the u.s. trade representative and counterparts from canada and mexico who a few weeks ago commemorated the one-year anniversary of the usmca entering. they entered mexico city with u.s. entrepreneurs to understand how the usmca and trade affects their daily lives. we want to make sure we are driving a robust economic delivery, that delivers results. i also want to highlight that here, all three trade ministers are willing -- and that is also an impressive achievement that we can also be proud of. -- our women, and that is also an impressive achievement we can be proud of. usmca's small and medium enterprise dialogue this october, where our governments will engage directly with the diverse group of small business stakeholders to ensure that everyone is included and can benefit from the agreement. and we demonstrated part of this work yesterday when our three governments hosted a webinar for small and medium businesses on the tools that they can use to increase their online international sales,

u.s. inflation. jp morgan and goldman sachs beat estimates but failed to impress wall street. what is behind the share drop. the white house was set to one american companies about the risks of doing business in hong kong, ramping up pressure on beijing. haidi: we have breaking korea unemployment numbers. we are seeing the unemployment rate hold pretty steady, going lower. 3.7%. the seasonally adjusted jobless rate. we were expecting 3.8% and that has come down from that 3.8% we saw in the month of may and we are seeing more workers coming back into the labor force. stronger sentiment and lifted activity when it comes to hiring as well and is worse coming ahead of the be ok board meeting on thursday and we have been expecting signaling about the start of raising rates this year as these financial risks build but we will continue to watch that particularly as the covid situation continues to worsen in korea. that's take a look at how we are setting up for the midweek session in the markets.

reporter: u.s. cracking down on travel to the communist island and limiting the amount of money families can send to relatives in cuba. narrator: television rorts from around the world question whether u.s. sanctions on cuba are still necessary. king: the embargo has caused undue hardship on the cuban people for nearly two generations. woman: almost unanimous support for the cubans on this issue. narrat: there ve been ny drivers of t u.s. sanctions on cuba. in this episode, adapted from a web series produced in havana, an independent journalist looks at the impact 6 decad of american sanctions from the point of view of many of cuba's 11 million citizens. now on "the global mosaic." [fernandez speaking spanish] [all speaking spanish] [castro speaking spanish] clinton: the legislation i signed today further tightens that embargo. bush: i'm maintaining our embargo. [man speaking spanish] [chicken clucking] [man shouting] [both speaking spanish] fernandez: the blockade is the longest trade bargo in mode

the u.s.ompetitive position in the world, commercially, economically, and from an international relations and foreign policy perspective. this is an important part of that story as well. we have an absolutely terrific group of more than experts. they are senior thought leaders on issues around this subject matter today. i'm going to invite them to join us now and they are, in alphabetical order, ambassador charlene barshefsky, chair of parkside global advisors and former trade ambassador in the clinton administration. brendan beck tell, chairman and ceo of the bechtel group and member of the board. glad to have rendon with us as well. marcy frost, ceo of calpers, the california public employees retirement system, one of the biggest public pension investors in the united states -- i think it is the biggest, may be in the world. delighted to have her with us from sacramento. and finally and last but not least, steve hadley, the principal at rice, gates, and manual and former national security ad

u.s.tocks dipped from record highs and bond yields rise as investors here the fed may be letting inflation get out of hand. >> jp morgan and goldman sachs beat estimates but results failed to impress wall street. and the white house is set to one american companies about the risk of doing business in hong kong, ramping up pressure on beijing. let's look at the trading session in wall street. you can see the s&p 500 with 39 record closes this year down today. the inflation report came in a much stronger than expected. the headline is nearly double the 0.5% people were looking for. jp morgan and trace reporting mixed results as the earnings season kicks off. a big story in bonds. that 10-year note is now up over 1.41. the 30 year bond option was the big mover today after declines. it did not go well. after a strong inflationary report, no surprise. crude hit a 2.5 year high today. there were warnings of a deepening supply crunch from iran and other major producers. what are you looking at? s

