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on monday to congress department reported new home sales fell by 6.6 percent and june down 19.4 percent compared to the same month last year. it should be noted, however, the median price for a new house in june increased by 6 point one percent year over year to with highest level since january of 1999. let's dig into this with dr. lawrence, you and he's a chief economist with the national association of realtors. doctor unit pleasure to have you on it. it was the 1st time joining boone, but i want to get right to the crux of this. what's behind the decline after months of increased home sales? was it in editable that we would see this bit of a downturn or is it a suppliers you? while thanks for having me on the show, the housing market had been quite spectacular ones. the locked down ended. so what the consumers were looking at when the economy we opened was following mortgage rates. going to absolute lowest ever to get to pass up and have people took advantage of the low interest rate. and we saw the home sells, not only recover, but go way beyond the pre pandemic levels. chart shows
on monday to congress department reported new home sales fell by 6.6 percent and june down 19.4 percent compared to the same month last year. it should be noted, however, the median price for a new house in june increased by 6 point one percent year over year to with highest level since january of 1999. let's dig into this with dr. lawrence, you and he's a chief economist with the national association of realtors. doctor unit pleasure to have you on it. it was the 1st time joining boone, but i...
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s. congress department on wednesday. the importance of goods grew by 1.5 percent to $236700000000.00, while exports rose by under half a percent to $145500000000.00. now there are several issues contributing to this growing trade deficit. the u. s is recovering faster than most countries, as the economy fully reopened from coven related restrictions with americans essentially having more money to spend on import than those and other nations. the rising price of oil imported into the nation is also affecting the trade balance as well. and as we've talked about inflationary pressure, the price of imports has risen 11 percent over the last year. so let's dig into what all this means with john well to the dean of the miami herbert business school . the quote to always a pleasure to have you on the show. now this trade deficit has a lot to do with boom. the booming u. s. economy, but it should be noted that the deficit takes away from overall economic growth. when we see a record number is that concerning or just what comes w
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congress and the white house will guide policy but implementation falls on agencies. the commerce department plays a key role but it faces challenges. commerce needs to predict not react. needs better analytical capabilities, clarity and roles and responsibilities. a high tech focus and close engagement with senior levels of the private sector to better anticipate tech trends. one advantage we have over china is that we have allies. i supply chain with allies increases resilience by diversifying sources. we benefit economically and strategically from allied approach. this is, in usica and of the bills but it's crucial for moving ahead. the u.s. must as it's done in the past strengthen strategic industries. usica identifies ten advanced technology areas. this is where implementation should focus. the u.s. has used industrial policy in every major conflict of the last century. it is one reason for our success in these conflicts. this is why usica is so important. i think the committee for the opportunity to testify, and i look forward to your questions. thank you. >> thank you, dr. lewis. than
congress and the white house will guide policy but implementation falls on agencies. the commerce department plays a key role but it faces challenges. commerce needs to predict not react. needs better analytical capabilities, clarity and roles and responsibilities. a high tech focus and close engagement with senior levels of the private sector to better anticipate tech trends. one advantage we have over china is that we have allies. i supply chain with allies increases resilience by...
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happening previously with the department of justice had to be reprimanded to not speculate on that mediate regarding a high-profile case. it is unfortunate members of congresse received only silence in the department of justice regarding the treatment of these defendants based upon concerns arising from statements made under oath. yet the department of justice has not speculated or has not hesitated to speculate about this investigation to their friends in the media. thank congressman gomer, a former judge no less for his commitment to the rule of law and seeking the truth even in the face of much opposition, thank you. >> i want to say one thing. first of all, to the guy that's blowing the whistle, we are not deterred. and so for anyone that is here being an activist and yelling today, here is the statement i need everyone to understand. we will not back down. we will not stop asking questions. we are looking for the truth. we believe the truth can be found by reaching out and answering and asking the right questions to the right people. listen there's another thing, the only people of this country the answers to the questions. >> they need there in wrappi
happening previously with the department of justice had to be reprimanded to not speculate on that mediate regarding a high-profile case. it is unfortunate members of congresse received only silence in the department of justice regarding the treatment of these defendants based upon concerns arising from statements made under oath. yet the department of justice has not speculated or has not hesitated to speculate about this investigation to their friends in the media. thank congressman gomer, a...
