i just spoke with the nordstrom ceo and asked him about the rising risks of the delta variant.ad to say >> overall, we're seeing a continuing of opening up, of people excited to just get back out there. and at particular stores store traffic has been rebounding in a really encouraging way. others, there is uncertainty for us, how do we deal with that we focus on our customers. but we have to be really nimble. we have to respond what customers are looking for. today it has been a positive direction. >> nordstrom also seeing a lot of option in the actions pits today. let's get to mike khouw with more on that mike, what are you seeing? >> yeah, so we actually saw a tremendous amount of options activity across the retail space. nordstrom was certainly one of them we also saw that in gap stores, kohl's, targets, macy's, all of these were seeing a lot of activity nordstrom's saw a big put sale on 2.4 times the daily options volume but that put is more of a bullish. some people are expressing a great deal of distress, willing to get long on the stock at a lower level and of course tar

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has finally ditched its efforts to stop the construction of the nordstrom to pipeline. the project is set to double supplies of russian natural gas to germany under the baltic sea. and on wednesday, it was announced that washington had managed to eke out a compromise with berlin. separately, the russian president and german chancellor both expressed their satisfaction that the pipeline is approaching completion. leaders are satisfied that the construction of the north term to pipeline is nearly finished. the russian president noted germany's consistent commitment to the implementation of the project, which is exclusively of a commercial nature, and is aimed at bolstering the energy security of germany and the e. u. while the u. s. germany deal means supplies will be able to bypass ukraine, but it is not entirely out of pocket key of gets $175000000.00 for infrastructure development. and the current trends deal must stay in place. and that means it can still collect fees. moscow has also been warned that there will be punishment if it uses the new pipeline for political

the nordstrom rack store will close its south of market location on october 1st.he san francisco business times reports that nordstrom rack is combining its digital and physical assets to offer customers a better product selection, improved delivery speed and increased convenience. the ninth street store has been open for 20 years. the nordstrom rack on market street will remain open a statewide flex alert expire tonight without any issues, but the warning has people thinking about how to avoid losing power in the future. the spike in people looking at solar storage up next plus thousands of people are dealing with long term side effects from the coronavirus and the wildfire. smoke isn't helping. i'll be back here with the forecast. it includes the five day and a weekend just around the corner. i'll s [hippo groans melodically] [iguana belts major 3rd] [gator reverb] [splash] [singing indri sings] [elephant trumpets] [buffalo punish timpani] [cassowary crescendo] ♪ [goat does a sick vibrato] ♪ senate voted 67 to 32 to formally start work on the legislation. 17 rep

the pipelines potential to threaten ukraine. aside from the and past surrounding the baltic sea, nordstrom too, there's also still no final agreement on punitive steel tariffs and there are differing approaches to china as well. but after for difficult years is biden's predecessor donald trump. merkle, washington trip, as seen as a rebuild to german american friendship. well, let's discuss this further with president of the info institutes for economic research clemens 1st. thanks for joining us on, be to be you business. let's talk about china, which we only briefly touched on that because there are differences of opinion between the 2 leaders on this on back certainly are for the us. china is primarily a geo political competitor arising power in, in the asian region. and also globally, for germany, a china is mostly a trade partner, very important export destination and the trade partner for import. it's also important investment destination. at the same time, there are common interest for instance, in human rights. but still the perspectives are very different. yes, one is more about co

tv topping the agenda, nordstrom, you, president biden still feeds the german russian gas pipeline as a bad deal. and also a danger for european energy security. germany disagrees for weeks. berlin and washington have been trying without success to find a solution, acceptable to both sides. i appreciate that one is that a few weeks ago, u. s. foreign minister anthony blink. and warranty yet again about the pipelines potential to threaten ukraine. aside from the and past surrounding the baltic sea nordstrom to there's also still no final agreement on punitive steel tariffs and there are differing approaches to china as well. but after for difficult years, the final predecessor donald trump merkle is washington trip, as seen as a rebuild to german american friendship. let's discuss this further with president of the info institutes for economic research clemons 1st. thanks for joining us on b w. business. let's talk about china, which we only briefly touched on that because there are differences of opinion between the 2 leaders on this on back certainly are for the us. china is primaril

