u. s. baton and ports because of the treatment of the muslim weakened minority. the u. s. senate unanimously voted to force goods manufactured emission john region to prove forced labor hasn't been used there. the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing says the u. s. is making up excuses to control chinese imports. may vomiting g yandell pulled my shirt on. thank you. and so the u. s. surprises chinese enterprises and companies by every means, such as severely violating the market principle and international trading roles as seriously harms the interests of chinese institutions. and companies. we deplore and firmly opposed that we urge the u. s. to correct its wrongdoing, and we will take all necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of chinese institutions. and companies and a diplomatic appointment was delayed to allow the weight of forced labor act to pass. alan fisher has more on that from washington dc. so the u. s. senate has no confirmed jo biden's nominee to be the new ambassador to china. he is nicholas boncey as a veteran diplomat, but the whole process was

u. s. ban on imports foundation john region. calling the ban deplorable. the u. s . senate unanimously voted on the ban because of the treatment of muslim week is anxious. john produces must prove that forced labor wasn't used in the manufacturer of goods. china's ministry of foreign affairs, as the u. s. is making up excuses to control exports, may vomiting, keep you, angel put on to you and the us, the price is chinese enterprises and companies buy every means such as severely violating the market principle and international trading roles seriously harms the interests of chinese institutions and companies we deplore and firmly opposed that we use the us to correct it's wrong doing and we will take all necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of chinese institutions. and companies and a diplomatic appointment was delayed to allow the week of forced labor act to past alan fisher has more that from washington dc. so the u. s. senate has no confirmed jo biden's nominee to be the new ambassador to china. he is nicholas boncey as a veteran diplomat, but the whole p

u . s. senate has voted to ban imports from china. is jean jang region unless produces, can proved, forced labor was not used. it passed unanimously, despite opposition from companies who argued it will further disrupt supply change . it's now to president biden, to sign it into law for the ministration is also announced. new sanctions against several chinese companies for their actions initially and jane. the u. s. is accused china of committing genocide in his treatment of muslim week. is there chinese embassy in washington called the action totally groundless. alan fisher has more on the developments from washington. so the u. s. senate has no confirmed jo biden's nominee to be the new ambassador to china. he is nicholas boncey as a veteran diplomat. but the whole process was essentially on hold, because a number of republican senators wanted to push through that what they call the weaker force labor prevention act. now it passed through the house and it has passed through the senate by unanimous consent. and this essentially says

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u. s. senator bob dole will lie in state at the u. s. capitol rotunda this thursday.y morning following a long battle with lung cancer. he was 98 years old. don't survived a major battle wound in italy during world war two. he later became u. s. senate majority leader and a republican nominee for president. he lost to democrat bill clinton in 1996 due to the pandemic. thursday ceremony will not be open to the public. complaints against dozens of restaurants in contra costa county, accused of not following covid restrictions coming up why a lot of them are getting off without a fine. also chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the return of wet weather will show us where the showers are right now. when you have xfinity xfi, you have peace of mind built in at no extra cost. advanced security helps keep your family protected online. pause wifi whenever for ultimate control with the xfinity app. and family-safe browsing gives parents one less thing to worry about. security, control and peace of mind. with xfinity xfi, it's all built in at no extra cost. i want y'all

u. s. senator bob dole will lie in state later this week.osi and senate majority leader chuck schumer made that announcement today. they say dole will lie in state in the capitol rotunda on thursday, december 9th. dole died yesterday morning following a long battle with lung cancer. he was 98 years old. bob dole survived a major battle wound in italy during world war two. he later became the u. s senate majority leader and republican nominee for president. he lost a democrat bill clinton in 1996. due to the pandemic thursday ceremony will not be open to the public so well respected by people on both sides of the political spectrum. what coming up the search for a repeat, dine and dash er in the north bay. also have a report from oxford, michigan, where authorities are still investigating last week's deadly school shooting. we'll tell you about the fourth person that could face charges here next. outside our doors, it is cloudy. it is cool and a few scattered showers falling over the north bay. do you expect that to a stick around as we roll

u. s. senate as a vice president. now as a u. s. president. and this is something that he is committed to, and you heard him talking there about some of the challenges that are faced and particularly in the united states, where he says that democracy works best. when parties that oppose one another can sit down and work together. and there really are very few examples in the united states where that is actually achieved, if anything, the divisions only seem to be more pronounced with each u. s. election. keeping in mind, the images of many republicans tried to overturn the outcome of the 2020 us election on january 6th. so these are the challenges for the u. s. president. he believes that the united states, while flawed, is still the best model of democracy and hopes to lead by example. but given the fact that there are so many inconsistencies between what the president is saying and what is actually happening in the united states, whether it's freedom of the press or whether it's the rule of law, given the fact that there is such an equality