on u.s. student visas and how they take advantage of the visas, what they do on the visas while they're here in the knowledge transfer they sent back to china on a variety of sensitive subjects. we need to look closer harder look at that we did that with the trump of administration and hopefully that will continue but that's critically important making sure that the thousands and thousands of student visas that we issued a chinese nationals to come to study they need to be better checked, screened, vetted and we need to periodically check up on them because what we sell you can do one check but if they're in the country and they get extensions to the student visas and going to graduate degree programs, you don't have a good idea what they're doing, this is about disclosure and holding them accountable versus what they might do after being here years and years at a time, i think it's a growing issue to address within our university system, i think what we seen over time there's a lot of univer

as u.s.ech has been doing really well, obviously chinese tec is doing very poorly -- chinese tech is doing very poorly. we have the u.s.-china tensions. overnight, we've got the story out talking about how cathie wood's ark investment has sold down almost all of their china tech holdings. it is a valuation pricing story. you are seeing chinese tech, despite that news flow, actually do well today. there is a narrative amongst traders in asia, hey look, we've been talking about these negative tech stories very long time, maybe it is priced. it is hard to get excited about a new negative story, given that we have been talking about it for months. anna: as we talked about many times this morning already, the inflation story is something we are focused on. we had the u.s. inflation data yesterday. we just have that u.k. print. the common link is how strong inflation is proving to be. i am thinking about new zealand, because in new zealand, we have had, well, a bit of a surprise, not a surprise to

a u.s. senator named james lankford, republican senator from oklahoma at the moment the mob got inside, at that moment he was giving a speech on the senate floor about how he was going to join with ted cruz and josh hawley and these other republican senators to object to certifying the results of the election. senator lankford was in the middle of a long argument about how he wanted congress not to certify the election results on january 6th. he thought the election should stay uncertified for another ten days past january 6th so the states could basically think again about whether they're election results were really truly their election results and maybe they might prefer to send some different electors as opposed to the ones that already sent for the count that was supposed to be happening that day. that is the case he was making on the senate floor. pause the count. let's wait another ten days. let's give states ten more days to think about it. that's the case he was making on the senate

u.s. capitol police. the attorney general attended their roll call today to thank them for serving as players. also to thank them for what they did to save the u.s. capitol on january 6th. it was six months ago today that a donald trump rally on the eclipse morphed by trump supporters on the u.s. capitol. with d.c. police and u.s. capitol police officers on the front lines trying to defend it against that violent, violent attack. the attorney general today said thank you to the capitol police officers for what they went through six months ago today but he also importantly went up to the capitol police roll call today to update officers on the state of the justice department's investigation into what happened, updating them on the 500-plus arrests that have been made thus far, the seriousness of the charges brought against those arrested. also the justice department's efforts to find and arrest roughly to 300 people more they are looking for. justice department -- law enforcement has arrest

u.s. e-minis lower after u.s. stocks snapped a seven day advance so asia seeing a cautious start as we had to a session that has inflation plus trade data from taiwan and we are keeping a close eye on oil. wti heading higher after their options we saw on tuesday. different views from analysts. at ubs, they boosted their forecast by two dollars. jp morgan staying pat on their predictions for crude. aussie bond yields, we are seeing a push lower, seeing it basis as much as eightht points, tracking the drop we saw in treasury yields. pulling up the board to see the move in that, we have a 10 year rate notching its biggest decline since february for treasuries, capping a six day drop. in february -- zone back in february. it weighed on u.s. shares. analysts say that china's text crackdown is raising questions on sustainability of u.s. equity evaluations. haidi. haidi: take a look at that big story. didi tumbling below its ipo price following china's crackdown on the company over data security. the message from beijing

the u.s.nd its allies blame china for a range of malicious cyber activities. a count on to blastoff for jeff bezos, we are live at the blue origin space site in vanhorn, texas. a lot for investors to consider, let's look the asian open. sophie: plenty of headwinds driving a risk off mood. nikkei futures little changed after a five day drop and u.s. on the s&p gaining some ground on the benchmark the most as the vix jumped and the bond rally continues. we see that extend into the asia session. the aussie yield curve flattening in january levels with the 10-year back below 117 the level we saw on february. a risk off tone amid peak growth concerns. we have an update from china due today. the offshore yuan trading at a one-week low. and with the safe haven bid we are seeing the yen at mid 109 levels. the covid situation in asean has been a concern. indonesia -and vietnamesestocks joined original downturn-. an index under pressure off 12% this month now entering a technical correction. we are seei

