox ism internationally speaking. that is, that nations or that states that are allowed to do anything, all the master races, and then you have the mind, the nations who ar

canceling her public appearance for commonwealth day just two weeks ago, attended by other members ofas recently been plagued by a wave of negative headlines. today marks prince andrew's first public event since he paid an undisclosed amount of money to settle a high profile civil lawsuit, accusing him of sexual abuse, an allegation he has repeatedly denied. prince harry, who is in a legal fight with the british government over his protection, opted to stay in the u.s. instead of attending the service. he'll head to the netherlands for the invictus games next month. and the caribbean tour by prince william and kate, meant to charm the commonwealth countries where the queen is head of state instead has led to new questions about the future role of the british monarch kion the world stage. for the news, i'm kathy park >>> well, the foo fighters have canceled the rest of their tour after the death of their drummer, taylor how awkins the band made the announcement today. we're sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won't be seeing one another as planned, they wrote instead, let