u. s. airline industry, which had its request for a $50000000000.00 baylash approved by the u. s. senate in march. while the loans were condition long job protections, the sticking point for many is that over the past 5 years, the big for ally companies, american delta southwestern united have not only made record profits. a collectively spent nearly the same amount, 45000000000 on stock buybacks and dividends 2 ways in which companies can directly enrich their corporate executives and shareholders. so it's not the things bailouts aren't necessary now to avoid mass unemployment, except a substantial part of their current financial problem is arguably of their own making. billions of dollars were mobilized, basically in an incident to bail out corporate america. and this is incredibly ironic because these, these corporations were, you know, in a week financial place because of their own business models because they had over leverage themselves. because they had engaged in pushing money out to shareholders instead of planning for tough times. meanwhile, people are held to that standard. yo

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u. s. ban on imports because of the mistreatment of muslim wiggers. the u. s. senate unanimously voted to force goods manufacturers in shin jung to prove forced labor hasn't been used them. the ministry of foreign affairs in badging says the u . s. is making up excuses to control chinese imports. may vomiting g general pie chart on kinky under the u. s. suppresses chinese enterprises. and companies by every means, such as severely violating the market principle and international trading. roles seriously harms the interests of chinese institutions and companies. we deplore and firmly opposed that we urge the u. s. to correct us wrongdoing and we will take all necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of chinese institutions and companies. katrina you is in badging with more china has responded angrily and indignantly to the u. s. ban on goods from sion. jung now baiting has consistently deny that there are any false flavor or other forms of human rights abuses taking place in the western province. it's called these accusations groundless and says that it's

u. s. ban on imports because of the mistreatment of the muslim wiegand minority. the u. s. senate unanimously voted to force good manufacturers and sion janet region to prove false labor hasn't been used there. the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing says the u. s. is making up excuses to control chinese and ports may vomiting, g, general poli, chicago, thank you. and so the u. s. the prices chinese enterprises and companies by every means such as severely violating the market principle and international trading roles is seriously homes. the interests of chinese institutions and companies we deplore and firmly opposed that we urge the u. s. to correct it's wrong doing and we will take all necessary measures to uphold the rights and interests of chinese institutions and companies. north korea has come to a standstill for 3 minutes of silence memory, formerly to kim jong il is the 10th anniversary of his death state media called for national unity during the hardships of the pandemic. last year, north korea faced its worst economic contraction since 1997. now 3, a trailer and chi

u. s. and twos, china of committing genocide in its treatment of muslim league is their chinese embassy in washington called the action totally groundless. alan fisher has more from washington. so the u. s. senate has no confirmed jo biden's nominee to be the new ambassador to china. he is nicholas boncey as a veteran diplomat, but the whole process was essentially on hold, because a number of republican senators wanted to push through that what they call the weaker force labor prevention act. now it passed through the house and it has passed through the senate by unanimous consent. and this essentially says that any individual or company importing goods from the jin chang, area of china, must be able to prove that there was no force labor involved in the goods that were produced. a number of human rights organizations have said that the mainly muslim wiggers are being used in force labor camps. now, the chinese embassy here in washington says those allegations are without foundation. and they insist that the measures taken by the senate will gum up the global supply chain. the simple fact is that that bill is now heading to the old resolute desk in the oval office, and joe biden is expected to

u. s. senate committee, what we're talking about would amount to essentially isolating russia completely from the global financial system with all of the fall out that that would entail for russian business for the russian people for their ability to, to work and travel and trade. so there seemed to be a desire on everyone's part for today's meeting to result in a de escalation. however, that hasn't stopped united states from talking of these new sanctions, and it hasn't stopped us media from playing up. this idea that there is somehow a russian threat or russian aggression. so quite an interesting day, i were waiting for more information from both sides about what went on in the meeting between the 2 leaders. now there might have been some aggressive rhetoric, but american lawmakers have not included certain anti russian measures. in the 2022 u. s. defense budget draft that were actually in the house draft. they include a ban on americans buying russian debt and sanctions against the nord stream to gas pipeline, or t america host. ben swan says the sanctions not being in the bill implie