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congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling — made when he was in office — that the information couldate a british satellite has launched from french guiana — in a boost to the uk tele communications industry. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. it's been another great start for team gb at the tokyo olympics — adding two more gold medals to their tally — in new events involving both men and women. the first came in the triathlon mixed relay. alex yee and georgia taylor brown added to their individual silvers from the opening week at the games; they were joined byjonny brownlee and jessica learmonth. then, in the swimming pool, great britain claimed another gold. this time in the mixed 4 x 100 metres medley. so where does that leave the medal table? well, team gb remain sixth — they have picked up eight gold medals and 27 in total. at the top is china with 21 golds and 45 overall. meanwhile, the american gymnast, simone biles, has pulled out of two more 0lympic events — as she deals with mental health issues. 0n the track, the leading nigerian sprinter,
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congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling, made when he was in office, that the information couldprivate. the afghan security forces say they have fended off a taliban advance on the capital of helmand province, one of several cities under threat. a new survey suggests seven out of ten british motorists want the speed limit on motorways lowered in wet weather. it's currently 70mph at all times. now on bbc news, christa larwood looks back on some favourite travel show adventures in new york. this week — some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks... i think it's what we needed to do to create a real movement, to create real equality. to hidden treasures... this view is incredible. where creativity is everywhere. somebody has to preserve a record of what we have. it's worth it. and everyone's got a story to tell. i'm a traveljournalist and a little while ago i was injapan. hello and welcome to the programme, coming to you this week once again from our home here in london. that means, unfortunately, we are still grounded, but it does give us a great opp
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i think there are ways to do this that would keep congress informed, ensure their oversight but give the department more flexibility to manage money across mission portfolios. that would be hugely helpful in accelerating the progress we need to make to deal with china. >> you are absolutely right. what china should be doing is asking the question of are we meeting the mission requirements here? are we making progress towards that goal as opposed to hey, are we checking the box next to this milestone in a program that we should've been buying a decade ago. >> this notion of shifting the lens of oversight from hitting program requirements and milestones to shifting the lens to mission outcomes in the portfolio of progress against admission. i want to return to that in just a moment and maybe ask about the role of the resource allocation process. before we lose that thread on operational challenges, how does sco play in operational challenges? especially given that it is the service that has the weapon systems, maintains them and operates them? how do you balance that relationship with program acquisi
i think there are ways to do this that would keep congress informed, ensure their oversight but give the department more flexibility to manage money across mission portfolios. that would be hugely helpful in accelerating the progress we need to make to deal with china. >> you are absolutely right. what china should be doing is asking the question of are we meeting the mission requirements here? are we making progress towards that goal as opposed to hey, are we checking the box next to...
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i am working right now to help the department push back on the interests of colleagues of mine in congress to get those out of the way. second, once we free up resources, we can push them to emerging technologies like ai, and i have tax. that means we have to fix the way we buy those technologies. right now, we still buy things for the military the same way we did in the vietnam war. systems put in place from literally the industrial age. we used to bite hardware like ships and airplanes to win wars. in the future, we will win wars with software. you don't buy it the same way. hardware, you bite once. software is constantly evolving. gotta make sure it is ready to get upgraded. going back to my initial point, we are losing to china because they buy software and we are still buying hardware. it is not enough to change what we buy. also have to change how we buy it. to do all the things i just described, we have to rely on our friends and partners in the private sector and in the international community. this year, as i push forward on these priorities, chairman smith has given his full supp
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lawrence, brooke's defense was no, what i did was in the scope of my employment as a member of congress and the departmentng a coup turns out not to be in the job description of a member of congress and organizing an attack on your employer is not within the scope of employment. so what this means is that while brooks can still try and argue this west fall act stuff, the justice department is coming against him and he's likely to lose it. now donald trump is also a defendant in this lawsuit and he's also invoked the act and the justice department today didn't say anything about that. i suspect they will in the days to come. there is some language in the opinion today, in the decision today, the brief that they filed that suggest they don't believe donald trump has any west fall act immunity but that will be the subject of a separate filing later on. these two decisions today are prorule of law decisions, lawrence, that basically say trump and his minions, the truth is going to come out. these folks will be held accountable. >> thank you very much for explaining all of that for us. appreciate it. >> thank
lawrence, brooke's defense was no, what i did was in the scope of my employment as a member of congress and the departmentng a coup turns out not to be in the job description of a member of congress and organizing an attack on your employer is not within the scope of employment. so what this means is that while brooks can still try and argue this west fall act stuff, the justice department is coming against him and he's likely to lose it. now donald trump is also a defendant in this lawsuit and...