on friday, the u.s. president said everything was going according to plan for withdrawal. >> we're are exactly where we expected to be. i wanted to make sure there was enough running room that we would be able to do it all by september. it is a rational drawdown with our ally troops. >> after september, only soldiers tasked with protecting diplomatic personnel will remain. the afghan people have mixed feelings about the withdrawal. on the one hand, content to turn the page on this period of their country's history. on the other hand, afraid over new tensions with the taliban. >> for more, we bring in the deputy dean of education in the government university of exeter 's social science department. critics have said that the u.s.'s withdrawal from bagram was irresponsible, given the absence of any kind of peace deal with the taliban. what are your thoughts? she was there for a quick second, but i think we have lost her. we will try to get her back later on in the program. going to move on now and to pass o

the u.s., too.company that operates globally, you have to be prepared to address these issues and the regulatory oversight. >> tesla seems to have run into some issues in china whether it is recalls of nearly all vehicles in china, software issues. does the timing seem right to build your war chest and gain ground? >> people are asking us because we directly compete with tesla. the result is we both grow quite well and tremendously. ultimately, having the competition will strengthen yourself. tesla is a tremendously powerful brand. they have great technologies and products. whether they will have the dominance like they had before is something we will watch. that will be difficult to maintain. dani: sticking in china, shares in didi plunged in u.s. trade. scrutiny over data security and broader claims by china. other u.s. stocks tumbled. these moves complicate the picture for investors who are betting on the country's tech giants. sophia, thank you for joining us again. who is next? what is the next

the policy on the u.s. side is that if you are a single adult or a family with children for not of a tender age, your immediately expelled stop some parts of mexico, some states along the u.s.-mexico are refusing to take back non-mexican migrants. those individuals are put into the system on the u.s. side. governors along the mexican side of the border do not have a consistent policy from brownsville to san diego. that leads to some chaos but on the u.s. side of the border, there is consistency of who is allowed to -- into pursue their asylum claims and who is not and by and large, those are single adult which are the majority of apprehensions and family units who do not have children of a tender age. host: let's talk about another part of immigration and that is the daca recipients. where are the legal challenges with that right now? what is the latest? guest: in the south district court, a judge ruled the daca program deferred action for childhood arrivals as a program put in place by president obama was

when it comes to u.s. policy, in terms of our domestic conversation infrastructure, the federal communications commission plays a leading role in giving licenses for the construction of undersea cables that come international and land on u.s. shores. there is a high degree of transparency, and there's been a visible hardening of u.s. policy with respect to cables that are should be built by china's huawei marine networks, or even cables it would be built by trusted providers but would correct directly between u.s., you know, mainland and china. and so, there was a -- there are, several, three or four of these connections right now that are direct from u.s. to china. but the last license was given by the -- for such a link, in 2017. and since then, you've seen several proposed projects that have not met the regulatory blessing from the fcc, because the fcc had to overcome, unable to trust the cable that were landing in shanghai or hong kong would be free from chinese state subversion. another piece of the u

how big of a pilot was europe in the u.s. -- pie was europe and the u.s.?mpact on revenue given it was a small player but it ceo says it has overseas ambitions. we know how important the u.s. has been since he ran a business. he will be aware the u.s. department of justice is looking into banks. resources saying the departure of analysts and bankers, similar to the issue, with the asia prime brokerage is left. the company has a few jobs to fill. it is not same -- the same sort of exodus. there are headaches going forward. >> are asia finance editor joining us on nomura. we're looking ahead to the banks and what is going on with bonds. what are you watching? >> xi group. he is talking about three risks. deflation, recession, depression. this one i am really interested in. he said booms. the fed's lunatic fringe. what kind of lunatic fringe is that? the chief executive of a fintech company arguing what it will do with $600 million of funding it got. they are looking at making payments easier. >> by the time we get to europe, it seems you will see what happens

