. >>> meanwhile, the trump international hotel in washington, d.c. has fallen on some hard teams. s go to cnn's brian todd. the pandemic hit the hotel industry hard, but the trump hotel is facing separate challenges. >> reporter: it really is, wolf. it wasn't that long ago the trump international hotel was buzzing, but tonight there are serious questions about its future. with donald trump out of office, there now seems to be little to attract guests to his gilded hotel. despite its ornate lobby, the trump international hotel, like other high-end locations has been ravaged by covid. on a recent weekend evening, a cnn employee who shot this video saw decent crowds in the lounge and at the steak house, but few people staying in the hotel. he'l the next day during a weekend brunch period, our employee observed the lobby area was lifeless. scenes consistent with the view from the editor of a news letter who has kept close track of trump hotels. >> one of the things we've seen post-presidency there haven't been many organizations that scheduled big events there. >> reporter: during our

properties according to the wall street journal scrutinizing loans he took out on trump tower and trump international hotel, among others the trump organization did not respond to nbc news why for comment >>> then there is the possibility trump could still face consequences for inciting the deadly capitol insurrection as suggested by mitch mcconnell. >> we have a criminal justice system in this country, we have civil litigation and former presidents are not immune by accountable by either one. >> and jeff joins us from washington. jeff, senator lindsey graham says he's headed to florida to meet with trump. >> that's right. and he says he's going to encourage trump to work with republicans to ensure they win back the house and senate in 2022 but even those republicans who are eager to move on from trump, they are still grappling with the fact that he's still very popular among the party's base jose. >> jeff in washington, thank you. we have some good news in the fight against covid. the number of daily new cases is dropping dramatically now just a third of what it was just a month ago. and we hit a ne

law could into the constitution just as it is in america or in china russian domestic law trumps international law and international obligations but this was the 1st of. 2 appearances byelection of all that in court today the 2nd court appearance. of accusations of libel made by alexa deval and the allegations and insults against a world war 2 veteran one of which is election of on the calling him a sellout the legend of allah judging by. judging by reports of what he's been saying in court he isn't sorry and he is said that you know his he's opponents would burn in hell artie's modesty of thank you for bringing us that report. a deadly winter storm in the south of the u.s. has killed at least 47 people in the most affected state texas millions are struggling to access clean water all thousands of households have been left without power president joe biden has approved a state of emergency in the area during the extreme freeze energy usage has soared and power bills for many texans has skyrocketed some residents have racked up electricity costs of up to 10000 dollars or days kilmartin explains

pro according to "the wall street journal," cruit nicing loans he took out on trump tower and trump international hotel among others the trump organization did not respond for comment. then there is the possibility trump could still face consequences for inciting the deadly capitol insurrection, as suggested by republican party leader mitch mcconnell. >> we have a criminal justice system in this country we have civil litigation and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one >> reporter: and republican senator lindsey graham says he plans to travel to florida to encourage trump to work with republicans to ensure they win back the house and senate in 2022 phillip? >> geoff, thank you. >>> the los angeles police department has launched an internal allegation after allegations that officers shared a valentine's day image knocking the death of george floyd. the photo is reportedly a attached with the caption "you take my breath away. according to the los angeles time, an officer filed a complaint about the image and will be interviewed by officials today. the department will

russian law the russian constitution says that russian little domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states or in china for example so the court does. circumstances and circumstances obligated to release an election of on that this was have the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being about a libel case but a good selection of on the over his insults and allegations accusations against the will do 2 veteran in the veteran a sellout for example the who is the lot of resident amongst russians but even this election of on the was defied refusing to apologize. a deadly winter storm in the south of the us has killed at least 47 people and the most affected state texas millions are struggling to access clean water or countless health households have been left without power president joe biden has approved a state of emergency in the area and make stream freeze energy usage has soared and power bills for many texans have skyrocketed some residents have racked

russian law the russian constitution says that russian little domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states or even in china for example so the court does. circumstances under no circumstances obligated to release election of all that this was. the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being about a libel case brought against the lakes in the valley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran him calling the veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of residence amongst russians but even their election of on the was defied refusing to apologize. a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world starting in the u.s. if you broomfield in colorado a passenger jet engine have rained down on the area damaging the roofs of houses and temporarily blocking some roads that have really had come from you know it today lines plain that reported an engine failure shortly after taking off from denver. meanwhile t

russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states or in china for example so the court does. circumstances and new circumstances obligated to release the election of on that this was. the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he is said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being that a libel case brought against the lakes in the valley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of resident amongst russians but even there alexina violently was defiant refusing to apologize. for in a scene its 5th consecutive night of mass protests over the jailing of a cattle on rapper cells arrested after posting a tweet supporting a separatist group on criticizing the want to keep justice of rallies across the country opposing his attention branding it's a violation of his right to free speech around 80 people have been arrested and more than $100.00 injured since the demonstratio

russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international law and obligations just as they do in the united states or even in china for example so the court does. circumstances and new circumstances obligated to release an election of ali this was have the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he is said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd court session being about a libel case brought against the legs in a volley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran him calling the veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of residents amongst russians but even there alexina van the was defiant refusing to apologize. the must use of disposable face masks made from plastic is being blamed for a significantly worsening the litter problem and this made environmentalists fear the pandemic may have reversed all the gains made in recent years in the fight against plastic waste let's go through it the scale of the waste is pretty jaw 'd dropping if we took the united kingdom as an example mor

russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international law and obligations just as they do in the united states or even in china for example so the court does. circumstances under no circumstances obligated to release an election of on that this was have the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being about a libel case brought against the legs in a volley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran him calling the veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of resident amongst russians but even there alexina on the was defiant refusing to apologize to the u.k. and those in london have been missing going down to their local touring locked on maybe an look one for a bar manager has given a whole new meaning to the phrase or part basically started with me and i got to live it awful point and i thought i really want to make what hospitality is about people's dogs i don't want to receive a flat warm clingfilm pipe so i

russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states or even in china for example so the court does. circumstances under no circumstances obligated to release an election of on that this was have the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being about a libel case brought against the lakes in the valley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran him calling the veteran a sellout for example the coups the lot of resident amongst russians but even their election of on the was the far refusing to apologize. let's start our world update this hour in barcelona where protests are continuing there and in other cities across spain for a 5th consecutive night as you can see a lot of burning on the streets and a big police presence turning back the protesters from certain streets it's all really or it started off 'd after the detention of a. rapper from castle who was detained aft

russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states or even in china for example so the court does. circumstances under no circumstances obligated to release the election of on that this was. the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being about a libel case brought against the lakes in the valley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of residents amongst russians but even their election of on the was defiant refusing to apologize. a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world starting in the united states city of new orleans where 3 people have been killed in a shooting at a gun store near the city there that's according to local police the sheriff said the suspect opened fire within the shop killing 2 people the gunman was then said to have been engaged by others and shot dead local media re

russian law the russian constitution says that russian law domestic law and obligations trump international obligations just as they do in the united states will. china for example so the court does. circumstances under no circumstances obligated to release an election of on that this was. the 1st of 2 court appearances by him today before he's said to serve out his jail sentence the 2nd appearance 2nd called session being about a libel case brought against the legs in a volley over his insults and allegations accusations against the world war 2 veteran veteran a sellout for example that caused a lot of resident amongst russians but even there alexina on the was defiant refusing to apologize. for the mass use of disposable facemasks made from plastic is being blamed for a significantly worsening the litter problem this made environmentalist fear the pandemic may have reversed all the gains made in recent years in the fight against plastic waste the scale of the waste is staggering in the u.k. for instance more than $100000000.00 masks are discarded each week enough to cover a football pitch

. >> the trump international hotel in d.c.more than $1,000 a night for march 3rd and 4th. some lawmakers are asking, could these guards be better used elsewhere? more national guards are being sought nation wide for taxes. it fema has requested more than 10,000 national guard, even some democrats are starting to question why the national guard is still standing watch, and how long they will be so blinded by fencing and razor wire. let's do this sooner, there's no need for the severe of a locked down, having a quick reaction force nearby and actually listening to the intelligence will keep us safe. national guard leaders say they have enough troops, but as one u.s. defense official put it to me, the u.s. troops are expensive security guards. the mission so far has cost almost $500 million. >> bret: thank you. up next, it's a ash wednesday unlike any other, we will show you how covid changed this season's lunch. some of these stories making news beyond our borders. prince philip is admitted to a hospital, a precautionary measure

