national party congress. the next year in 2022. that will probably result in she g paying being given an unprecedented 3rd term as the leader of the chinese communist party at the general secretary as well as the president of the people's republic and the chairman of the central military session. here the thing though, i mean you mentioned specifically the online gaming the, the chinese authorities will say, well, these records regulations are really meant to protect children and adolescents. so could this just be seen as the beijing reaction to what it describes as social or cultural issues that are being caused by certain industries? it's so yes, i agree, that's what the chinese congress party will say and has that. and frankly, there is probably some truth to that, but if you take it as one part of an overarching campaign again, you know, in light of the crack down now on the entertainment industry as well. the, the, the crack down on tech companies, the cracked down on crypto currency. there's, there been

advice would you give to a young woman or young man who came to you and asked about running for congress party to. >> there been times when i said don't do it. recently because of the record what they have to go through. but then until the other ones, and wanted to have to decide that if you want to really be a public servant running for the right reasons, then you should do it if you're running because you want to be a politics of anyone to move up the ladder to be leadership or whatever, don't do it because you running for the wrong reasons. this nonpolitical job, it is a public service job and has become political partied and i think it is a mistake so when i talk to somebody to mentor them, because people will call and ask me, what you think of the run. so i try to learn more about the video i don't know well and more about the backgrounds. the motivations for doing it to be the motivation is key. and then either encourage or discourage them quite frankly and i do encourage everybody i can but i also have to be honest with him. and i say are you willing to make a hundred percent commitment

national party congress. and next year in 2022. that will probably result in c, g ping being given an unprecedented 3rd term as the leader of the chinese communist party at the general secretary as well as the president of the people's republic and the chairman of the central military mission. priests has lost one of its leading classical music figures composed mckissick thrilled. bacchus died on thursday in a career studying decades. he came to symbolize political resistance as well as the molten face of greek music, where he challenged looks back at his life. come on my boy, me its pluck strings again and its dance me instantly recognizable and instantly say greece. scott. mika said the ruckus didn't just soundtracks over the greek, the movie soundtracks his country to the world and with it countless greek holidays and to vern meals. ah, but this musical achievement was just one chapter, theatre offices near century and long life, life entirely, intertwined with greece, his turbulence, post world war to hist

and importantly, as you mentioned, and the main opposition congress party, a number of regional parties which are impala in other states, including westbank goal, the southern states of entrepreneur de la carola have left their support. we are seeing desert streets and careless capital. went on to put them. now it's been a yes and these laws will pass and 10 months of negotiations between the government and between farmers. unions have not found a way to end the stand off. but the protest even though they have dwindled numbers, they are not going to go anywhere. and that is because they're portion state elections that are taking place in punjab and and also for the most of the farmers, the from and the, this is going to be a very big election issue in both of those states. farmers know that and that is why they keeping up the pressure i thank you for that. update elizabeth per on him . the volcanic eruption on the spanish, on and off. the palmer is getting worse. these live pictures from the island. thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes since the options began a week

this is the sudanese congress party, also one of the main political parties here in fidel saying that the statements and the worth that have been are 3rd by both the head of the, of the sovereignty counsel and the deputy head of the sovereignty council are unacceptable. and a very dangerous and could only widen the gap between the 2 sides in the transitional government. however, morgan left for us and cartoon. thank you. libby as fast unified elections shadonia for later this year are in doubt. off the politicians in the east withdrew confidence in the transitional government and certainly been in power for 6 months . prime minister says he will continue to lead the cats. i had ministration. by like trainer reports from tripoli. in a closed session on monday, the eastern base parliament and to book said it passed the vote of no confidence in the interim unity government. but now there are questions about the transparency of the vote. and if it was even legal about the offer on this top, you just at the old them at the after reaching quorum for today's session with $113.00 m. p. 's pre

it's going to be essential for him in the run-up to the 20th party congress next year to continue demonstratingosition of control, perception of his control in this crisis with ever grand. it's really jeopardizing that image that he is trying to project. now, as they think about this, this creates a great incentive for intervening in the crisis and to make an example of ever grand. as with all financial crises, what we will see is that the regulators, even if they think they have a handle on what ever grants financial positions are and the web that it has created throughout the property and financial economies in china and around the world, they really don't have an understanding of that. that is something we can take for granted. although there's going to be a willingness to intervene, there remains an open question whether policymakers, regulators are going to be able to do enough and fast enough to stop the contagion. once ever grand starts restructuring real estate prices in china and across the asia region, they are going to drop. outside of ever grand, every company that has liabilities b