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i think along with the pilot, having greater flexibility from congress to allow the department to manage portfolios of capability according to the mission area would be huge. i don't know a single ceo trying to run a business that doesn't have portfolio reviews and okay what's not working and i should do some divestments, what is working or even better than i thought it would be and i want to double down and acceleratele the process. the fact that the department is so hamstrung in its ability to manage across the portfolio for a given mission is challenging and i know congress doesn't want to lose the power of the purse or their oversight, but i think that there are ways to do this that would keep congress and formed and ensure the oversight but give a little more flexibility to manage across the portfolio which would be hugely helpful to accelerating the progress that we need to make to deal with china. >> what congress should be doing is asking the question are we meeting the requirements here as opposed to saying are we checking the box in the milestone of the program that we kind of
i think along with the pilot, having greater flexibility from congress to allow the department to manage portfolios of capability according to the mission area would be huge. i don't know a single ceo trying to run a business that doesn't have portfolio reviews and okay what's not working and i should do some divestments, what is working or even better than i thought it would be and i want to double down and acceleratele the process. the fact that the department is so hamstrung in its ability...
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the treasury department has the returns and congress has been trying to get them for two years now. h the trump administration that congress lacked a legitimate legislative purpose and was just trying to embarrass the then president today's opinion from the office of legal counsel says that finding went astray and was wrong on the facts there are still questions about whether the former president will fight that decision under the rules, his team gets 72 hours to make moves before the tax returns go to the house ways and means committee >>> we reported at the top of this news hour that the cdc director said in the last hour on fox news channel that the biden administration is looking at federally mandating covid vaccines, which directly contradicted the white house statement today that it was not considering that move. dr. walensky has just clarified that comment in a tweet reply to cnbc health care reporter, berkeley lovelace, she wrote there will be no nationwide mandate i was referring to mandates by private institutions and portions of the federal government there will be no fede
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administration put forward a proposal and then executive order to have the office of space congress and the department of commerce take on this task. but congress is not stepped up yet and funded that. and we do need that central authority to not only look at issues of how to mitigate this problem, but to distribute that, the data, the space, situational awareness. so companies, operators know where the problems are. and so we work with our international partners and even our international competitors, to be sure that we're coordinating on that. so that needs to be done. that's the thing that the senate should do in the house and step up and back them. okay, and now we've been going into space to them so far a 3rd way. and the idea obviously being that there would be some sort of commercial aspect, some sort of space tourism. they don't go as high as all of this, obviously, sub over to the edge of space even. so is there a risk given you'd be looking at putting you know, everyday humans into space if i can put it that way. yeah. and let's be clear, sub orbital isn't a matter of altitude, right? or you
administration put forward a proposal and then executive order to have the office of space congress and the department of commerce take on this task. but congress is not stepped up yet and funded that. and we do need that central authority to not only look at issues of how to mitigate this problem, but to distribute that, the data, the space, situational awareness. so companies, operators know where the problems are. and so we work with our international partners and even our international...
