she is the highest ranking official at the white house to publicly disclose contracting the liars sac. he says she's not had close contact with president joe biden since wednesday. and those are the headlines to this hour on al jazeera. the listing post is next. well as experiencing unprecedented extreme weather, reco temperature's being set. glass is an icy for deteriorating false. whenever the quote running down world lead is amazing clause go in the u. k. in a bit to thrash out a deal to slash emissions to port to late follow the un climate summit on al jazeera arden. god mentioned. i'm going to want to not chat. let's still okay to shadow. com is that will play by them on jesus with . hello richard ginsberg and you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news. we cover the way the news is covered. here are the media stories we're examining this week. his name is carr, he's as big as they come in the indian film industry. we look at the drug bust that tells a story of the conflict between the authorities there and hollywood, facebook and the continuing fall out from that

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the 67 year old was chief scotch just in trumps white house . he was subpoenas and refused to testify in front of the congressional committee investigating the attack on the capital. on january, the 6th, the committee is trying to determine the origins of the attack that was planned by trump supporters to stop the certification of president biden's 2020 election. when . let's get more details on this now from chris and slamming in new york. kristen tell us about these charges and house nick nail where there are 2 contempt of congress charges one for failing to testify before the house committee and another failing to produce documents requested by the committee. steve van, in the long time adviser to the former president, was subpoenaed and asked to appear by the committee that is investigating the january 6 capital breach. they say that they had reason to believe that he had information regarding the balance that took place that day. they point to statements, he made the day before the january 6 attack on the capital in a podcast in which he sa

but 1st, let's paint to our white house correspondent, kimberly how good. kimberly powell, i recall, was a trump appointee. so this really reflects how bipartisan this process has become. that seems yeah, bear with me. there's a lot of noise happening behind me, but what we're doing is a line that's going on here and it's making an awful lot of racket, but with respect to the appointment that has been made by. * the u. s. president joe biden. what's important to know is, all of this is that this is the 2nd term. so what the u. s. president is saying is that i like the job that you did. i don't want you to do it again. so one of the reasons in the white house state that we should point out were waiting for you as president to the coming hours will be speaking about this, but already in the state. but he said that he'd like jerome powells handling one of the worst economic crises in recent history of the united states. that is the handling of the pandemic. the fact that the market not only contract is but there was issues. and so, given the fact that the unit

so this will all be done virtually will be done here at the white house. on monday the, we'll talk about a number of things that they have in common. first of all, getting on top of the corporate crisis. there's the global supply chain as well. 3 there is also the climate change, and we know that joe biden was pretty critical of the chinese for not showing up in glasgow essentially seeing that if you want to be a while leader, you have to show up to lead ad. there will be other things that they will touch on, including nuclear weapons. they will talk about it, china's military operations in and around taiwan. i remember it's just a week ago that the americans have said that they are obliged. joe biden said that they are obliged to defend taiwan and would do so. and of course, there's been quite a leap forward in chinese military technology with them testing a supersonic aircraft that can go into space or something that might milly who is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. here in the united states said the change in china's wealth and also its mili

house. she joins us from washington, d. c. claudia, as we've been hearing that from chris in the markets. are obviously out, but is that because of less on certainty this morning? what do you think it goes beyond that? absolutely agree. there is the president by made a change for continuity. both in his appointment re appointment. j pallet and also elevating brainer to vice chair. both of them have been instrumental in the past 2 years of fighting the code and crisis. i think that's been released to our street and the certainty of going who leads defense next year. when i say biden's also decided to stick to this norm of keeping the fed chair, even though president trump actually bucks that in appointing power in the 1st place. now, i know he still needs to be confirmed, but he is already getting broad bipartisan support. do you think that reflects a bipartisan approach then to pandemic recovery going forward? so the partisanship pointed to the board by president obama and then elevated by t