if leaders in the congress of both parties, both bodies of congress and the presidents need to communicate and talk about, where can you find common ground? how can you get things done? but tom and i had an easy relationship. i could talk to him. i trusted him. i respected him as the leader of the other party. and sometimes one of my republican colleagues would get a little carried away and try to block something tom was trying to do. i remember one time specifically talking to john mccain and saying you can't do that, you can't put a hold of the leaders democratic bill and he said no, you're probably right. you let it go. i don't know how much leader schumer and leader mcconnell talk, i suspect it's pretty difficult, but it really needs to occur. i used to have regular meetings with dig army and with newt gingrich about what we could do or not do. because i realize that quite often legislation that would come over from the house -- from the house would be like ships passing in the night. but we were able to talk about what we were doing and then make it come together. steve: could senator

and it's going to be essential for him in the run up to the 20th party congress next year to continue demonstrating his position of control or perception of his control in this crisis. whatever grand is really jeopardizes the image that she's paying is trying to project. now as they think about this, this is a great incentive for intervening in for in the crisis and to make an example of never grand. but as with all financial crisis, what we'll see is that the, the regulators, even if they think they have a handle on what ever brands, financial positions are in the web that it's created with throughout the, the property and financial and non financial economies in china. and around the world, they really don't have an understanding of that. that's something we can take for take for granted. and so although there's going to be a willingness to intervene, there remains an open question whether policymakers, regulators are going to be able to do enough. and fast enough to, to stop the contagion. once every grand starts restructuring, real estate prices in china and across the age of regi

she's infection mentioned at the 20th party congress. there's going to be a tremendous amount of political pressure. i want to pause with. i want to see there, we will come back and talk about presentation things, push for common prosperity a little later. but before that, i'd like to come back to you to go. it's been reported that in a way this could have been foreseen. people reports that china, in essence has 2 property markets, one and major cities where prices is right. prices are rising another in smaller cities where over supply has led to downward pressure and that perhaps ever grand should have foreseen this. do you see it that way? could this have been foreseen? well, if you talk to different property developers in china, then they have sometimes very different philosophies and forecasts as to how the market will work out in the coming several years or coming couple of decades. on the other hand, i think the megatron is that the chinese economy is still expanding overnight, asian is due increasing and there will be, you know, a

in 2020 during covid emergency congress worked across party lines to pass rescue packages republican and democrats had written together virtually every skiers expert agreed on the bill we passed in december economy was primed and ready to go by democratic colleagues wanted more. like the start of the pandemic, they wanted to use the crisis to restructure things in their vision from a temporary emergency permanent socialism. a partisan bill passed in march was the most left-wing legislation in american history now they want to dwarf the belt taxing and spending screen for costs going to mark and bury the country in child killing tax. spending in the economy president has made a conscious decision they don't republican company partners, they want to go it alone with one exception. no republicans won't have input into the massive reckless taxing spending spree will take him apart and a socialist country by democrats to want republicans with just one thing. they want us to raise credit limit to make it happen and clear the path and the parties child killing agenda which we opposed so let

i have been working closely with the governor and our congress and both parties on my build back better plan that will modernize our roads, bridges, water systems, sewers and drainage systems and power grids and transmission lines to make sure they are more resilient. i walked into backyard here, so may telephones lines are down. so may telephone poles are down. so many of the way in which we transmit energy is lost because of an old wooden telephone pole. we know for a fact, if they're underground, they are secure. we have to just not build back to what it was, we have to build back better. we got to build back more resiliently, we got to make sure we do the same thing across the board. think about how that $760 million shore project looked here in southern louisiana will build miles of new levees, pumping stations and drainage structures to provide protection for 60,000 folks in the area. it will change their lives in future storms. i told the governor that he has my full support to get this project done. folks, i know you are hurting. i know you are hurting. folks like charles, who w

