our security in washington dc has been on ad. we remember what happened last january and how for a while, it seemed like there was just a big fence around the capital. the national guard was on the scene, things are being taken very seriously at this point. i understand this is in response to a bomb threat. this is not an active shooter situation or anything like that. now this is a serious bomb threat that has had, the federal agencies are concerned, the buildings are being searched and at this point, folks are on edge traffic in dc has certainly been altered by these streets being closed down. or this is a rather sensitive and important area for the united states. this is where the federal government seems to operate. we have office buildings closed down, et cetera. so we're all watching the situation, hoping that sooner they will have conducted their searches and conclude this bomb threat was not legitimate. however, if something more serious happens, we will certainly be hearing about it. thanks kind of open for that update.

it's a bomb scare in washington, dc. the us health and human services department building these a live pictures of the capital police now locking down the road or the investigation is on the way. it's just now turning noon on wednesday in washington . a 1000000 euros a day. that is the price. poland will have to pay for daring to defy the e u. it comes off to the countries. constitutional court stated that polish law. trump's european rule isn't freedom or a possible 175 year prison sentence. julian cassandra's fate rests in the hands of the u. k high court as an extradition appeal hearing to the u. s. for the whistleblower gets off today in london. ah, so just moment up to 7 pm on wednesday here at moscow, this is aki international. great to have you with us for the evening program 1st. now we go straight to breaking news as we understand a bomb scare in washington. d. c is currently in effect where it's now just a minutes after 12 o'clock noon on wednesday. these a live pictures for you right now. of the u. s. capital

, dc yesterday as well. ., ~ washington, dc yesterday as well. . ~ , ., ., washington, dc yesterday as well. . ~ ., ., we also want to talk to you about the daily reporting of official covid statistics. here was thursday's on the news at six. the latest official coronavirus figures show there were 45,066 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, the highest since the middle of july. the average number of cases per day in the past week stands at just cases per day in the past week stands atjust under 40,000. stands at just under 40,000. more stands atjust under 40,000. more than 7024 people were in hospital with covid yesterday and another 157 deaths have been recorded, that the people who died within 28 days of a positive test. we've had some very specific complaints about this daily graphic. let's take them one by one. ian service... has the bbc considered when you might no longer report that figure? might no longer report that fiuure? ~ ., might no longer report that fiuure? ~ . ., ., �* figure? we have, and what we're t in: to figure? we have, and what we're trying t

mike hannah is in washington dc with more this is just the beginning of the discussions. no sons have been discussed. the compensation took place between the ceo of the n g o that employed, zachariah mighty, who was the employer who was killed along with 9 members of his family. it was a virtual consultation. on the other side was the under secretary of defense for policy. now they were basically opening discussions as to how compensation can be paid and down the line in discussion with lawyers. it will come up how much compensation is going to be paid. this is not unprecedented. back in 2019 more than 70 such cases were conducted. payments were made ranging from $135.00 to $35000.00. but why this is complicated is that normally these discussions are held by regional commanders on the grounds. they all know us troops in afghanistan anymore. so this is not being dealt with at a distance by the under secretary of state for defense would be policy department. so he's talking to the c o n g o that employs the killed man. he will be talking to lawyers as well as it goes down t

but it's thunderstorms for new york and washington dc . by the time we get to saturday and not unusual, one is going to be kicked out if we have a look at the 3 day for washington dc, we've got a drop of nearly 10 degrees, but the sunshine will back into play on monday. now if we look to the west, it's a very similar story. we've got a frontal system moving in. it's already bought a wintery mixed to british columbia. it's going to bring a wet weather to washington as well as the pots of california, though not the areas that need it with the wildfires. though a change in the wind direction might help conditions day. it's going to get a lot cooler for san francisco. all the way to los angeles, we look at the 3 day for san francisco. it looking very similar to washington dc, but they'll be sunshine by monday. that's your update. ah, the world is warming, green lens ice sheet is melting, which is changing everything from sea levels to the way people live. and now even exposing the remnants of a cold war, paused greenland the melting of the fro