u.s.military says its withdrawal from afghanistan is 90% complete, the taliban is escalating its offensive by seizing more districts. we will speak to a longtime afghan women's rights defender and a journalist in kabul. plus, we will look at why the palestinian authority is cracking down on palestinian demonstrators in the occupied west bank. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. haiti's interim prime minister has declared a state of siege and imposed martial law following wednesday morning's assassination of president jovenel moÏse. the first lady of haiti was injured in the attack and was airlifted to a hospital in miami, where she is reportedly in critical but stable condition. haitian police say they've arrested two suspected assassins and kill four others in a gunfight. video from the scene shows the heavily armed attackerclaimed to be from the u.s. dea, the drug enforcement administration. u.s. state depa

the u.s. competitive position in the world, commercially, economically and from a kind of international relations and foreign policy perspective. so that has been an important part of that story as well. so we have, as i say, an absolutely terrific group of -- they are more than experts, they are senior thought leaders on issues around this subject matter today. and i'm going to invite them to join us, now. and they are in alphabetical order, best are charlene -- nice to have her back. brendan, delighted to have him, marcy who is the ceo of calvert, the california -- -- and last but not least, steve hadley, who is principal at right hadley gaetz emmanuel together, steve and charlene cochaired a task force john and i led a couple of years ago on global infrastructure and designing eight u.s. globally for structure strategy. we are just delighted to have them back with us to talk about that and sort of where we are today. so, i think with that, we are going to do sort of tagteam q&a now. down th

u.s. stocks to the brink of a record as traders digest a day-lewis of data and earnings reports to -- a delucia of data and earnings reports. shery: warnings from christine lagarde that the ecb will not tighten early. haidi: the big day is finally here. the lippy opening ceremony hours away -- the olympic opening ceremony hours away. shery: it is a picture across wall street. nursing u.s. futures rising a quarter -- we are seeing u.s. futures rising a quarter of a percent. a record for a third consecutive session. we have the old playbook resurfaced. the cyclicals rally we saw in the past two days coming to an end. the 10 year yield falling. treasuries rallying. the dollar not moving that much. we are watching the euro given that it has failed to hold onto those gains after the ecb meeting and the revisions to the right guidance. wti losing 2/10 of 1%. this after rallying in the new york session. there has been more optimism about the recovery only here in the u.s. but broader globally . t

it's u.s.iliate said this week its average daily volume reached new highs in the first half of the year. daily volume between $150 million and $1 million, making it one of the largest trip to exchanges in the u.s. by volume. and they have -- let's just say a couple of very big celebrity sports and modeling investors. jon: they certainly do. in building any brand, if we are talking about a product or service, there is that good marketing push. there's also the simple things, like ease-of-use, is the technology working for me, can i link my various financial platforms easily? do i trust it? all of this seems to go into this sector which is incredibly complicated around the world given the interest of getting into the market. matt: cybersecurity has to be first among your concerns if you are trading big size in crypto. let's bring in the founder of ftx, sam bankman-fried. let me ask you about competition. given all the issues that jon just mentioned, there are a lot of concerns about choosing an e

u.s.roops quietly pull out of their main base in afghanistan as the taliban sweeps into districts around the country. brazil's president to be investigated over a vaccine deal as the country's covid death rate remains stubbornly high. after destroying a village at the het of canada's heatwave, wildfires are threatening elsewhere. and italy have beaten belgium to make it into the semifinals of euro 2020, where they will play spain, who needed penalties to get past switzerland's. -- switzerland. ♪ respect a truce and let aid in or risk a devastated -- devastating conflict. that is the warning from the united nations to the ethiopian government and rebel fighters after the start of a war that has displaced millions of people and killed thousands. the government announced a cease-fire the rebels have dismissed, and as the fighting continues, the you in told security council members the situation is deteriorating further. figures were stark, 400,000 people estimated to have already crossed into