and a budget process suited to a congress where each party thinks it might gain control of the time might look different. if you about it, it assumes an enormous amount of coordination capacity, which is difficult and congress. i think it's very important to think about in terms of budget reform if you want to change the culture and the nature of the institution. secondly, i would urge you to think as this committee has in constructive ways about ways of re-empowering the committees of the house, the congress. that is important both for advancing the work of the institution, but allowing members to see how they can matter, even if they don't happen to be the speaker or the majority leader or even the a committee chair. and allowing members to see how their time is spent in ways that translate into meaningful work they can show their constituents and point to, explaining how they are improving the country. committees are enormously important, and i would distinguish strengthening the committees from individual members. it's not just about decentralization, it is about that middle level whe

dominance of the democratic party in congress is that it shaped members expectations about the outcome of the next election. members of both parties believed democrats would hold the majority during this period. beginning in 1980, both parties began to see the majority as winnable and members' behavior changed accordingly. when party control is seen to hang in the balance, members see more value in a style of partisanship that disincentivizes cooperation. change also requires being honest about elements of previous congresses that may have encouraged a collaborative culture but to which we cannot return for other good reasons. here i would point to the example of calling for members to move their families to washington. the notion that it has changed for the worse because members of families do not socialize with each other is widely help. the shift away from relocating one's family is often attributed to changing expectations in the 1980s and '90s whereby members should avoid being seen having gone to washington. given that time in washington is seen as detrimental to the institution,

the leadership races are i guess a necessary evil of what you have in congress with both parties naturally. but they are not always pretty. >> what did you learn from those races that might have helped your career or understood your institution a little better? [laughter] say out of it, really. just try and do your job, be a good member. i've always looked at it as public service. to me it was not politics i did not come from that background. it was always public service to me. i felt like i had an opportunity to help. the pleasure i got from the job is what i did one on one. the people i could help with a problem, someone who've been fighting the government for years, a veteran or somebody who needed benefits to do them, they could not get them and they'd gone through red tape and red tape. i could pick up the phone, make a call and get it done. that was the thing. you should not have to do that but that's a fact of life and the way it is. that was the joy i got from the job was helping people one on one in the district to solve problems. it's kind of like what i did up here was part of t

after all the one i've got to stand was shaped by 4 different administrations and 11 different congress. no party should be looking to score cheap, partisan political points off a multi decade nation building failure. that was bipartisan in the making. instead, congress should authorize a long term effort solely devoted to bringing accountability and transparency to the canister war and lessons to be learned. that is why on thursday i will be introducing the afghanistan war study commission. my bill would establish a bipartisan independent commission to examine every aspect of the war, including the political and strategic decision, so transformed a focus military mission into vast nation building campaign. importantly, this commission must produce actionable recommendations designed to guide the development of real reforms. just asked the 911 commission's work inform congressional law making efforts into years after its publication. surgery often would you agree with me that such an independent, long term study could serve as an effective complimentary effort to the more targeted lessons learned

i think this is coming from xi and i think he's also right that the party congress where xi's tryinge is fall of next year, which means we have to anticipate another year of this, that it's political, that the only way you link data concerns with tech companies to macao gaming is that you're attacking other members of the communist party what they do with their wealth, what they do with their consumption, gathering data on them and so on -- obviously that's not the way the chinese are going to present it. but it's certainly not economic in its rationale it doesn't seem to be prudential financial regulation it looks political and looked aimed at the rest of the party >> john hinted at what other areas could be at risk here. what would you say i know you've talked before sort of jokingly but not joking about the consumer goods makers who are making diapers and baby goods and house hold -- those would be maybe the safer areas here but what would you also say is probably likely at risk whether it's because of the crackdown on fellow communist party members or their style of living, what

happened over time, and we, today, have much more homogeneity and purity within the parties, particularly in congress and at the federal level. where there's very little room for dissenting opinion, particularly in the republican party right now, how do you think that vision of yours has borne out? and has it worked? >> a, my wish has come to pass, and some people will say, "this is a lesson, and be careful what you wish for." but i don't think so. it is the case that the parties are unrecognizable from what they were when i came to washington in 1970 to work on the senate staff. let me tell you what the -- who ran the senate. democratically controlled senate. it was all southern, mostly segregationist conservative democrats, of whom there are none left. never mind the segregation. no conservative democrats left. so, to that extent, we've had the sorting. i do think that that does not explain today's bitterne. >> yes, yes. >> you can still have a perfectly civil argument across clear ideological lines. and, in fact, as i -- as i argue in my book, i am more alarmed by the consensus within the politica

