you wrote this big piece in the wall streetjournal essentially listing concerns about president bidenow you went about that. how did you research it? who did you approach? what was the back story to that important piece ofjournalism? you know, look, when the hur report came out, i think it was like an earthquake. you know, there's been — i've been a white house reporter. i've covered this administration from the campaign well into the white house. and reading that hur report, i realised that there's no other person who does not work forjoe biden who has spent five hours with him one on one. hur did it over two days. and so, i read it with that in mind of, "my goodness, "this man had access to the president that no "journalist has had and, really, nobody aside "from his family or, you know, people "who work for him," and that, you know, our bureau chief got us together and we sort of launched in a lot of directions to try to understand, "what is "the president like behind closed doors?" and the question was also amplified by pushback from the white house. voters have long said that the

and so, to the wall streetjournal, we felt that was an invitation to start really digging into thoseresident was fine, was behaving the way you would expect a president to do — was sharp, was spontaneous, had quick back and forths, had good questions. but in other meetings, he would really lose his train of thought. he would pause for extended periods of time that made people feel uncomfortable. he would at times just close his eyes in a way that made people wonder if he had sort of tuned out a little bit, that he would get key details of policy wrong when talking about them. he would mumble and be inaudible in cases where lawmakers were just reallyjust struggling just to hear what he had to say. and so, you know, we did this reporting. it took months. i'm on a very busy beat. my editors cleared a lot of time for me to work the story, and i deeply appreciate that support that we had from the wall street journal, all the way up to the top. and there you were, doing the very difficultjob of persuading people to talk to you but when the piece came out, what was the reaction? well, look,

his employer, the wall streetjournal, says the case is a sham.ch last year, but this week the unusually rapid pace of the trial has stoked speculation, about a possible russia—us prisoner exchange. our russia editor, steve rosenberg gave us this update from moscow. suddenly out of nowhere, everything has speeded up. for example at the court session today, the second hearing, it had been scheduled to take place in mid—august but it was unexpectedly brought forward. that is unusual. tomorrow's hearing will start with closing arguments, ready closing arguments. that is incredible when you think that if evan gershkovich is concluded dell were convicted, the maximum possible sentence is 20 years in a penal colony and after just two court hearings if you set this trial is near end. what does that mean? does that mean that there is some kind of deal already between russia and the us to bring evan gershkovich home after the trial? short answer is, we don't know for sure. the long answer is, we know there have been discussions between russia and america o

with me is molly ball, senior political correspondent for the wall streetjournal.us. you will have seen the white house coming out today strongly denying reports that president biden is considering stepping out of the race. what is the latest that you can tell us? ~ , ., , , us? well, this has been their line for the _ us? well, this has been their line for the past _ us? well, this has been their line for the past six - us? well, this has been their line for the past six days - line for the past six days since the debate, but really what we are paying attention to is the really growing sense of panic all around the white house from democrats at all levels, from the most senior levels, from the most senior levels of the party, elected officials, you know, operatives and strategists close to the party, even people inside the white house very concerned about the situation and they know that something has to be done. a loss of democrats feel that the president and his apparatus haven't done enough to reassure them if he is going to reassure them if he is going to stay

the wall streetjournal has accused moscow of stockpiling americans in russian jails to trade them for it's happened before. in 2022, russia freed us basketball star brittney griner. she had beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout. as soon as i win the election, i will have that reporter out. promises from donald trump, but the biden administration is already talking to moscow about evan gershkovich and other jailed americans. it's unclear if a deal is close. what is clear is that a us reporter has been pronounced a spy without any evidence having been made public. someone cries, "we love you, evan." all he can do now is wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yekaterinburg. a short while ago i spoke to the director of campaigns for reporters without borders, rebecca vincent. she told me what we can take from the speed of mr gershkovich�*s trial. first of all, your reaction to the sentencing?— first of all, your reaction to the sentencing? well, today's sentencing — the sentencing? well, today's sentencing is _ the sentencing? well,

