giorgia meloni criticised this as "an unacceptable "threat giorgia meloni criticised this as "an unacceptablegn state, a member "of the european union." are you still standing by your words? yes, because this sentence has been cut. and i was saying, like we do for any single of the 27 countries of the eu, of the european union, as you very well know, every year, there is a report from the commission about the rule of law in every single of the member countries of the european union. and now we are working perfectly well with giorgia meloni and italy and her government on all the issues related to the european union and also on bilateral issues. as you know, we have a treaty with them precisely to do that. you're saying, of course, everybody was worried when the brothers of italy came to power because, you know, the far—right bloc and so on and so forth. and how far is she going to be in hock to them? so it was said by you against that kind of background. it wasn'tjust a kind of matter of fact, business as usual, comment, was it? i'm certainly not a... i'm certainly not a far—right supporter a

yet, so the state considered me a stranger. >> the situation has worsened since prime minister giorgia melonind her far-right party "brothers of italy" came to power. previously, some cities allowed the names of two mothers or two fathers to be entered on birth certificates. but meloni's new interior minister has banned this practice. so this years' parade is all the more important for the family. >> we want to show the world we're not that different to other families. we're two fathers, with two children, that's the reality. pride is important because right now, when many families are in trouble, we need to show our solidarity and be close to them. >> and there's another danger to the lgbtq+ community in italy, whose parliament is debating a law that would prevent rainbow families from being created in the first place. there's already a ban on surrogacy in italy, but finding surrogates abroad may soon be banned as well. meloni's ally, carolina varchi, introduced the bill. >> surrogacy is a deviant practice. women are turned into slaves, objects that can be bought. it's the slavery of the thi

yet, so the state considered me a stranger. >> the situation has worsened since prime minister giorgia melonind her far-right party "brothers of italy" came to power. previously, some cities allowed the names of two mothers or two fathers to be entered on birth certificates. but meloni's new interior minister has banned this practice. so this years' parade is all the more important for the family. >> we want to show the world we're not that different to other families. we're two fathers, with two children, that's the reality. pride is important because right now, when many families are in trouble, we need to show our solidarity and be close to them. >> and there's another danger to the lgbtq+ community in italy, whose parliament is debating a law that would prevent rainbow families from being created in the first place. there's already a ban on surrogacy in italy, but finding surrogates abroad may soon be banned as well. meloni's ally, carolina varchi, introduced the bill. >> surrogacy is a deviant practice. women are turned into slaves, objects that can be bought. it's the slavery of the thi

yet, so the state considered me a stranger. >> the situation has worsened since prime minister giorgia melonind her far-right party "brothers of italy" came to power. previously, some cities allowed the names of two mothers or two fathers to be entered on birth certificates. but meloni's new interior minister has banned this practice. so this years' parade is all the more important for the family. >> we want to show the world we're not that different to other families. we're two fathers, with two children, that's the reality. pride is important because right now, when many families are in trouble, we need to show our solidarity and be close to them. >> and there's another danger to the lgbtq+ community in italy, whose parliament is debating a law that would prevent rainbow families from being created in the first place. there's already a ban on surrogacy in italy, but finding surrogates abroad may soon be banned as well. meloni's ally, carolina varchi, introduced the bill. >> surrogacy is a deviant practice. women are turned into slaves, objects that can be bought. it's the slavery of the thi

maria: italian prime minister giorgia meloni will join me for the only u.s.ia interview during her visit to the white house this week. it's all coming up right here, right now on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ maria: but with we begin this sunday morning with what some are calling the biggest political scandal in recent memory, the biden family's alleged business of influence peddling. oversight committee member nancy mace telling me joe biden and family may have taken in upwards of $50 million from foreign nationals while he was a a sitting vice president and beyond. tomorrow a key player in the biden business partnership is set to testify before congress behind closed doors. former hunter biden business associate devon archer set to sit for an on the record interview with house oversight committee members behind closed doors monday morning on just how involved joe biden was in hunter's foreign deal making. the new york post's miranda devine is reporting that archer is expected to reveal hunter put his then-vice president father on the phone with business ass

but today we're focusing on giorgia meloni's stance on china and on foreign policy.ight expectations with the expectations for foreign policy and working with washington. so far, she's doing a good job. she got into the threat of communist china with me and that's what we are going to focus on this morning. we don't know if she is going to renew the belt and road program which her predecessor put in place and remember what happened during covid. because of that belt and road strategy and china's plans to move through europe for its belt -- move through italy for its belt and road strategy, so many people from china were working in northern italy during covid and remember what happened. many chinese got on a plane directly from wuhan and went right to italy and infected so many people in italy so we talked a little about that and talked about what she is planning and the threat of communist china and that is what we will discuss this morning. it was a good interview. i went to the italian embassy in washington to sit down with the prime minister on friday. douglas: sh