when i'm not ashamed, tunzia who's outside to the supreme court in washington dc, and she have a got what's the turn out there for this march? the quite impressive. actually, there was a real concern amongst especially democrats, that, that fervor that we had in the immediate aftermath of donald trump's inauguration, when there was a women's march and 4000000 people mobilized around the country that had subs dissipated since very biden became, became presidents. and in some ways actually even be olmby fundamental issues of reproductive health care and reproductive rights. this was a test to see whether you could still get that mobilization. you remember, after after the old thompson or gratian, a loaner, that activism and grassroots organizing around the country was women. and the fear was then that that wouldn't be the case anymore, even as the country face of such enormous but an enormous moment for the future of, of abortion in the country life. and i think actually said the best assistance because people will be very, very happy with the focus is on the supreme court. heather, be

you are doing this from washington dc. washington dc is a great place, the capital of our country but it is not a place known to run local businesses from. why are you headquartered in washington dc? julie: we have not had a headquarters for three decades at least. pre-covid, we were probably the largest organization running itself remotely. our leaders are around the world and the defective headquarters has always been where the ceo is . the last was in paris and before that, it was boston and before that it was dallas. d.c. is a great place to be based. this is the first time in 30 years that the ceo and cfo are out of the same office. i am very fortunate to have the cfo here me in d.c.. i worked remotely before all this. none of the things we are famous for is being very close to our clients. our offices are not the center of our work and because we have a dissipated ship team, -- distributed leadership team, we would be on team calls pre-covid. i wanted to make sure that our people felt comfortable working from home an

but it's thunderstorms for new york and washington dc . by the time we get to saturday, not unusual. one is going to be kicked out if we have a look at the 3 day for washington dc. we've got a drop of nearly 10 degrees, but the sunshine will come back into play on monday. now if you look to the west, it's a very similar story. we've got a frontal system moving in, it's already bought a winter mix to british columbia. it's going to bring a wet weather to washington as well as to parts of california, though not the areas that need it with the wildfires. though a change in the wind direction might help conditions there. it's going to get a lot cooler for san francisco all the way to los angeles. we look at the 3 day for san francisco. it looks very similar to washington dc, but there'll be sunshine by monday. that's your update. ah, well question. the narrative, identify who is telling the story their motivation. these are multi national corporations that are interested in profit. the listening pace, deconstruct the media on al jazeera. in th

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if we had a hospital stay in the united states in washington dc, maybe in front of janice or embassy, hong kong university says it seeking legal advice to handle the matter in what it calls a reasonable way. but critic, see the statues in pending removal as a sign. the city's voice level position is being weakened. further, victoria gate and be al jazeera still in hong kong. and schools and businesses have been closed as tropical storm compact. seuss waves in bringing heavy rains and wind . authorities have cancelled morning trading on the city stock market ports in china, southern province of hannah hanan, have been shut down as a precaution ahead of the storms arrival. 9 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides. when compared so hit the philippines on monday. rob mcbride has more from hong kong. as if barreled in from the western pacific compassed to 1st hit the philippines, especially the northern island of luzon, which sore extensive flooding and land slides with a number of deaths and injuries. these typhoons often lose some of their force over the philippines. as c

later this year, she opportunity was at the supreme court in washington dc where thousands of people gathered at the end of their march. there was a real concern among especially democrats, that fervor that we had an image off to mouth of donald trump's in alteration when there was a women's amounts and 4000000 people mobilized around the country that had some of dissipated since very bite and became became president and if somebody is actually even be olmby fundamental issues of reproductive health care, reproductive rights, this was a test to see whether you could still get that mobile migration. you remember off the, off the prompts and duration. a lot of the activism and broad street organizing around the country was women. the fear was that that would be the case anymore, even as the country face of something, almost an enormous moment for the future of abortion and attention, i think actually said the 1st set of people will be very, very happy focus is on the supreme court. and i will do that injunction to a temporary injunction on the texas law given that the supreme court pre