the 32—year—old has been in detention since march last year but his employer, the wall streetjournal,a sham. from yekaterinburg, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. the trial was behind closed doors. for the verdict, we were allowed in, but where was evan gershkovich? there, almost hidden from the cameras in the far corner of the glass cage that is the dock in a russian courtroom. he looked like he'd lost weight. thejudge found him guilty of spying and sentenced the wall streetjournal reporter to 16 years in a high—security penal colony. whatjust happened in this courtroom is unprecedented in the history of modern russia — an american journalist convicted of espionage in a trial that was held behind closed doors, a trial that us officials have dismissed as a sham. evan gershkovich�*s employer condemned the verdict. he isn't a spy. he's a journalist. he was on a reporting trip. he was gathering news. this is completely cooked up. it's total sham. and, you know, the whole thing is just utterly appalling. evan gershkovich was arrested at this steakhouse in yekaterinburg. he was

in a joint statement, the wall streetjournal�*s publisher described as a disgraceful sham. citizens in russian jails to trade them for russians jailed abroad. is a prisoner swap likely? it has happened before. in 2022, russia freed this us basketball star. in return she was exchange for an arms dealer. donald trump promises big but the biden administration is already in discussion with moscow about the journalists and other americans jailed in russia. it is unclear how close a deal is. what is clear is that an american reporter has been pronounced as fire without any evidence being made public. all he can do now is wait. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has become the first foreign leader to address the cabinet at downing street in almost 30 years. during the meeting, he called on sir keir starmer to show leadership by easing restrictions on ukraine using long—range missiles on military facilities in russia. a week today the olympics get underway in paris with what promises to be a spectacular opening ceremony on the river seine, followed by a fortnight of thri

the wall streetjournal has accused moscow of stockpiling americans in russianjails to trade them forus basketball star brittney griner. she�*d beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout. as soon as i win the election, i will have that reporter out. promises from donald trump. but the biden administration is already talking to moscow about evan gershkovich and otherjailed americans. it�*s unclear if a deal is close. what is clear is that a us reporter has been pronounced a spy without any evidence having been made public. someone cries, "we love you, evan." all he can do now is wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yekaterinburg. us presidentjoe biden came under increased pressure on friday to end his re—election campaign. the number of democratic senators urging the him to drop out, doubled , from two to four. new mexico senator martin heinrich, on the left, released a statement this morning. and injust the past hour, 0hio senator sherrod brown became the latest to do si. he said in part: "i agree with the many 0hioans who have reac

a wall streetjournal poll reports similar numbers after the debate.red voters. as president biden faces questions about his age, donald trump faces questions of his own, including about his recent conviction on 3a felony counts. the wall streetjournal poll we just mentioned asked respondents which concerned them more, biden�*s age or trump's behaviour. 46% of registered voters said biden�*s age was the bigger concern. 45% donald trump's behaviour worried them more. i spoke about all this with molly ball, senior political correspondent for the wall streetjournal. of course you will have seen the white house coming out today strongly denying reports president biden is considering stepping out of the race. what is the latest you can tell us? well, this has been deadline for the past six days, since the debate. but really what we are paying attention to is the really growing sense of panic all around the white house. from democrats at all levels, from the mezzanine level of the party, elected officials, operatives, and strategies close to the party, even

the wall streetjournal, us officials, evan gershkovich supporters, call this a sham — a bogus process in mind. it was held behind closed doors, so that means the media weren't allowed in during the proceedings. um, uh, friends and family of mr gershkovich wouldn't have been allowed in, diplomats, foreign diplomats weren't allowed in. we were allowed in, in a group ofjournalists, for the verdict. we went into the courtroom and evan gershkovich was standing there in the metal and glass cage, which is known as the aquarium in russian courts. in came thejudge read the verdict — guilty. he was sentenced to 16 years in a high—security penal colony. now, i suspect that that's the kind of verdict and sentence that evan gershkovich would have expected from a russian court. certainly his supporters were expecting something like that. as i say, they say that this was a sham trial, but i think we should pause for a momentjust to think about what just happened inside that courtroom. an american journalist convicted of espionage in russia and sentenced to 16 years in prison. that is unprecedented i