the prime minister of italy, giorgia meloni, in washington this past week meeting with president bidend key members of congress. while president biden criticized the conservative meloni during her election campaign, the two appeared to share common ground at the white house, although biden made the decision not to hold a press conference with the prime minister. i sat down with the prime minister before she left town where she toll me about her support for assisting ukraine, her efforts to grow the italian economy and her worries over the impact of communist china in italy and africa, rich in minerals. watch. you had a meeting in washington with president biden and the congress. how did your meeting with president biden go? how would you describe it? >> well, it was open, long. we discussed a lot about few topics in a moment in which everything around us seems to change. so there are many things about our bilateral relations but also in the global crisis that we're facing that we had to discuss. so it was a very good, a very good discussion, and and i was very, very happy. maria: we ha

president biden meeting with italian prime minister giorgia meloni at the white house yesterday, bideno deepen economic ties between the u.s. and italy. reporters asked the white house if biden will push her to distance italy from china. watch this. >> to what extent will you be talking about china and the road initiative, do you have any indication that the italians are accelerating. >> they will discuss the benefits of closer transatlantic coordination regarding or approach to the people's republic of china among other topics but i don't want to do anything more to confirm any specifics. maria: joining me is afpi senior fellow, chairman of the china policy initiative d.c. international advisory ceo. steve yates back with us. steve, great to see you. thanks very much for being here it's been widely publicized that giorgia meloni may not renew the belt and road program that is currently underway in italy. it is coming up for renewal in a couple of weeks in 2024 -- couple of months in 2024. this is italy's decision and hasn't included joe biden. how would assess the meeting yesterday? >

cheryl: italian prime minister giorgia meloni on "sunday morning futures" bringing the entire economyird largest economy in europe if she can show eyou have hour taxes, less regulation inspiring people to work can begin to solve tome problems endemic in european countries bully for her going to oppose it like "new york times" is he opposing it they hate capitalism it intvrz where politicians bureaucrats cake more power bully for her long live republic. mike: this is why i was in favor brexit once the death horn as i call it eu telling you how you can can't run your country it becomes very, very did i i wish the best but i am skeptical, stay right there next hou

all the press about giorgia meloni has been so negative in europe because she's far right. larry kudlow's talk, right. cut taxes, that's the path to prosperity and she's right. cheryl: no, i mean, she made valid points. it's a tough hill to climb. this country has to do the same thing to get out of our fiscal mess we're in right now. all right. well, coming up, it is the final trading day of the month. how markets are moving on a busy week of earnings and econ data, plus the biden family makes a shocking admission. the media has been calling them out on for years. that's making a buzz this morning. ♪ we can have it all. ♪ anything you want you can make it yours. ♪ anything you want in the world. ♪ anything you want in the world. ♪ anything, big or small. ♪ anything you want. ♪ anything you want in the world. ♪ your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire providing for your family is a top priority.

president biden met with italian prime minister giorgia meloni at the white house yesterday and they on the challenges posed by china. so far we've not seen much response from joe biden's administration. what are you expecting here? >> look, this administration has made the united states look weak on the world stage. beginning with the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan to letting a chinese spy balloon traverse the united states without taking it down, china is the number one threat. there is no doubt about that. i served on the house armed services committee last congress. i learned a lot. and i believe that that's one of the reasons why we must continue as appropriators to invest in our defense to be able to protect ourselves. the ccp doesn't play by the rules. they make up their own rules. we have to do everything we can to protect this country and that's why i support increasing our military defense dollars to be able to do that very thing. maria: i will be speaking with italian prime minister this weekend on sunday morning futures, giorgia meloni will join me in an exclusive

the italian government, which is led by the far—right prime minister giorgia meloni, has repeatedly expressedren together. one of her government's coalition allies has told this programme that same—sex parent's rights are not being erased. anna has the story. irana and laura share two children. each gave birth to one. according to italian law, same—sex couples don't have a right to adopt but the couple's local mayor allowed them to be recognised as both of their children's legal parents. that is until three weeks ago when the couple received letters like this which, translated into english, state only the biological mother has a right to be mentioned in the birth certificate. it says the so—called social mother should be removed, meaning they would only legally have the same rights as a stranger. for me, it was like they said we want to erase you as a parent. i'm still struggling with sleeping at night because of course when you read that you are no longer the mother of your child, of your daughter, of your son or whatever... terrible. while same—sex civil unions were granted in 2016, last au

president joe biden's recent meeting with the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, despite earliernts impact on democracy, underscores the growing influence of the far-right. from italy, france, sweden, to finland, austria, and the netherlands, once marginalized far-right parties are now on the march. they're gaining respectability, empower across the west. they are making significant power in the polls, they're shaping mainstream right wing policies to express nativist platforms and securing government positions. these movements share common traits. they rely on grassroots and bottom's up strategies that tap into widespread discontent and frustration with the political establishment. the burning question is for today's hyper conservative republican factions in america is just how far they're willing to push the boundaries and embrace disruption to shake things up. for more on this, i'm joined by steve bannon, producer for the rachel maddow show and an msnbc political contributor. he's also the author of the impostors, how republicans quick governing and seize american politics. i'