you are doing this from washington, dc. washington, dc is a great place, the capitol of our country, but it is not a place known to run local businesses from. why are you headquartered in washington, dc? julie: we have not had a headquarters really since -- for 30 years -- three decades at least. pre-covid, we were probably the largest organization running itself remotely. our leaders are around the world and so the sort of defective headquarters has always been where the ceo is. so the last ceos in paris, it was in paris. before that, it was boston, before that, it was dallas. d.c. is a great place to be based. this is the first time in 30 years the ceo and cfo are out of the same office. i am very fortunate to have the cfo here with me in d.c. david: during the covid period of time, did you go into the office or work remotely? julie: i worked remotely. none of the things we are famous for is being very close to our clients. so our offices are not the center of our work and because we have a distributed leadership team, i

ah, ah, police in washington dc reopen. roads are for bomb scare, sort 3 government buildings evacuated in europe. gas prices fall off to blotting of food and tells russia any other on gas brought to wrap it up. supplies also coming up this our freedom or a possible 175 year prison sentence. during massage his fate rests in the hands of the u. k. i court has an appeal hearing on a us sec, solution request underway and and the you orders, poland took off up a 1000000 euros every single day until it abandons a controversial reform to his school system. has prompted warsaw who accused brussels on blackmail. ah oh blood from moscow, thanks for joining us on our to international tonight to wherever you are. welcome through the program. now where we start with gas prices in europe for which is in the grip roll of an energy crisis, gas price is half started, full at the market reacted off the router you put in, sold the chief all russian gas shot and gas from to rush it up gas volumes in european storage facilities. so she and push the double got my ask you that once you have finished pumping

but 1st, let's speak to shebra tonchee who's at a demonstration in washington dc. what's happening that she had well, the motors began the focus very much for the for the demonstration here in dc is really the supreme court. a huge amount of shock because we have this texas, texas law, which effectively sends out vigilantes to prevent women from having abortions often 6 weeks. whereas supreme court precedent is very clear that no, they sort of barrier to women getting an abortion can be imposed on a women before the before the viability of a fetus. and that's 24 weeks at the very least, where the department of justice, whether the supreme court will emergency injunction to prevent the texas law from going through wild legislation. well, litigation was underway, that was the expectation that the people were granted, but they didn't. and it was a real flex with his newly emboldened conservative. trump appointed 3 conservative justices. and he was very clear that he was any good point justices who are going to outlaw abortion. eventually, this is a real flex. the 1st

phil laval there from washington dc. now the u. k. has some of the french ambassador after the seizure of the british fishing vessel over dispute involving fishing licenses, that the dispute is over a zone in the english channel. now, frances, several vessels have been denied access because they couldn't prove they'd fish there before. briggs at andrew simmons has more i put is trula seized by french maritime police who say the crew was fishing for scallops without a permit denied by its owners. it may sound like a small incident, but it's symptomatic of something much bigger, a potential escalation and a post bricks. it fishing rights dispute was causing much more than a ripple in luke, a french relations. it sites for example, jersey. the british crown dependency only accepting a 3rd of the fishing permit applications from france absolutely might unrestricted . it's time that we are respected as it's totally insufficient and totally unacceptable. so now we must talk the language of force, and unfortunately, i feared that is the only

and fisher jones is lad now from washington, dc with the details. hello there. alan, what are the ins and outs of this revised plan? what will and won't the president guess what the white house has been saying for weeks? not everyone is going to get what they want. he to $3.00 trillion dollar bill is going to come in somewhere around $1.00 trillion among the things that debate and will definitely get is improved care for the elderly and also for children. it's also going to improve a pre kindergarten and kindergarten schools across the country. huge expansion of that is going to be clean energy tax credit, which he hopes will boost manufacturing in the united states. and there's going to be an increase in the, at well, a continuation of the child tax credit which has been going on throughout the pandemic. it gives our families about $300.00 a month per child that will continue for at least a year, although not indefinitely. as he had wanted, and there's expansion of health care coverage at the white house believes that it's going to bring 7000000 pe

