mark smith stresses that there is no justification for the uk's continued armed sales to israel. according to the diplomat based in uk's embassy in dublin, israeli regime is perpetrating clear an unquestionable war crimes and violations of international law in gaza since 2008. the uk has granted licenses for weapons exports to israel worth millions of pounds. the british government has been facing mounting nationwide demonstrations against arming israel, particularly amit the ongoing general side of war in gaza. we cross over to london and talk to pst's corresponden said, poor re, well saied tell us about uh this overall situation and and... tell me about the british public as far as their perspective about this resignation, the british public have made themselves clear, um, marzier, that they want an end to the genocide and also an end to the uk complicity in all of it, and one way to do it, as they have been asking for the past 11 months, is for the uk to start to stop uh arm sales to... the israeli regime and definitely this move by mark smith uh welcome by the public here, tw

mark smith stressed that there is no justification for the uk's continued arm sales to israel. according to the diplomat based in uk's embassy in dublin, israeli regime is perpetrating clear. and unquestionable war crimes and violations of international law in gaza. since 2008, the uk has granted licenses for weapons exports to israel worth millions of pounds. the british authorities have been facing mounting nationwide demonstrations against arming israel, particularly emit is ongoing campaign of genocide in gaza. from london, press tv's uh correspondent as pureza joined us earlier with more. on british officials resignation over uk's armed sales to israel, the british public have made themselves clear um marzier that they want an end to the genocide and also an end to the uk complicity in all of it, and one way to do it, as they have been asking for the past 11 months is for the uk to start to stop uh arm sales to the israeli regime, and definitely this move by mark smith uh welcome. by the public here, two-thirds of whom um have made the same demand over 11 months and absolu

mark smith. the protest against the western governments' support of the genocide in palestine has also reached these governments, and the result is continuous resignations. mark smith. the uk has a license to export uk arms in its work record, his resignation letter with the title of british complicity in war crimes was published. there is no justification for continued arms sales from london to tel aviv at the same time as the gaza war. i cannot continue my work knowing that england is complicit in the crimes of israel. but america's record. the sudden resignation of the us deputy foreign minister in july 1403 made news. andrew miller was the us deputy secretary of state for israel and palestine and is currently the highest official in the us diplomatic system, who resigned after the gaza war. another resigned official of the western governments is lily greenberg. this senior official was announced in may 1403 the jew of the us interior ministry has resigned in protest of the us government's sup

mark smith , the senior diplomat of the british foreign office , has in his work record the issuance of licenses for the export of british weapons. his resignation letter was published under the title of british complicity in war crimes. there is no justification for continued arms sales from london to tel aviv at the same time as the gaza war. i can't knowing that england is also involved in the crimes of israel i have to continue my work. but america has a record of resignation of government officials in protest of the war. the head of political and military affairs of the us state department, josh poole , was the first western and american official who resigned after the start of the war against gaza in the fall of 1402. he is the reason for his resignation. another resigned official of western governments is lily greenberg. in may 1403, it was announced that this senior jewish official of the us interior ministry protested the support of the us government. the reason for his resignation was that he could not continue because the president of the united states has the power to dem

is for the uk to start to stop uh arm sales to the israeli regime, and definitely this move by mark smith uh welcome. by the public here, two-thirds of whom um have made the same demand over 11 months. an absolute legend is what one analyst described, mark smith, um, an analyst i talked to before coming on air, he of course, a diplomat working in counter terrorism um at the british um embassy in dublin in the republic of ireland, um, in his resignation letter that came of course late friday, it's a thing uh here for things like that to come out so late uh in the week uh but it gained traction over the weekend and by sunday evening and and today it was... all over uh the place, in that um resignation letter, mr. smith describes himself as an expert in arms sales policy, that he was lead pen holder and author of the central assessment governing the legality of uk arm sales in the middle east and north africa directorate. that is very important, of course, this these are people who give the government advice on whether or not international humanitarian law is being violate. by the recipient