♪ >> president biden announced u.s.ilitary operations in afghanistan will officially conclude by the end of august, almost 20 years from the time they initially started. he spoke in more detail about the u.s. troop withdrawal before answering questions from white house reporters. this is about 30 minutes. pres. biden: good afternoon. earlier today, i was briefed by our senior military and national security leaders on the status of the drawdown of u.s. forces and allied forces in afghanistan. when i announced our drawdown in april, i said we would be out by september. we are on track to meet that target. excuse me. our military mission in afghanistan will conclude on august 31. the drawdown is proceeding in a secure and orderly way, prioritizing the safety of our troops as they depart. our military commanders advised me that once i made the decision to end the war, we need to do it swiftly to conduct the main elements of the drawdown. in this context, speed is safety. thanks to the way in which we have managed our withdr

in 1898, the u.s.teddy roosevelt got rid of the spaniards and mckinley sent the rough riders in and everybody in cuba to get rid of the spaniards. why didn't eisenhower, why didn't kennedy, why didn't they send the u.s. military in. i was reading a thing about the bay of pigs on usa today and most of generals at the time -- most generals at a time, the cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations. the u.s. military, the dod, was supposed to go into cuba to get rid of castro. nicholas: yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit, at least openly, u.s. military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime. one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america. latin america, latin american people, saw that united states as overbearing, they did not like them on the munro doctrine. they did not like to be in america to backyard. for good foreign policy reasons, it was ruled out that we would have the u.s. military openly go against the castro reg

u.s. airstrikes in syria and iraq targeting and running ba militia and the eminent pullout of almost all u.s. troops from afghanistan. into ethiopia where a cease-fire has been declared amidst the worst famine in a decade. >> the consequences and impact of the immediate cease-fire remain unclear. the humanitarian colleagues tell us there has been a breakdown in telecommunications, internet services in tigray as of today so the impact to the current situation on the humanitarian operations remain unknown at this moment. amy: we will speak with an ethiopian scholar and with the chief of nutrition at unicef ethiopia. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the chief financial officer of the trump organization allen weisselberg surrendered to authorities early this morning. the manhattan district attorney's office is expected to file charges today against him and the trump organization after indictments by a grand ju

obviously u.s. of bagram airbase, that last night early friday morning has rattled folks. without that u.s. security blanket, if you like, which has been here for the last 20 years, people are feeling very exposed, because of the deteriorating situation across the country. the taliban launching this huge offensive particularly in the north, in the countryside, claiming districts and we're seeing districts fall every single day. i was just speaking to a woman who runs a woman's organization across the country and she said they have had to evacuate their offices up in the north, where the fight something taking place because obviously women are under threat particularly these women who have fled the taliban. this is causing a great deal of concern. we were speaking to local afghans yesterday, who said we hear the u.s. embassy is closing so there is the real sense of uncertainty and fear. on top of that, there is no political road map here in afghanistan. the peace talks between the afghan government a

yamiche: president biden defends withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan but he faces accusations he's leaving the country as it teeters on the edge of clams. and haiti's president is assassinated. what role will the u.s. play as the island nation falls deeper into crisis? meanwhile, more cyberhacks with alleged links to russia. plus, six months after the capitol attack, former president trump sues social media companies for blocking access to his accounts, next. ♪ announcer:this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by -- >> for 20 -- 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. our u.s. service team can hel find a plan that fits you. visit consumer cellular.tv to learn more. announcer: additional funding provided by -- the estate of arnold adams. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. commted to bridging cultural differences in our communities and sandra and carle delay magnusson. and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like

the u.s. did little better. new highs on all of the markets in recent trading sessions in the u.s. european futures suggest a little downside and u.s. futures also suggesting a little downside despite the fact that we have strong earnings stories coming through with tesla being the latest example. there is concern around technology and china and that is the counterpoint. chinese stocks in the u.s. taking a let down yesterday. but it has not stopped there. we have not drawn a line in the sand because on the gmm you can see the hang seng is one of the markets under pressure once again. >> the hang seng -- it is g20 only. hong kong stocks are down about 6% in the last two days. when you look at the gmm, you wonder where the panic as. -- is. this follows on a lot of pain yesterday. the two day move is 4.5% and that is when they have already fallen to the bottom of the range. they had a bad friday, a bad close to the week. this has broken through the year to date lows. and the rest of the world is