u. s. senate has just passed a bill in the last week. so we really have to see how the companies will deal with that in practice. so it's really a bit to, to, to tell if it's just empty words from him. tell how difficult is it for american businesses to cut this entire region from their supply chain? well, i mean, sir radically, the bill says that when you can prove that no forest labor is use, you can still produce in the region. you can still work with suppliers from the region. and clearly, i mean with the supply chain, everything being so collected in our, today's the global. well, it's definitely not easy to make changes from one day to another. and we've seen a lot of companies get hit by back lashes on social media and china over their statements regarding ash. and john has not had an impact on their businesses. well, i mean, it's really always tricky to tell what precisely is hurting a sale. so because we did see a couple of companies, them having some trouble in china, but also because the inventory is low in general, have all t

u. s. senate has approved a bill banning imports from china's jin chang region unless produces can prove for slavery was not used. it passed unanimously despite opposition from companies who all will further disrupt supply chains. campaigning and sheila has joined to a close the head of sunday's presidential runoff. election fall right candidate. jose antonio cast finished on top. in the 1st round, he came ahead of his left wing opponent gabriel bondage, but only by a slim margin. those, all the headlines were back in half an hour right now on angie's here is people and power on counting the call m r n a full length is changing the world of vaccine, not just over 9 thing big business in place that thousands of pixels millions of dollars, a non refundable token weed demystify, the world of helping to call on al jazeera ah, in may 2021. the german government acknowledged responsibility for colonial era genocide against the members herero and none of peoples over 100 years ago. but activists have long campaign for reparations say the compensation anava doesn't truly reflect the appalling su

u. s. senate recently approved $52000000000.00 for america semiconductor industry. as part of a tech innovation bill. as a percentage of gdp, we spend less than half as much as the chinese communist party. on basic research. we rely on foreign nations to surprise credit supply critical technologies that we invented like semiconductors, that sunny american optimism, has flickered as well. the world is more competitive now than in any time since the end of the 2nd world war. if we do nothing, our days is the dominant super power may be ending. ah. all right, let's bring in our guests in sol, june park, a political economist, and an east asia voice is initiative fellow at george washington university. in new york city, jim anderson, ceo of social flow, a tech company, and in miami, ju, and teufel, dryer professor of political science at the university of miami and editor of taiwan. and the era of sy, in when a warm welcome to you all june park. let me start with you to day. what is causing this shortage and why is the situation currently so dire? the pandemic that has

u. s. senate giant. we look back at a life of war, veteran time presidential candidate ob, don't ah, protests against over 19 restrictions turned violent in belgium and support russia . when's the davis cup for the 1st time in 15 years pharaoh will have more on that story. ah, now at least 14 people have been confirmed dead on the indonesian island of java after a volcano or option hot choking smoke is hampered. some evacuation efforts, though, worries, heavy rain is going to make it even more difficult. now, 1300 people have been taken to safety, but there are many questions as to why they were not warned about the oncoming emergency. julian wolf reports. ah, assessing the damage from above after mouth to move spewed, piles of ash, 12000 meters into the sky. down below, entire homes have been submerged villages blanketed with falling ash. the creeping lava is destroying everything in its path. samira is one of indonesia, nearly a $130.00 active volcanoes. get bash altura and is the highest peak on the n

u. s. senate chief of staff to joe biden. he joins us from washington, d. c. thank you for for your time. what did you make of today's conversation between piece and bite and what is this that each side wants? well, this is a crisis of the kremlin making and is what is unclear in all of this is what constitutes in vladimir putin's mind, of the security of russia and normalization that does not require a treating its neighbors such as ukraine and georgia as satellites and implicit in all of this and in explicit in one of the demands of the kremlin, is that the ukraine and by extension, any other country, such as georgia, that might be interested in joining nato to be denied that. and the administration is made clear that that is not acceptable, that sovereign nations are precisely racked. and therefore, there will not be a determination made between the kremlin and 3rd parties as to the destination or the, the, the desires, if you will, of the ukrainian and georgian peak. why the sudden flurry in diplomatic activity that between the us and russia in recent week

u. s. senator from new jersey. back to sabre in welcome. it's good to have. yeah. well, thank you hollan, i really appreciate this opportunity. another of your books is titled why the federal reserve sucks and as with fed chairman before him, jerome powell speak, beggs interpretation. here's what he told the senate banking committee this past week. i think the word transitory has different meanings to different people to, to many it carries a time, a sense of, of short lived that we, we tended to, to use it to mean that it won't leave a permanent mark in the form of higher inflation. i think it's, it's probably a good time to retire that, that word and try to explain more clearly what we mean. that clear as mud professor you write that recessions are unfortunately inevitable and are mixed economy where the federal reserve has taken on the responsibility to quote, manage the economy to provide high employment and low inflation by targeting short term interest rates. this cove at variance story has blocked out the sun. does the pandemic interrupt or exacerbate that b

