welcomes the opportunity to make his case. here is the british mp brady who is in charge of collating the letters that pushed for this vote. i notified the prime minister yesterday that the threshold had been reached, and we agreed the timetable for a confidence vote to take place, and he shared my view, which is also in line with the rules that we have in place, that that vote should happen as soon as could reasonably take place, and that would be today. associate fellow at the european house joins me now. not a complete surprise. this announcement was delayed so as not to interrupt with the jubilee celebrations. just explain what happens now. there will be a vote. what needs to happen in the vote for boris to go if that s what the mps want? the truth is it s not absolutely cut and dried that he has to lose the vote to go. if it s a clear rejection by enough members of the conservative party, he would be very seriously weakened. having said which, i suspect that the lu
the british prime minister on a visit to northern ireland accepts that the political deadlock there is a result of his brexit deal. and a huge dust storm has covered parts of the middle east, resulting in the deaths of at least three people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in ukraine where it s being reported more than 200 wounded ukrainian soldiers from the besieged steelworks in mariupol are reported to have been evacuated. these are the latest pictures from a reuters journalist who watched as the buses reached novoazovsk, a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. ukraine says 260 people have been moved more than 50 are reported to have been taken to a local hospital. more on that story as the information comes in. it is a developing story so we will be sure to bring you the latest right here on bbc news. meanwhile, ukraine says it has regained control of territory on the russian border near khark
Mcconnell freezes for the second time in front of reporters. The senate has become the most privileged nursing home in the country. Are americas Aging Leaders becoming a liability . Ill speak with franklin foer, the author of the last politician, a new book about President Biden, with an inside account of how the oldest president in history operates. And buy american. The u. S. Warns china that american businesses may stop investing if conditions do not improve. Otherwise, its too risky, and as i said, uninvestable. How escalaing tensions with china made it far worse. Ill talk to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell, jake sherman, cofounder of punchbowl news, former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson, and republican strategist sara fagen. Welcome to sunday. Its Meet The Press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is Meet The Press with chuck tod
Classified documents created by members of the intelligence and military presented to the president of the United States during his term in office were purely private. And that trump himself didnt even raise this defense until more than a year after he left the white house. Decide now and give us enough time to appeal. Smiths team is pleading. After all, the president ial records act isnt even what prosecutors have charged him with violating. Its the Espionage Act. Judge Aileen Cannon has yet to respond, but as we wait, what might jack smiths team really be getting at. Former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, charles coleman, and legal correspondent, lisa rubin. This was a biting moment from jack smiths team, and it went further than any other legal filing that weve seen from anymore in regards directly to judge Aileen Cannons own decisions. And the frustration almost leaps off the page. I want to give you and our viewers context, we are dealing with a judge who has left undecided a
That matter most and age is a major concern we found in that polling as we say happy tuesday, goodbye summer. Im bill hemmer, live in new york. Hello. Dana can we explain to bill summer is not over yet. Im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. Great to be here. A big month planned for you. Stick with us. New polling from the Wall Street Journal showing the president s age could be a major hurdle to his reelection. The question was this. Is President Biden too old to run . Well, 73 of voters say yes. Bill that poll contrasting the president with the republican frontrunner former president donald trump. Here are numbers here. Graphs on the board. More voters say trump is mentally up for the job. More agreed that trump has a vision for the future. Dana meanwhile President Biden was joking yesterday about his age in philadelphia. Take a look. President biden i tell you what, someone said, you know, that biden he is getting old, man, i tell you what. Well guess what . Guess what . The