i think the u.s. objective still needs to be an afghanistan at peace, an afghanistan that reflects diversity of its people , an afghanistan that can ideally bring elements from the taliban, the non-taliban forces that make up the government in kabul, women, pro-democracy advocates and all others living together peacefully within the framework. if we can get there, what should come next? we're going to grapple with some of these problems today. but there are very important things we can do for tens of thousands of afghans who we know are in danger because they worked with us very closely. >> senator shaheen, you have been very active and vocal, thank you very much. there has been a lot of energy on capitol hill in the last couple months. could you walk us through your thinking on how to proceed and the current activity in congress? >> yes. as ambassador wayne says, this is about the credibility of the united states, and also what should be done on the humanitarian -- we promised to make sure they were

u.s.retary-general. i guess the jury is still out. it seems that they are in the good way and ocd is estimating that tax deal could raise $126 billion more across the globe. janet, back to you >> thank you anetta, stay with us i want to talk about a subject close to your heart. let's talk about the developments over the weekend on the monetary policy side ecb president christine le guard says they will review guidance on july 22nd speaking to bloomberg, le guard says it will reflect the ecb commitment to spur inflation so, anetta, putting this together, one of the big questions we had last week when we talked about the timing of the strategy review, why would they release it now you? i guess they were trying to prepare the market for an upcoming change in forward guidance >> reporter: that could be the case also, they had their gathering outside frankfurt to bring everybody back together in the physical meeting and what i heard on the ground here helped to bring about agreement when it com

we have been lagging behind in the u.s.. the u.s.we love and our brands are well-established, but we missed out on many opportunities. if we go back to the 60's and 1970's, then we were in a steady decline. we recovered. we have been growing our market share with the newest car line both focusing on suv's. the u.s. is becoming an electrified country. the biden administration appends electrification. we have been advancing into fast charging. we are an investment phase which will be converted to electric car production. in the background you see -- very nicely received in the united states. it comes with many new products. iconic products, products in the united states is coming back to many more products. we have to use that opportunity and do the utmost to make sure we get back to the position we wanted to be as an auto manufacturer. alix: good afternoon. you have only confirmed local production of the id for suv in the u.s.. i wonder if they're going to be other models -- you talk about more models -- that will be made locally, and

ahead of the meeting, u.s. officials said that wendy sherman, the deputy u.s.f state would be seeking guardrails from china in order to better manage competition with china and also to avoid conflicts but said she's been getting an earful from chinese officials including the foreign minister who in the days leading up to today's meet has been speaking through chinese state-run media. she's been getting an earful from his deputy, the vice foreign minister of china, who this day has been issuing a series of strongly worded statements rebuking the united states, including this one. let's bring it up for you. in the statement he's basically blaming the u.s. for the current stalemate in the relationship saying the china/u.s. relationship is a stalemate and faces serious difficulties. it's because some americans portray china as an enemy. he goes on to say we urge the united states to change its highly misguided mind set and dangerous quality. the meeting today comes in the backdrop of deepening tensions between u.s. and china. since then both sides have been trading

the u.s. courts can't get you. in tom barrack's case it is not just his vast wealth, his basically unlimited resources name him a flight risk, he is charged with being an agent of a foreign power working to influence the trump campaign and trump administration and u.s. government policy on behalf of the government of united arab emirates while united arab emirates and saudi arabia were pumping a billion and a half dollars into tom barrack's company. prosecutors actually didn't want any bond arrangement for tom barrack. they pointed out that barrack has these connections to very senior leaders in both the united arab emirates and saudi arabia and that neither emirates nor saudi arabia have extradition treaties with the united states. so there's the potential that if barrack was able to get himself to one of those countries via, say, his private aircraft, those countries leaders could take him in and protect him and he would never face the music. so prosecutors wanted no bond. that said, tom bar