it seems that fine, he washington has accepted that the nordstrom to gas pipeline to europe is going ahead that the u. s. and germany has agreed that dependence on russian energy poses a security threat. or the 2 countries reached a deal providing support for ukraine, which is bypassed by the pipeline number seeking to ensure that the current gas transit pack between russia and ukraine remains in place here. will also receive 175000000 for the development of eco friendly infrastructure. the joint statement, which followed the agreement also contains some watts of warning for moscow. the united states and germany are steadfast, in their support for ukraine sovereignty territorial integrity, independence, and chosen european pass. the united states and germany are united in their determination to hold, rush her to account for its aggression and malign activities by imposing costs to our sanctions. and other tools just a few weeks ago, it was announced that the construction phase of no stream to would be completed next month. after that, it takes around 3 months for certification and sa

a very welcome to you in germany and the united states have reached a deal over russia's nordstrom to gas pipeline, to europe. the sides agree that dependence on russian energy poses a security threat. well, this deal, it's been struck between berlin and washington, essentially means that the united states will not actively try and stop the north stream to gas pipeline from opening up. some would say the time for doing that with already well past the project is almost finished in about the start running. but what this deal does mean is that there will be major investment in ukraine from both germany, the united states. germany will be acting as a mediator, or at least at cold on germany, to act as a mediator between russia, gas problem, and ukraine's enough, the gas in order to get a new contract. a new deal, sir, for transit rights for russian guest pass across ukrainian territory into europe. they're looking for an extension of the deal until 2034 or so the current deal expires in 2024. so it's a 10 year extension. thereafter. at the moment, the rumblings from the russian side of be

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next year, we will have the we talked about russia and ukraine and the conflict about nordstrom -- nordstrom- nord stream. let me say clearly that our idea remains that ukraine remains a transit country for natural gas, that ukraine has a right to territorial sovereignty so that we become engaged and continue to be engaged. we will be actively acting should russia not respect the right of ukraine that has as a transit country. this is not a project to replace any kind of plans. this would obviously create a lot of tension. we are talking about how we can actually make this very clear together. we also talked about other priorities in our farm policy. wherever human rights are not guaranteed, we will make our voices heard and make clear we don't agree with this. we are also for territorial integrity of all the countries of the world. we also talked about the many facets of the corporation and competition with china. obviously, there are a lot of challenges ahead. on the nuclear agreement, we think that everything ought to be done in order to bring this to a successful conclusion. we think tha

we're in saks, neiman marcus, nordstrom, blue mercury, macy's, bloomingdale's.ed about it. >> beauty inclusivity. what does that mean to you? >> not just doing things for optics. meaning including a diverse array of people, products, et cetera. that's what really inspires me about what 13 lune is doing, is helping to set a new standard of how all brands should look about including others and being more diverse. from inside out. from top down. >> reporter: lulu says the visibility bamba curls received on 13 lune helped pave the way for partnerships with major retailers. >> these curls are going to be bamba. we've sold out at nordstrom, we've sold out at 13 lune, hopefully selling out at bloomingdale's and macy's too. >> you literally can't keep up with demand? >> yes, we literally can't keep up with demand. >> what is it like for you, the dominican immigrant girl in you, to know that your baby, that you created, is featured in these giant american corporations? >> i am my ancestors' wildest dreams. to know that i'm doing this for my culture, for my community, mak

you gotta understand that this whole sanctions over a gas began nordstrom to begin under trump. when the us had a lot of natural gas and prices were falling. and you know, the industry, oil industry, which trump was running a interference for their solution, was to make the europeans force them to buy us gas. that would cause prices arise in the us as well as more volume sales in europe. but the problem was, the gas was just too much more expensive and the europeans just re did it out. and then now you got to know the done deal and they got to cover it up somehow. you know, bio was coming back with his tax concessions. and they position the whole thing with regard to ukraine to make it look like the u. s. is still being tough and isn't considered in russia. and finally, south africa is still reeling from its most devastating riots in decades. sparked by the recent jailing of former president, jacob's a few mom. and while the case has led to more than $200.00 deaths and thousands of arrests, local fear, the situation could father deteriorate economic losses on weight loss $200000