of immigrants at our southern border to the corruption of the trump treasury department, the trump internal revenue service. every piece of the government poisoned by trumpism. joe biden and kamala harris have to rebuild all of that. they have to reconstruct all of that. donald trump is no longer allowed to spread his poison on social media every day and president biden and vice president harris spread their proposals for getting us through this pandemic and reconstructing american life after the pandemic. for perspective on this new reconstruction period, we will be joined at the end of this hour by isabelle wilkerson, the best selling author of "cast" and "the warmth of other sons." isabelle will get tonight's last word. today president biden pointed out that although he doesn't yet have congressional support for his covid relief legislation, he does have the country's support. >> the truth of the matter is the polling data from last night and all the polls you have all done, they come from you guys, not you personally but your networks and your organizations show that somewhere between 6

remind us if you can what the iran nuclear deal did and why it was so shocking to the international community when the trump administration withdrew from it. thank you it's great to be with you but you wrote a nuclear deal basically meant that iran. shipped off all the enrich uranium that it made at davis short of international community that it did not have the capacity to move toward a nuclear weapon in response the united states. started lifting off the sanctions on iran since child left. iran has ramped up its nuclear program it claims that it is a deal remains a party to the deal but it has ramped up its nuclear program in ny reaches uranium to 20 percent and analysts say that it might actually move toward a nuclear weapon. it can be returned to the will. or some sort of a reprimand. and returning it to the deal iran and the united states have signals that they are willing to negotiate but how do you get around who takes the 1st step toward reviving the agreement. so clear iraq and the united states not all have a basically a shared declared bull they both say that they want to return to d.l. and as yo

. >> it is never an exaggeration to say the international response to trump's acquittal has been rather muted. we have not seen any major official statements on the world stopic. italy's most pro-trump politician. one of the movements going forward -- >> the world is watching and wondering weather we are who we say we are. and to convict donald trump would mean that america stands for the rule of law. >> president trump is no longer a world leader, he is a former world leader and perhaps the lack of international reaction to his acquittal is a sign that global leaders are looking forward to simply moving on with the new u.s. president. >> i know that he is a fervent leader in the transatlantic agreement. >> this will be president biden's first major multilateral engagement and a good opportunity for him to start, as he needs, to go on and forge new relationships and partnerships with new american allies. nbc news, london. >> now to our micro climate weather coverage. rain chances on the way, we have the story. >> yeah, if you look closely the windshield wipers are moving so they had som

president trump's first international trip was to rome 's breonna, jerusalem and then rome. he had a perfectly pragmatic wonderful reception by pope francis even though politically in italy ideologically their light years apart but you could not tell that from the reception he got from the vatican. i think pragmatism is the right term there. >> sure, i was in rome that week i remember an event organized you could really feel tension there is clearly the hope it be a normal event from the point of view of protocol no one was having any illusion on the fact this relationship would be normal. it was not expected by anyone. that is been these last four years and again, it is one of those things that makes you appreciate how important it is to look at how the vatican perceives something comparative example the u.s. bishops. the perspective. this is why we started these things we know well. speak what i want to get to the american reaction in a moment. let's spend a few minutes now because you have raised in the book and in here, that you see but given this bond, whatever we call

president trump's first international trip was to rome, riyadh and then -- actually riyadh, and then rome and he get a perfectly pragmatic, wonderful reception by pope francis, even though politically and ideologically they were light years apart but you could not tell that from the reception from the vatican. this practice ma tim is the right -- pragmatism is the right word there. >> i would have been wrong during that week and i remember -- i was in rome during that week and i helped organize at -- [inaudible] -- a hub of jesuits but much more in rome and you could really feel this tension. it was clearly the hope of a normal event from the point of view of the etiquette of the protocol, but no one was having any illusion on the fact the relationship would be normal, that was not expected by anyone, and that has been these last four years, and again, this is one of those things that makes appreciate how important it is to look at how the vatican can see something compared to the u.s. bishops and a different perspective and they're both -- so this really part of why we started these

remind us if you can what the iran nuclear deal did and why it was so shocking to the international community when the trump administration with a crew from its. thank you it's great to be with you that you are in nuclear deal basically meant that iran. shipped off all the enriched uranium that it made that it did at davis short international community that it did not have the capacity to move toward a nuclear weapon and in response the united states and the whole community has started lifting off the sanctions on iran as soon as child left in 2018. iran has ramped up its nuclear program it claims that it is beginning to deal remains a party to the deal but it has wrapped up its nuclear program and now have riches uranium to 20 percent and analysts say that it might actually move toward a nuclear weapon unless it can be returned to the deal. or some sort of a reprimand. and returning it to the deal iran and the united states have signals that they are willing to negotiate but how do you get around who takes the 1st step toward reviving the agreement. so clear iraq and the united states not have a have basic