joining me now is mark smith from wells fargo advisors. you here. >> good morning, frank. >> let's start off with today. futures are well off the highs. what is your "wex" word of the day? >> this is a great opportunity for folks to take stock of what's going on in their portfolio. a lot of folks have been riding high on tech and pretty happy about it. i would say this is a great opportunity to rebalanceyour portfolio. if youyou have investments up 1, and you did not know to sell or hold, this should wake you up and take your winners off the table, not all of them, and diversify aside from high flying tech. >> you are looking beyond high flying tech. i have to talk to you about high flying tech. looking at tech, it has moved in correction territory from the high on july 10th. if you are looking at tech or holding tech or looking to buy into tech, what would you do? would you buy the dip? would you wait? is there more pain ahead? how are you viewing that? >> i think given the run-up over the last two years, you really have to take stock in t

here to discuss is constitutional attorney mark smith. y do you think that he was detained to begin with. they hold him responsible for what users are doing on his site? exactly right that's the game they play. either cooperate with us and be part of the government apparatus and control and monitor things or find a way to make your life uncomfortable. what's happened here, brian, historically the way governments would do this they would threaten the companies. the companies with civil actions like antitrust companies. what's different about the durov case here that makes it so scary they targeted the actual individual owner of the company and they have elevated from civil concerns all the way up to criminal concerns. can go to prison under french law for years. i think that's a big difference than what we have seen for the past few years, brian. >> brian: had you are elon musk, mark zuckerberg obviously you don't control your users good and bad. should you worry if you are traveling to another country get arrested like this because of what

to continue referring to the crimes committed by the zionist regime against the people of gaza, mark smith added that there is no justification for the continued sale of british arms to tel aviv. despite the widespread protests in different british cities to stop supporting the zionist regime, london supplies about 15% of the parts that the zionist regime uses in the f-35 warplanes. also, according to the published documents of the former british government, in the first 8 months of the genocide in gaza, at least 18 licenses were issued for the sale of weapons and military equipment to issued by the zionist regime. the director general of the international atomic energy agency warned about the safety of the zaprazhia nuclear power plant following the early saturday morning pakhbadi attack on the road around the rafael grossi power plant site. he said that in this attack, the road between the two main gates of the zaporizhia power plant was damaged and we are witnessing the escalation of nuclear safety and security risks. at the same time, the general manager of rus atom company and the gen

in his resignation email circulating online, mark smith stresses that there is no justification for the uk's continued armed sales to israel, according to the diplomat based in uk's embassy and dublin, the israeli regime is perpetrating clear and unquestionable war crimes and violations of international law in gaza. since 2008, the uk has granted licenses for weapons exports to israel worth millions of pounds. the british government has been facing mounting nationwide demonstrations against arming israel, particularly ammit the ongoing general war against gaza. well, tehran says: cease fire in gaza will not alter its decision to punish the israeli regime for its recent aggression against iran's sovereignty. we are not looking for intensification of insecurity in the region. we support efforts with good intentions regarding the cease fire. meanwhile we insist on iran's legal right in realizing its rights and punishing the aggressor and creating deterrents against the terrorist regime. stated that the iranian government, in accordance with the un charter and international law has the inhe

referring to the crimes committed by the zionist regime against the people of gaza, mark smith added that there is no justification for the continued sale of british arms to tel aviv. despite the massive protests in different british cities to stop providing arms to the zionist regime in london about 15 it is one of the parts that the zionist regime uses in f-35 warplanes . also, according to the published documents, the former british government issued at least 18 licenses for the sale of weapons and military equipment to the zionist regime in the first 8 months of the genocide in gaza. well, dear and respected compatriots, we have arrived at 13:00. and 25 minutes and the end of this news section, god bless you. in the name of god, i greet you , dear viewers, have a good time. in the last 24 hours , the hottest part of the country is bostan in khuzestan province with a maximum temperature of 51 degrees and the coolest part is varzeghan in east azarbaijan was recorded with a minimum temperature of 8 degrees , among the centers of the provinces, ahvaz with a maximum temperature of 50