s. president joe biden hosts his northern and southern neighbors at the white house. the 1st summits between north american leaders in years assessing the damage. severe flooding and landslides lays waste to homes, roads, and bridges in western canada. and as another wave of corona, virus infections sweeps across europe, new restrictions at re imposed for unvaccinated citizens to contain the spread. ah, but 1st we'll begin with a big breaking story for you. the indian prime minister, no rend remote, he has just announced that he will scrap controversial farm laws. the 3 laws promote huge protests by farmers for more than a year. paff, ne natal is our correspondent in new delhi. she's tracking this story. she joined us on the telephone path. ne, why now what the timing of this is very interesting. one is the fact. d that the the protest will be completed, but more importantly, in guys had some very important state election. the next one is the state of the dish. it is the king make us paid in many ways because it's one of the largest or the most popular and politically

kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house, the united nations has criticized countries that imposed travel bounds on certain southern african nations. who and cheese spokesman says targeting specific citizens amounts to collective punishments. the secretary general said he is now deeply concerned about the isolation of southern african countries due to new coven 19 travel restrictions. as he and others have long ward low vaccination rates or breeding ground for variance. the people of africa cannot be blamed for the morally low level of vaccinations available on the continent, and they should not be penalized for identifying and sharing crucial science and health information with the world. the secretary general appeals to all governments to consider repeated testing for travelers together with other appropriate and truly effective measures with the objective of avoiding the risk of transmission so as to allow for travel and economic engagement. stella had on al jazeera, was she jeffrey, up since, pon or accomplice, gillan max, all sex trafficking trial begins in new york. on the ri

after week of set back, donald trump's had a small legal victory at his battle not to release white house documents. the records are being sought by a congressional committee, which is investigating january's riots by the former president, supporters on capitol hill. in recent days, the judge ruled the documents be released as soon as friday, but an appeals court has walked that for now. and returning to the cop $26.00 summit. and there's been much discussion about how countries need to reduce the impact of food production on the planet, and still ro, enough to feed a 1000000000 people. one country future proofing its food supply is iceland. charlie angela went and had a look at techniques that could be adopted globally. we're inside europe's largest indoor banana plantation. it's 20 degrees inside that could be minus 10 outside. the plant here more for research than consumption that show what can be achieved even in the harshest conditions using iceland plentiful supply of geothermal, heat, and green energy. we are self sufficient with kil compass. we produce all the cucumber that we con

white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more from washington. good morning folks. following a briefing by his coven response team given us president joe biden addressed the american public, urging them not to be alarmed by the new varied army crime. this for it is a cause for concern, not a cause for pen. you assigned her sir, all ready evaluating on me con, but admit it could take weeks before it's known if the current covered vaccines provide enough protection. still biden, once again, urge the 10s of millions of americans not yet vaccinated to get fully vaccinated, and a booster, you have to get to shot to have to get to get the booster if you're a sooner or later, we're going to see cases of this new varied here in the united states will have to face this flu threat just so we faced those that come before us announced restrictions last week for travelers from 7 countries. plus south africa were army crime was 1st attacked. it biden's also not ruling out new restrictions depending on the degree of army cross spread. however, he insist for now there will be no ne

let's see. 12 white house correspondent can be how good in washington, dc. kimberly, i believe the new travel restrictions also begin today in the us. can you talk us through those as we await the u. s. president update on the situation in the united states with respect to that on recon variant. we do know that the united states is as planned and as announced a few days ago, putting in place travel measures to try and at least stop this variance from coming to the united states. and if it's here to limit it, what the united states doesn't know at this point is whether or not this has already made its way to the united states. in the interim, it is taking what it says are precautionary measures. 7 countries, including sa, as well as south africa, now prevented in terms of the travelers coming to the united states as the united states use as this period in order to try and figure out the severity of the strain and how they will deal with it. now again, the u. s. president expect to update the american public on exactly what that will look like right now. what