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. >> the overall mission of the congress department is to create conditions to promote economic growthpportunity. let's talk about the labor force. how challenged are we in the united date and labor for -- states and the reports? they are having trouble getting the right workers, skilled workers, for the jobs that are available. gina: it is a real issue and there are a few components. one is women are still really struggling to get back into the workforce because of a lack of child care, a lack of quality, affordable childcare, and that is why the president is so strong on this point. we need to invest in the childcare infrastructure so women can fully participate in the workforce and be productive. also, we have a skills gap. every company i talk to, quite literally every one, says they have many jobs available for people with tech skills and they cannot find enough people which means we have to invest in job training, tech apprenticeships, and really help americans get up skilled so we can close that skills gap. shery: youkyung lee --gina raimondo speaking to david westin. breaking n
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stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the usjustice department. the cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil: the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. turkey calls on help from neighbouring countries as it tackles wildfires on its southern coast. team gb win a mixed triathlon relay gold to start super saturday at the olympics in tokyo. and a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal albert hall for the first night of the proms in london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president donald trump must be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling. officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis, and asked him what had brought us to this point. well, you're absolutely right, rich — every president in modern times since richard nixon has declared their tax results. the only exce
stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the usjustice department. the cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil: the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. turkey calls on help from neighbouring countries as it tackles wildfires on its southern coast. team gb win a mixed triathlon relay gold to start super saturday at the olympics in tokyo. and a packed audience and no more social distancing at...
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but today the justice department ordered the treasury department to turn over trump's tax returns to congress committee requested these documents over two years ago. and the trump justice department tried to cast doubt on whether they had a legitimate reason for requesting these documents. it is not clear whether he will go to court. i think that is very likely, but it is not clear at this point. we know a manhattan grand jury has already gotten some similar documents, tax returns. they have obviously not leaked. but we know sometimes things do leak off the hill. >> certainly do. thank you very much. paula reed reporting for us. let's get some insight from elliot williams and the state attorney for palm beach county in florida, dave aronberg. how outrageous is this? these handwritten notes we have of trump trying to pressure top justice department officials to go ahead and take steps to try to overturn the election results? >> of course they're outrageous, wolf, but weeks and months of attempting to subvert the election. the january 6th call were also egregious and brazen. we shouldn't be sur
but today the justice department ordered the treasury department to turn over trump's tax returns to congress committee requested these documents over two years ago. and the trump justice department tried to cast doubt on whether they had a legitimate reason for requesting these documents. it is not clear whether he will go to court. i think that is very likely, but it is not clear at this point. we know a manhattan grand jury has already gotten some similar documents, tax returns. they have...
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stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the us justice department. the cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil: the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. turkey calls on help from neighbouring countries as it tackles wildfires on its southern coast. it's super saturday at the olympics in tokyo with plenty of action ahead, including the women's 100m final. and a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal albert hall for the first night of the proms in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president donald trump must be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling. officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. live now to our north america correspondent david willis. david, good to see you. this has been a wrangling between two different government departments, the internal revenue service and the department ofjustice. what has brought us to this point? you're right, eve
stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the us justice department. the cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil: the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. turkey calls on help from neighbouring countries as it tackles wildfires on its southern coast. it's super saturday at the olympics in tokyo with plenty of action ahead, including the women's 100m final. and a packed audience and no more...
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congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling, made when he was in office, that the information could a taliban advance on the capital of helmand province — one of several cities under threat.
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congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling — made when he was in office — that the information couldts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinated to attend lectures in england. and a british satellite has launched from french guiana — in a boost to the uk tele communications industry. we start in tokyo, at the olympics, where after a great start to the day for team gb, things have taken a turn. dina asher—smith's games appear to be over after she indicated she would withdraw from the 200 metres. that follows her being unable to qualify for the 100 metres final. earlier, team gb added two more gold medals to their tally, in new mixed events. the first came in the triathlon mixed relay. then, in the pool, taking the total gold haul so far to eight. for a full round up of the action at the olympics this morning — let's cross to austin halewood at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. yes, she was o
congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling — made when he was in office — that the information couldts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. bbc news understands the government is no longer considering making it compulsory for students to be fully vaccinated to attend lectures in england. and a british satellite has launched from french guiana — in a boost to the uk tele communications industry. we...