person doesn't stay home because you might not get the member of congress you wanted because you failed to vote and that might mean that other party gets that seat in congress. and congress, remember, has that capacity to check the executive in ways that are really consequential. >> this is jeff, democrat, good morning. >> good morning. how are you this morning? >> good morning. what's your comment our question? >> my comment is throughout our history the people -- ended up being the communists. take a real look at the individual doing the yelling. and remember one thing the democrats are not getting in trouble because of what they do, they're getting in trouble because of what they don't do. and one last thing. >> mr. jamison, on the topic of the confrontation in this country, both sides screaming at each other. >> the polarization in the country is really concerning and the level of incivility being attached to it even more so. i think this is good for us to remember the preamble to the constitution and remember we have more that unites us than divides us. the preamble says we're going to ensure justice and tranquility and promo

animals are equal, then it gets revised, and it reminds me of true story, members of congress, both partiesit in copenhagen, but taking a few-sucking jet to get there and bringing along their spouses and their staff and making it a huge party. >> exactly, that is what it is. it's for the environment, though. if you party for the environment, terrence, it is okay. what do you make of this whole met gala thing? >> i agree with tyrus. i thought when i saw that, it did look like a chick-fil-a to go bag that i threw away. it looked like the one i threw away. i don't know how she found it. i don't know how she found that. this is what i was trying to understand. i need somebody to help me make this make sense. aoc cares about the poor people. she cares about taxing the rich. now, like tyrus said, how did you afford that $30,000 ticket? but i read that they were comp tickets, so she got a $30,000 ticket for her and her boyfriend, that $60,000 -- >> greg: she better pay taxes on that. >> she could have asked the rich people to help the poor people you care about so much. you care about people's ren

you have both houses of congress. your party runs the whole show. donald trump controlled the borders. we had a 40-year low of illegal immigrants because he put in place measures like building a portable, stay in mexico policy, ending catch and release, which you have now turned into process and release. all of this and more. biden has also blamed from -- trump for handing him a mess. no, he had a cute secured borders. h he handed you in energy independence. afghanistan that was secure. and joe even claimed that weather, claiming that took migrant surge was seasonal. it actually got worse. i can report that migrant surge did not end during the summer. it continues this day, august, 200,000 people, around jenkins in mexico tonight traveling north with the latest wave of migrants. it looks like it is not stopping at all. >> reporter: no signs of slowing down, sean. we are here mexico but it is the southernmost mexican town along the guatemala border and every single one of the 15,000 haitians that cross into the rio came right through this town center

effective review must be comp hencive, shaped by four different administration and 11 difference congresses. no party should be looking to score points off nation-building failure that was bipartisan in the making. congress should authorize effort solely devoted to bring accountability and transparetchesy to the afghan war and lessons to be learned. on thursday, i will introduce the afghanistan war study commission. my bill would establish bipartisan independent commission to examine every aspect of the war, including the political and strategic decisions that transformed the mission into vast nation-building campaign. this commission must produce actionable recommendations designed to guide development of reform, ask the 9/11 informed law-making efshts in the years after publication. secretary austin, would you agree such an independent long-term study could serve as an effective complimentary effort to more targeted lesson learned that dod conducts? in shedding light on how congress and civilian leaders from multiple government agencies can do a better job defining scope of military missions and ac

i have been working closely with the governor and our colleagues in congress on both parties, on my buildour water systems, sewers, and drainage systems and power grids, and transmission lines. the cost to life, property and infrastructure has been a staggering. still climate change remains at divisive political issue. and so over the years, america has ignored warnings and some would say this is the result. nada tawfik, bbc news, newjersey. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: making a judgement on covid vaccines for children. britain says there'll be no mass rollout ofjabs for healthy 12 to 15 year olds — for now. before we go to that let's go back to the story of hurricane ida. i spoke earlier to our washington correspondent. he promised people money as well as talking about $100 million of provided assistance, $500 to individuals the basic needs like food and clothes. he promised that 25,000 utility people will be drafted in to try and help with that. he used his phrase, built back better, his catchphrase. he said he wants to rebuild communities with infrastructure that can withst