mary church carol participated in pickets in washington dc that i mentioned in the beginning, the first pickets at the white house and they started putting them together in january of 1917 which is you might know is the same month the united states is entering world war i. there's a lot of controversy whether they should be doing this at the time and i would argue we need both of these tickets and the publicity they attract, these photographs published across the united states. they are ultimately arrested, sent to workhouses or went on hunger strikes and were force-fed and all of that garnered significant publicity not to mention the fact the president drove by them every day in and out of the white house to see them from his windows and many other politicians having to deal with the consequences of this protest and yet one of the really powerful images the suffragists made a compelling case for is this idea that women were participating in the war effort, were patriotic citizens, were motherly caregivers like the poster we see here, you can see the direct continuation of the suffrage

was the supreme court in washington dc where thousands of people gathered at the end of a march. there was a real concern amongst especially democrats, that that fervor that we had in the immediate aftermath of donald trump's inauguration, when there was a women's march and 4000000 people mobilized around the country that had suburbs dissipated since very bite and became became president. and it's always actually even be olmby fundamental issues of reproductive health care and reproductive rights. this was a test to see whether you could still get that mobilization. you remember off the door prompted or gratian a lot about activism and broad street organizing around the country was women. the fear was then that that wouldn't be the case anymore, even as the country faces such enormous but an enormous moment for the future of, of abortion in the country life. and i think actually felt the best assistance because people will be very, very happy. the focus is on the supreme court. here there wasn't bad injunction to a temporary injunction on the texas law given back. supreme court p

dc on pennsylvania avenue and one reason i'm pointing to the cement and how it can next to our current political and movement culture is because of the same age that was very popular in june of 2020. as related to the black lives movement and its in oakland california and writing and of course this image became the viral infection and perhaps you all saw it an interesting similarity between these two women in her riding horses this urban area and symbols of the political causes that really gives us a sense of how the similarities that were so famous in 1913 and images that really resonate with us today. in fact it contained a spokesperson and she ended up this image in the neck selling kind of promoting a particular idea but also selling a particular product. in another recent protest that you all might remember was this black lives matter outside of washington dc and you might also know that they were actually the first group to protest outside of the white house in 1917. it really made the space around the white house such an important place for political protest so 100 years later,

s. congressional committee investigating john was assault on capitol hill in washington, dc. it's the pairing for contempt. so it's a long time donald a donald trump, a steve bannon, if he democratically controlled committee votes in favor as expected, it'll pay the way for a full boat by the house of representatives later this week. and that could lead to a criminal case against band of particle, hey, joins us live now from washington dc party. so just talk us through what we're expecting to happen with this vote in the house. well, in just about 15 minutes time, we think it will be a fairly short order that we do expect. it's probably going to be unanimous. there's 7 democrats on the committee to republicans. obviously this has become a very partisan issue. republicans objected to having this bipartisan committee. there are 2 long time critics of donald trump, republican members of congress that have joined the committee. so it does have a bit of bipartisanship. we expect that they are going to go ahead and endorse this . so what is all this about steve bad and was once a v

in washington, dc, thousands of demonstrators marched to the u. s. supreme court to highlight the issue just to say they fear the growing restrictions haven't been taken seriously enough. incredibly important that we make sure that we uphold grovee wait, and if that doesn't happen, we need federal protection under the law to make sure that women and doctors all around the state of michigan and our on the united states are not literally imprisoned and are turned into criminals simply for exercising their right to choose. well, i actually have 2 daughters here, and of course i want them to have control over their lives later when they grow up . so it's really important to come out here in a honeys. jo castro has more from austin, texas. texas is now ground 0 of the abortion battle in the united states. abortions here have been effectively bad since september when it became illegal to carry out the procedure. after a fetal heartbeat is detected, that is usually around 6 weeks of gestation, which is before most women realize they're pregnant. that ban

dc. the return to service for customers. really just, it's just random. some people are getting their instagram back. some people are getting their what's up back, and i think we have to look back at the chief technology officers of statement on twitter that teams are trying to reconnect network connections. and so there's no rhyme or reason as to whoa, when people are going to get their access back to their accounts. but it does appear, at least at this point, that as far as facebook is concerned, they're nothing nefarious has happened. now that doesn't mean that something nefarious hasn't happened, but simply that facebook is blaming this simply on the fact that something technological wasn't working. this comes down to whether or not facebook has been taking advantage or abusing. as critics would say, it's power because it is perhaps the most prolific social media company in the world of the there's been a this link to was the, to the press about how people working inside. facebook kne