you got to understand that this whole sanctions over a gas began nordstrom to begin under trump, when the us had a lot of natural gas and prices were falling. and you know, the industry, oil industry, which trump was running a interference for their solution, was to make the europeans force them to buy us gas. that would cause prices arise in the us as well as more volume sales in europe. but the problem was, the gas was just too much more expensive and the european just waited is out. and then now you got to know the done deal and they got to cover it up somehow. you know, bio was coming back with his tax concessions and they position the whole thing, you know, with regard to ukraine to make it look like the u. s. is still being tough and isn't constrained in russia. russian calling on the european court of human rights to take action over ukraine. and it's fast interstate complaint. most gra mentions a wide range of relations electrically conducted by kids, including causing civilian casualties. prosecuting janice and the suppression of ukraine's russian speaking population. the aim

german economists, we spoke to say america's attempts to stop nordstrom to violated basic international legal principles. then andrew, i get the impression that it's the u. s. that using its energy policy to further its interest. i don't think the russia had to use his gas as a political tool or weapon in the gas conflict around ukraine boils down to the fact that he was stealing gas and failed to pay bills. i see this agreement on north streams who has a victory for international law since the measures the u. s. is using. it's like the position of sanctions where america itself is not directly concerned, are completely unacceptable and thank god, common sense prevailed in the end and the pipeline will be completed represents a victory of sense and loss rather than that of food like it's been highly critical of the west sanction policy because the west is often imposed sanctions summarily not bothering to prove why they needed placing them on me. stations such notions at american national security on the basis of which sanctions are being imposed has no legal definition whatsoever. in t

you told this committee that you believed to nordstrom to pipeline would have disastrous effects on u. s. national security. that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic and energy blackmail from russia, and that it would enrich and power to carry out that blackmail. you continue to believe that i do sen, german economists, we spoke to say america attempts to stop nordstrom to violated basic international legal principles. it didn't, andrew, i get the impression that it's the u. s. diffusing its energy policy to further, it's interesting, i don't think the russia has used his gas as a political tool or weapon and the gas conflict around ukraine boils down to the fact that he was stealing gas and failed to pay bills. i see this agreement on north stream to as a victory for international law since the measures the u. s. is using like the imposition of sanctions, where america itself is not directly concerned, are completely unacceptable and thank god, common sense prevailed in the end and the pipeline will be completed. it represents a vi

the pipelines potential to threaten ukraine. aside from the impasse surrounding the baltic sea, nordstrom to, there's also is still no final agreement on unit of steel tariffs and there are differing approaches for china as well. after for difficult years with biden's predecessor donald trump merkel washington trip is being touted as a reboot to german american friendship. and american farms are watching closely as the e. you laid out its plans for a great deal on wednesday. the major climate plan touches on all aspects of european business and trade, including and import duty on carbon intensive products and new emissions standards . i asked simone, a memo from the american chamber of commerce in germany. what us businesses, me just the new measures. i think all our member companies say there has to be something done and there will be a transformation and we cannot deny it. climate if it's the threat nowadays, we just had terrible accidents here in germany and because with heavy rain, so we have to do something. so i think it's a good start to start with a package like that you dance and

you told this committee that you believed the nordstrom to pipeline would have disastrous effects on u. s. national security. that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic and energy blackmail from russia and that it would enrich and power to carry out that blackmail. do you continue to believe that i do sen? we spoke to an economist jack rasmus, who says that the u. s. concession could be assigned that biden simply did not have another card to play. i think you got to look at an context as a recent meetings and discussions between biden and europeans, particularly jeremy. you know, the germans, the europeans conceded and us position on the global tax and not taxing us tech companies. i think this is probably a quid pro quo to some extent of biking, can feeding what as everyone knows, it's already a done deal and allowing the germans to continue and get the cheaper gas. you got to understand that this whole sanctions over a gas began nordstrom to began under trump, when the us had a lot of natural gas and prices were falling. and you kn