the wall streetjournal has accused moscow of stockpiling americans in russian jails to trade them for griner. she had beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout. as soon as i win the election, i will have that reporter out. promises from donald trump but the biden administration is already talking to moscow about evan gershkovich and other jailed americans. it's unclear if a deal is close. what is clear is that a us reporter has been pronounced a spy without any evidence having been made public. someone cries, "we love you, evan". all he can do now is wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yekaterinburg. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said on friday he will continue to discuss efforts towards peace in ukraine with former us president donald trump. the pair spoke by phone on friday — their first call in five years. in a statement on truth social, mr trump vowed to "end "the war," saying that under his leadership, quote: mr trump's bid for the oval office has renewed fears that us commitment to ukraine could falter if mr trump i

the wall streetjournal, his employer, says he is innocent of those charges.ry clear message to the kremlin that the world understands — the free democratic world understands that the vladimir putin and the regime he has built, the system of government that he's built in the country that is oppressing the russian population and carries out aggression against its, russia's, neighbours. and i believe it is very important for the world to stand with those who oppose the putin regime today because if we want to see russia a democracy one day — and that is the only guarantee of peace and stability on that continent, surely — because as long as there is some kind of regime in the kremlin, this aggression will continue and it will spread. so, if we want to see russia a democracy one day, we need to send a message of support and solidarity with those russian citizens who risk their freedom and their lives to stand against the regime. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisted on sunday that any ceasefire deal in gaza must allow israel to resume fighting afterw

in a joint statement, the wall streetjournal�*s publisher and editor in chief called it a "disgracefulled abroad. is a prisoner swap likely? it's happened before. in 2022, russia freed us basketball star britney griner. she'd beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout. as soon as i win the election, i will have that reporter out. donald trump promises big, but the biden administration is already in discussion with moscow about evan gershkovich and other americans jailed in russia. it's unclear how close a deal is. what is clear is that an american reporter has been pronounced a spy without any evidence having been made public. someone cries, "we love you, evan!" all he can do now is wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yekaterinburg. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. today has brought the uk's hottest weather of the year so far. temperatures for some climbed into the low 30s celsius, and look at this beautiful scene sent in by a weather watcher in dorset. there was quite a lot of sunshine in places. however, that wasn't the story

russian investigators claim the wall streetjournal reporter was working for us intelligence when he waspresident biden criticised mr gershkovich's sentencing in a statement, writing "he was targeted by the russian government because he is a journalist and an american. we are pushing hard for evan's release and will continue to do so." us national security adviser jake sullivan said on friday that getting mr gershkovich home is a top priority for the biden administration. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg was one of the journalists at the verdict in moscow and sent this report. the trial was behind closed doors. for the verdict, we were allowed in, but where was evan gershkovich? there, almost hidden from the cameras in the far corner of the glass cage that is the dock in a russian courtroom. he looked like he'd lost weight. thejudge found him guilty of spying and sentenced the wall streetjournal reporter to 16 years in a high—security penal colony. whatjust happened in this courtroom is unprecedented in the history of modern russia — an american journalist convicted of espionage in a tr

some news just some newsjust in, a court in central russia has convicted the wall streetjournal reporterony. the trial has been dismissed as a sham both by us officials and by his employer, the wall street journal. donald trump has given his first speech since surviving an assassination attempt at the weekend, saying �*god was on his side'. he was speaking at the republican national convention as he formally accepted the party's nomination to run for president once again. our north america correspondent nada tawfik was watching the speech in milwaukee. nada, his supporters had been waiting all week for this moment? they had. this was a speech that began sombrely. still wearing the bandage that some of his supporters had donned in solidarity, he told the crowd that they would not hear him recount the story of his assassination a second time because it was too painful. while he did touch on wanting to unify americans, donald trump then reverted back to familiar themes that have played to his base and did not acknowledge his own role in setting off divisions in the country, as my colleague