correspondent jessi turnure joins us live from washington, dc with the latest. just say. yeah. good evening. to you, catherine. and have a president biden himself called powell a dear friend and a patriot. >> and said he will be remembered as one of our great americans and many others no matter their

if everyone in washington dc passed away, that would be fewer people died than who have died of covid. her member in each one of those is a person with a family, friends and loved ones, it is important to do that. the last 200,000, the vast majority of them did not have to die if we had widespread vaccination. that makes it a little worse. it's one thing to have died before we knew what hit us last year, but now that we have the tools to prevent virtually all deaths from covid, most of the deaths are for those who have chosen not to be vaccinated. kristen: it's like you read my mind. i was going to ask, you think we could have prevented. andrea on twitter has a question -- she wanted to ask about new cdc guidelines, dr. fauci's guideline saying don't have holiday gatherings. she said my whole extended family is vaccinated. she thinks that's a negative message that vaccines don't work. what do you say to that? >> i it's hard to know what we will be sate -- what will be safe and not be safe around the holidays in part because it is going to vary a lot depending on where you are. if you

now lawmakers are negotiating the latest infrastructure bill will have the latest from washington, dc after the break. after averting a government shutdown. the house is now at work to pass the president's multi-trillion infrastructure plan. >> but the plan has run into some setbacks. basil john has more on the infrastructure battle as democrats aim for a vote later today. >> good morning. progressive. house members have made their demands clear. but senate moderate democrats refused to budge on their position progressive and moderate democrats are at a steel me on how to proceed with the president's infrastructure package. we will not be able to vote for the for structure. bill until the reconciliation bill has passed house democrat for paul says the infrastructure bill alone has negative effects on climate change. she and other progressives refused to budge from the 3.5 trillion dollar price tag for the reconciliation bill. 96% of democrats in the house and the senate support that number. we have 4% that would like something different west virginia senator joe mansion is part of tha

are the convicts come to you from washington, dc. the valley, the base is redacted denied ah intrusive moon, welcome only camp. now take the news from behind. the pandora papers were revealed this week, a leak of hundreds of thousands of documents that display the inner workings of offshore havens tax havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires. as common dreams notes, the global implications are huge. and many politicians have already been embarrassed to say the least. these include oligarchy from latin america, russia, jordan and britain, including former prime minister and guy who just swallowed something weird at a dinner party. tony blair, on top of the individuals exposed to papers, also show that the u. s. is a global tax haven, and that very sketchy millionaire from around the globe are going to south dakota. well, they sure is current going there themselves, but their money is their money's going there. there's not a lot for a billionaire to do in south dakota unless they enjoy hitting on a 22 year old waffle

he's joining us from washington dc. so let's talk a little bit more about what biden is getting, alan, and what he's not getting was a busy day on capitol hill. joe biden has been up there speaking to congressional republicans. he's now back here in the white house, obviously packing before his trip to room. and when asked if he was happy, he says it's a good day. so he obviously thinks that the deal there can be done. and he's confident enough that he's going to make some remarks on these from the white house, probably in the next half hour or so before he heads off to rome. he believes that he's got a good deal is going to expand medicaid, as you've said, is going to improve as schooling for children is going to improve elder care across the united states as well. and he believes that with the tax credits they'll get under the climate change part of the bill that will boost manufacturing here in the united states. what isn't he getting? well, there's no action of prescription charges. the simply didn't of the votes to