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stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress, after a ruling by the us justice department. lockdown in brisbane, as australia's third largest city tries to contain the spread of the delta variant. the cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil — the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. the law of cheap drugs and zimbabwe.— zimbabwe. the struggle of c stal zimbabwe. the struggle of crystal meth _ zimbabwe. the struggle of crystal meth addiction. - the us champion gymnast, simone biles, withdraws from two more competitions at the tokyo olympics. a world record win for team gb in the mixed axioom relay on super saturday at the games. and a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal albert hall for the first night of the proms in london. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president, donald trump must be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling. officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. here's our north america correspondent,
stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress, after a ruling by the us justice department. lockdown in brisbane, as australia's third largest city tries to contain the spread of the delta variant. the cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil — the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. the law of cheap drugs and zimbabwe.— zimbabwe. the struggle of c stal zimbabwe. the struggle of crystal meth _ zimbabwe. the...
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the justice department under merrick garland says his tax returns must be released to congress soon. otentially be made public. a national complil reporter has been tracking these developments and jones me now. betsy, my understanding it's the supreme court the office of legal department gives legal direction that basically that office overturned a previous set of guidance that was offered during the trump administration. is that right? >> that's right. when trump's lawyers were in charge of the office of legal council, they said as members of congress were acting in bad faith that even though congress claims to have a legislative president trump, wanted to have them to embarrass trump. therefore, they didn't have to give them to congress. that was the doj's architect. now biden's lawyers running doj, including the office of legal council, what they said is look even if some members of congress are hoping that the president will be embarrassed by the contents of his tax returns, hard to imagine why he would be. maybe some are hoping that. what the doj says even if they are help hoping
the justice department under merrick garland says his tax returns must be released to congress soon. otentially be made public. a national complil reporter has been tracking these developments and jones me now. betsy, my understanding it's the supreme court the office of legal department gives legal direction that basically that office overturned a previous set of guidance that was offered during the trump administration. is that right? >> that's right. when trump's lawyers were in charge...
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now the justice department said that was wrong and the law is clear when congress asks, it shall get. now we haven't heard yet from the treasury department about how soon this might happen. the congress as you mute expect the democrats are saying this is the right thing. they've always thought the law was on their side. the question is, could the president now, the former president, try to go to court and block this? he can certainly try. he would succeed? that is a whole other matter. it's not clear that he would given what the law has said. >> starting this off with that breaking news. pete, thank you. joining us now to take a closer look at this. joyce vance, professor at the alabama school of law. she is an msnbc legal analyst and david k. johnston, founder of dcreport.org. let's begin before we delve into a point that pete williams raise you had. the flip of the justice department revising the decision from 2019 to say that there is now awe legal purpose. it doesn't have to be simply legislative purpose in terms of why the tax returns should be handed over to this committee. is t
now the justice department said that was wrong and the law is clear when congress asks, it shall get. now we haven't heard yet from the treasury department about how soon this might happen. the congress as you mute expect the democrats are saying this is the right thing. they've always thought the law was on their side. the question is, could the president now, the former president, try to go to court and block this? he can certainly try. he would succeed? that is a whole other matter. it's not...
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congress these days. let me ask about the second big story, that being the doj now telling the treasury department it must turn trump's tax returns over to the house ways and means committee. do trump's taxes still matter to congress at this point? what would you most want to learn from these returns? >> well, i think they matter for three ways. two historical and one that is more current. number one, and we need to remember that presidential candidates have traditionally voluntarily provided their tax returns, donald trump did not do that. subsequently, of course, all sorts of questions came up about his business entanglements, his administration and he had every opportunity, promoted his business as president. you'll remember when he decided that he wanted to host the g20 meetings in florida. it went on and on. so it is important for us to understand what business conflicts may have existed at this time, foreign entanglements. from a forward-looking standpoint, this is going to be part of the story of how our tax code favors enormously wealthy people. when we get a look at donald trump's tax returns, wh
congress these days. let me ask about the second big story, that being the doj now telling the treasury department it must turn trump's tax returns over to the house ways and means committee. do trump's taxes still matter to congress at this point? what would you most want to learn from these returns? >> well, i think they matter for three ways. two historical and one that is more current. number one, and we need to remember that presidential candidates have traditionally voluntarily...