yesterday president biden welcomed the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, to the white house afteressing valid concerns about her election because of her far-right stances on issues like abortion and white nationalism. and despite nervousness that maloney's far-right coalition would be cozy with russia and putin, italy has remained staunch ally on the war in ukraine. >> the president has enjoyed working with her and certainly on issues of foreign policy there has been a lot of overlapping and mutually reinforcing approaches that were taken with italy. italy is a nato ally, and they are a very competent n. i. l. a. nato ally, and they have been a tremendous supporter of ukraine. they're hosting 170,000 ukrainians on italian soil. >> history has taught us that necessary allegiances come from unlikely allies. but will america's principals have to be compromised in order to reach a just and moral and in ukraine? joining me now from ukraine, the independent journalist terrell jermaine starr, also with us professor of history ruth ben-ghiat, author of strongmen, recently new to the presi

just outside the front of the white house therefore there you can see giorgia meloni making her way from we get it. we will bring you anything on that as and when we get it. what will the advance of ai mean for lower wage earners. quite a bit, according to a new report. it has been compiled by the management consultancy mckinsey. and it predicts that in america, by 2030, nearly 12 million people will have been replaced by technology. those are jobs in office support, food service, customer service, and manufacturing/distribution. we have already seen it. plenty of you will eat at mcdonald's where ordering kiosks have replaced staff at the counter. but how far does this extend into the economy and what do we do with the people who are replaced? live now to kweilin ellingrud — a senior partner at mckinsey and one of the authors of the report. it's quite extraordinary who this affects. it is the lowest paid right across the economy in four different sectors. what is can happen to those people? sectors. what is can happen to those neale? : , , , ., , people? absolutely. it is primarily affec

giorgia meloni and people like that who are branded far that who are branded as far right now. thinkdo you think people like simply wing like that are simply right wing populists think they populists or do you think they do that far right do teeter into that far right bracket? the thing is, the goalposts have moved goalposts have have moved so much left even the much to the left that even the most reasonable you know, my friend here is might be friend leo here is might be considered far right in some quarters here concern is quarters and here the concern is that, example , spain, the that, for example, in spain, the popular party which is centre right to get the necessary majority, they might have to cause a create a coalition with vox who are the far right, these far right people are so bad that, for example in the region of castile—leon they have suggested that women who want to abort their children have to first listen to the baby's heartbeat. can you imagine how terrible these people are ? terrible these people are? >> worst thing >> it's probably the worst thing i've >> it's pro

giorgia meloni and people like that who are as far that who are branded as far right now. think people like right wing like that are simply right wing populists think they populists or do you think they do that far right do teeter into that far right bracket? the thing is, the goalposts have moved goalposts have have moved so much left even the much to the left that even the most reasonable you know, my friend here is might be friend leo here is might be considered far right in some quarters here concern is quarters and here the concern is that, example , spain, the that, for example, in spain, the popular party which is centre right to get the necessary majority, they might have to cause a create a coalition with vox who are the far right, these far right people are so bad that, for example in the region of castile—leon they have suggested that women who want to abort their children have to first listen to the baby's heartbeat. can you imagine how terrible these people are ? terrible these people are? >> worst thing >> it's probably the worst thing i've >> it's probably the worst thin

for example, in italy, where giorgia meloni went from 4% to 27% and prime minister in the space of oneer party. because what you see, patrick, is tactical voting to remove an incumbent . so what remove an incumbent. so what happenedin remove an incumbent. so what happened in selby was that everybody wanted to get rid of the tories to give them , the tories to give them, frankly, a good smacking. and so everybody said, well, look, i've got to , you know, i'll hold my got to, you know, i'll hold my nose and i'll vote labour. much of the tory vote just stayed at home and that was the result. the reverse happened in somerton, where all of the labour vote stayed made. sorry, went to the lib dem so you had a situation where actually it with regards to reform, we actually beat the lib dems in in selby and we beat the labour party in somerton . you might think that's somerton. you might think that's extraordinary. well it is really. but it just proves my point about tactical voting and the reason that everybody's going to be very surprised in the general election is because tactical voting , m

and now the move is led by prime minister giorgia meloni, who disapproves of the lgbt.ne of the mothers off the birth certificate same unions certificate. same sex unions were legalised in italy in 2016, granting many rights to married couples, but stopped of couples, but stopped short of permitting adoption permitting marriage and adoption amid opposition the amid fierce opposition from the catholic . so let's see catholic church. so let's see what panel make that. what my panel make of that. joining me, danny kelly, and also chris wylde. kelly. also chris wylde. danny kelly. yeah >> okay. what do i think of that look, think just a normal look, i think i'm just a normal sort of bloke and think normal sort of bloke and i think normal blokes do do their heart skip a beat with joy when they see a same sex couple with a kid . i same sex couple with a kid. i don't think they do . i'm a bit don't think they do. i'm a bit of a traditionalist, but what they're doing in italy is they are removing the name of not the biological mum but the actual the other mum. okay. so which i