trump. and rejoining international organisations, and putting diplomacy at the centre of things. talked about policy changes. he reversed a decision that president trump had made to withdraw a certain number of troops that are stationed in germany and he also said that he would raise the cap on the number of refugees that are allowed to come to the country by about eight times. at the moment the number is 15,000. he wanted to raise it 125,000. so in tone and policy, he did try to send the signal that he was taking a very different approach. looking at the fact that he wants to bring america back to a place within diplomacy that it once enjoyed in his mind, how difficult do you think it will be to get there given the damage done over the past four years? well, i think there are a number of aspects of that — one is i think that the american allies are eager to have the united states back at the table in full force, to work together with them on issues of common interest in a multilateral way, it does make a difference to have the full weight of the united states at the table. having

now the international court of justice is claiming it has jurisdiction over iran challenging u.s. sanctions the same ones that were imposed under former president donald trump but washington is telling the court to mind its own business and why not for he who controls the seas it's a never ending feast of someone else's oil and mountains of profit international oil economist dr mom do solomon told us that actions like this undermine america's status. well that's true it's. the same chance as a general said to see these sanctions. has not intel national where 32 lou that. you know is. around and janet said we have this sort of little memes. there are other countries around its world and of course that will happen if the u.s. coalition with the united states and. tries the right. in terms. of the certainly. the in the response i'm going to serve but i think it is ill suited for. the response agreement is larry sauce. lawmakers are demanding an investigation after a lead to messages suggested a top aide to the new york governor admitted withholding the correct figures on a covert deaths in care homes. basically were froze because then we were in the position w

scrutinizing loans he took out on trump tower and the international hotel. the trump organization did not respond to nbc news' request for comment. and there is the possibility trump could still face the possibility of inciting violence. >> we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. >> and that was geoff bennett reporting. senator lindsey graham says he is actually planning a trip to florida to meet with former president trump and urge him to work with republicans to make sure that they win back the senate in 2022. >>> coming up, is there another impeachment on the horizon? why one republican says his party could try to impeach vice president harris if the gop takes control of the house next year. >>> also. >> we have to change it up a little bit and get a little bit more creative this year. >> one year into the pandemic, but it's still a first. how people in the south bay are celebrating valentine's day, a valentine's day that is unlike any other. you can use your phone to scan the qr code at the bott

administration's foreign policy decisions one of the most significant came in 2018 when trump withdrew the u.s. from an international agreement with iran designed to prevent it from building nuclear weapons well now biden wants the u.s. back in and the it court back on track here's a look at the deal rupert for the u.s. and iran say they're willing to negotiate want to terms u.s. president biden told the munich security conference that communication should extend beyond the uki agreement course. we need transparency we must also address the stabilizing activities across the middle east we're going to work in close cooperation with our european and other partners as we proceed but iran has all the ideas you raney and president hassan rouhani insists sanctions on iran must be lifted before talks can begin rouhani has described the measures as an act of terror against the iranian people. on the sanctions and we have to fight against the coronavirus because of the sanctions we've had many problems accessing vaccines and paying for them. for ordinary people in iran the nuclear agreement is the disaster on their mind. hig

ministrations foreign policy decisions and one of the biggest came in 2018 when trump pulled the u.s. out of an internationalagreement with iran designed to prevent it from building nuclear weapons now wants the u.s. back and the accord back on track here's a look at the deal. joe biden came to the white house promising to work more with iran than his predecessor but he says the u.s. will really enter the iran nuclear deal after donald trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018 but that's only part of the mess the new administration has to clean up trump also placed tough sanctions on tehran. iran responded by increasing its enrichment of weapons grade uranium not enough to actually build a bomb but the message it sent to the international community was alarming and with biden now in the white house iran wants to restart negotiations with the u.s. and other security council states but to iran wants the economic sanctions lifted 1st turan says if the sanctions are not gone by tuesday they will suspend some nuclear inspections international observers. but the button administration says sanctions relief is not o