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the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the us justice departmenthe taliban advance across afghanistan, a warning from the eu special envoy in a bbc interview that there's little hope of an early end to the violence. the best scenario, which is still much worse than the best one, the best realistic scenario is one where the taliban offensive is held back. # suddenly i see #. singer kt tunstall postpones her tour over concerns she could become completely deaf. hello and welcome. we start with the olympics. we've reached the middle weekend of the games. there are 21 gold medal events up for grabs on �*super saturday'. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment. china is on top with 20 gold medals, followed by host nation japan with 17. let's find out more about today's action from mike bushell at bbc sports centre1. mike, it's really been a golden saturday in the pool for team gb. yes, and officially we cannot say it is the best olympics for team gb swimmers for over century. they won the inaugural next four by 100 metres medley relay with the
the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress after a ruling by the us justice departmenthe taliban advance across afghanistan, a warning from the eu special envoy in a bbc interview that there's little hope of an early end to the violence. the best scenario, which is still much worse than the best one, the best realistic scenario is one where the taliban offensive is held back. # suddenly i see #. singer kt tunstall postpones her tour over concerns she could...
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stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress — after a ruling by the us justice departmentthe us champion gymnast, simone biles, withdraws from two more competitions at the tokyo olympics. a world record for the united states in the men's butterfly on �*super saturday�* at the games. lockdown in brisbane — as australia's third largest city tries to contain the spread of the delta variant. and a packed audience — and no more social distancing — at the royal albert hall for the first night of the proms in london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president, donald trump must be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling. officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. here's our north america correspondent, david willis. before he was elected, donald trump maintained that his tax records were under audit and they were apparently still under audit by the time he'd left office. and two years ago, the us justice department turn
stories: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress — after a ruling by the us justice departmentthe us champion gymnast, simone biles, withdraws from two more competitions at the tokyo olympics. a world record for the united states in the men's butterfly on �*super saturday�* at the games. lockdown in brisbane — as australia's third largest city tries to contain the spread of the delta variant. and a packed audience — and no more social distancing —...
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congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling, made when he was in office, that the information couldain private. the afghan security forces say they have fended off a taliban advance on the capital of helmand province — one of several cities under threat. a new survey suggests seven out of ten british motorists want the speed limit on motorways lowered in wet weather. it's currently 70mph at all times. health chiefs are urging people under 30 to sign up for a coronavirus jab amid concern that they are reluctant to be immunised. a british satellite has launched from french guiana — in a boost to the uk telecommunications industry. hello and welcome to bbc news. it's been another great start for team gb at the tokyo olympics, adding two more gold medals to their tally in new events involving both men and women. the first came in the triathlon mixed relay. alex yee and georgia taylor—brown added to their individual silvers. they were joined byjonny brownlee and jessica learmonth. then, in the pool, great britain claimed another gold in the mixed axioom medley. so where does all this lea
congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling, made when he was in office, that the information couldain private. the afghan security forces say they have fended off a taliban advance on the capital of helmand province — one of several cities under threat. a new survey suggests seven out of ten british motorists want the speed limit on motorways lowered in wet weather. it's currently 70mph at all times. health chiefs are urging people under 30 to sign up for a coronavirus jab amid...
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the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress — after a ruling by the us justice departmentthe cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil — the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. day eight of the olympics is underway in tokyo — with plenty of action ahead including the women's one—hundred metres final. and a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal albert hall for the first night of the proms in london. hello and welcome to the programme. the usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president, donald trump must — after all — be handed over to congress. the decision reverses a previous ruling — officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. live now to our north america correspondent, david willis. let's start with how this reversal actually came about to begin with. what changed? every president dating _ begin with. what changed? every president dating back— begin with. what changed? every president dating back in - begin with. what changed? er president dat
the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress — after a ruling by the us justice departmentthe cost of covid for pregnant women in brazil — the bbc has exclusive footage of a maternity ward treating women with the virus. day eight of the olympics is underway in tokyo — with plenty of action ahead including the women's one—hundred metres final. and a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal albert hall for the first night of the proms in...