the wall streetjournal has accused moscow of stockpiling americans in russian jails to trade them forefore. in 2022, russia freed us basketball star brittney griner. she'd beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout. as soon as i win the election, i will have that reporter out. promises from donald trump. but the biden administration is already talking to moscow about evan gershkovich and otherjailed americans. it's unclear if a deal is close. what is clear is that a us reporter has been pronounced a spy without any evidence having been made public. someone cries, "we love you, evan." all he can do now is wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yekaterinburg. let's turn to the us — at least nine democratic lawmakers have today called on president biden to withdraw his bid for re—election in november. that brings the total number of democrats in congress who have publicly called on the president to step aside to more than 30. the flurry of calls today came after mr biden's team insisted he'd return to the campaign trail next week. he's c

has a compelling story to tell, and if you look at the average economist, if you go to the wall streetjournalight leaning economists all say the consensus is that the trump plan is more inflationary than anything the democrats have proposed stop i am curious to know your take on this, donald trump has found new champions among tech leaders. this is always —— has not always been the case — what do you think is making tech companies cosy up to trump? one of the issues democrats have had on the side of regulation, they see the crypto currency regulation and financial services regulation to senator elizabeth warren and gary kinsler, and that's been a great source of frustration for a lot of vcs in silicon valley. many of these have tech and web three exposure, and coin exposure through bitcoin, etc, so they have choked down and made it difficult for good actors like going base and a crack and to operate inside the us. —— coin base and crack in. so this is a direct result of that. what i would caution people about is that donald trump is very transactional — he says that she says ease for one thin

she has a compelling story to tell and if you look at the average economist, if you go to the wall streetjournalrvey have left and right leaning economists, they all say the consensus is that the donald trump plan is more inflationary than anything the democrats have proposed. i’d than anything the democrats have proposed.— than anything the democrats have proposed. i'd like to know our have proposed. i'd like to know your take _ have proposed. i'd like to know your take on — have proposed. i'd like to know your take on this. _ have proposed. i'd like to know your take on this. donald - have proposed. i'd like to know| your take on this. donald trump found new champions among debt leaders. elon musk has raised funds for him. what is making tech companies cosy up? a big issue the democrats _ tech companies cosy up? a big issue the democrats have - tech companies cosy up? a big issue the democrats have had | tech companies cosy up? a big. issue the democrats have had is on the side of regulation. for some reason they seek crypto currency regulation and financial service regulation and that has bee

in other news, there has been leaked data from disney, according to the wall streetjournal. the data came from disney's slack channels and included details on employment candidates and ad campaigns. disney has told the bbc that it is investigating the matter. china has reported slower than expected growth in the second quarter. that data was released as top leaders gather in beijing for a plenum meeting, where they are likely to discuss ways to revive a stagnating economy. the bbc�*sjoao da silva has more. the latest economic data from china does not look good. and it comes just as a major political meeting got under way in the capital. economic growth slowed to 4.7% in the second quarter, leaving the chinese government's 5% growth target for the year looking even more ambitious. the economists i've been speaking to described the numbers as china's economy hitting the brakes. meanwhile, other data on retail sales and new homes prices also disappointed and hinted at continuous problems in the economy. it raises expectations for major reforms to be announced in the third plenu

in a joint statement, the wall streetjournal�*s publisher and editor in chief called it a "disgracefulling american citizens in russian jails to trade them for russians jailed abroad. is a prisoner swap likely? it's happened before. in 2022, russia freed us basketball star britney griner. she'd beenjailed on a drugs charge. in return, america released convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout. as soon as i win the election, i will have that reporter out. donald trump promises big, but the biden administration is already in discussion with moscow about evan gershkovich and other americans jailed in russia. it's unclear how close a deal is. what is clear is that an american reporter has been pronounced a spy without any evidence having been made public. someone cries, "we love you, evan!" all he can do now is wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, yekaterinburg. joining me now is rebecca vincent — she's the director of campaigns for reporters without borders. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i., ., ., prog