here to make the case for both, i'm joined by mark smith from wells fargo, and john belton from growth equities. mark, you have been bullish on gld somebody >> why not? it's a safe haven. if you look at it over the last two years, there are a number of reasons to go into it. number one, geopolitical risks. we just saw yesterday a million barrel just got bombed in the red sea. that could be major issues for a number of different countries, and in fact, could cause further conflict in the middle east. so gld is a safe haven. number two, you have a presidential election. not one candidate is talking about our deficits. and that should be concerning for everyone. gld is another reason -- >> that's probably because both of their programs would raise the deficits. >> exactly. gld makes sense, too. a lot of folks were going to bitcoin in the last two, three years. you're not seeing that as much right now. globally, you're seeing a huge demab demabnd for gold. >> another area you like is utilities. a real safety play. >> absolutely. listen, the elusive soft landing is yet to be seen. and so ut

maria: let me bring in constitutional attorney, mark smith, get your take, mark. good to see you. thanks for being here. whether what do you make of jack smith's new indictment against president trump? >> well, in one sense, maria, it's sort of shocking but on the other hand it's not because this is clearly an ongoing effort by did kamala harris, joe biden administration's department of justice to engage in lawfare against president trump. i agree, this is a case that's not going to get tried anywhere near the november election. why are you wasting time dealing with this? keep in mind, think about the millions of dollars, maria, that are being spent on this prosecution of donald trump that could be better allocated to actually keeping violent street thugs off our streets. it's really quite shocking. again, we know what this is about. this is about getting trump because they could have delayed it, could have stayed the case, everyone agreed. if donald trump is elected he takes over the department of justice and this becomes moot. why are you wasting time in a case that could be moot

and at one point it was very eerie where you looked at the blood and you could see the hand mark of gavin smithn that seat. >> soon the news reached gavin's family. tara was devastated. >> there is no going back from that. >> there was no going back. >> you accepted it? >> you know, you are forced. trauma happens to people all the time. you don't think it is going to happen to you, but it does. you know, when you are ready expect the worst, you think that you can't be shocked, but you can be, is all i can say about that. >> but if gavin was dead, and certainly it looked that way, where was his body? how did his car wind up in the storage locker and above all, who would have wanted him dead? reina lynn seemed an unlikely suspect. she said she had rented the storage unit for someone else. meanwhile, detectives looked further into the affair with gavin and discovered the two had met in rehab. listen two years before gavin disappeared, lisa found out about it. >> i was heartbroken. >> she took an extreme step to save her family. she and two of her sons, then 14 and 20 went to her house to speak fam

smith was instrumental to stephen's success as. he led the drive to end slavery, impeach andrew and push the ratification of the 13th, 14th and 15 amendments to the constitution. in this biography, mark kelley reveals how smith's served the cause of abolition managed stevens household acquired property in her own right, eventually running to boarding houses and cross racialized social boundaries. as many of you are aware, lancaster history engaged in the planning and fundraising to create the thaddeus stevens and lydia hamilton smith center for history and democracy in, the house on south queen street, where mr. stevens law office was located, where stevens and smith lived with her two sons and his two adopted nephews. i hope you will visit our website and click on the link to the stevenson smith's for additional information. the project tonight, dr. kelley will discuss some of the negative forces arrayed against mrs. smith, as well as the middle ground people who can sintered her a little more than a housekeeper, but then also a third group who look upon her as a heroic woman who accomplished too much as a businesswoman, supported stevens in his elaborate and dangerous underground r

>> i found this very interesting story that a diplomat in the foreign office called mark smith resignedoreign office with israel's war crimes committed against the palestinians. he was an expert or is an expert in arms sales policy , and his view is that we policy, and his view is that we should have banned arms sales to israel because our bombs and our bullets are involved in war crimes and crimes. >> very small proportion of our arms that are sent to israel, though, isn't it? >> even if that were true, what it is true, even if that were true, is true. >> even if that were true what it is, i'm just saying it is. >> okay. well even if that were true. but it is true. what? i'm. what? i'm what i'm saying is that would still make us complicit if our parts that go into f—16 jets and f—35 jets, which then end up, laying gaza to rubble, then we are complicit. it doesn't matter the size or the scale. i mean, actually the scale is larger than you're suggesting, but that doesn't matter. we are complicit. we are complicit through our bombs, our bullets and our diplomatic cover. we are complicit w