so, when you look at retail, mike brings up nordstrom, macy's, when you look at names of people still flush with cash, they're is not ending until september and this is proposed to be ending in september. people are in much better positions than they were pre-pandemic bookings on all of these companies are higher than pre-pandemic not higher in the last six months, higher before we got hit with a train wreck so that means a lot to me. people that are watching the trade, watch earnings. don't watch the ten-year >> well to be fair -- we're always watching earnings every week is an earnings season as we know that. i like steve's point we could book the trip now but you spend on the trip when you take it maybe in five or six weeks. we'll get more on business travel later in the show i don't want to give too much away but as we look ahead to next week, what is the most important thing to you is it one of the earnings, is the fed coming up on jackson hole and what is the most bo important thing to pete. >> it has to be earnings and what kind of delivery are we going to hear from apple and f

you got to understand that this whole sanctions over a gas began nordstrom to began under trump, when the us had a lot of natural gas and prices were falling. and you know, the industry, oil industry, which trouble is running interference for their solution, was to make the europeans forced them to buy us gas. that would cause prices arise in the us as well as more volume sales in europe. but the problem was, the gas was just too much more expensive and the pins just waited out. doing that now you got to know the done deal and they got to cover up somehow, you know, buyers coming back with his tax concessions and they position a whole thing with regard to ukraine to make it look like the u. s. is still being tough and isn't considered in russia. germany is scrambling to overcome the aftermath of the was flooding in western europe in years. hundreds are still missing as hopes faith that moves survivors will be found underneath the rubble of the flash floods struck quest in germany, part of belgium, the netherlands on luxembourg. in germany, though the death tolls was 200 people, with m

hopefully, we can put this nordstrom to project to rest. no, all right, thanks for being with us. at least 25 people have been killed and more than 100000 evacuated to safety after devastating floods had china on tuesday. the country has been deluged with what weather forecasters are calling the heaviest rains in a millennium through the hour. all right, so let's break down what is happening across the country here on this map. in red, you can see the worst hit region, china's central hannon province that its largest city jang, who is located on the yellow river. the banks of which have burst weather forecasters paint a grim few days to come with more heavy rain and strong winds. the typhoon causing all of this havoc is expected to hit the nearby coastal regions in yellow among them. shanghai, let us now zoom in on you proper, which has seen some of the most dramatic events. check this out. what you can see here is a waterfall inside juice airport coming down through the roof. things were so bad at the hub that it was unable to accept incoming flights for 26 hours. and parts of th

you told this committee that you believed to nordstrom to pipeline would have disastrous effects on u. s. national security. that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic energy blackmail from russia, and that it would enrich and in power to carry out that blackmail. do you continue to believe that i do sen? while this is clearly a political issue in the united states, as far as russia is concerned, this is all about business attempts to portray us as an aggressor and the country, carrying out malicious activities have long been a hallmark of rooster folks. threats towards russia are groundless and useless. we have repeatedly stressed that the nor swim too and other russian export pipelines are business arrangements with the countries that buy our gas. or this deal between the united states and germany does seem to mean that the north stream to gas pipeline will be up and running and sending rushes death into germany and into the rest of europe. or sometime by the end of this year, professor of political political economics, jack rasmuss

you told this committee that you believed to nordstrom to pipeline would have disastrous effects on u. s. national security. that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic energy blackmail from russia, and that it would enrich and power to carry out that blackmail. do you continue to believe that i do sen will not stream to it's clearly a very political issue in the united states in russia. they view it as a purely commercial project. they say that selling gas to germany is just that, that they doing energy deals with an energy partner that they've done energy deals with for a very long time. the me to repress golf, the presidential spokes person in russia. as saying that russia had never used energy in order to pressure any of the nation and never would use energy to pressure any of the nation. or peter, lacking berlin, thank you. at least 25 people have been killed more than a 100000. evacuated off the devastating floods had china on tuesday. the country's been deluge with what the weather forecasters are calling the heaviest rains in t