our reporting has congressman ro khanna calling for formal hearings in washington dc. and the millennium tower keeps sinking and tilting in san francisco. attempts to fix it have only made things worse. our investigative unit finds out that the luxury high rise is nearing a seismic reckoning, plus-- anthony rendon: i think if you build it, they will come is theory, is pure fantasy. bigad: high-powered leaders raising serious concerns about high-speed rail. we've learned many are ready to pull the plug on the electrified bullet train, but at what cost? and they're charging thousands of dollars while operating illegally. we investigate the growing industry of private autopsies here in california. candace nguyen: good evening, and thanks for joining me. i'm candace nguyen. we begin in san francisco with the sinking and leaning millennium tower. the downtown building is getting close to the limit of being safe and stable during an earthquake according to the engineer hired to stop the high-rise from sinking any further. our investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken shows y

dc. thank you very much for being with us dr. chapman. the appealing crisis has affected the us as a whole, of course, but i wanted to know what cities and communities have been particularly hard hit. and what's been the impact on trees in the us are being impacted as well of rule one, suburban areas. this problem existed in most urban areas of 506070 years ago, but it was not discussed over the past 20 years with the influx prescription medications and to the suburbs in rural areas. there's been an uptick there and, and that has brought on a more attention to the problem. so in the urban areas, it was predominantly treated as a criminal justice system problem. now it's being treated as a medical problem because it's now in your rules burger larry. and i understand the african american community in particular has been affected. is this the case rest? that's true. so with the african american population, it was always treated as a, a criminal justice or moral failing. now that it's reached

in particular, in texas, which have effectively band practice in washington dc. thousands of demonstrators march to the u. s. supreme court to highlight the issue, the test to say they fear the growing restrictions haven't been taken seriously enough. and the country risks slipping backwards. it's incredibly important that we make sure that we are all roe v wade. and if that doesn't happen, we need federal protection under the law to make sure that women and doctors all around the state of michigan and are on the united states and are literally in prison and are turned into criminals simply for exercising their right to choose. why actually to daughter here, and of course i want them to have control over their lives later when they grow up . so it's really important to come out here in a. libya has rounded up and detained at least $4000.00 refugees and migrants, including hundreds of women and children. the crackdown in the western town of gaga rash has been described by officials as a security campaign against illegal migration and drug trafficking. got irish is known hub for migrant refu

faisal islam, bbc news, in washington, dc. we can now speak to terry esper who's an associate professor of logistics at ohio state university. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for havin- thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for havin- me. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for havin- me. it thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for havin- me. it is thank you for having me. it is a mess are — thank you for having me. it is a mess are there, _ thank you for having me. it is a mess are there, what - thank you for having me. it is a mess are there, what are some things we can do to fix it? i think that we are seeing, in terms of navigating through the congestion that we are facing as a lot of companies investing in a sense that they are investing and chartering vessels, we see companies standing up your operations that allow them to get products to the shop quicker. ultimately, from a consumer level, there are a lot of discussions about how we can navigate this, particularly d

, dc. each year, almost half of all us imports arrived here at the port of los angeles. but right now, dozens of ships are stuck off the coast, waiting to dock and unload. that backlog has led to a shortage of goods and higher prices for you as consumers, you're hearing a lot about something called supply change and how hard it is to get a range of things from a toast to the sneakers or why she calls her bedroom furniture that's why on wednesday, u. s. president joe biden held a virtual round table with ceos from companies like federal express, u. p. s, and wal mart. to address the challenges, the companies all agreed to increase their overnight and off peak hours. the white house is also brokerage in agreement to expand, working hours at the port of los angeles, making it a 24 hour day, 7 day, a week operation. their commitment to go all in on 247 operations meas, at businesses of all sizes, will get their goods on shelves, faster and more reliable. when the global pandemic shut america's

nancy policies office in washington dc. and as you can see, there's literally hundreds of young people lining up the halls and they're carrying science that they, what is your plan? our ultimate goal was to share our vision of what the greeny deal is all about. look at this, there seems to be a sort of plan of action, right? there's a, there's a style that sunrise is using to achieve your goals. we're really trying to embody the fact that we are young people fighting for our future. and we want it to be joyous, and we want it to be raucous, and we want it to be serious and we want it to be determined and resolved. mm. sorry, say that older generations, chronic and activity on environmental issues is inexcusable. ah, the united states will see all implementation of the nog by being paris accord. the current republic government refuses to even acknowledge. there is a problem. so sunrise, believe they must act to make change happen. it is a live art that are good talking right now, and they are being heard. green generation ha