in a further�*s wall streetjournal, a democratic senator added his voice sank the president should withdrawrmers in the first debate with donald trump. he was a briefing from today's meeting. throughout this week, house democrats have engaged in a process of talking to each other. those conversations have been candid, comprehensive and clear eyed. and they continue until that process has continued. i'm not to address what any outside stakeholders may have to say about this matter. �* , . ~ may have to say about this matter. �*, . ,, ., matter. let's get back to washington _ matter. let's get back to washington dc - matter. let's get back to washington dc and - matter. let's get back to | washington dc and speak matter. let's get back to - washington dc and speak with sarah smith. she was in the news conference that we just saw earlier by presidentjoe biden. get us up to speed with how it played out. it was an hour long. a lot of topics that were discussed. the mood in the room was tense at the start? yes, so there wasn't the greatest lead—up to this, of course, because what had happened is

the wall streetjournal, us officials, evan gershkovich's supporters call this a sham, a bogus processed in. we were allowed in any group of journalist for the verdict. we went into the courtroom, and evan gershkovich was standing there in the metal and glass cage, known as the aquarium in russian courts. in came thejudge, read the verdict, guilty. he was sentenced to 16 years in a high—security penal colony. now, i suspect that is the kind of verdict and sentence that evan gershkovich would've expected from a russian court. certainly his supporters were expecting something like that. as i say, they say this was a sham trial, but i think we should pause for a moment and think about what happened inside that courtroom, an american journalist convicted of espionage in russia and sentenced to 16 years in prison, that is unprecedented in modern russia. i cannot remember anything like that happening at all. now i think attention will turn to whether there is going to be or whether there has been some deal between russia and the united states on a prisoner exchange, a prisoner swap. there's

in russia, a second hearing is taking place behind closed doors in the espionage trial of wall streetjournalorter evan gersh—kovich. the 32—year—old american went on trial last month in yekaterinburg. prosecutors allege that he gathered secret information for the cia, about a company that makes tanks for russia's war in ukraine. he denies any wrongdoing. you can catch up anytime our website, details about the summit which is happening. do stay with us on bbc news. published within minutes. it will lay out the failures and weaknesses in the uk's pandemic preparations, and focus on how ready the country was to tackle such an event. it is not finished, what is happening though is that each of these sections will get a report and what we are getting today is a report into the first section which happened about a year ago. six weeks of evidence was taken here at the inquiry from 69 different people, including the former health secretary and another. we also heard from the former prime minister david cameron. they go into the evidence about how prepared the united kingdom was to deal with a pandem

these were published in the wall streetjournal.fy them independently ourselves, but nonetheless, the report suggested sinwar had said the scale of these civilian losses in gaza should be seen as necessary sacrifices. how did you respond to that phrase? i haven't seen such leaked letters, and i'm not going to comment on this. all what i can tell you is that there is nothing thatjustifies the mass murder of children. you're talking about more than 15,000 children. never before in the history of mankind such atrocities took place in real time right in front of the world. everybody�*s receiving all these images in their screens, so i don't want to engage in something i haven't seen. but should such... but it really is important to understand the mindset, both of the leaders of hamas — because hamas is a key protagonist in this conflict — also, i think, to understand the mindset of people like you, because i've already said you have family members in gaza. yourfamily, your extended family has suffered terrible losses in the last eight,

a wall streetjournal poll reports similar numbers after the debate: biden behind, 42% to 48% among registeredbiden faces questions about his age, donald trump faces questions of his own, including about his recent conviction on 3a felony counts. the wall street journal poll we just mentioned asked respondents which concerned them more, biden�*s age or trump's behaviour. 46% of registered voters said biden�*s age was the bigger concern. 45% donald trump's behaviour worried them more. the number of people killed in a crush at a religious gathering in the northern indian state of uttar pradesh has risen to 121, making it one of the deadliest such disasters in more than a decade. the incident happened as a crowd of thousands of people were trying to leave a hindu prayer meeting in the northern district of hathras. police say more than 250,000 people attended the event, more than triple the number organisers had permitted. the police chief said action would be taken against anyone found to be responsible for the crush . most of those killed were women. 0ur south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan is

