d. c. mike, thank you very much. russia says it successfully testified, a new hypersonic, a cruise missile that can fly at 7 times the speed of sound. the 2nd message has been touched by russia. i superior to rivals existing austin's president is writing the uprooting claims. the technology is fast enough to bypass us defense systems. well, the pursuit of hypersonic weapons between the us, russia and china, set the tone for new arms race. the biden administration's requested almost $4000000000.00 for research this year. defense officials say catching up with adversaries is high priority. the us is acknowledge the existence of china's df. 17 miss. it speed is capable of 14 defense systems and intercepting incoming attacks. russia says it's hypersonic austell will undermine the strategic superiority of americans vast ballistic missile network. but the u. s. says it's already developed some capabilities to defend against the ultrafast massage and is hoping to deploy its own in 2 years. while justin

d. c. mike, how significant is this bill, and is it likely to pass in congress? well, it's a deeply significant pull, a massive amount of money over trillion dollars that will go to upgrade the countries infrastructure. going to will build new bridges, new roads, improve the water system, replace every lead pipe in the water system in the united states. so its impact would be massive on the country and on its economy. now at the moment the senate is voting in a procedural motion, the boat to still to be finally italy. but it does appear that it's across the 60 both threshold needed to proceed with a debate on the bill. so this essentially is just the beginning of what is likely to be a grueling process taking days and possibly weeks. but the fact that they have now it would appear past this particular step. then now they will proceed to debate. but as to the 2nd part of your question, then about whether it's ever going to get out of congress. what's difficult to see . once again, there's going to be spirit to debate on the contents of this particular bull. it has

fighters were killed when the vehicle had a roadside bomb and done to district or mike hannah joins me now live from washington d. c. and mike concerns about these gains by the taliban really being expressed at the most senior level for the military and senior levels. indeed, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who spoke to the media in the course of the day. they say that withdrawal is going on as scheduled. some 8000 troops have already been moved out of a gun. he's done. they also made specific reference to locals who were employed by the us military, such as drivers and translators. a number of them have already been removed from the country as well. but the main point that they were making all the games that kind of bond has made in recent times, the chairman of the joint chiefs the stop mark, milly saying that as of last month the taliban controlled the son 80 of a gun. he stands 419 district, but this number has now doubled i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about 212232 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. it'

d. c, and mike concerns about these talib on games, a being expressed at the most senior levels within the military. indeed yes, the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, they spoke to the media and the course of the day explaining their concern about the massive taliban at bottoms in a number of areas of a county sun. they say that the withdrawal is going ahead on schedule some 8000 us forces have a better the being removed. but i also made specific mention of a number of nationals who have been assisting the forces such as drivers, translators, a large number of them are being transported out to the country as well. but that advance of the tenant bond is causing great concern. just a month ago, tell bon only controlled some a t of a county sounds $419.00 districts. this figure has increased to my more than double last month alone. i would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess it's about $212232.00 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. it's about half of the $419.00 that are out there. you've got 34 provincial capit

if those other 100000000 people got vaccinated, we meet a very different mike. hannah has more from washington d. c. there are some 4000000 federal workers within the united states. as to that, the contract is that that raises a figure to some 10000000 people. now we understand that president find and it's going to be announcing new vaccination guidelines or new attempts to increase the amount of vaccinations on thursday. this is expected to include a mandate for all federal workers to be vaccinated. now already in some areas there has been such a mandate put in place, new york city, the state of california. in each of those cases, there has been a complete mandate for vaccinations. however, those who still refused to be vaccinated will either have to come to regular testing as well as where mosques at all times when they are indoors. a official within the white house saying that this is likely to be the line that president biden will follow to mandate vaccinations for federal workers, but at the same time to allow some room for exceptions to be made. but they will be some pushback. no doubt. many

and we'll have more of that and moment with mike hannah, he's there in washington, d. c. let's start though rob mcbride in, sol, as i say, restrictions high there. but the even more concerning thing is that numbers are rising in other areas of the country. that's right. they see they hear in the greatest. so metropolitan area, this council, around half of south korea, is population. the highest level of restrictions have been in place since the start of this week. it means, for example, in the evening time after 6 pm, that can be no social gatherings of more than 2 people outside of which to the many parts of the city is virtually curfew. but the reason increasing concerned about areas outside of sol with the numbers of new cases more than doubling recently. so we are seeing the, these new restrictions coming into both tomorrow, thursday, but much of the provinces outside of sold at the 2nd highest level of restrictions that will mean, for example, no gatherings have bold and 8 people. there's a real concern here that as we get into the peak summer season this summer as l

mike hannah has moved from washington d. c. what's the concern to the cdc in particular is that there are massive differences in the rate of vaccinations in various areas of the united states in vermont, for example, more than 80 percent of people in that state awfully vaccinated on the other side of the coin in mississippi, less than 30 percent awfully vaccinated. the cdc is isolating what it says or potential hotspots, particularly with that regard to the delta variant, which is accounting for about 25 percent of new cases in the us. and as well, what the tdc points out is that there has been a 10 percent increase in cases of corona virus in the past week. as compared to the previous 2. they are greater amounts of hospital admissions as well. these are principally in those states that have low vaccination rates. now the big concern is the fact that if, if the body had wanted to be vaccinated, they would have been vaccinated by now there are enough shots vaccine out there. in fact, there are too many in many areas, but the con