u. s. president's hopes of passing a major piece of legislation hangs in the balance. because a senator from his own party won't support it, show by needs. every democrats in the senate to support the near to trillion dollar build back better bill. it's aimed at improving education, cutting health care costs and tackling climate change. jo manchin says that increasing public debt will hinder the u. s. fight against the pandemic, and geo political threats. i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation . i just can't. i've tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. you're done. this is, is, is a no, this is a no. on this legislation. i have tried everything i know to do by now to washington, our white house correspondent, kimberly helped us with us. kimberly, why won't mention support this bill? well, the biggest concern, the joe mansion, the u. s. senator from west virginia has is the price tag of this bill is $1.00 trillion dollars and it would be the largest re shaping of the social safety net in generation at least. and so this is something that has been negotiat

u. s. senate chief of staff to joe biden. he says the kremlin underestimated washington's response. to his tactics in ukraine and ga, this is a crisis of the kremlin making, and it is what is unclear in all of this is what constitutes in vladimir putin's mind. the security of russia and normalization that does not require a treating its neighbors such as ukraine in georgia, as satellites. and implicit in all of this, and in explicit in one of the demands of the kremlin, is that the ukraine and by extension, any other countries, such as georgia, that might be interested in joining nato to be denied that. and the administration is made clear that that is not acceptable, that sovereign nations are precisely that. i think that the right of the russians, by placing these troops on the border, sought to precipitate crisis, sought to force a back down by the administration and its later allies. and instead, what they have found is that now after 2 calls in the rob to this next set of discussions that the u. s. is organized western europe to agree to even stronger sanctions and have ever be

u. s. senate and your, you know, on committees and you, you had a narcotics caucus that, that you don't were seeing subpoena plow a power play out right now. and i'm just wondering how strong a tool or weak a tool it is to use that to try to create transparency on these rule of law and kind of democracy solvency questions. do you need more tools to do your job as a senator to get into these and to get into these dark places? i think we probably do. there's a very real danger that the new supreme court majority is going to a republican majority. republican majority is going to create already has created and expand dark money rights that inhibit congress is ability to do the investigations that the constitution allows us. and in fact requires us to do so. we have some hazards. one of them is where this court goes on. this question, it's the court, the dark money built, the dark money behind the federalist society ran the turn style through which the last 3 judges came. so the idea that it's now turning to defend dark money, it's kind of an ominous portent and it suggest, i mean, those are

u. s. senate level who are very, very critical of are skeptical about vaccines and so that division is real and you really see it writ large across rural america. there are vast sections of the united states were frankly, the data is i would suggest very troubling that there are a lot of people who simply have not gotten vaccinations and don't seem to show any inclination to do so. john is the dreaded ellwood lockdown, still learning, or is that somewhere where this administration just doesn't want to go? it is somewhere where this administration desperately does not want to go. however, it is also something that of public health experts and doctors are suggesting may be necessary. and the important thing to understand about that is that is not a decision made purely about the spread of the disease. that is also a decision made with regard to the crowding in hospitals, whether hospital beds are available, and as hospitals go beyond capacity is they are overwhelmed. that's the point where public health people say to mayor's, to governors and to the president. look, you have to lock down or y

u. s. senate majority leader harry reid has died at the age of 82. the democratic senator was nevada's longest serving member of congress in office from 1987 up until 2017. he played pivotal roles as an opposition figure to president george w bush and then by helping accomplish for president barrack obama's agenda. reed had been battling pancreatic cancer. ah, exactly, for 30 gmc, you're watching out to syria top stories. countries around the world are struggling to deal with the army kron outbreak with some reporting, their highest infection rates. since the pandemic began. many a ramping up testing and vaccination, while several, including france, have introduced restrictions in hong kong. the police have been reading the office of stand news, an independent online media outlet, 6 current and former staff members have been arrested on suspicion of publishing a seditious publication. among them is a former politician and prominent pro democracy singer. the niece ho, there have been mass arrests and curbs on press freedoms since china imposed a sweep

u. s. senate majority to harry reid as died at the age of $82.00. the democratic senator was nevada's longest serving member of congress in office from 1987, up until 2017. he played pivotal roles as an opposition figure to president george w bush and then by helping accomplish for the president back a bomb as agenda rates had been battling pancreatic cancer. ah, exactly, for 30 gmc, you're watching out to syria top stories. countries around the world are struggling to deal with the army kron outbreak with some reporting, their highest infection rates. since the pandemic began. many a ramping up testing and vaccination, while several, including france have introduced restrictions.