idea that the vice president wears two hats is another incident instance, kind of like mark meadows, where jack smith determined to get meadows and pence on the witness stand. he was able to get them in grand jury as if there was no such thing as executive privilege. he wants them for this case and so he's out on a limb and again, if the judge disagrees or the hearing and there's going to be a hearing about what stuffs fair game and what's not. if she disagrees that pence doesn't really wear two hats when it comes to a president talking to his vice president that's going to be a problem too. i think i think i just made 20 bucks. >> thanks, everyone. nice to talk to all of you after weeks of criticism for not doing press, it is happening. kamala harris set to face cnn's cameras for her first interview. and governor tim walz will be what the vice president it's well, what to expect next first interview. harris and walz, cnn exclusive thursday 99, in our family, there was a passion for glass making that's passed down through the generations we stood on some pretty broad shoulders to get to where we're a

mark. hank smith is investor strategist at haverford trust. hank, were you at the watch party?nteresting, i believe "the wall street journal" commented because there were no major sporting events going, particularly nfl football, this was the best event in town. >> so you were listening closely, what did you take away, obviously strong numbers across the board. but maybe expectations that were impossibly high if you look across the street? >> yeah, but they exceeded expectations both on the top line and the bottom line. and, look, when you're growing as fast as they are, younitpick. o o overall, a very strong earnings report. and the current chip hopper is still seeing strong demand. and you're only a quarter or two away from the next generation, blackwell, coming. so that's just a sign of how important this company to the buildout of a.i. across the entire tech industry. >> why do you think the staock s off? it's not off by a lot, 2.5%? >> well, you have to be look, don't forget, earlier this month, had it a 25% drawdown from a high in june of 140. it got down to 100, or 101,

and american duo vincent hancock and austin smith won silver in the inaugural mixed team skeet shooting final. it marksic medal for hancock, four gold, one silver. and the second for smith, who also took a bronze in women's skeet. and the women's three on three basketball team ended on a high note after three straight losses to begin pool play and earned a bronze medal with a 16-13 victory over canada. the united states does continue to lead the olympics in the overall medal count, a healthy margin. but remains tied with china for gold medals, 21 apiece. >>> time now for the weather, and let's go to meteorologist angie lassman up there at 30 rock. angie has been keeping track of tropical storm debby. what's the latest? what can the southeast expect today? >> good morning, jonathan. the southeast is going to expect more of the same here over the next day today and next couple of days. we've still got tropical storm debby holding on with winds 45 miles per hour. batches of rain working its way into south carolina and georgia included in that as well. we saw some spots yesterday with that landfalling syst

yes, woodward talked to mark felt and mark felt talked to andy smith of time magazine but woodward and bernstein were knocking on a lot of doors, the president, prosecutors, they had multiple sources so this was not by any means purely an fbi thing . the best book on this is called leak by max holland. he wrote the book about felt basically and about, max really got into those questions so i would recommend if you want to know what really happened, i have found that to be the most useful book on how watergate ... is a big topic and woodward and bernstein played a critical role but there are many others. >> host: our producer is looking to see if we've covered that and you can watch leak on our website at and you can watch leak on our website@booktv.org. you talked about that being the best book in your view , herman woke who just passed, 101 years old and robert penn warren, all the ngmen. john meacham, is he a friend of yours? >> i love that book because he inhabited bush and it's all biographers wish to get into the head of the heart of our subject, it's hard to do. we do our best bu

mark also talked to sandy smith of "time magazine" primarily. but woodward and bernstein were knocking on a lot of doors. multiple sources. so this is not by any means, purely an fbi thing. the best book on this is called, leak. by max call him. he wrote the book about felt. he really got into this question. i would recommend, if you want to know kind of what really happens, i found that to be the most useful book. >> i know our producer nick is checking to see if booktv covered that book and we will let you know and then you can watch leaked on our website at booktv.org. you talked about that being the best book in your view on that topic.some of your favorite books include - - just passed. 101 years old. robert warren, all the kings men. john meacham. is he a friend of yours? >> he's a close friend of mine. he inhabited george h.w. bush. more biographers wish to do this to get into the head of or the whole heart of our subject. it's hard to do. we do our best but we fall short. john meacham actually succeeded. it may be the singular book where