nordstrom is trying to boost its appeal among younger shoppers. one of britain's best known apparel brands and several other labels owned by a-sos. nordstrom will become the only brick-and-mortar presence for the brand. elon musk said he turned down wall street jobs to focus on wall street. he was questioned by his lawyer today in wilmington, delaware about his company's acquisition of solarcity. he founded a company that eventually became paypal and made his first million when paypal was sold to ebay. that is your bloomberg business flash. i want to take a quick take on where the markets are because it is a massive week. cpi data coming up tomorrow, ppi wednesday, and we also have bank earnings. j.p. morgan and goldman sachs kicking off tomorrow morning. s&p 500 at 43.78 and the banks are leading the charge. rallying for percent on friday. in the bond market we go nowhere on the 10 year yield. just shy of 1.36% after a $38 billion 10 year option we got earlier today. investors not too pleased -- excuse me, not to upset about the supply takedown.

-- controversial nordstrom to -- controversial nord stream 2 pipeline. this allows germany to take action if russia tries to use oil as a weapon against ukraine. -- we'll spend more than $47 billion this decade to electrify the luxury carmaker. mercedes plans to launch new electric vehicle platforms in 2025 and will set up eight more battery factories with partners. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm laura wright. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is an existential issue. we already see people in various parts of the world losing their lives to the impact of climate crisis, and we need to respond. the 20 countries that are the major economies of the world really need to step up and come up with reductions that can keep the minimal amount of damage possibilities and focus. jonathan: john kerry there, the u.s. special presidential envoy for climate. good morning. alongside tom keene, i'm jonathan ferro, together this morning with kailey leinz. lisa bac

the nordstrom pipeline from russia to germany that is on the verge of being finished and that the u.s against in the past but has not yet put any sanctions in play, that is going to come up as well. because of the flooding, i would not be surprised if they talk about the environment, climate change. a key global issue that both germany and the biden administration care deeply about. but once again, rebuilding relations, reemphasizing that the u.s. sees germany as a key player in what biden has described as this epic struggle between democracies and authoritarian governments, that is gng to be a topic. even if germanyoes not always see things the same way as the biden administration. ros: normally, if a leader is at the end of his or her term, she is perhaps not seen as valuable to other world leaders, but angela merkel is such a huge figure in the world, maybe joe biden could use her presence is important? >> i think so. i think she has cast such a shadow over european relations with the u.s. over the past 16 years that you have her here, have her talking about the importance of conti

tonight, there is now nothing standing in that nordstrom two pipeline between russia and germany, andaine is worried. we will be right back. ♪ ■oÑxll9úú >> emmanuel macron's special meeting this us the protocols are to be adjusted. meanwhile, morocco is to sue the authors of the news story for defamation. french police under pressure as a legal move brings accusations of human rights violations.

the nordstrom rack on market will stay open.ncisco is keeping a popular program designed to help businesses during the pandemic. mayor london breed signed a measure making the city's park let's program permanent. it enables restaurants to apply for a permit to use sidewalks, parking spots and curbside lanes for outdoor dining. businesses will have to pay a fee of up to $3000 a year for a single parking space. small businesses can apply for a two year fee waiver. well the 49ers have returned to the field and fans are back in the stands will give you a sneak peek at training camp as the team prepares f california! during a flex alert, let's keep our power up and running. set ac cooler and use big appliances before 4pm. then from 4-9pm reduce use and take it easy on our energy. sign up today. i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is oft

the chancellor has been very firm about the fact that she thinks -- brent: the nordstrom pipeline connects russia to germany. she says it is about another way of getting natural gas to germany. she has always tried to separate geopolitics from business deals. they will not talk about it because she won't be chancellor in a few months. >> will they resolve it? most likely not. that is the crux of the issue. whether this pipeline will remove the little bit of leverage the ukraine still has vis-À-vis russia by allowing russia to divert its gastric to germany and thereby -- gas straight to germany, it is pretty odd timing this week. that she is there just as vladimir putin has issued his historical interpretation of ukraine's status. that ukraine has no right to be an independent country at all but should be a part of russia. you can believe the discussion will not be an easy one. biden is against this. for angela merkel, it is a blend of energy policy, energy security for germany but also her very steadfast belief that it is important to keep lines of communication open. that includes china a