house, shortly. both canadian prime minister just intruder and mexico's president, andras monro, lopez rudder, had one on one meetings with a u. s. president. before the summit is the 1st north american leader summit since barack obama left office. they're expected to discuss the pandemic and regional trade icon or is that live in washington dc. so can we expect any much from a summit? well, yes it is. it is important in that, as you mentioned, as the 1st one in 5 years that these 3 leaders have got together their nickname, the 3 amigos was given because the summits were taken on a more regular basis and has been done. the previous administration clearly disinterested in perpetuating the idea of the neighbors getting together. there are very important issues under discussion. obviously, the trade relationships between the 3 countries. the issue of whiting covered 19 on a common basis. but the talks have been broken down because of the various points of interest that are most important to the parties.

all right, let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly help could hello the kimberly . the president tried to reassure americans a short time ago. what more did he have to say during his press conference? the u. s. president did have a message at largely to target the domestic audience, but he did address the criticisms. the u. s. has been facing with regard to vaccine inequality globally view as president in his message under scoring that the united states has shared hundreds of millions of doses of vaccines with 110 countries. and he is calling on the rest of the world to do the same. so the u. s. president certainly addressing some of those criticisms, but at the same time, reassuring americans that there is no need to panic in his view. with regard to this new, highly contagious ami con variant that he believes the science in place in the united states is effective. there is a belief, although it's still not understood fully, that the vaccines that many americans have already received will be able to combat at least the most severe aspects of the disease. but the u.

when the voting was over yesterday evening, the white house announced its refusal to recognize it and called on other countries to do the same. we considered unacceptable and firmly condemned such a policies through the biden administration, and the e. u is already considering going beyond current individual sanctions against vice president reciting. leo who was ortega's wife, or the chief of police, was accused of gross human rights violations in neighboring costa rica, television journalist, and see a pineda who was accused of terrorism and released from prison. following a brief amnesty continues to broadcast from exile. her news channel was rated and expropriated along with other independent media. she says, restoring democracy in nicaragua will be difficult, very good ammonia. now you can either have, nobody wants to die, nobody wants to rot in jail. in nicaragua, the ortega's have gone out of their way to spread fear and spy on people going house to house. but i have faith in god. i'm waiting for a miracle. the miracle of freedom finally got out. oh, well they wait for that mira

my team at the white house provide me with daily updates this week, and thursday, i'll be putting forward a detail strategy outlying. how we're going to fight coven this winter? not with shut down. so log mo and more widespread vaccinations boosters, testing and more. i promised every american that there will be always be the latest vaccines available and the booster shots available them and for free and everywhere available. every single american free of charge. and i will keep that commitment, but we need to do more than vaccinate americans to beat the pandemic. we have to vaccinate the world as well. an american lady that if we ship for free, more vaccines, other countries than all other countries in the world combined over 275000000 vaccines to 110 countries. now we need the rest of the world to step up as well. let me be clear, not a single vaccine shout americans ever send to the rest of the world will ever come at the expense of any american. i will always make sure that our people are protected 1st, but vaccinate the world is just one more tool. and how we need to meet our moral o

kimberly how can live for us at the white house to some breaking news now and social media giant twitter has announced its co founder jack dorothy stepping down as see are the companies stock jumped more than 10 percent on monday after early reports of his resignation. dorsey has faced internal pressure to resign from the room. he will be replaced by chief technology officer perez as well. a ron says it's determined to salvage the 25th day nuclear deal, as talks resume in vienna, representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. a sitting down with iranian officials, the us is there but only holding talks. busy indirectly talk stoled in june after the election of a runs president abraham rice, c k. ron one sanctions to be lifted in woodson for limits on if nuclear program dosa jabari has been covering the talks from vienna. this is seen as a very beginning of what could be really the newly appointed team from iran. and from the government of every right you see is headed by the rain and deputy foreign minister, alibaba re and his team of 38 men who are very well versed i