faisal islam, bbc news, in washington, dc. the bbc�*s michelle fleury has been examining the potential scale of the shortages we could see in the coming months. every year around this time, there is always a shortage of a couple of items, but this year is likely to be worse and prices are likely to be higher. this is an attempt to try and reduce some of that kind of shortfall and some of the issues we are seeing with the plumbing of global trade, but the problem is it takes time. so even if they move to working around the clock, there is a shortage of workers. there's also, then, a shortage of drivers to take the stuff once they make it to land to the retailers. it takes time to train new drivers and give them new licenses. the government is working with industry to try and speed up that process, but ultimately it really is going to take months, not weeks, to try and iron out these issues. we've been talking a lot about concerns for inflation, but this could start to affect the country, the us, but also the global economic r

faisal islam, bbc news, in washington, dc. we can now speak to margaret kidd who's a logistics professor at the university of houston. thank you for coming on the programme. greetings from houston, texas. it is great to have you on, what has gone so wrong here? well, it was this perfect storm within a storm, you had covid really interfering with manufacturing throughout asia, southeast asia, china, and on again, off again at manufacturing. you had insatiable demand by us consumers, which was fuelled by federal stimulus money. what you see is — what we are witnessing now is record trade and, regrettably, 36 open 40% of all trade with asia by container comes to la long beach. we certainly applaud the president's actions today, but one has to take a step back and kind of think we are in peak season currently, i mean, couldn't all of these stakeholders possibly have matt months ago and come up with a plan? crosstalk. a lot of people would have been frustrated by that — but it wasn't foreseen, given where we are, president bide

faisal islam, bbc news in washington, dc. well, earlier, ispoke to margaret kidd who's a logistics professor at the university of houston, and asked her how everything had gone so wrong. well, it was this perfect storm within a storm. you had covid really interfering with manufacturing throughout asia, south—east asia, china and on—again, off—again at manufacturing. you had an insatiable demand by us consumers, which was fuelled by federal stimulus money. what you see is — what we are witnessing now is record trade and, regrettably, 36 to 40% of all trade with asia by container comes into la long beach. we certainly applaud the president's actions today, but one has to take a step back and kind of think we're in peak season currently, i mean, couldn't all of these stakeholders possibly have met months ago and come up with a plan? crosstalk yeah, a lot of people will be frustrated by exactly that — that this wasn't foreseen. given we are where we are, president biden has taken this step, taking the 24—hour working

now let's get more from alan fisher who's live in washington, dc allen. it's a fairly straightforward charge. you are in contempt because he ignored a subpoena. okay, we understand that. but this could have really deep impacts when it comes to a donald trump and to steve brandon. himself right, well it's all about, as far as the thinks of january committee is concerned, is getting to the bottom of what exactly happened, who knew what and when the democrats expected to win this for they were pleasantly surprised that they managed to get 9 republicans to join them and voting for the contempt charge. 7 of them actually voted for donald trump's impeachment way back in january 2 of them. probably a bit of a surprise, but they're in tight districts and so they probably didn't want to be those people who supported and defended steve bad and given that might alienate voters in the next couple of elections. so they were very careful about that. but the federal has already been sent to the department of justice medic, garland who is the attorney general has said in

it's gonna let him, mike hannah, who's in washington dc. like, how embarrassing are these revelations likely to be for king of judah? well, certainly could be very embarrassing. indeed, given the fact that jordan has been suffering through a massive economic depression in recent years, the very years that the king a spent this vast amount of money on the property in the u. k. in the u. s. so certainly there is that aspect of it to this could add to public discontent. at the same time though, his lawyers insist in a letter to the i, c i j that these were personal funds. they were not from jordan or from the family that the companies are registered in the king's name personally, that he was not attempting to evade or avoid tax, because as monarchy does not pay any taxes at all. the lawyers also contend that some of the properties apportion to king abdullah a full sleep time, so he no longer owns those properties nonetheless. so there is going to be some kind of political fallout from this fall that the jordanian king given, as i said, the eco