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congress. but it was one of justice department and one of many people heard of. legal opinions printed by john hughes, now jr professor at berkeley law school. they had to do the definition of turk and other things printed and as to how we interrogated those in connection with afghanistan and iraq. janet: your definition was the torture yes those detained in connec modeling harm,ha no, imminent death pretty. >> series organ failures. our imminent death. that is the definition of torture which does not reply with the definition of u.s. law. n failure. >> guest: serious organ fill your eminent that was after world war ii. so you were just freelancing and jenny wanted the definition. and he was question afterwards on his legal reasoning and the guys question him, and they also drop doing this pretty. janet:t: yeah, the fog of law refers to surveillance and refers to how we treat detainees, and it also concerns we do about guantÁnamo. as we refer to it often. he described in the book, some of the legal issues with respect to help we treat whether they have actually c
congress. but it was one of justice department and one of many people heard of. legal opinions printed by john hughes, now jr professor at berkeley law school. they had to do the definition of turk and other things printed and as to how we interrogated those in connection with afghanistan and iraq. janet: your definition was the torture yes those detained in connec modeling harm,ha no, imminent death pretty. >> series organ failures. our imminent death. that is the definition of torture...
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congress. he believes the department of justice must figure out if dr. fauci lied before congress. remember this? >> i have read carl marx and lenin. that doesn't make me a communist. >> the fiery defense from the joint chairman chief of staff over concerns of wokeness and readiness of the u.s. military. we'll show you what he said next. tail businesses have a black owner. that needs to change. so, i did something. i created a black business accelerator at amazon. and now we have a program that's dedicated to making tomorrow a better day for black businesses. ♪ ♪ i am tiffany. and this is just the beginning. ♪ ♪ i'd like to take a moment to address my fellow veterans because i know there's so many of you who have served our country honorably. whether it's 2 years, 4 years, or 32 years like myself. one of the benefits that we as a country give our veterans is eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. so if you need money for your family, call newday usa. with automatic authority from the va, we can say yes when banks say no. veteran homeowners. three reasons to
congress. he believes the department of justice must figure out if dr. fauci lied before congress. remember this? >> i have read carl marx and lenin. that doesn't make me a communist. >> the fiery defense from the joint chairman chief of staff over concerns of wokeness and readiness of the u.s. military. we'll show you what he said next. tail businesses have a black owner. that needs to change. so, i did something. i created a black business accelerator at amazon. and now we have a...
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thanks to a new ruling from the justice department, congress will have the chance to question the formerls who were on that call. lawmakers will also be allowed to view trump's tax returns, which the doj announced yesterday. joining me now, msnbc contributor, co-host of the hashtag sisters-in-law podcast and former watergate prosecutor, jill wine-banks. jill, in a statement today, trump repeated his lies about massive voter fraud, but didn't deny the contents of that call. what charges could he face for what he allegedly asked of act ag rosen? >> that is a clear interference in the election. he was trying to overturn the election results when he was told that there was no fraud, that there was nothing there, he said, just say that it's corrupt and leave the rest to me and my republican congress friends. it sounds like what he said to president zelensky about ukraine. just say you're investigating. he doesn't care about the truth. he just wants the perception so he can carry it forward to his followers, his voters. and that's really a dangerous, dangerous situation. >> jill, do you think
thanks to a new ruling from the justice department, congress will have the chance to question the formerls who were on that call. lawmakers will also be allowed to view trump's tax returns, which the doj announced yesterday. joining me now, msnbc contributor, co-host of the hashtag sisters-in-law podcast and former watergate prosecutor, jill wine-banks. jill, in a statement today, trump repeated his lies about massive voter fraud, but didn't deny the contents of that call. what charges could he...