tony chang al jazeera bank or white house correspondent kimberly hell, katy is standing by president joe biden is expected to speak about the new variant in the coming hours. but 1st, let's go to join a hall in london for more on the g 7 health ministers meeting hosted by the u. k. thanks for joining us. jona ministers are expected to meet this hour. just how important is this discussion? what it was convened by britain on sunday evening britain holding the rotating presidency of the g 7. it's an opportunity for them to get together and discuss what they know about the new varied what their respective scientists know about what they believe it may be capable of. and how best in a coordinated way to try and deal with it rather than the road rather than the sort of frenzy of restrictions and measures being implemented country by country at the moment. and there'll be noting, of course, that the numbers popping up in countries all over the world now of confirmed cases indicate that community transmission is probably underway. that means it's spreading independent merely of travel from s

house about another possible summit. the bad not administration says it doesn't know of any plans, but it does say it's been holding talks with russian officials about you. cray, bernard smith, i'll just sarah moscow. a record number of children are living in the world's most gleeful war zones. that's according to a new report by save the children. it says many of them are already facing threats from climate change and unprecedented levels of hunger. if a 20 percent increase in the space of a year, bringing the total to almost $200000000.00 children in 13 countries, it highlights outbreaks of violence in mozambique as well as ongoing conflicts and canister on democrats, republic of congo, and nigeria in driving that shock. price, on top of that, it says 337000000 children are a risk of being recruited by all the groups and government forces that includes child soldiers as well as children being used, the spies, and as suicide bombers. the number of very tried cases of children being recruited by on groups rose 10 percent

kimberly held it al jazeera, the white house, the caribbean, on a nation of barbados will become a republic in under now, when it comes to ties with the british monarchy celebrations on the way in the capital bridge town. barbados gained independence from britain in 1966, but retained queen elizabeth as its head of state. the monarch will be replaced by the barbarian president elect confirmation as cross line to the capital bridgetown, or latin america edison. is he and you and is live for ross? what are we expecting in the next few hours? absolutely, there have been the celebrations, have been going on for hours and it's incredibly colorful dances music or caribbean music, which of course makes everybody just jump up and down. but now the actual ceremony, a rather odd protocol written a covered type of ceremony is just about to begin behind me are many of the dignitaries that have been invited here, including leaders of caricom that to the committee of rather the big group of caribbean nations. also, the president of garner is here and in just a few minutes, we're expecting the arrival of

kimberly held it al jazeera, the white house to lead on al jazeera coca sounds. opposition announces its next move off, the government loyalists sweep to power in the future parliamentary elections. and we have a very big test head of us, which is the, our cup. and we will be testing our operational plans and models. 16 our nations for back to kickoff and cas alpha address for next year as well. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways. hey there, welcome to your worlds weather update. we're going to begin in the middle east where the numbers are way out of whack across the la vance bedroom. 30 guys a 29. that's the story on tuesday. watch what happens on wednesday. cold front slices across spade route, down to 19 degrees and gas. 20 and we've got some showers there, and the forecast may also see some showers develop across areas of oman. this includes mascot, the potential to power ups and thunderstorms here as well. things are settled across pockets down. we're into the sunshine, both in the north and the south, correct? you getting up to a high of 3

house. the agenda with a cool, with 900 pandemic and the climate crisis. my can reports from washington d. c. it was in 2016 when the leaders of us, mexico and canada last met in person. the previous trumpet, ministration, apparently disinterested in holding face to face talks with its neighbors. the lead is now able to lay out their priorities. we have to end the pandemic and to take decisive actions to curb the climate crisis. our highest priority is, of course, end in coven, 19, and being focused on economic recovery, strengthen supply chain support as he owns. it's important to define things together to set aside myths and prejudices. for example, to stop excluding migrants, when their manpower is in high demand. in canada and in the united states, mr. president is the delight to have you here. the u. s. president also held one on one meetings. central to discussions with his mexican counterpart was migration control and reform. an issue that a sharply impacted on the relationship betwee

kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house, the trial of british social, i glean maxwell? how's the gun in new york? she's accused of enabling the crimes of the late sex offender jeffrey epstein, who took his own life 2 years ago while awaiting trial. maxwell is pleaded not guilty to the charges. gabriel, i was on the reports from york. jeffrey epstein and glean maxwell met a young girl in a park bench, befriended her, and then later sexually abused her to protect her identity. prosecutors called her jane. she was 14 years old and the abuse went on for years and occurred and several of epstein homes in florida, new mexico and new york. that was just one of the accusations that prosecutor made an opening statement of maxwell's trial. they accused maxwell love, in their words, serving up young women for epstein abuse. she put them at ease and made them feel safe. also they could be sexually abused by a middle aged man, prosecutor said, and also called maxwell, a predator who prayed on vulnerable young girls and manipulated them. but epstein committed suicide. so he isn't on

kimberly held it al jazeera, the white house, iran that says it is optimistic after the 1st day of talks in vienna aimed at salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. representatives from russia, china, germany, france, and the u. k. met with iranian officials, the u. s. is there, but only holding talks indirectly iran one sanction lifted in return for limits on its nuclear program that has that a man petition i. i think it's a great achievement. the, all of the amendment, countries of the people plus one have accepted the islamic republic rightful demand and agreed that the issue consider the legal sanction of the united states against the people. must be 1st be put in focus and clarified only then will there be discussion assessment and decision making. held for the remaining matters of the caribbean island nation of barbados will become a republic on tuesday when it cuts ties with the british monarchy. barbados gained the independence from britain in 1966, but retained queen elizabeth as its head of state. these are like pictures of the celebrations you're looking at right now. the monarch will

joe biden was moving into the white house. that euphoria has well and truly disappeared. what's gone wrong? well, we were never euphoric. i was cautiously optimistic, and keep in mind that we were well aware of the congressional losses in the 2020 election cycle. we were cautiously optimistic that we could be to the 21st century what fdr was to the 20th century, that we could harness the power of this fdr moment to create a 21st—century social safety net to modernise american infrastructure. you know, the totality of the president's agenda includes the bipartisan infrastructure investment and jobs act and the build back better act, and we've passed part one of his agenda — the bipartisan infrastructure investment represents the largest federal investment in passenger rail since the creation of amtrak, the largest investment in roads and bridges since the creation of the interstate highway system, the largest investment in public transit and rail and clean energy and clean water and internet access, so the bill will do an enormous amount of good for an enormous number

the white house and the united nations have joined demands to find out what's happened to the missing chinese tennis player peng shuai. she hasn't been seen in public since alleging she was sexually assaulted by a high—profile former chinese official. tennis officials have dismissed an e—mail supposedly sent by her, saying the allegations were untrue and that she is all right. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has the story. she is a tennis star in china, a former doubles world number one who won wimbledon. but now the united nations has added its voice to the clamour of bodies all wanting to know the same thing — where is peng shuai? two weeks ago, in this social media post, peng shuai made serious sexual assault allegations against former vice premier zhang gaoli. "like an egg hitting a rock, or a moth to the flame caught in self—destruction, i'll tell the truth about you," she said. within half an hour the post had gone, and so had she. then an e—mail surfaced addressed to the chairman of the women's tennis association, claiming to be from her, saying she hadn't mean