you told this committee that you believed at the nordstrom to pipeline would have disastrous effects on u. s. national security. that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic energy blackmail from russia, and that it would enrich and power to carry out that black male. you continue to believe that i do sen or while node stream to is a huge political issue in the united states. the russian point of view on this is that this is always been a business project, a commercial project, and one that's being done in the fact that it's been done with germany, with a partner that they have a long standing. well, history of cooperation with when it comes to energy and in particular, the gas sector. thanks for that. at least 25 people have been killed and more than 100000 evacuated off the devastating floods china. on tuesday, the country's been deluged with what weather forecasters are calling the heaviest rains in a millennium. ah, toilets breakdown what's happening across the country as we show you this map here in the red you can see the worst h

the nordstrom to pipeline is almost complete. that's why the white house says it's too late to take punitive action in the form of sanctions against germany. president biden hope waving sanctions will allow for future diplomatic conversations with germany about potential negative impacts. the pipeline could create. kimberly help kit al jazeera, the white house. hundreds of protests for gathered in the rocky city of not 3 or 3 days after a devastating hospital fire cold. more than 60 people. the families of victims accuse health of visions of negligence. corruption, calling for an investigation, a hood of the why had ripples up now and he will be square. this is the main city, a 50 in southern iraq. i get a lot of condemning what they consider negligence, mismanagement, and corruption in the city say that they will continue protesting every day and live until the government really did conclusions of the investigation commission invented by an outbreak and amendment or seeing how the claim lived. doesn't go with 900 patients one da

nations in particular, in the past several years, in the case of russia in china, and in the case of nordstrom to so that's really what we see today. and remember, brent this project was announced 7 years ago in the shadow of rushes, legal in face of premier and aggression in eastern ukraine. an uncle of merkel has, has stood by this project no matter any of the aggressive threshold. the kremlin is cross from cyber attack to the poisoning and imprisonment of electing, of all me. 2 extra duty shall killings in berlin to election interference, aggressive military offering, et cetera. etc, the chancellor would not even consider withdrawing or political support for and for ordering to you as a tool to at least try to get put into rethink his malign action against the trans atlantic community. and i think for that, and i'll just, and my opening bye thing that i think that for all the excellent european leadership that chancellor merkel has demonstrated on this broad array of issues that will define her legacy, certainly for support of nurturing to will sadly, forever be in africa, in her historic t

the united states in germany have come to an agreement over the nordstrom to pipeline, but not everyone is happy about it. straight ahead. we explored the conflict and why germany continued to pursue the project and has what has become bullish on bitcoin yet again. because the electric car giant b o says it will likely accept a crypto currency as payment in the future. we bring you up to speed on how the crypto sector is ferry, then the federal reserve is preparing for another meeting. well, they were where they will discuss whether to pull back on their pandemic era post.

the nordstrom to pipeline is almost complete. that's why the white house says it's too late to take punitive action in the form of sanctions against germany. president biden hope waving sanctions will allow for future diplomatic conversations with germany about potential negative impacts the pipeline could create. kimberly help kit al jazeera, the white house more than 60 people have died and dozens of missing in western europe, a severe flooding devastates towns and villages. most of those are killed in germany, which is experiencing its worst weather dissolve in decades, said voss and repulse. this is what residence in storm better part of germany woke up to record rainfall calls. major rivers to birthday bang a few from the ear showing the full extent of the devastation in the states of rhineland for latin 8 and north ryan west valia. c costs were tossed around like toys and the rising water homes and businesses washed away. as the flooding in some areas receipts that so rises with several people. still missing. rescue efforts

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and german chancellor, anglo merkel sat down together to hammer out a deal on the controversial nordstrom to pipeline my view on nurse to, to has been known for some time. good friends can disagree what the to disagree on whether russia will put political pressure on ukraine. merkel saying she has it under control by way of sanctions. but what the 2 agreed on ukraine still receiving $2000000000.00 and transit fees from the pipeline and almost 99 percent complete. the north stream to pipeline will carry natural gas from russia to germany under the baltic sea below truly, a good step also requires a willingness to compromise on both sides. on the other hand, it does not overcome all the divergences that exist in the day before. in less than a week after binding and merkle is meeting on new deal was created still between the u. s. and germany. but it left out one big piece, the $2000000000.00 that would go to ukraine. so that means here, i'm glad that we have now succeeded so far, and we also have a lot of tasks, of course, in particular, from how we can also achieve longer treat periods for