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congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling — made when he was in office — that the information couldain private. a british satellite has launched from french guiana, in a boost to the uk telecommunications industry. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: the un—vaccinated become the un—loved, and is democracy bound to wither in the arid lands of north africa and the middle east? let me introduce our dateline panel. mina al—oraibi's family originated in iraq. she's editor in chief of the national in abu dhabi. ned temko, from the christian science monitor, was born in the united states but has spent much of his career reporting from the uk. with me in the studio, the british political commentator steve richards, who hosts the podcast rock �*n�* roll politics. welcome to you all. "a pandemic of the un—vaccinated". the phrase used by us presidentjoe biden on thursday i
congress. the usjustice department overturned a ruling — made when he was in office — that the information couldain private. a british satellite has launched from french guiana, in a boost to the uk telecommunications industry. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading commentators in the uk with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: the...
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congress? reporter: the department of justice, decision not to -- just wondering. jen: i would point you to the department of justice on that case. don't have more details. reporter: on misinformation on social media, i heard you saw on the table. would that mean potential legal action against the 12 -- jen: all i'm conveying. the question was about legislative action. i said that's up to congress. and i'm not here to take options off the table. that's congress' purview. reporter: the follow-up, the administration or president biden has seen section 230 a little differently? that protect social media companies? jen: i think the president's been pretty clear in the past he believes there is a responsibility of all platforms, including social media platforms, about the information that is traveling on their sites. i don't have anything new, nothing new about his position on that issue. reporter: halfway to citizenship does the president support in the budget bill for all undocumented immigrants or the essential workers, dreamers, as well as farm laborers? jen: we'll
congress? reporter: the department of justice, decision not to -- just wondering. jen: i would point you to the department of justice on that case. don't have more details. reporter: on misinformation on social media, i heard you saw on the table. would that mean potential legal action against the 12 -- jen: all i'm conveying. the question was about legislative action. i said that's up to congress. and i'm not here to take options off the table. that's congress' purview. reporter: the...
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department. when i was elected to congress in 1992 and the first cold war class i got very interested in all of this because my district in california much of the intelligence with satellite so we are building up technology but again we had a bunch of silos and we had human intelligence -- that we listen to mostly from satellite and each one was in the silo and then we had the fbi. as i have said often admired sound bite is no human in the world could operate under 1947 business model now and this was two decades ago. leading up to the iraq war and that's what you were asking after the major intelligence failure of 9/11 we had a bunch of talented serious folks who would connect the dots and we also had in dick cheney and the vice president and a few others some ideologues and government at the time who had a theory i guess you'd call it the freedom theory that if we could knock off saddam hussein whom they thought was a bad guy and i don't but if we could knock him off we could change iraq into a democracy and that idea would have a domino effect of changing any other government. they were called ne
department. when i was elected to congress in 1992 and the first cold war class i got very interested in all of this because my district in california much of the intelligence with satellite so we are building up technology but again we had a bunch of silos and we had human intelligence -- that we listen to mostly from satellite and each one was in the silo and then we had the fbi. as i have said often admired sound bite is no human in the world could operate under 1947 business model now and...
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congress do? >> intelligence community the department of justice and one of the issues is confusion around the federalcy so to be extremely helpful as we are looking at fresh eyes to be very clear where we want dhs to be the lead federal agency and to support that they should have the lead in two important areas one is in connecting federal resources with officials and also the public and private sectors so what we find is often each department and agency to make those connections is confusing for the recipients to handle back connecting mission that creates allied of clarity and then to do what it does quite well. the other place where multiple folks on the panel agree dhs should be a larger role is communicating to communicate threat information and actions the public and private sector can take. to be the lead communicator of threat information is important way for dhs to invest in the resilience you were just talking about. >> climate change drives the complex of natural disasters droughts and wildfires of course with an additional board and - - additional burden as it becomes more complex it is m
congress do? >> intelligence community the department of justice and one of the issues is confusion around the federalcy so to be extremely helpful as we are looking at fresh eyes to be very clear where we want dhs to be the lead federal agency and to support that they should have the lead in two important areas one is in connecting federal resources with officials and also the public and private sectors so what we find is often each department and agency to make those connections is...