u. s. senate has passed a republican measure that would overturn the vaccine mandate on private employ. is that policy would make it compulsory for companies with more than $100.00 workers to require employees to get vaccinated or have weekly tests. the new zealand government has announced one of the world's toughest anti smoking doors and plans to effectively ban smoking by progressively raising the legal age of buying tobacco products from 2027. the level of nicotine and cigarettes on sale will also be reduced by kena foster. as president rucker board has dismissed the prime minister on the government. the move follows a wave of protest linked to rising violence in the country. canada and the u. k. have joined the u. s. under trailers decision for a diplomatic boy because of the beijing winter olympics. it's in protest of what they call china's human rights abuses. athletes from all 4 nations will still be able to attend and compete in those games. although the headlines, i'll have more news for you here on out there after the stream. stay with us. talk to al jazeera, we ask how would

u. s. senate majority leader harry reid died at the age of $82.00. the democratic senator was nevada's longer serving member of congress and office from 1987 until 2017. he played pivotal roles as an opposition figure to president george w bush. and then by helping accomplished president barrack obama's agenda. mister reed have been battling pancreatic cancer and a legend of american sports and pop culture has died as well. john martin was one of the most successful coaches in n, f l. history at the helm of the oakland raiders for much of the 1970s right away the style a half of all that was sent summarily wants to do. it then took his energies to tv screens, becoming a commentator and a broadcasting sensation. generations of children were introduced to the game through his namesake madden nfl football, one of the most successful sports video games of all time. john madden was 85 years old. ah. just gone exactly half past the hour. let's recap all your top stories for you today. countries across the world are struggling to deal with the ami kron outb

u. s. senators making statements about possibly attacking russia, saying that they wouldn't be opposed to such a thing and creating a fire storm of opposition from their colleagues. here's some of what's been said. i would not rule out american troops on the ground. we don't do, you know, we don't rule out. first use nuclear action. any one who would propose or even consider what he is saying as an option must be insane. a sociopath or a status launch a nuclear attack that would start a war that would destroy the american people, our country, and the world, and oh, also the ukrainians so that we can save ukraine's democracy. i mean it, it literally is insane. now the backdrop for all of this is the intense division within us society. i. we have a situation where the white house says one thing, other politicians are saying something completely different, big divisions internally in the united states. that's kind of the backdrop for this escalation and these heated words that we're seeing from us officials. so joe biden is reassuring everyone that he's responsible for. we're saving you grai

u. s. senate has unanimously voted to ban imports from china sion john regent unless produces can prove that forced labor was not used. the chinese embassy in washington called the senate ban totally groundless. facebook's power company matter has been 7 companies that it says we're operating as surveillance for hire, offending warning notices 248000 people in more than a 100 countries who it believes were targeted on its social media platforms by malicious activity. and north korea has commemorated the 10th anniversary of its former leaders death. the country of the 3 minutes of finance kim jong il has summoned currently the can. john was not sing publicly paying his respects like other years. well, those are the headlines on al jazeera inside story, the next, the 20th century, 1st genocide. so it has set the blueprint for the holocaust is too often overlooked . this then will come in very everything. but for some reason, they refuse to bury these people. they want this story to be taught over a century on the injustice echoed down the generation. and the pastor, reparation is not an e

u. s. senate has just passed a bill in the last week. so we really have to see how the companies will deal with that in practice. so it's really a bit to, to, to tell if it's just empty words from him. tell how difficult is it for american businesses to cut this entire region from their supply chain? well, i mean, radically, the bill says that when you can prove that no forest labor is use, you can still produce in the region. you can still work with suppliers from the region. and clearly, i mean with the supply chains. everything being so collected an hour to day cyclical. well, that is definitely not easy to make changes from one day to another. the and we've seen a lot of companies get hit by backlash is on social media and china over their statements regarding ash. and john has not had an impact on their businesses. well, i mean, it's really always a tricky to tell what precisely it's hurting sailed. so because we did see a couple of companies, them having some trouble in china, but also because the inventory is low in general, have