their own in the women's 4x100 medley relay, the team of regan smith, lilly king, gretchen walsh and torri huske breaking their own previous mark china won bronze. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today at the olympics. in gymnastics, harry hepworth�*s become the first british man to win a medal in the vault. he took bronze with jake jarman one place behind in fourth. great britain's wait for a first 0lympic men's hockey medal since 1988 continues after they lost to india at the quarter—final stage. with the scores level at 1—1 it went to a tense shootout. kumar pal scoring the winner here to make it 4—2. and charlotte purdue has pulled out of next weekend's women's marathon because of an ankle injury. she was set to make her 0lympic debut but will now be replaced by clara evans. novak djokovic has finally done it, after 16 years, he's won the one remaining major title that was missing from his collection. he's become just the fifth player after steffi graf, andre agassi, rafael nadal and serena williams to complete the "�*golden slam' to complete the "golden slam" of winning all four major

smith reports. supporters of palestinians from across south korea rallied in the capital soul as the country marked its liberation from japan after world war ii in 1945. protest leaders from palestine reminded participants that israel's genocide continues. we must not forget that horrific atrocities committed by israel, especially in the gaza strip. israel recently bombed another school committing atrocities and it's now sending ground troops again into cano. all kinds of people joined the protest with the us recently approving billions of dollars more military aid for israel. many americans recognized their government's complete. "how can the us claim to be pushing for a ceasefire while arming the aggressor? this is the contradiction that emboldens israel as it makes gaza wasteland and calls it peace. the us is not a mediator in this so-called conflict, it is partner in genocide. still pro-americanism was on display as the country marks its 79th liberation day, although south koreans remain divided on the us role here. part of south korean's sympathy for the palestinian cause stems from its histor

in just his fourth test match, smith made his first hundred for england. no one expects it to be his last. then markwd. the catch here merits some close attention. one handed, not for show, but for a practical purpose. there was a drink to hold and protect in the other hand. very difficult to coach such technique, as england's staff acknowledged — minimal spills, full respect and england led. yeah, sri lanka began their second innings 122 runs behind and they were soon in trouble. 0—1 trouble. 1—2 trouble. quick wickets were welcome news in particularfor england's captain. ollie pope was leading on the field while the injured ben stokes retains a strong influence. in fact, at times, it seemed like he was everywhere. sri lanka's skipper was out lbw, with his side still trailing. but there's normally light in a test match if you really seek it, and sri lanka then steadily batted towards it. a significant partnership built between angelo mathews and kamindu mendis, shifting the mood. sri lanka closed 82 ahead but six wickets down. mathews fell to a catch even the crowd might have been proud of. joe wil

sorry, suella braverman, of course , mark braverman, of course, mark francois, the ian duncan smith andw rosindell. that is the rump of the tory right wing because the party's mainly based in the south. it's quite centrist and the concern is going to be going into this three month long leadership campaign is that the parties might put up two quite centrist candidates for the membership, but the membership remains quite right wing and they want to work out who is this right winger, who we can support. are we going to be offered up? basically almost liberal democrat type policies for a party, which is its membership base is quite right wing. that is the challenge. i think facing this party. >> okay. >> okay. >> well, christopher hope, thank you very much for joining us >> well, christopher hope, thank you very much forjoining us and you very much for joining us and indeed the rest of your exclusive interview will be shown tonight at 8:00 on state of the nation, and you can listen to the full interview on chopper's political podcast out tomorrow from six in the morning. >> but coming up, w