now let's speak to lawrence agustin in washington dcs, the director of the world health organization center on global health law. this is it positive me for you guys? right? is i think it is. and i still worry about the u. s. commitment to global vaccination in equity, but to the united states, this is a really important landmark because children 5 to 11 year old will be able to get the 5 to coven vaccine. i, it'll get our schools more stable and secure kids educated and they'll, they'll be much safer and their families will be sent for lawrence. you are the director of the world hope all guys ations center on global health law. there's a lot of vaccine hesitancy in the us. this is a lot of straight up actual, i'm not taking the vaccine. anti vax is. is the gold? do we need a law to be passed to make people take the vaccine? well, there already are a number of requirements for people to get vaccinated. president biden announce to re vaccine mandates for the entire federal workforce for hospitals, nursing homes and also for large businesses. and cities in states and businesses themsel

dc. the returned to service for customers. really just, it's just random. some people are getting their instagram back. some people are getting their what's out back. and i think we have to look back at the chief technology officers of statement on twitter that teams are trying to reconnect network connections. and so there's no rhyme or reason as to why when people are going to get their access back to their accounts. but it does appear, at least at this point, that as far as facebook is concerned, they're nothing nefarious has happened. now, that doesn't mean that something nefarious hasn't happened, but simply that facebook is blaming this simply on the fact that something technological wasn't working. this comes down to whether or not facebook has been taking advantage or abusing his critics would say it power because it is perhaps the most prolific social media company in the world of the there's been a this link to was the, to the press about how people working inside facebook knew

my county has more from washington dc. why this is complicated is that normally these discussions are held by regional.

at ports our white house correspondent company hawker reports from washington, dc. each year, almost half of all us imports arrived here at the port of los angeles. but right now, dozens of ships are stuck off the coast, waiting to dock and unload. that backlog has led to a shortage of goods and higher prices for you as consumers. you're hearing a lot about something called supply change and how hard it is to get a range of things from a toaster sneakers to bicycles, her bedroom furniture. that's why on wednesday, u. s. president joe biden held a virtual round table with ceos from companies like federal express, u. p. s, and wal mart. to address the challenges, the companies all agreed to increase their overnight and off peak hours. the white house has also brokerage in agreement to expand, working hours at the port of los angeles, making it a 24 hour day, 7 day, a week operation. their commitment to go all in on 247 operations meas, at businesses of all sizes, will get their goods on shelves, faster and more reliable. when the global pandemic shut america's economy

that spring in allen fisher in washington dc for is alan facebook saying some users are affected, but this looks like a global outage. what's the latest? we were hearing reports from south america from across the united states, from europe, from the middle east, and from africa as well. you're right. this seems like a global outage and has already gone on a lot longer than the 2019 shut down, which lasted for a boat, an hour, which was caused by technical problems according to what's up then. they also had a couple of problems to back in march, and in july they got them sorted very quickly. but this is obviously very concerning. while the reports are on some sites which monitor outages of 80000 people being affected or 50000 people, the reality is a lot of people will see that their facebook, their, what's out there instagram is down and they won't know where to report it. so you're talking about millions of users across the world who have a problem with this. now of course there's 2 questions. what's caused this? could this just be a simple failure in the system in the cloud? that me

from the national press club in washington dc, this is about 40 minutes. good morning, please come in and find your seats. we will begin the program. please welcome your host to the podium. [applause] good morning, everyone. from here in washington dc, at the national press club, welcome everyone here in person. this is the final day of the 2021 cooperative impact conference. for the hundreds of folks on the live streams as well. to our audience, this is a really exciting conversation. we have been looking for to this. i will just take a moment to introduce the gentleman and bring them to the stage. i look forward to this important conversation about how cooperatives can be a critical strategy and helping build back the economy, help build back a more inclusive economy for everyone. the first person i will bring to the stage is the executive director of the federation of southern cooperatives. news also a long-time board member for -- inclusive. he has a long career in international cooperative development. his experience includes smith and project about m