trumped it. we will focus on international rules. pres. joining us to talk about the u.s., about foreign policy, is lewis lukens, signum global advisors sig. year -- senior partner. he was posted in many places for the united states of america in a past life. thank you so much for joining us. why has joe biden not picked up the phone to presidency -- to president xi of china yet? >> my guess is that he is waiting for a chance to coordinate amongst the allies, to have a more coordinated approach to handle the challenges of dealing with china. francine: that means what, ambassador, that he is going to play hardball in china, or he needs to understand the best strategy but still get what the u.s. wants? lew: i think he's going to play hardball. you have to play hardball with china, what he wants to do it in a more coordinated fashion. president trump play hardball with china, and it did not necessarily produce positive results. joe biden once an approach of playing hardball but alongside our allies. over the last couple of weeks, he has been

the resource-rich territory since 1975 in defiance of the united nations and the international community. president trumpe announcement as morocco agreed to establish diplomatic relations with israel becoming the fourth arab nation to do so in recent months as part of what's known as the abraham accords. during tony blinken's first news conference last week at the state department, the afp reporter who is head of the state department correspondents association asked tony blinken about the abraham accords and western sahara. >> and with morocco, does the united states still recognize as the previous administration said rock and sovereignty in western sahara? >> thank you. a couple of things, first, we said, who pretty much support the abraham accords. we think israel normalizing relations with its neighbors and other countries in the region is a very positive development. we applaud them. we hope there may be an opportunity to build on them in the months and years ahead. we're also trying to make sure we have a full understanding of any commitments that may have been made in securing those agreements, and

go to karen join a republican strategist and former 2016 trump campaign senior adviser karen thanks for being with us here on our to international. truly an historic day democrats kicked off their case with a video showing trump calling on people to go to the capital followed by violent clashes at the building where you saw a lot of red hats in that sea of people the video did not show that he told them to quote go peacefully and patriot. what does this say about how the bar is being set for evidence in the trial so far. yeah it's really it's an extraordinary period in time. if you look at it through an historic lens as well as a political lens and for someone like me who's been in this business over 3 decades . i'm watching it very carefully because i think it really does set. very dangerous precedent. in how. the legislative branch of our government is going to behave in up with me moving forward there's a lot to unpack here and so well i love these talking points and i know that the democrats would love to set the stage to make it very very dramatic who saw them start with a visual which i thought was actually quite brilliant

under trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal in 2018 despite widespread international opposition.ran has since resumed enriching uranium, but maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei says the u.s. must first return to the agreement and has lost its right to set any conditions on the deal's parties. egyptian authorities have released al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein, who spent over four years in prison without trial on charges o"publishing false information and belonging to a banned group." after his arrest, egypt banned al jazeera's website and other news outlets critical of authoritarian president abdel fattah al-sisi. reporters without borders describes egypt as one of the world's biggest jailers of journalists, with widespread arbitrary detentions, mass trials, and even life imprisonment for some reporters. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery and fraud before abruptly walking out of the courtroom where hearings for his corruption trial are taking place. this comes jus

international meeting. she is representing the u.s. at a virtual meeting. she is going to take a different tack than the trump administration in terms of international cooperation and trying to support economies in the developing world more than trump let on. jonathan: i just emailed stan fischer. tom: this is great. jonathan: we will see what he said. do you look at bond yield moves in percentage or basis points? tom: i sat behind him at the economic club at new york. the chicken was lousy. stan fischer was viscerally engaged in this fixation on yield and not movement of yield. you've been on all week and i know you will lead with the real yield this afternoon. this is a huge move in the two year yield. jonathan: i was going to lead with the asset sorted. thank you, tom. equity futures are down seven or eight points. in foreign-exchange, we come in about 0.2% there. we saw a new high for the post pandemic of 1981. since then, it is stable, 116.15. tom: the real yield, you've got to watch this afternoon. with all of this, the real yield hasn't moved. for our guests, that has -- is critical. jonathan: it's gre

elections back in 2800 of them president donald trump he withdrew from an international nuclear accord with iran now president biden it is saying that he's ready to revisit the joint comprehensive plan of action but with conditions iran's take wellesley says iran's foreign minister mohammed javert sirleaf earlier on this week talking to state t.v. or listen. nothing has changed by didn't claims that trump a policy of maximum pressure was maximum pavia. being can also just recently said that that policy fades. but for all practical purposes of pursuing the same policy they haven't changed that policy the problem in the united states and it doesn't matter of richard ministration does not make you public now has dealt with 7 consecutive consecutive u.s. presidents and i have the good. and the problem is us is addicted to sanctions us it is addicted to pressure us is addicted to the game. so is president joe biden be mad cool tensions between the u.s. and iran and the next one up for you and jason hello a sour. i'm going to get and say hello to you and introduce themselves jason tell every