the nordstrom to pipeline is almost complete. that's why the white house says it's too late to take punitive action in the form of sanctions against germany. president biden hope waving sanctions will allow for future diplomatic conversations with germany about potential negative impacts the pipeline could create. kimberly help kit al jazeera, the white house the up until the bond and the park is only government has agreed to reopen one of the main border crossings to allow stranded people through spin. bolduc is i've got to stand 2nd of busiest border crossing and fell to the taliban on wednesday. the armed group has been seizing large parts of one is done, taking advantage of the withdrawal of us and allied troops to push back against government forces. so that by this reports from couple they here talk the spin folder, crossing reopening and escal and stuck and pakistan scrambles were chance to get home. thousands waited, hopeful that pakistan would allow them passage after the taliban took control of the afghan side of the cr

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cooperate with a shing, and while biden has promised to pull back on some things, sions over the nordstrom to pipeline. washington is still pushing for a deal with germany that would protect ukraine, but will they get one before the pipeline is completed next month? r t is ferren from zach has more from outside the white house. the german chancellor ongoing merkel makes her 1st trip to the white house and president joe biden took office. but this is actually a pretty historic trip for her marking her last time that she will be german chancellor. she's been serving for 16 years and she is ready to step down in the coming month. so there's going to be a lot of things on the agenda today. you have cobra 19 patent. you also have the rise of china. men, you also have the longest suited northridge to russian gas pipeline, which fighting has been very much against. and he says that how he feels about it has not changed. take a listen nor stream to is a complicated issue affecting our allies in europe. i've been opposed to north stream to for a long time from beginning when i was, when i was out o

is gravely concerned about the pipeline known as nordstrom to it runs from russia to germany. and the concern is that this essentially gives russia a foothold in terms of energy and leverage in order to harm some of the neighboring countries. and particularly of concern is of course, ukraine. of course, there was the annexation in 2014 of the crimean prison peninsula by russia. and as a result, there is still this concern, but there could be a further escalation. and we know that the russian military, of course, has amassed along the borders of ukraine as well. so having that extra foothold is a concern to the united states. now, this is a pipeline under complete that it's not quite completed, it's still under construction. so when joe biden came to office, he said, look, i can't put in place any sanctions, but i'm going to tell you, i don't like this. we're going to have to make sure that these european countries are heard about the assurance that he got from ongoing merkel. is that what her feeling is she was very clear on this is they have different assessments about north

branch bore in washington coming up the united states in germany have come to an agreement over the nordstrom to pipeline, but not everyone is happy about it. shared had we explored the conflict and why germany continued to pursue the project and has what has become bullish on bitcoin yet again. because the electric card j b o says it will likely accept the crypto currency as payment in the future. we bring you up to speed on how the crypto sector is fair and then the federal reserve is preparing for another meeting. well, they were where they will discuss whether to pull back on their pandemic era policy . what can we expect and how well the markets react? we have a show today. so let's dive right in. the us in germany have officially signed an agreement on how to quote, prevent russia from using energy as a tool, a political pressure against ukraine. now if you think that sounds like a strange statement to make over a natural gas pipeline between russia and germany, you're not alone. for months, the u. s. has been putting pressure on germany, insisting that the completion of the north strea

the nordstrom to pipeline is almost complete. that's why the white house says it's too late to take punitive action in the form of sanctions against germany. president biden hope waving sanctions will allow for future diplomatic conversations with germany about potential negative impacts the pipeline could create. kimberly, how could al jazeera, the white house, not a head of security for haiti's presidential palace has been taken into police custody in connection with the assassination of president juvenile noise. dmitri hirata is being questioned about why the attackers didn't meet more resistance from the guarding. the president's home was killed last week, 18 colombian suspects have been arrested, and 3 others were killed by police because you need to be the head of security or the national palace was called upon by general police inspection. this is regarding an administrative investigation. there was a protective measure, the head of security was revolved. now there is a 2nd measure in which the head of security has been is