women of team usa soccer take on brazil for the gold, marking the first time the u.s. will actually play for gold since 2012. stanford sophia smith, who scored that win over germany in the semifinal match, talks about that moment when victory struck. honestly, i just saw a little opening in the net and knew that i had to put the ball there and do that for our team, and i feel like i don't remember a lot that happened. it all happened so fast, but yeah, mao played an absolutely perfect pass and i knew i just had to get on the end of it. you're going to be able to hear more from smith on the today show. she'll be on in just a little bit as well. so check that out. and they are swimming and shimmering in silver. after the u.s. women's artistic swimming team won a medal, their first in 20 years, these women are hard core athletes. they're a combo of gymnasts, dancer and deep sea diver, and they do it all in perfect synchronicity. lots of synchronized clapping in the bay area for jacqueline lieu from milpitas and incoming stanford freshman megumi field and audrey kwan, now the women impressing the judges and the rest of us terrestrial

in just his fourth test match, smith made his first hundred four england, no one expects it to be his last. then mark hand. very difficult to coach such technique, as england staff acknowledged, minimalspills, full respect, and england led. sri lanka 's start of the second innings 122 runs behind and they were soon in trouble. 0—1 trouble. 1—2 trouble. quick wickets were welcome news in particularfor england because my captain. ollie pope was leading on the field while the injured ben stokes retains a strong influence. in fact, at times seemed like he was everywhere. sri lanka's skipper was out lbw with his side still trailing. but there is normally light in a test match if you really seek it and longer than steadily battered towards it, a significant partnership built between angela matthews, shifting the mood. sri lanka closed 82 ahead but six wickets down. matthews fell to a catch, even the crowd might have been proud of. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. world number one nelly korda has a three—shot lead after a blemish—free 68 in the second round of the women's open at st andrews. the american

more moderate positions on various things marking a vast contrast from whener previous stances, i'm bret baier in for bill hemmer. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith in for dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." the first time harris faced formal questions during her candidacy. she defended her moves to the center but while mostly avoiding specifics, she claims her core values have not changed. >> generally speaking, how should voters look at some of the changes that you've made that you've explained some of here in your policy? should they feel comfortable and confident that what you are saying now is going to be your policy moving forward? >> i think the most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. >> bret: five years ago we heard a much different tune on a litany of hot button issues. >> we've got to critically re-examine ice and its role and the way that it is being administered and the work it is doing and need to probably think about starting from scratch. in question i'm in favor of banning fracking. folks have plenty enough problems instead of a wall. that wall ain'

im team usa's regan smith is on a silver streak, her third in paris after a second place finish in 200 back. one shot will determine gold, sage and maddalena missed the mark in the final of the 50 meter three position rifle, but her silver ended a seven day u.s. medal drought in shooting, its longest since 1988. now, the best thing she could do is visualize that she's in the backyard. just let the arrow fly. and it was on target. i've been dreaming of that moment for such a long time, and i think we both worked really hard for this, bringing a bronze medal for the u.s. in mixed team archery with teammate brady ellison as team. and we got our hands on some of that archery gear. look at this bow. it's an absolute beast. they go for around $4,000. it's five feet tall, bigger than my producer here. and it's about 50 pounds of resistance just to pull that string back. i mean, they make it look so easy, but it's really, really difficult. there's even a target and aim here that's the size of a pencil point and they're going 77 yards away. so when you think about a football field, i mean that is quite a feat. raj janelle, i know your producer sarah, and you're ri

connected to trump's new york case after jack smith tries again to indict president trump, jim jordan live, joined to the conversation strategic wealth partners ceo markper, "fox & friends" cohost todd piro. right here, "mornings with maria" is live right here right now. ♪. maria: it is time for the hot topic of hour, candidates hitting the campaign trail, president trump back in michigan while the harris team will be in savannah georgia that's where she will sit down for the first meeting interview since biden dropped out of the race 40 days ago, though she's been out and for a solo appearance she is sitting with cnn dana bash alongside of her running mate tim walz this is where we get a sneak peak into what it's like to interview the vice president the new york times as one of the reporters to describe the process from the two times she spoke with kamala harris describe it as argue was. i was trying to sit there platitude to find a specific vision of the story that she was telling about herself because it was not clear, when she sat down i asked her if she liked her job and she said she did but she didn't like doing this, i thought she would want to