the u.s.ary says its pullout from afghanistan as more than 90% complete, two months earlier than expected. the taliban is saying it is taking another 10 districts as it pushes some afghan government forces into retreat. >> by no means as anyone defected to the taliban. they may have abandoned their posts because they were no longer able to fight. ros: nigeria has ordered some schools and one stayed close after the 11th mass kidnapping of students in six months. more than 140 students were taken in the latest raid, and parents are furious. >> we stand with one voice, condemn what happened. we will continue to protest until our children are brought back. ros: u.k. government setting out details about how it plans to fully unlock despite a new surge of coronavirus. >> the differee is this vaccine wall of defense is working. the link between cases and hospitalizations is severely weakened. welcome to those of you watching on pbs in america, and to everyone else on bbc world news. the united states

president biden wants u.s. companies in hong kong to be aware of what he described as the deteriorating business climate under the year-old national security law, such as electronic surveillance without warrants, u.s. deputy secretary of state wendy sherman is set to visit asia next week, china reportedly snubbed the idea of a meeting with her chinese counterpart. the tensions come as china clamps down on its tech titans the stated goal to safeguard chinese data tromforeign influence. today, the country's cy cyber watchdog along with six other departments launched an is part of a review after the company listed in new york the authorities listed didi as a critical infrastructure provider with a trove of data and listed overseas could pose a risk to national security. china's regulators are requiring companies looking to raise funds overseas now to report for a cyber review first though those going public in hong kong might be exempt. didi's apps are now off app stores and platforms here, and the company can no

the u.s. capitol. live coverage starts at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. online at c-span.org or listen with the free radio app. >>> up next, u.s. trade representative katherine tai joined others to discuss the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement. >> thank you, everyone. my name is pat ottensmyer. i am delighted to have been asked to kick off this remarkable roundtable discussion. my primary role here will be to introduce ambassador green who will introduce the panel and others on the discussion for today. i would like to make some comments here about the unique discussion on the eve of the one-year birthday, anniversary, of the signing of u.s. mca. for those of you who don't know can city southern as well as others, we are one of the largest railroads in north america with a significant presence in mexico. so our business has been very tightly connected to u.s.-mexico trade since the implementation of nafta 25, 27 years ago. we are now in the process of merging with a canadian national, also one of

the former u.s. surgeon general says americans should expect restrictions to make a comeback if things don't improve. take a listen. >> more mitigation is coming, whether it's masking or whether it's closures or whether it's your kids having to return to virtual learning, that is coming. and it's coming because this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again. and it's spiraling out of control because we don't have enough people vaccinated. get vaccinate because it helps your neighbors but get vaccinated because it's going to help every single american enjoy the freedoms that we want to return to. >> in the meantime new modeling suggests the u.s. could see up to 4,000 covid related deaths this year. dr. anthony fauci says the u.s. needs a course correction. take a listen. >> if you look historically at the modeling that's been done over the last 18 months, for the most part it's been pretty accurate. so i'm not so sure it would be the worst-case scenario, but it's not going to be good. we're going

all u.s.roops have now left bagram air base in afghanistan, a signal america's longest war is nearly done as a top commander issues a major warning. >>> and more than a hundred people still missing in florida. the remaining building may need to be demolished quickly and rescue workers may soon have to deal with a hurricane. >>> plus, have plans to visit a national park this holiday weekend? well, you are not alone, and you might even get turned away. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper on this friday. we begin today with our world lead and the clearer sign that america's longest war is coming to an end. today the remaining u.s. troops at bagram air base in afghanistan which served as the heart of u.s. military operations for 20 years handed over control to the afghan military. a military that is now bracing for the taliban's continued advance which a top u.s. commander warned could result in a civil war. we are covering this from washington to kabul. let's start

first, the u.s., u.k. allies are calling out china for alleged cyberattacks including the microsoft exchange hack. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> the u.s. and allies have tied microsoft exchange hacks to the chinese government, accusing beijing of malicious activity. pres. biden: they are still determining exactly what happened. my understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves, but are protecting those who are doing it. they may be even accommodating them. >> that spring in -- the biting administration wants to expose the extent of chinese activity with help of european allies. what are we expecting? what do they know? >> they basically have said they have done their homework on this massive cyberattack that happened earlier this year through the microsoft exchange server that resulted in a tax on a range of companies. this lays the foundation for a couple of things. it is really a very public escalation of tensions between the u.s. and china. as y