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and it's interesting that this poll in the wall streetjournal shows kamala harris doing particularlyington there. this comes as the former us president barack obama — and his wife michelle — have endorsed vice—president kamala harris to be the democratic presidential nominee. it ended days of speculation over whether she'd gain their support. they said in a phone call they'd do everything they could to help her win. this report from our north america editor, sarah smith, begins with donald trump meeting with the israeli leader, benjamin netanyahu, for the first time in four years. everywhere he goes in america, prime minister netanyahu is met with protests against the war in gaza. "convicted felon invites a war criminal", reads one sign as he heads to meet donald trump in florida. the greatest dinner i've ever had. their falling out seems to be forgotten. donald trump was reported to be furious when mr netanyahu congratulated joe biden for winning in 2020, when mr trump was falsely claiming he had not lost. now he thinks it's good politics to be seen supporting the prime minister as

and there is a two point difference between the candidates, according to that poll in the wall streetjournalway to go, 100 days and a little bit. but this election campaign is really heating up now. there is speculation that the chancellor will use a speech on monday to address concerns over a possible black hole in public finances of around 20 billion pounds. it's expected that rachel reeves will argue she has inherited "unfunded projects", and that some hospital and road projects will have to be delayed as a result. i asked our political correspondent rajeep sandhu, what we can expect to hear from the chancellor on monday so rachel reeves has been conducting a review of uk finances with the treasury and we are expecting her to talk about the dire financial inheritance that they receive from the conservatives. that is a theme that they have talked about many times in the first few weeks of government. we are expecting her to say that actually when she's opened up the books and looked at them, it's worse than they expected. we don't have a finalised figure but there are figures out there of

i spoke to natalie andrews, a us congressional reporter for the wall streetjournal and asked her if theesident biden�*s leadership can last until november. you have several democrats who have put out statements today or told reporters that they need to get online, thatjoe biden has won the primaries, he's their guy. he wasn't challenged in the primaries that made for a wholesome debate at the time, some lawmakers feel like there was maybe a little bit of a cover—up. they felt like they couldn't understand biden �*s condition until the debate so they couldn't have made a good since decision several months ago until they saw him. it's going to be tricky or the democratic convention is in mid august and that's when joe august and that's whenjoe biden would august and that's when joe biden would formally become the party �*s nominee and a lot of lawmakers see that as being up against the clock, that this is happening quickly. his health issues are — happening quickly. his health issues are front _ happening quickly. his health issues are front and - happening quickly. his health issues are

the wall streetjournal reports they were tricked into boarding the plane by a high—ranking sinaloa member garland, said the arrests showed the authorities were determined to crack down on the sinaloa cartel. el mayo and guzman lopezjoin a growing list of sinaloa cartel leaders and associates who thejustice department is holding accountable in the united states. this includes the cartel�*s other co—founder, el chapo, another of el chapo�*s sons and alleged cartel leader, 0vidio guzman lopez, and the cartel�*s alleged lead sicario or assassin, known as el nini. fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced. thejustice department will not rest until every single cartel leader, member and associate responsible for poisoning our communities is held accountable. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. chinese authorities say they�*ve evacuated almost 300,000 people as typhoon gaemi makes its way across the east of the country. the storm made landfall on the mainland on thursday after severely affecting taiwan and the philippines. public transport, offices, schoo

evan's employer, the wall streetjournal, evan's family and the white house all deny the charges. russia, especially on foreign reporters. the committee to protect journalists names russia among the worstjailers of journalists globally. of the 17 foreign reporters injail worldwide, 12 are held in russia, including evan and alsu kurmasheva, another us journalist. press freedom groups are pushing the us to do more to bring them home. the us government has designated evan as wrongfully detained, meaning it can take special measures to push for his release. evan's family and employer are, in the meantime, running media campaigns to raise awareness of his plight. peter greste was detained for 13 months while working as a journalist in egypt and now is the executive director at the alliance forjournalists freedom. he told me he is reasonably hopeful evan will be released. unfortunately you do have direct experience of what extended confinement with an uncertain future can feel like. can you just give us a sense of what might have been going through evan's mind when he heard that verdict