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for donald trump, it was almost the only lens through which the white house considered its relationship with its neighbour. under president biden, migration remains a priority, as record numbers make thejourney into the us. on thursday, joe biden will host the leaders of canada and mexico at the white house for the north american leaders' summit — the first gathering of the so—called "three amigos" since 2016. will grant is in mexico city for us. hejoins us from he joins us from there to talk about this further. great to have you on newsday, and i know this is a topic, a subject that you have reported on extensively. under president trump, that relationship between the us and mexico was pretty much defined by the border wall. what are your expectations for the sorts of issues that will come up in these discussions today? i that will come up in these discussions today?- that will come up in these discussions today? i think the effort by the _ discussions today? i think the effort by the biting _ discussions today? i think the - effort by the biting administration was to show to mexic

polls have closed in the nicaraguan election, which the white house has described as a "sham". in recent months, the government of president daniel ortega has arrested seven of the leading opposition candidates under a treason law. many more government opponents have been forced into exile. foreign journalists have been prevented from entering nicaragua to cover the vote, and our correspondent, will grant, reports from costa rica. as he cast his ballot amid the warmup because of his supporters, daniel ortega may as well have declared himself the winner there and then. after having rested all his main opponents, the selection was always going to end with another 55 year term for daniel ortega and his wife, the vice president. he later repeated his claim that they were not guilty for terrorism and sedition. translation: ., ., translation: you also the attem -t translation: you also the attempt at _ translation: you also the attempt at a _ translation: you also the attempt at a terrorist - translation: you also the attempt at a terrorist coup i translation: you also the| attempt a

the president's press secretary, jen psaki, said ms harris was in white house during mr biden's colonoscopy, which was carried out as part of an annual physical check—up. earlier, president biden departed walter reed national military medical center en route to the white house and has now resumed his presidential duties. which included pardoning the presidential turkey because it's thanksgiving coming up and just two days. our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher has the latest. last november, kamala harris became the first woman vice president in us history. it was only a matter of time before she became the first us president. joe biden is the first president. joe biden is the first president to have handed out powers like this. george w. bush did in the early 2000, ronald reagan did it, george h w bush did it, so with biden undergoing the physical and the fact that colonoscopies are routine for someone of his age, it was not surprising that he invoked the 25th amendment, which governs incapacitated presidents can temporary hand overpowers to kamala harris. �* ., , , temporar

speaking at the white house, mr biden said the need now was to get the rest of the world vaccinated. our health correspondent, naomi grimley has the latest. there's an eerie quiet atjohannesburg airport. south africa first raised the alarm about the omicron variant, but is now finding itself increasingly cut off from the rest of the world. meanwhile, on the ground, there's a big push to get vaccines into arms. only 23% of the south african population is fully vaccinated. we still don't know yet whether this version of covid is more severe than previous ones. one of those on the front line is reassured by what she's seen so far in her patients. so, now, we are seeing patients, but we caught symptoms that we can treat at home, probably not requiring icu admission or hospital admission. amsterdam is one of the world's cities now discovering cases. 13 people were found to have it after flying in from south africa. the police even had to arrest a couple who tried to escape from a quarantine hotel. portugal has also announced its got 13 cases. all involve a local football club where one of

donald trump may have left the white house, but the culture wars that he inflamed are still raging. my guest today is an increasingly influential young conservative activist, ryan girdusky. he says that america's schoolchildren are being brainwashed about race, and he is going to stop it. what does it say about america that the classroom has become a battleground 7 ryan girdusky, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. let me start with a simple question — do you accept the premise that american children, as they go through school, should learn the truth about race and racism in america? i believe that children should learn history about race and racism in america. i believe that they should learn about slavery. they should learn about the civil rights movement. they should learn about the underground railroad. what i don't believe that the children should learn is that america is a systemically racist country that those born white are going to be oppressors to those born not white, and those born not white are going to be victims, and the

house, a strategy that involves arguing that mike pence, the then vice president, had within his power the ability to essentially deny the result of the election in certain states, the election in certain states, the bigger picture picture would ultimately denyjoe biden the presidency. clearly, that didn't happen and what the committee wants to know is who are they talking to, what were they saying? they supposedly met in what has been described as a war room in a washington hotel. what were they talking about? do they have any link with the groups that ended up in that violent storming of the capital? i in that violent storming of the ca - ital? ~ in that violent storming of the caital? ~' ,., in that violent storming of the caital? ~ ,., ., capital? i think some of the committee _ capital? i think some of the committee have _ capital? i think some of the committee have talked - capital? i think some of the i committee have talked about uncovering the centres of gravity, these would be the people to do it. i subpoenas a subpoenae. it is an order. it doesn't necessarily work that way,