we seo flights the u.s., what do you make of the fact that the u.s.as advised americans not to visit the u.k.? there's not that much inbound to the u.k. right now, i'm guessing. is it something that is going to concern you, that kind of messaging? >> we've been calling out for that there should be a common approach on how countries are opening up trouble. the one respect of the situation is different in different countries. we have to live with the fact that the government are taking positions that they consider was best for the population. it could have been much more sensible if there was a common approach between countries on how they were opening up. the key drivers the impact are the same. it's about the level of infection, and the infection rate of the cases. when you take all that into consideration you can see the market where we are operating, much of europe could be placed on the green must. to say that when you have transparency on what is deemed to be safe trouble, the company can plan. that is what we are looking for in the u.k. >> some o

u.s. and china set for high-level talks with tensions high and cooperation at risk. haidi: this is what we are seeing when it comes to the countdown towards the start of trading across measure markets here in asia. we are seeing a pretty mixed start. traders are weighing the u.s. rally on account of corporate earnings, starting to kick off in asia proper as well as the tech sector cracked down and of course, don't forget the federal reserve meeting this week as well. we are seeing the dollar hold pretty steady in the early part of the trading session. we had that -- those trade numbers coming out from new zealand just shortly before taking a look at the annual trade deficit widening by the june numbers. sydney futures up by .3% as we continue to have some confusion as well as concern that we could see that new south wales sydney lockdown being extended by the government. chicago nikkei futures up a tepid amount, .2%, as we get into day three of the tokyo olympic games and this is a pretty

the u.s. occupied haiti, and in so doing the u.s.ontrol of haiti's railroads, took control of haiti's banks, took control of the infrastructure, and made it to u.s. business interests. he literally rewrote the constitution and installed a puppet government. and since then, the u.s. involvement in haiti has gone even downward. my family has seen this firsthand. you know, i discovered in the u.s. national archives that the cia had been spying on my grandfather, and i have tried to get these documents unclassified. some of them are unclassified, but four of them still 50 years later remain redacted. i have had to sue in federal court. but me, i'm not the issue, that's not the issue. the issue is what do we do going forward? we know certain things, but the u.s. government knows more in terms of our national security apparatus. finally, i will say, joshua, decisions will be made to avert a, quote, unquote, refugee crisis. >> right. >> there's that dynamic, that we don't want more refugees from haiti coming. there's issues of national secu

august deadline -- u.s. president joe biden says the world's longest war will be over th u.s. troops all but gone, it is prompting concern in afghanistan where the taliban continues to make gains. ogre correspondent is standing by with more. hunt for suspects in haiti. the government says it is tracking down those responsible for killing its president. some are in custody, but big questions about who is behind the killing are still unanswered. and day three. the con film festival place post to some big -- the cannes film festival plays host to some big stars. this is "live from paris." hi, everyone. thanks for joining us. america's longest war will end on august 31. that was the message from president biden this thursday. he acknowledged that as the u.s. has a most completely withdrawn troops from afghanistan that the taliban has grown stronger and is making major gains, but he said that a taliban takeover is not inevitable. he promised to help translators and other u.s. allies in the country who want to live in the u.s.. he said the drawdown of american troops has happened qu

david petraeus, former u.s. commander in afghanistan and former director of the cia on president biden's plan to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan. david: welcome to washington post live. this summer, u.s. troops will withdraw from afghanistan after a war that's lasted two decades. we will be taking a close look this morning at that withdrawal and the implications for some of the afghans who have helped us in that war. in a bit, i will be joined by an afghan translator who worked with u.s. troops for 13 years as an interpreter, talking about getting visas for some of his colleagues who similarly were helpful, along with a retired army colonel who worked to get interpreters out of iraq in a similar situation, and is now thinking about ways to help afghani translators. but, first, i want to turn to general david ,who was our commander in kabul, in afghanistan, and also served as our commander in iraq during the surge there, commander of centcom. nobody knows the region better than general petraeus. welcome, ge