competition as a client we urge it to stop its pressure to chinese companies under trump washington lead an international campaign to discredit the company including what ways networking equipment could be used to spy on america and its allies huawei has repeatedly denied those claims and the u.s. has shown little to back its accusations could you tumbling that off with china name we hope that the u.s. side will not politicize or weaponize the issue of science and technology stop making groundless accusations to smear china and work together with the international community to create an open fair just a nondiscriminatory. environment for the development of science and technology another facet of wall weighs battle with the us is there a rest of the company's c.f.o. in canada at the request of the trump administration main one joe has been detained in bank cooper since december 2018 in the latest round of the canadian court battle means lawyers asked for her bill terms to be loosened the request was denied citing that she is considered a flight risk the while the c.f.o. is fighting extradition to the u.s.

that america is back on the international diplomatic scene so he's reversing many of the trumpet ministrations foreign policy decisions one of the biggest came in 2015 when trump pulled the u.s. out of an international agreement with iran to effectively prevent it from building nuclear weapons now biden wants the u.s. back in and the accord back on track here's a look at the deal. with joe biden who came to the white house promising to work more with iran than he's pretty decisive but he says the u.s. will really and to the iran nuclear deal to donald trump we've drawn from the agreement in 28. but that's only part of the mass the need administration has to clean up trump also placed tough sanctions on tehran. iran responded by increasing its enrichment of weapons grade uranium not by enough to actually build a bomb but the message it sent to the international community was alarming and with bought and now in the white house iran wants to restart negotiations with the u.s. and other security council states but to iran wants the economic sanctions lifted 1st. turan says if the sanctions are not gone by tuesday they will suspend some nuclear inspections by inter

international fallout from the acquittal of donald trump seen democrats point the finger of blame at a quote cowardly group of republicans some g.o.p. party members themselves are now seeking to impeach the new president joe biden so is the courtroom even more than before ground 0 for american politics eager to tell us been looking into. donald trump no he's the most acquitted president in the u.s. history and no one worked harder to win him the title than the democrats and the realization is doing on them but what we saw in that senate today was that cowardly group of republicans who patently have no options because they were afraid to defend their job respect the institution in which they served. the senators have decided to hang their hat on jurisdictional grounds which are not based on evidence which are not based on the facts and they will have to be judge that a ballistic meltdown is not something you'd expect to hear from a party whose candidate won the presidential election a democrat ego side which even stung through joe biden's psyche and it'll take more than a few cute whi

now the international court of justice is claiming it has jurisdiction over iran challenging u.s. sanctions the same ones that were imposed under former president donald trump and washington is telling the court to mind its own business and why not for he who controls the seas it's a never ending feast of someone else's oil and mountains of profit. international oil economist dr mom do solomon told us that actions like this undermine america's status. well that's true it's. imperious sanctions as a general said everybody to see the essentials as it has no intention national weather service to move that. jurisdiction on genocide. or all of the sudden it of her demands. i'm going to come here only it's war and of course that will happen if the u.s. coalition with the united states and. tries the right. it does seem you can. send me some troops clearance sales. and dispense i'm going to serve but i think it's going to have this remorse it will dispense agreement is larry sauce. lawmakers are demanding an investigation after a leak to message suggested a top aide to the new york governor admitted withholding the correct figures on covert deaths in care homes. b

trump did. we're going to focus on international rules of the road. >>> soft bank is in focus posting profit of $11.9 billion boosting recovery by the vision fund unit. that's 29% more than expected by analysts after they suffered their biggest loss in history last week. they credit rising valuation to some of its investments. softbank trading 6% higher in frankfurt. >>> let's take a look at the market action. we're seeing green across the board here fairly evenly split, though we do have some outperformance in italy. the foot si mib up nearly 1% as investors continue to price in what a mario draghi led government the french government up 0.5%. here in the uk, the ftse 100 trade thering 0.50% higher we have the euro and the pound trading on the back foot versus the dollar a broad story of dollar strength this morning the euro trading 10 basis points down to 1.2025 the pound trading lower. last week sterling bouncing quite strongly after the bank of he can land meeting and the bank of england downplaying the chances of negative rates near term >>> let's turn more to italy and take a look at what

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