house have joined the list of those demanding answers. tanya dendrinos reports. a force on court who has long done her country proud. now there are serious concerns for her safety. it's been more than two weeks since peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with china's former vice—premier, zhang gaoli. the former world number one doubles player made one doubles player made the allegations in a post on chinese social media site, weibo. the post was soon deleted from china's internet. there's been no tangible evidence of her whereabouts since. we're deeply concerned by reports that peng shuai appears to be missing after accusing a former prc senior official of sexual assault. we join in the calls for prc authorities to provide independent and verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe. it is the first time such a claim has been made against one of china's senior political leaders. the women's tennis association says the allegation must be respected and investigated with full transparency and without censors

speaking at the white house, mr biden said the need now was to get the rest of the world vaccinated. our health correspondent, naomi grimley, has the latest. there is an eerie quiet at johannesburg airport. south africa first raised the alarm about the omicron variant, but is now finding itself increasingly cut off from the rest of the world. meanwhile, on the ground, there's a big push to get vaccines into arms. only 23% of the south african population is fully vaccinated. we still don't know yet whether this version of covid is more severe than previous ones. one of those on the front line is reassured by what she's seen so far in her patients. for reassured by what she's seen so far in her patients.— in her patients. for now, we are seeinu in her patients. for now, we are seeing patients, _ in her patients. for now, we are seeing patients, but— in her patients. for now, we are seeing patients, but we - in her patients. for now, we are seeing patients, but we can - in her patients. for now, we are| seeing patients, but we can treat in her patients. for now, we are - seeing pati

my team at the white house provide me with daily updates this week, and thursday, i will be putting forward a detailed strategy outlining how we are unified covid this winter, not with shutdowns or lockdowns but with more widespread vaccinations, boosters, testing and more. i promised every american that there would be always but it is vaccines available in the booster shots available in the booster shots available to them and for free, and everywhere available. every single american, free of charge, and i will keep that commitment. we need to do more than vaccinated americans. to be depend on that, we have to vaccinate the world as well, and america is leading that effort. we have shipped for free more vaccines to other countries than all other countries in the world combined, over 275 million vaccines. now we need the rest of the world to step up need the rest of the world to step up as well. let me be clear. not a single vaccine shot americans ever sent to the rest of the world will ever come at the expense of any american. i will always make sure that our people are protected first. but

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the white house says mr biden is having a routine colonoscopy — a procedure undergone by previous presidents. with vice president kamala harris taking over, it will make her technically speaking the first woman to hold presidential power in the united states. andrew marr has announced he is leaving the bbc after 21 yea rs. the journalist and broadcaster has presented the bbc�*s political programme the andrew marr show on sunday mornings for the past 16 years. he said from the new year, he�*ll be moving to global �*to write and present political and cultural shows and to write for newspapers�*. now it�*s time for a look at the weather. we canjoin we can join helen willetts. good afternoon. a cloudy day for the majority, but some big breaks in the cloud for north wales, parts of eastern england as well. east of scotland, where we have seen 17 celsius today. the average is around eight or nine in aberdeen, so very mild. not unusual in november, but it will be in stark contrast to what is coming later this weekend. to the north of that, we have this resident front giving wetter weather

