this before they head to the august recess on friday. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports, a slimmed down version of build back better estimated, listen to this, to raise taxes on millions of americans across every income bracket, including, yes, those making under $400,000 a year. this despite president biden repeatedly claiming that it would do no such thing. one thing we are trying to get done in congress, pass legislation that won t raise taxes a single penny for anybody making less than 400 grand. you make less than 400, you will not pay a penny in taxes. make sure we pay everything without any one making under 400,000 paying taxes. sandra: rebranded as a way to reduce inflation across the country. a new study claims it will do the exact opposite and make the inflation situation even worse. john: all of this comes amid a potential crisis in asia. tensions rising with china as reports circulate that house speaker nancy pelosi could arrive in ta
student loan could cost over ten years. the white house is struggling to answer who is exactly paying the tab for the millions of college students off the hook. john: you don t have todd s number on speed dial, john? i ll pass it off to you. sandra smith in new york. biden administration sticking to their line of defense that the plan is fully paid for, even comparing the handouts to covid loans, even though the pandemic assistance was intended to be foregiven. john: biden facing backlash with a growing number of democrats distancing themselves from the controversial hands outs. i think a targeted an i approach right now, people making 30, $40,000, didn t go to college, they need help as well. it does not help people who have already paid off their college debt. a band aid step, a point in time step. not yet contending with the root issue, which is the affordability crisis of higher education in our country. sandra: or bipartisan political panel is on set and read
candidates had a great night th squad had a bit of a scare. ilhan omar barely surviving her challenge. it shows americans are not buying progressive politics. good morning. let s get to businessman tim michaels he beat rebecca clay fish for the republican nomination for governor. while michael s received president trumps backing. his promise to take a stand against the left agenda. it seems like we are on a slippery slope toward socialism and it is being cloaked behind all these other social issues. we save are going to do everything we can to stand in the way up the tearing down of america, the america that we know and love. and speaking of socialism, ilhan omar narrowly won her primary. in a statement she credited her aggressive ideas by saying today s victory is a testament to how much our district police and the values we are fighting for. fox news contributor and former wisconsin congressman sean duff reacting earlier. he says it s the power of incumbency. when y
hundreds of flamingo chicks are fitted with identity rings in one of europe s biggest flamingo colonies to help track their journeys and ensure their survival. now on bbc news, the art of cutting carbon. the power of invention will protect us from climate catastrophe, say the optimists. smart technologies will reduce the clouds of carbon dioxide emissions from the industries that make the materials surrounding us. at least, that s the hope. i m now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. hear that sound 7 that s the sound of ink coming out of the page. but can carbon cutting inventions be developed in time? are you sure this is safe, yeah? it s safe. it s safe, 0k. so here we go. and can art help to draw attention to the challenges ahead? we ve been using car panels - and various scrap bits of metal that have become this beautiful bitl of work, which is just fantastic. i m roger harrabin, the
ajudge in florida has unsealed some of the documents relating to the fbi s search of the mar a lago home of donald trump. it comes after american news organisations argued it was in the public interest to know more about the search. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow s rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia s population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia s prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that