similar poll came out today from the wall streetjournal.r puck news, where i also write, uh, a internal poll, uh, some data from the firm open labs, which works with biden superpac. they work with the democratic national committee. they're polling internally, uh, shows biden losing two or three points in all of the critical battleground states. and that's what's most important. if the biden campaign starts to see slippage in places like pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, uh, they're going to start to worry. and then the other two things that are related to that are democratic panic in congress, are members of congress in his own party. are more than just two going to come out and say, "biden should not be our nominee" if they see more, uh, high quality polling come out over the next few days? and then there's another big test, the last big hurdle, i think, for biden over the next week. he has a big sit down interview on friday here with abc news and george stephanopoulos, their senior political anchor. that's going to be a very tou

i spoke to molly boulet senior correspondent at the wall streetjournal and robert street journal and on the 202a race. i will start with rob in the studio. what is your reporting telling you about where democrats stand right now? we have seen democrat senator michael bennett come out and call for president biden to bow out of the race? senator bennett might be doing that but those who have real political capital with president biden are not urging him to get out of the race. there is widespread frustration among my democratic sources around president biden�*s handling of the debate and they wished that he was better prepared, well rested, but there is an acceptance that he is the nominee. what has been made clear to democrats that have a different view that someone else should step up is that anyone who has talked to president biden privately say he is more insistent than ever, that he has been counted out before in the 1970s, no—one thought he could win a senate seat in �*72, everyone thought his career was over in 87—98 when his presidential campaign flamed out. people thought he w

russian investigators claim the wall streetjournal reporter was working for us intelligence when he was president biden criticised mr gershkovich's sentencing in a statement, writing, quote: us national security adviser jake sullivan said on friday that getting mr gershkovich home is a top priority for the biden administration. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg was one a short time ago i spoke to reporters without borders's rebecca gibson. well, we think that this is an example, of course, of russia engaging in these practices of state hostage—taking, which have impacted otherjournalists and civilians beyond journalism as well. perhaps it's part of their political manoeuvring to try to force the us position, but the impact on this journalist and journalism is devastating. when anyjournalist is targeted in this way, it's notjust a matter of that person, of course, but about freedom of the press, freedom of information. and this is taking place against the backdrop in russia of a very serious press freedom situation. evan is one of 46 journalists currently detained there, and in fact ther

i spoke to natalie andrews, a us congressional reporter for the wall streetjournal and asked her if thenovember. a lot of them are quite a saying that it cannot, unsustainable, you have several democrats were put out statements today and told reporters that the need to get in line, thatjoe biden one primary is, he is our guy, he wasn't challenged in the primaries in a way that made for ourfall primaries in a way that made for our fall some primaries in a way that made for ourfall some debate primaries in a way that made for our fall some debate at the time and some lawmakers say they feel like there was a little bit of a cover—up, therefore they didn't understand biden's condition and told debate and so they couldn't have made a good decision several months ago and teal saw him. he is going to be tricky, the democratic convention is in mid august and that's whenjoe biden would formally become the party's nominee and a lot of lawmakers see that as being up against the clock, this is happening quickly. the clock, this is happening cuickl . �* v the clock, this is happening cuickl. �* v .,

the wall streetjournal reports they were tricked into boarding the plane by a high—ranking sinaloa memberideo statement, the us attorney general, merrick garland, said the arrests showed the authorities were determined to crack down on the sinaloa cartel. el mayo and guzman lopezjoin a growing list of sinaloa cartel leaders and associates who thejustice department is holding accountable in the united states. this includes the cartel�*s other co—founder, el chapo, another of el chapo's sons and alleged cartel leader, 0vidio guzman lopez, and the cartel�*s alleged lead sicario or assassin, known as el nini. fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced. thejustice department will not rest until every single cartel leader, member and associate responsible for poisoning our communities is held accountable. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. schoolchildren in england are using faves that have been laced with spice without their knowledge, according to new research. a team from the university of bath have been testing vapours and found that one in six conta