the white house later called the vote a pantomime election that was neitherfree norfair, and most certainly not democratic. that will be welcomed by the protesters, but it is unlikely to concern daniel ortega or rosario murillo. for years, they've ignored the cried of foul play from their critics, both from inside nicaragua and abroad. instead, they've just held a vote devoid of meaningful rivals will grant, bbc news. the uk government rejects calls for a public inquiry into corruption, that found one of its mps guilty the world food programme warns that millions in afghanistan will die if the international community doesn't help. businesses and individuals and tourist dependent on jobs are overjoyed. the boarders are finally open. # i'm the naked cowboy... the naked cowboy — also known as robert burke — a new york institution, a street performer and tourist attraction in times square, who performs in his underwear, has composed his own ditty to welcome international travellers back to new york. # welcome back those international visitors to nyc. because of the ban on travellers from ma

the reporting of jennifer jacobs and the team is a combustible mix the white house is watching. jonathan: the conversation is around gas as well and the difficulties that come with that relationship between europe and russia. tom:tom: this is right on cue for november. it's the weekend before the holidays on an old-style wall street and the answer is, this is the week where you start hitting the reset for 2022. what's the reset for eastern europe jonathan:? jonathan:the ruble is about a move of one percentage point. equity futures are up 10. from new york city this morning, good morning to you all, live on tv and radio, this is bloomberg surveillance. ♪ ritika: johnson & johnson reportedly will be split into two companies. they will spin off the 15 billion dollar per year consumer group. the other company will handle prescription drugs and medical devices. there is the longest run since march, president biden is keeping investors guessing whether he will hold down prices that hurt consumers. the price of gasoline in the u.s. has hit a 70 year high and the president is consider

jonathan: additional guidance coming out of the white house. jen psaki saying we will have more to report on the fed early next week. we wait and wait and that data seems to keep changing. gene talked about this audit disconnect in this bond market. i hear people say we have to look quicker at rates. do you what do you -- what do you think we need to pay attention to? gene: the market seems to be saying, inflation is a problem, the fed needs to get started hiking. the market is pricing hikes before the fed is forecasting them. but the market is also pricing in the fed stopping their pricing cycle well short of where the fed thinks it will go. i think that is a very narrow scenario. i think what is more likely is as we get confidence in this recovery and transition from a recovery to a traditional expansion -- which i think we have yet to do -- the market will react to that. we will see the market pricing in a higher funds rate. 2.5% or higher. jonathan: i heard from bill dudley earlier this week. this is what he had to say on the prospect of th

he was seen at the white house, axios reporting that this white house a ministration is encouraging senators to get out there and speak to him before thanksgiving. what are we trying to gauge? lisa: and also, just the timeline. what kind of nomination process and confirmation process would that be to get her through all the ranks and rigmarole in order to be at the seat by february. i just don't understand how that timeline can be accomplished. jonathan: it is the change around when she became chair. going to name a whole lot more people. let's be clear, this has been a big guide for a lot of people supporting chairman powell. tom: a book that i throughout the young economics crew is lawrence meyer, the giant st. louis, washington university, a turn at the fed. what he emphasizes is the chairman, chairwoman, sets the tone. you have to reset. jonathan: you think a lot would change with the governor if she became the chair. at this point, the favorite is chairman powell. tom: i'm in the camp that the chairman matters. greenspan invented that. jonathan: ted is going to weigh in on that. looking

i'm joined by a security expert who served in the white house during the george w. bush administration. what do you make of these comments? i'm sure it seems obvious to you but it still seems to be difficult to get folks across the administration on board. >> one of the challenges with these ransomware attacks is there are coming from a lot of -- as they are coming from a lot of groups. the question becomes, what of the government's role? the attacks on colonial pipeline come of the attacks on hospitals, the attacks on water supplies. we have seen the ransomware spread in a way that affects average lives of americans. that has the government paying allete more attention. see the government saying how it has to do better on its own defense. how to make that more effective and how to get better at vulnerabilities the government has today and how to address those immediately. emily: i'm thinking of an attack on a hospital in alabama where a baby died because hackers disabled computers and medical staff could not monitor them. the ceo of microsoft told me cyberattacks a