Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
Annual g 7 summit. Chief National Affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. The white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. What are you hearing Behind The Scenes . Reporter well, good morning. President biden is going to be arriving here to nato. As you said, its his first time here as Commander In Chief but not to nato overall. Hes carrying the message hes been delivering throughout his European Tour of america is back. Of course, no place like here at nato is that America First agenda from the former trump era still echoing. Of course, it was some three years ago right here where President Trump threatened to withdrawal from the Military Alliance. Thats ancient history, at least for now. There are questions about the commitment of the u. S. But President Biden made a Brief Reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. We do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. We believe that nato is vi
Last month, don mcgahn and his wife received disclosures from apple their records were sought in 2013. This as Merrick Garland is working with leaders of cnn, the washington post, new york times, all of whose journalists were targeted to go over the Leak Investigations carried out by the Doj Under Former president trump. Also, this morning, President Biden is in brussels for his first in Person Summit as president of nato. Comes after a highly anticipated meeting with putin geneva wednesday. Lauren fox from capitol hill has more from Democratic Leaders calling on barr and sessions to testify about secret subpoenas. You and i covered it the last couple years. Lots of times when congressional subpoenas were ignored by members of the Trump Administration. Do we expect seen as to be issued and listened to . Reporter this will have to play out on capitol hill. First, theyll request that bill barr and Jeff Sessions testify before congress. Theres interest in getting more answer on why member