smith bat. in just his fourth test match he made his first hundred for england. nobody expects it to be his last. then mark a attention, one—handed, not forsure but for a practical purpose. a drink to hold and protect on the other hand. very difficult to coach such technique, as the england staff acknowledged. minimum spills, full respect and england lead. sri lanka began their second innings 122 runs behind and they were soon in trouble. 0—1 trouble. 1— to trouble. quick wickets where welcome news in particular for england's captain. ollie pope reading on the field while the injured ben stokes retains a strong influence. in fact, at times, it seemed like he was everywhere. the sri lankan skipper was out lbw with his side still trailing, but there is normally light in a test match if you really seek it and sri lanka then steadily batted towards it, a significant partnership built between angelo mathews and commend mendez, shifting the mood. matthews on 65 and not taken. it is these moments in a test that have you regretting and keep you guessing. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. and cricketerjamie smith

smith's innings here left england in a strong position, old trafford now a stage for mark wood to expresss england's staff acknowledged minimal spills. full respect. so the crowd enjoyed england getting to 328 in their first innings, that gave them a lead of 122 runs. we had time then for overs ahead right there. it was a catch and he was out for 20. if he felt he should have done even more, that may well be a sign that he soon will. for the lead, to stretch past 100 and for the crowd to have fun. that needs a replay. one handed. you can't coach that as england's staff acknowledged minimal spills. so the crowd enjoyed england getting to 328 in their first innings, that gave them a lead of 122 runs. we had time then for overs of sri lanka second innings and in that time england took two wickets, one for works and one for atkinson. i have to say that the energy and tenacity that we saw from sri lanka in the first two days of this test match hasn't really been in evidence so far here today. remember, we do technically have two days to come over the weekend, scheduled for this test match with

mark edwards. to cricket and england are in the driving seat after the third day of their first test against sri lanka at old trafford, an all round performance from the hosts with jamie smithompleting his maiden test century before the bowlers did the damage to leave sri lanka 82 runs ahead but with just four wickets remaning. joe wilson was at old trafford for us while england's immediate task is to try to win the test match. the broader aim is to build a side capable of winning the ashes. jamie smith fits the bill in both regard. he was so technically correct, so composed in making his first test match hundred for england here, i think everyone believes there will be many, many more. well, smith's innings in particular enabled england to build the first innings lead of 122. sri lanka's second innings began like the first, with a collapse. they were revived by angela matthews, saving his very best cricket, it seems, for england. and much younger mendez, a real significant partnership for them to stop only really afternoon early evening when england took a couple of wickets, including angela matthews did their confidence return. still work to be done for england in this te

reassign smith under the direction of the biden-appointed united states states attorney in florida and he could be up and running now. they've decided to appeal instead. >> bret: another topic. markerg at meta and this letter to the judiciary committee. in 2021 he writes senior officials from the biden administration pressured our teams for months to censor certain covid-19 content including humor and satire and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree. the believe the government pressure was wrong and regret we were not more outspoken about it. i also think we made some choices that with the benefit of hindsight and new information we wouldn't make today. he goes on to talk also about the hunter biden case and the disinformation and the squelching of those stories on his platform. what do you make of that in the big picture? >> well, i think two things, bret. first it would have been nice to have zuckerberg's testimony in connection with the case that the supreme court considered at the end of the term where they basically found that the people who brought the case against the government officials who induced the tech didn't have standing to sue them. t

smith is the man of the match. i think thatis is the man of the match. i think that is a reflection on his first innings, hitting the century marks, but also the injectionsere this afternoon. it is probablyjust what ben stokes would have done! studio: thank you very much, joe wilson. let's ta ke let's take you back to the premier league. defending champions manchester city have continued their flawless start to the season with a convincing 4—1 win over newly promoted ipswich town. erling haaland, who else, the hat—trick hero for pep guardiola's side, although it's worth noting that ipswich actually took the lead before normal service was resumed. it was a good game. they started really well, on the front foot. they can do a good transition, they make a good goal, but we play really, really well. greater loads of chancesin really well. greater loads of chances in the first—half, the second they changed to five on the back, and the spaces under lap with our midfield, we had incredible control, we had chances, so will be pleased to start the season in that way. it pleased to start the season in that wa . . , pleased to start the season in that wa , ., , ple