i have been working closely with the governor and our colleagues in congress on both parties on my build, our water systems, sewers and drainage systems and power grids and transmission lines. the cost to life, property and infrastructure has been staggering. still, climate change remains a divisive political issue. and so, over the years, america has ignored warnings, and some would say this is the result. nada tawfik, bbc news, newjersey. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has been following president biden�*s visit and gave us this update. he turned up to basically say to people the federal government has your back. in that particular area, enter the west of new orleans, people are without electricity. he promised that 25,000 utility people will be drafted in to try and help with that. he promised people money, as well as talking about $100 million of provided assistance — $500 to individuals for basic needs like food and clothes. he used his phrase, build back better — his catchphrase. he says he wants to rebuild communities with infrastructure that can withstand these sorts

i have been working closely with the governor and our colleagues in congress on both parties, on my buildour water systems, sewers, and drainage systems and power grids, and transmission lines. the cost to life, property and infrastructure has been a staggering. still climate change remains at divisive political issue. and so over the years, america has ignored warnings and some would say this is the result. nada tawfik, bbc news, newjersey. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: counting the big cats — we'll tell you how one group in south africa is seeking to protect this vulnerable species. moves there she received the nobel peace prize for her work moves there rize for her work with the poor and the dying in india's slums. the head of the catholic church had said mother teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. we have to identify the bodies, then round the coffins - and take them back home. parents are waiting. and wives are waiting. hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. britain lost a princess today, de

i have been working closely with the governor and our colleagues in congress on both parties, on my buildsystems and power grids, and transmission lines. the cost to life, property and infrastructure has been a staggering. still climate change remains at divisive political issue. and so over the years, america has ignored warnings and some would say this is the result. nada tawfik, bbc news, newjersey. this is bbc news, our main headlines: the uk and the eu say they won't recognise afg hanistan�*s new taliban government. meanwhile the taliban claim to be making advances in the panjshir valley, the only part of afghanistan they don't control. president biden has been touring one of the areas of louisiana that was hardest hit by hurricane ida last weekend. president biden has defended his record on the economy, after the rate ofjob growth slowed down in the last month. fewerjobs were created in the us in august than in any other month this year. just under a quarter of a million people were hired when many economists were forecasting closer to three quarters of a million. but the president

and these are all goals that can laid out and is a party congress in january of things that north will develop over the next 5 years . and to see this is really a sign that north korea is continuing to move forward with w m b development and in advance is ability on k. do you know this be doing anything else? is this reactor have any other purpose? well, so definitely right to tony production is really the reason this reactor exists. and the reason that the international community has grown familiar with the young b on complex over 30 plus years and attention that's been get into this reactor and to broader facilities nearby. and this reactor as well, i do want to add one just technical note is that while the reactor is the sole source of spent fuel re processes nearby for the production of flu, tony haven't use of nuclear weapons. something else that does reactor, i think an important role in producing a north korea is a treaty on which is an isotope of hydrogen that's necessary for thermodynamically or weapons which specifically pointed out kim, don't go into january specifically cal

i think we have a 15 month runway into the party congress next year, which is the twice a decade conference changes are made. one of them will be whether xi is getting one term or two terms , or he is president for life or who his successor is. there are worries the economy is slowing down. that is the worry that there is going to be a tense crackdown roller coaster between now and then. we are just at the beginning. when they overshoot, which i think they have done a little already, then they come back and tell institutions and foreign investors this is not something you should be worried about. stay the course with us. then they go do something big. this is not the end of this. this is the beginning of a long roller coaster for the next 15 months. we are going to see a lot of different policy changes affecting the investment environment. guy: talking about the fact that blackrock is on the wrong side of a life-and-death conflict with china. i just want to distill it down and take some of the emotion out of it. does china want foreign capital right now> ? >> china absolutely wants foreign

i'm talking about values and belief in democracy and the fact that some people in your party in congresst they basically supported the the conspiracy theories, they are extremists. they are not the leaders of this party. i won't through this with cnn last night. that's the liberal narrative. nikki haley, mike pompeo. we have a lot of younger people that are coming out. people like liz cheney, respected conservatives for years, now excluded from your party full she has decided there is no place in the party for donald trump. that is the litmus test right now, is it? in my view there is a place in the republican party for donald trump. we will have this interview next year when we win. and how do you explain the fact... crosstalk. if the republican party does take over the house and we take over the senate is that a damning indictment of the american people? you would have it believe that... it may be that... ..you're voting for extremism, authoritarianism. that is a bunch of garbage. why has your party seemingly decided to fight a culture war against science? i'm thinking particularly of

