very clear, too, that no one, no one, including a president of the united states, is above the law. by the way, today is the six-year anniversary of that speech in indiana. happy anniversary to the president, as the fbi goes through his documents this morning. what a long road it s been. you know, he actually, i guess, in 2018, willie, he passed a law. he signed a law that actually made the protection of classified material even stronger. that is a good thing to do. it is a good thing to do. he said in the campaign law and order party. he was going to protect all classified information. so says it in the campaign. willie, he actually passes legislation. kept his word. he signs it, comes into law. that the penalties for not protecting classified information going to be even tougher because of hillary clinton s emails. yeah, remember the context of that speech six years ago was all about hillary clinton and the emails and the private server that she had.
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where a potential visit to taiwan by us house speaker nancy pelosi is stirring alarm in presidentjoe biden s administration. they fear the trip may cross red lines for china and that there is no exit path. beijing, which claims sovereignty over the island, has already issued harsh warnings even suggesting a possible military response. against this backdrop, president biden is expected to call president xi on thursday for the first time in months. for more, we can speak now to bonnie glaser, political commentator from the german marshall fund. she joins us from washington. thank you so much for talking to the bbc. give us a sense of what is going on in the corridors of power in washington with this potential visit. ~ ~ . visit. well, i think that there are different visit. well, i think that there are different points - visit. well, i think that there are diffe
choices will echo for decades. we re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far-reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. plus some new numbers in the too close to call pennsylvania republican senate primary. georgia is the headline state next tuesday. already an early voting record there, and in several of the big georgia races, choosing a candidate means saying yes or no to donald trump and his big election lie. and phone calls. handwritten notes. new details today about trump s deep personal involvement in the strategy to try to steal the election. and the january 6th committee asked a republican lawmaker to explain a tour of the capitol complex he gave the day before the riot. the president s overseas juggling act. the asia trip, the priorities are consequence shl. a china with a stagnant economy. north korea hell bent on provocation. a war with russia and ukraine with no sign of going cold any
International criminal court said he has requested Arrest Warrants for Prime Minister netanyahu, other israeli officials and hamas officials for alleged war crimes. Joining us from tel aviv is nbcs raf sanchez. What is the very latest . Reporter so, jose, as we speak, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with senior government ministers. Earlier he spoke to his Legal Advisers and theyre formulating israels response to this ruling from the International Court of justice, which is both final and it is binding. And so if israel does not abide by it, then it is technically in breach of international law. But what is key here, jose, is that the court does not have powers to enforce its rulings, and we have seen icg rulings ignored in the past, by israel, by other countries, and in theory, if there is a dispute, this could move to the United Nations security council, which does have the power to enforce its own binding decisions, but israel is hoping that the u. S. Will use its veto
The c. R. Didnt pass, its just like in life, if you quit after the first time, its only a failure if you quit. Were in the middle of the republican civil war that has been ongoing for months, and now it threatens catastrophic Government Shutdown. Got to stop the spending. Its bankrupting this great country of ours. Any more time the speaker spends trying to cobble together farright wish lists that cant even pass the house would be a grievous mistake. Its tame for republicans to top playing these games what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are doing with blank checks, more borrowing, more taxing, for more spending, destroying the future of this country. That stops now. Neil shutdown on. Well, the Government Shutdown is looking pretty inevitable right now, just 14 hours away potentially. Right after midnight tonight, 3. 5 million workers could be off the Government Payroll unless or until congress can pass a spending plan. Heres what we know right now though, House Speaker Ke