i'm katie silver. more than a million people are without power after russia's strikes on ukraine's power grid on wednesday night. russian forces launched 90 missiles and 100 drones in an attack that lasted for more than nine hours, according to kyiv�*s military administration. ukrainian emergency workers are servicing at least 1a affected regions, including kyiv, odesa, kharkiv, and sumy. authorities say people could be without electricity for days. the attack is a massive blow to ukraine's energy system, which is crucial to both front line troops and civilians as winter approaches. during a visit to kazakhstan on thursday, russian president vladimir putin said the strikes were in response to ukraine using american and british long range missiles to hit targets in russia. he warned that should ukraine retaliate further, russia will use its new ballistic missile to hit ukrainian sites including what he described as "decision—making centres" in kyiv. translation: we will use the means at our disposal aga

hello and welcome i'm katie silver. let's begin in the us. the dowjones notched a record high on monday, while the s&p 500 topped 6,000. bitcoin as well briefly hit above 89,000 for the first time ever. the positive momentum comes as donald trump's election victory continues to boost sentiment. ritika gupta has the latest from new york. us stocks rose for a fifth straight session on monday with the s&p 500 topping 6,000 for the first time and the dowjones industrial average hitting a fresh record. investors continue to bet those trades will benefit from president—elect donald trump's agenda. economically sensitive shars also outperformed with the 2000 index of smaller firms claiming to the highest since 2021. because the watch gauge of banks rose in anticipation of deregulation and lower taxes under a donald trump presidency. while most big tech fell with nvidia down over 1.5%, tesla bucked the trend as part of the broader so—called trump trade, investors piled into elon ev maker, confident a second trump term will bring windfalls to the comp

i'm katie silver.gy to thousands of victims and families of young people who suffered abuse in state and faith—based institutions, such as children's homes and psychiatric hospitals, over the past 70 years. prime minister christopher luxon told survivors in parliament that the mistreatment of some 200,000 children and vulnerable adults was heartbreaking and should never have happened. let's hear what he had to say. today, i'm apologising on behalf of the government

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welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver. in a major change to us policy — president biden has

welcome to business today, i'm katie silver.onald trump is selected billionaire investor and veteran wall street boss howard lutnik is the next commerce secretary. in an announcement on his social media platform, he said the executive will lead to the tariff and trade agenda. let's go to new york and our correspondence. go to new york and our corresondence. , . correspondence. president-elect donald trump — correspondence. president-elect donald trump is _ correspondence. president-elect donald trump is tapping - correspondence. president-elect donald trump is tapping up - correspondence. president-elect donald trump is tapping up the l donald trump is tapping up the ceo howard lutnik to lead at the commerce department. ian announced don truth social that the wall street veteran will lead the white house's tariff and trade agenda with additional direct responsibility for the office of the united states trade representative. as commerce secretary he will be responsible for enforcing the sweeping tariffs trump campaigned on for wh

hello, and welcome to business today — i'm katie silver.sident—elect donald trump has selected billionaire investor and veteran wall street boss howard lutnick as the next commerce secretary. in an announcement on his social media platform, truth social, trump said the executive will help lead the tariff and trade agenda. for more, let's get to new york and our correspondent, ritika gupta. president—elect donald trump is tapping up the ceo howard lutnik to head at the commerce department. on truth social, trump announced the wall street veteran will lead the white house's tariff and trade agenda with additional direct responsibility for the office of the united states trade representative. as commerce secretary, he will be responsible for enforcing the sweeping tariffs trump campaigned on for which lutnik has expressed fervent public support — yet many economists forecast the tariff proposals could cause inflationary effects for consumers. lutnik, whose domain stretches from brokerages to real estate, had previously been considered for the

i'm katie silver, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world.east 158 people are now confirmed to have died after the worst flash flooding to hit the country in decades. king felipe held a minute's silence for the victims today, nearly all of whom were from the region of valencia. almost a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours earlier this week. it caused terrifying scenes, water rushing through the streets, sweeping away bridges and roads. emergency teams continue to search for survivors and the dozens who remain missing. officials warned residents to remain at home with more heavy rain predicted over the next 2a hours. our correspondent andrew harding reports. the flood came and rearranged valencia.

i'm katie silver.n in south korea, where delegates the key agenda — putting a cap on plastic production. but it's a measure that has faced strong countries like saudi arabia and china. as a result, negotiations have stalled on saturday, is meant to be the last round of discussions. environmental journalist robin hicks gave us his thoughts on this summit. as saudi arabia. there's also been disagreement over who will finance the treaty. developing countries are pushing for developed countries, whose multinationals, whose companies created a lot of this pollution to pay, to foot the bill, but there has been a lot of pushback also on that, on who should pay for it. speaking of these global powers, of course, the us pledged a commitment to this back in august. now we have donald trump coming in. how much is this waiting on the summit is now in busan? there's been a lot of confusion, actually, over what the us�*s position is on plastic and plastic production caps. back in august, it was reported widely that

i'm katie silver.aine's power grid on wednesday night. russian forces launched 90 missiles and 100 drones in an attack that lasted for more than nine hours, according to kyiv�*s military administration. ukrainian emergency workers are servicing at least 1a affected regions, including kyiv, 0desa, kharkiv, and sumy. authorities say people could be without electricity for days. the attack is a massive blow to ukraine's energy system, which is crucial to both front line troops and civilians as winter approaches. during a visit to kazakhstan on thursday, russian president vladimir putin said the strikes were in response to ukraine using american and british long range missiles to hit targets in russia.

welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver.n with some breaking news — all 45 hong kong pro—democracy campaigners have been jailed in the city's largest security trial — with sentences ranging from four to 10 years. the prominent pro—democracy activistjoshua wong has been sentenced to 56 months in prison for subversion. the lawyer, benny tai, has received 10 years — also for subversion. it marks the end of one of the biggest trials since beijing imposed a national security law on the territory to stifle dissent. the 45 were arrested after organising a vote to choose candidates for elections. let's cross live to our reporter martin yip in hong kong. thank you forjoining me. can you give us a reminder of the background of the case and how it began? 50 background of the case and how it bean? ., , ., , it began? so the whole primary election at _ it began? so the whole primary election at the _ it began? so the whole primary election at the centre _ it began? so the whole primary election at the centre of - it began? so the whole p

i'm katie silver.ies of young people who suffered abuse in state and faith—based institutions, such as children's homes and psychiatric hospitals, over the past 70 years. prime minister christopher luxon told survivors in parliament that the mistreatment of some 200,000

i'm katie silver. the prime minister of new zealand has made a formal apology to thousands of victims and families of young people who suffered abuse in state and faith—based institutions, such as children's homes and psychiatric hospitals, over the past 70 years. prime minister christopher luxon told survivors in parliament that the mistreatment of some 200,000 children and vulnerable adults was heartbreaking and should never have happened. let's hear what he had to say. today, i'm apologising on behalf of the government to everyone who suffered abuse, harm and neglect while in state care. today, i make this apology to all survivors on behalf of my own and previous governments. you deserved so much better, and i am deeply sorry that new zealand did not do better by you. i am sorry that you were not believed when you came forward to report your abuse. i am sorry that many bystanders, staff, volunteers and carers turned a blind eye and failed to stop or report abuse. i spoke to our correspondent phil me

welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver. in a major change to us policy, president biden has lifted a ban on ukraine using long—range missiles supplied by washington to strike inside russia. the move comes after north korea deployed thousands of troops to help moscow's war effort. the authorization means ukraine can use army tactical missile systems, known as attack—ems, to defend its forces in russia's kursk region. atacms are missiles that can reach up to 300 kilometers. it's a step further from the last time president biden eased restrictions on ukraine's use of american weapons. back in may, president biden allowed kyiv to use high mobility artillery rocket systems, known as himars, against russian forces directly across the border. russian president vladimir putin has yet to comment on the reports. he previously warned the west that he would consider such a move to be a major escalation in the conflict. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in eastern ukraine and has the latest. it's a powerful weapon with a range

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i'm katie silver, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world.elipe held a minute's silence for the victims today, nearly all of whom were from the region of valencia. almost a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours earlier this week. our correspondent andrew harding reports. the flood came and rearranged valencia. boats on the streets. streets turned into scrapheap. streets turned into scrapheaps. homes inside out. bridges brushed aside.

i'm katie silver, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin with the latest in spain, where at least 158 people are now confirmed to have died after the worst flash flooding to hit the country in decades. king felipe held a minute's silence for the victims today, nearly all of whom were from the region of valencia. almost a year's worth of rain fell in just eight hours earlier this week. our correspondent andrew harding reports. the flood came and rearranged valencia. boats on the streets. streets turned into scrapheap. streets turned into scrapheaps. homes inside out. bridges brushed aside. all this by a flood as fast as a mudslide, packing the punch of a tsunami. for many here, the warnings came much too late. the water came very, very fast and we got so much water coming down, coming out, and we were safely home, watching from the balconies and seeing the cars moving, moving. i said, "we can't do anything". but it wasn't raining. it was all the water coming from inland. that's it. almost inevitably, the true death toll has only now

welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver.r north korea deployed thousands of troops to help moscow's war effort. the authorization means ukraine can use army tactical missile systems, known as attack—ems, to defend its forces in russia's kursk region. atacms are missiles that can reach up to 300 kilometers. it's a step further from the last time president biden eased restrictions on ukraine's use of american weapons. back in may, president biden allowed kyiv to use high mobility artillery rocket systems, known as himars, against russian forces directly across the border. russian president vladimir putin has yet to comment on the reports. he previously warned the west that he would consider such a move to be a major escalation in the conflict. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in eastern ukraine and has the latest.

welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver.wer after russia's strikes on ukraine's power grid on wednesday night. russian forces launched 90 missiles and 100 drones in an attack that lasted for more than nine hours, according to kyiv�*s military administration. ukrainian emergency workers are servicing at least 1a affected regions — including kyiv, odesa, kharkiv, and sumy. authorities say people could be without electricity for days. the attack is a massive blow to ukraine's energy system which is crucial to both frontline troops and civilians as winter approaches. during a visit to kazakhstan on thursday, russian president vladimir putin said the strikes were in response to ukraine using american and british long range missiles to hit

welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver.begin with some breaking news — all 45 hong kong pro—democracy campaigners have been jailed in the city's largest security trial — with sentences ranging from 50 months to 10 years so far. the prominent pro— democracy activist joshua wong has been sentenced to 56 months in prison for subversion. the lawyer benny tai has received 10 years — also for subversion. it marks the end of one of the biggest trials since beijing imposed a national security law on the territory to stifle dissent. the 45 were arrested after organising a vote to choose candidates for elections. i'm joined now by our reporter in hong kong — martin yip. before we get into the specifics, just remind us what this is all about and why now? this was all about unofficial primary election that the pro—democracy camp try to organise for the 2020 hong kong council election. they wanted to send the best candidate and get as many seats as possible so they could have some kind of power against the government policies and that w

i'm katie silver broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world.lash flooding to hit the country in decades. king felipe held one minute's silence of the victims today. nearly all of whom are from the region of valencia. our correspondent andrew harding has sent this report from valencia. the flood came and rearranged valencia. boats on the streets. streets turned into scrapheap. homes inside out. bridges brushed aside.

welcome to newsday, i'm katie silver. kremlin is vowing what it's calling a "tangible response" afterjoe biden gave ukraine permission to fire us—provided missiles into russian territory. at a press conference on monday, russia's foreign ministry spokesperson, maria zakharova, told reporters "kiev s use of long—range missiles to attack our territory would mean a direct involvement of the united states and its satellites in military operations against russia as well as a radical change in the essence and nature of the conflict." the kremlin has been warning against the move for months. vladimir putin has said russia could retaliate by arming the us�*s enemies. our russia editor steve rosenberg, has this analysis. a few weeks ago i sat down for an interview with the leader of belarus and he brought up the subject, and used as an example the iranian backed houthis rebels, saying be careful of the question of long—range missiles, he said what would happen if the houthis came to vladimir putin and asked for missiles, missile s

i'm katie silver.ed abuse in state and faith—based institutions — such as children's homes and psychiatric hospitals — over the past 70 years. prime minister christopher luzon told survivors in parliament that the mistreatment of some 200,000

katy: and now i want to open this up for everyone. if it is one silver bullet -- i guess not a silver bullet, but one legislative thing you could accomplish in the next few years, whether it is federal, state, local, to make the biggest end in the affordable housing crisis, what would it be? aaron: so i think one of the themes we have heard from the panel is the need for more funding, whether it be state, local, federal. i think more funding, but also funding that is easy to deploy. one of the lessons learned that we have had from the state and local funds from the rescue plan is that local governments found those easier to work with and they have deployed something like 7.5 billion of them to do supply. more funding and funding that is easy to deploy. michael: you want michael kelley 's answer or bpc's? katy: give us both. michael: i think it goes back to a republican point of view removing these regulatory barriers in the way. friends at national homebuilders who presented to advisory committee a few years ago, they have this like that on average units

katy: and now i want to open this up for >> and now i want to open this up for everyone. if there is one silver bullet i silver bullet but if there's one legislative thing you could accomplish in the next few years, whether it's federal, state, local to make the biggest dent in the formal housing crisis what would it be? >> so i think one of the themes we've heard from the panel is a need for more funding, whether it be state, local, federal. i think more funding but also funding that is easy to deploy. one of the l lessons learned wee had from the state, state and local funds from the rescue plan is that local governments found those easier to work with and they are deployed something like 7.5 billion of them to boost supply. i think it is more funding and funding that is easy to deploy. >> you want michael kelly's answers or -- >> i want both. give us both. >> i think it goes back to from a a republican point ofnk view, removing these b regulatory barriers that are in the way. our friends at the national homebuilders were presented advisory committee a couple years ago and had to slide that o

. >> i want to hear what katie has-- >> i was going to say i think one of the-- people have different takes on the election results, but one of, i think, perhaps the silver linings is that we'll see the you know, msnbc, cnn maybe will finally be upset about what's happening in gaza because trump's going to be doing it as opposed to biden, where they don't seem upset. i mean, troy and at msnbc have done some stuff and seeing palestinians a human beings, and -- i guess chris hayes, too, maybe. anyway, it's not a lot of people, obviously, so that's something that i think that people are maybe looking forward to, but you know, i also have to say that you know, jake tapper and dana bash are very dangerous and they really are -- have their finger on the pulse of like or a part of the -- that comes out of israel. it's really bad and selfishly as a jew i don't like it because they wear their jewish identity on their sleeves and act in a very biased way and unethical way and people, i think, will say, like, okay, these are jewish journalists and this is what they do. they're not jewish-- i mean, they're jewish, but they're jewish supremacists and that's very diff