all, the war in afghanistan was shaped by four different administrations and 11 different congresses. no party should be looking to score cheap partisan political points off a multi-decade nation-building failure that was bipartisan in the making. instead, congress should authorize a long-term effort solely devoted to bringing accountability and transparency to the afghanistan war and lessons to be learned. that is why on thursday i will be introducing the afghanistan war study commission. my bill would establish a bipartisan independent commission to examine every aspect of the war, including the political and strategic decisions that transformed a focused military mission into vast nation-building campaign. importantly this commission must produce actionable recommendations designed to guide the develop of real reforms just as the 9/11 commissions were informed congressional law making efforts in the years after its publication. secretary austin, would you agree with me that such an independent, long-term study could serve as an effective complementary effort to the more targeted lessons lea

i have been working closely with the governor and our colleagues in congress from both parties on myds and transmission lines. the cost to life, property and infrastructure has been staggering. still, climate change remains a divisive political issue. and so, over the years, america has ignored warnings and some would say this is the result. nada tawfik, bbc news, newjersey. a nature reserve in south africa has come up with a creative way to count its big cats, as part of conservation efforts. lions are classified as a vulnerable species — under threat from habitat loss and poaching. courtney bembridge reports. mooing. the sound of an injured animal reverberates through the bush and the smell of a fresh carcass fills the air. but this is no ordinary meal. this is how you conduct a lion census. we have to do this process to count predators because they don't... it is difficult to count them from a helicopter in an aerial census. they hide in the trees and it is difficult. census takers have to crisscross this sprawling nature reserve to try to count all of the big cats. 20 years ago t

democrats making an 11th hour trip to the white house, as deepening divisions are pushing their party, congress, and the nation to the brink of crisis. ryan nobles is standing by up on capitol hill where the clock is ticking toward a critical vote and a potential government shutdown. but first, let's go to our senior white house correspondent, phil mattingly. phil, what are you learning about nancy pelosi and chuck schumer's talks with the president? >> for a little more than an hour, it was originally scheduled to be a call between the three, something that they have been doing almost on a daily basis over the course of the last week as this critical moment for the pred's domestic agenda came to the forefront. however, they decided to do in it person, underscoring this is a complicated moment given the fact there is a house vote scheduled for that bipartisan infrastructure bill tomorrow, and this reality, according to officials, it very clearly will not have the votes to pass. a big part of the discussion was what to do because of that reality. would they pull the bill, would they let the bill

the president promised, etc., not realizing the president was constrained because congress was not united behind his party. you had divided government. what happened to the campaign structure is the candidate said if i am elected, i will -- they had not reminded that presidents do not get to do a lot -- it has to be a process. unless you have a democratic president, democratic congress, republican president and republican congress, those promises will be thwarted by the other party. perhaps people did not understand that presidents cannot unilaterally do some of those things. we decided to address some of that with the survey. host: how do you find your participants? guest: we do a national probability sample every year? we standardized our questions. this is not complicated stuff. can you name three branches? can you name rights protected by the first amendment? if there is a constitutional issue and the president and the supreme court disagreed, who has the final word about what the constitution says about something? it is a basic understanding. if the court rules 5-4, what does that mean? does it go ba

because the assumption is that they will have no power when going up against the 2 major parties in congress . but that's not the case in germany's parliament where it is a very different story. see, the 2 leading parties are now pledging to create governments of their own, which means that they will be lobbying for the support of the green party, which received 14.8 percent of the vote. as well as the liberal, free democratic party, which took 11.5 percent. so not only does this mark the were showing on record for outgoing chancellor merkle party, it also marks the 1st time the leading party has received less than 31 percent of the vote. on top of that, it also shows a shift of power as a split support from german voters, turn smaller parties into king makers as they are being called, where they have the power to decide which larger party they support and who will be sworn in as the next, chancellor of germany and the time it starts put it to show for monday for all parties with state policy responsibility is bill citizens want the government to be formed from the center loss is a bond if w