mike, who has more from washington d. c. domestic trouble has returned to pre pandemic levels. but with a spread up, the maryland delta variant and the low rates of vaccination in many states, this has become a threat rather than a cause for celebration. despite pressure from the travel industry, the white house says existing restrictions on travel from abroad will be maintained . the more transmissible delta varying spreading, both here and around the world, driven by the delta various cases are rising here at home, particularly among those who are vaccinated and appear likely to continue in the weeks ahead. in new york, a cobra 1900 vaccination will become and day 3 for all the city. $350000.00 workers for those who refuse would have to wear masks when at work, and also be tested once a week in september. everything's going to come together. september is the pivot point of the recovery september is when many employers are bringing back a lot of their employees. september is when school starts. full strengths. september is when people come back from the summer. september is wh

mike hannah has moved from washington. d. c. us has come out with a very strong statement from the 2nd international past the country. making very clear that the u. s. whole. china responsible for this massive pack of microsoft servers. what the u. s. is doing at this particular point, it's informed microsoft about the nature of the hacked. it has launched an investigation into the nature in a rare occurrence, the f b, i obtained a search warrant to go into corporate servers and remove elements of the hack that were left behind to prevent further hacks and also of course study how the heck was made so the u. s. is sharing all of this information with private entities in a bid to blocked any future attempts at hacks of service, such as those of microsoft. but it must be noted to as well that this is the 1st time that has been such a broad alliance formed what the u. s. has done is created a massive alliance, ranging from australia and new zealand, japan, b, e, u, nato, to publicly come out, and basically name and shane china for

d. c. that there will be a more mandate issued incoming ours. mike, thanks very much indeed. that's mike hannah in washington dc. the world trade organizations discussing global demands for a waiver, a vaccine, peyton set a meeting in geneva, the u. s. south africa and india of live coals for the suspension of intellectual property rights and several jobs. they say it would allow local production of vaccines and end the pandemic more quickly. but it's being opposed by some wealthy nations including the u. k. and the european union. last cabinet visiting professor of law and director of the global health policy and politics initiative at georgetown university is joining us live on zoom from washington dc. good to have with us on al jazeera. just if you can clarify one thing for me to begin with. when we talk about a waiver, what exactly do we mean? so 1st it's, it's important to remember what this wouldn't do, right? this is not a move that would cancel any patterns or prevent any country in the world like the united states or switzerland from implementing patents on covered v

mike hannah in washington dc. thank you. ryan grim is the washington d. c. bureau chief of the intercept and investigative news organization, he joins us now on scott, thank you for your time. give us you will take, how serious are the charges that he's facing? they're very serious. and in fact, as you know, that he is considered a flight risk by prosecutors. you know, you know, as you are saying, which, which means that this is a, this is a billionaire used to moving in some of the most powerful circles on the globe who was, it was going to remain in prison. you know, for the foreseeable future, unless he can persuade a judge to somehow let him out until his, his trial. but the main question is going to be whether or or not baracus this has information that could, that could get him a reduced or non existent sentence. that would implicate people higher up the chain and brock was so high up the chain that there are very few people that, that, that label would apply to. and jared cushion or, and donald trump or are among the few that i think would qualify. o

d. c. you have visited here both to do my show. so thank you very much, but to talk to people in the policy world about what the response to be. so mike, what, what are you hoping to achieve, either either a public policy or through public attention right now. and all of you that you think needs to be heard by citizens in this country. so when you see the conservation game and when you've been in the subculture, as i have as a filmmaker for say, 1012 years, you know, it really pulls back to vale and the illusion that we're talking about that we see whether it's from the cub petting versus what's really going on afterwards, the vanishing of these animals where the cub is valuable, whereas the full grown tiger line is not in that, that, you know, translates even to our television celebrity conservation of. so what i had hoped with this investigation that we did together and also with the film is, is, is the transparency that you talk about, which is, let's see what's really going on there and see what needs to be done. and i think the thing that needs to be done as the film also follows is the passage of the big cap public safety act, w

quarter numbers when they come out, mike, and i always think it's like i used to tell my parents expect all d's and f's on my report card. i throw in a couple of c's. it's coming off a weak year ago, almost stopped economy number, so the real test will be going beyond that, in the future quarters. i guess what i'm asking is whether the bond market, maybe i'm assigning too much to it, is looking beyond what's happening right now and in the next quarter, maybe next year. what do you think? >> well, i think, neil, the bond market is looking at just a total global picture, but you can't discount the u.s. market. you know, we're sitting at all times highs right now, and we continue to make new highs and that's because the earnings that you point to, although they are being compared against a shutdown last year, they are still strong earnings. still stronger than what people anticipated, so we go back to like big tech what's been driving the market, you know, as long as they continue to innovate, as long as they continue to produce, and continue to put up better-than-expected earnings analysts will continue to recommend them, analysts keep taking price