let's talk to sabrina, national politics reporter at the wall streetjournal.oining us. we sanoe biden�*s emotional statement earlier today. do we know when we will hear him address the nation as hear him address the nation as he said he will do? the expectation _ he said he will do? the expectation is - he said he will do? the expectation is joe - he said he will do? the| expectation is joe biden he said he will do? iie: expectation isjoe biden will address the nation some time this week. the white house has put out essentially a fairly blank public schedule for now and some of this is still being sorted out but i expect we will probably hear from the president probably hearfrom the president sooner probably hear from the president sooner rather than later. when you look at the nature of how quickly the party is coalescing behind kamala harris. following the president's endorsement of her replacement at the top of the ticket. there is a great deal of interest and the party quickly uniting behind an alternative and moving on. there is israeli prime minister �*s

it a compelling story to tell, if you look at the average economist, the wall streetjournal of the surveysts all say the consensus is the trump plan is more inflationary than anything the democrats propose. i’m the democrats propose. i'm cufious the democrats propose. i'm curious to — the democrats propose. i'm curious to know _ the democrats propose. i'm curious to know your take on this, donald trump has found new champions among tech leaders. this was not always the case, the likes of elon musk had been raising funds for him, what you think is making tech companies cosy up to trump? tech companies cosy up to trum - ? ., , , , , trump? one of the big issues the democrats _ trump? one of the big issues the democrats have - trump? one of the big issues the democrats have had - trump? one of the big issues the democrats have had is . trump? one of the big issues the democrats have had is onj the democrats have had is on the democrats have had is on the side of regulation stop for some reason ecv crypto currency regulation and financial services regulation to gary and senator was with warren

the key point here is that evan gershkovich, the wall streetjournal and the us government officiallybogus trial and they believe he will be convicted, but what happens after that, we have got to wait and see.— to wait and see. thanks for “oining us. greater manchester police has apologised after an inquiry found women who'd experienced sexual and domestic abuse were being arrested and strip—searched by officers and staff. the report has made a number of recommendations, which the force has accepted. lauren moss has the story. i was really, really emotional and ifelt really distressed, belittled. chantelle is one of 12 women who told the inquiry about demeaning and humiliating treatment by greater manchester police. she was arrested after an incident where she tried to protect someone from potential abuse. chantelle was taken to a police station in wigan and left without sanitary products for 16 hours. i wasn't treated fairly. i was wrongly arrested, for one. i rang 999. i should have felt safe and i should have felt protected and i just felt let down. the author of today's report, da

internal slack workplace collaboration system have been leaked online, according to reports in the wall streetjournalown a nullbulge has published leaked information and claims to have released over one terabyte of disney data. the company says it is investigating. now, with the global wellness market set to reach a value $1.8 trillion his year, it's an industry always on the look out for the next big trend. step forward self—hypnosis, the latest technique that promises to help manage everything from stress and anxiety to sleep and overeating. a growing number of self—hypnosis apps have now come to market, including reveri, founded by dr david spiegel, who over the past 45 years has become one of the world's pre—eminent experts on the clinical use of hypnosis, and hejoins me live now. thank you forjoining us today, david. let's get the stereotypes out of the way first of all. people often think of hypnosis as swinging a pocket watch before people's eyes. i'm sure there's more to it than that. how does self —hypnosis work? it than that. how does self -hypnosis work?— it than that. how does self -hypno

evan's employer, the wall streetjournal, evan's family and the white house all deny the charges.a, especially on foreign reporters. the committee to protect journalists names russia among "the worstjailers ofjournalists globally". of the 17 foreign reporters injail worldwide, 12 are held in russia — including evan and alsu kurmasheva, another us journalist. press freedom groups are pushing the us to do more to bring them home. the us government has designated evan as "wrongfully detained", meaning it can take special measures to push for his release. evan's family and employer are, in the meantime, running media campaigns to raise awareness of his plight. let's speak about this now with peter greste. he's a formerforeign correspondent who served 13 months in an egyptianjail and is now the executive director of the alliance forjournalists' freedom. thank you for being with us. i can see waiting, thanks for your patience.— can see waiting, thanks for your patience. you do have direct experience _ your patience. you do have direct experience of - your patience. you do have direct ex