All this matters to Foreign Policy. Because when we host the summit of democracy early in my administration to rally the nations of the world to defend democracy globally, to push back the authoritarianisms advance, well be much more incredible partner because of these efforts to shore up our own foundations. Theres no longer a bright line between foreign and domestic policy. Every action we take in our conduct abroad, we must take with american Working Families in mind. Advancing a Foreign Policy for the middle class demands urgent focus on our domestic economic renewal. And thats why i immediately put forth the American Rescue plan to pull us out of this economic crisis. Thats why i signed an Executive Order strengthening our buy american policies last week. And thats also why i worked with congress to make farreaching investments in research and development of transformital technologies. These investments are going to create jobs, maintain americas Competitive Edge globally, and ens
Legal experts tonight. Were discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. It is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as the Washington Post explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d. A. Knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. Why . Because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. Maybe youre a busy coconspirator. Maybe youre a coward and send other people to do things for you. Under the Georgia State rico statute, a long as some people have committed these crimes of some kind inside the state, other people can be looped in. Thats one of the ways d. A. Willis came out with this strong, broad set of charges last night rounding up these 19 defendants. Theyre not all Household Names. I want to show you def
Just beatenjamaica i o. Later in the hour on the bbc news channel, well round up the latest action, hear key interviews and discuss the days biggest Talking Points from here at the bbc sport centre. Good morning. 140,000 pupils across scotland have been getting their exam results this morning for their nationals, highers, and advanced highers. The Scottish Qualifications Authority has warned that teaching and learning still havent fully recovered from the covid pandemic. It says its taken a sensitive approach to awarding results this year. Pupils are finding out how theyve done by a combination of text messages, email and post. 0ur scotland correspondent, james shaw reports. Its The Moment Of Truth for thousands of pupils across scotland. Holly. Yeah, thats me. Thank you. 0k, and chloe. And the end of an educational experience hit hard by covid. But these pupils at Hamilton Grammar School have shown resilience in the face of difficulties that previous generations did not have to endure
From custody after charging to incite to write nypd arresting at least 60 people following the chaos police say more than half of them were juveniles for New York City mayor eric adams described his initial reaction when he saw what was happening. When i looked at what happened in union square the first thing i did was text my son and say where are you . Are you in union square . And i wondered with the thousands of children who were there, hurling a dangerous object at Police Officers, disrespect that residents in the area, attacking each other, how many parents text their children . Works ted williams a standby we will get his take on this and just moments. But first ucb cotton live in union square at the latest on the situation that escalated very quickly. Hi brian, quickly indeed. More than 24 hours later theres still crews cleaning up the mess left behind from this outofcontrol crowd. The work people working behind in reher moving paint and assesg other damage route as you mention
another official who prosecutors in the special counsel s election probe have spoken to, details and what it could suggest. republican lawmakers grill the republican appointed registered republican fbi director, is there evidence for their allegations? i will ask the republican former us attorney who recommended them for the job, chris christie joins us. later, ray epis, january 6th protester in hiding after right wing media painted him as a plant. the lawsuit they just filed against fox news. good evening, the breaking news, new word another top state election official has spoken with prosecutors in connection with the former president s efforts to overturn the eleck. she is joselyn benson, michigan secretary of state, she joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmakerer rusty bowers and two republican officials in talking to jack smith s team. what have you learned about secretary of state benson s interview with jack smith? well