People who perpetrated are brought to justice. Host the latest round of charges from senator john mccain and other leading republicans on the attack in benghazi that resulted in the death of a u. S. Ambassador and three other americans. Now, nearly two years later, this issue isnt going away on capitol hill, in part because of the newly released email. Also, a congressional hearing yesterday in washington. Good morning, it is friday, may the second ver2. Mainly, we want to know if the investigation is important to you. Meanwhile, at the white house the president will be meeting with the german chancellor Angela Merkel. His issues likely to come up in a News Conference with reporters. The president is hosting the german chancellor for a working lunch and an oval office meeting. Those nsa phone taps the situation in ukraine are also subject to dominate the conversation. We want to begin with the issue of benghazi because it has come front and center yet again. This morning inside the the
To catch up fast. After losing to Victoria Azarenka. Hello and welcome. Hello. We start on wall street, where any relief for investors is it negotiation has proven to be short lived. Or provocation . Technology shares have the british governments resumed their downward slide after staging something refusal to budge over plans of a recovery on wednesday for a law which can override from this weeks steep losses. Key elements of the brexit divorce deal has created the likes of apple, amazon a fury within the eu, and microsoft leading us indices sharply lower and also an ultimatum and adding to concerns if the bill isnt withdrawn, that the 5 month stock market trade talks may collapse. That blunt warning came rally could finally be over. After emergency talks between the two sides on thursday in london. Heres our political the dow ended down more than 400 points editor laura kuenssberg. 405 points there, almost 1. 5 and the tech dominated nasdaq lost around 2 . After months of comings and
With the r number showing how many people each patient infects above one for the First Time Since march. Hello and welcome. The kingdom of bahrain has become the latest arab gulf state to say it is normalising its relations with israel, less than a month after the United Arab Emirates said it was establishing ties. Announcing the deal, President Trump described it as another historic breakthrough. The israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Neta nyahu, called it a new era of peace. Tom bateman reports from jerusalem. An american president hailing a peace deal in the middle east. The agreement makes the rain only the first arab country to normalise ties with israel bahrain. A much needed boom in the white house ahead of the election. I wanted to thank the leaders of israel and bahrain for their vision and courage to forge this historic agreement. Their leadership is proving the future can be filled with hope and does not need to be predetermined by conflicts of the past. Ajoint statement betwe
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. All eyes are on the impeachment process in the United States after Vice President , mike pence confirmed he will not invoke the 25th amendment. In a letter to speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, mr pence said i do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our nation or consistent with our constitution. Calling on ms pelosi and members of congress to avoid actions that would further divide and inflame the passions of the moment and adding a plea work with us to lower the temperature and unite our country as we prepare to inaugurate president elect joe biden as the next president of the United States. We can now speak to our washington correspondent Barbara Plett usher, who is on capitol hill. Just who is on capitol hill. To be clear, all eyes are now just to be clear, all eyes are now on the impeachment process because mr pence has put an end to any moves to declare the president unfit for office. H
Added last month, forecasts calling for about a gain of 180,000. The Unemployment Rate down 0. 3 to 7 , the lowest level in exactly five years. The question is whether or not the fed will scale back its Bond Purchasing Program when the central bank meets later this month. Jim, whether it was u6, the workers, the wages, theres not a lot to quibble with in this one. I was most concerned about an even bigger number. This is kind of good. It wasnt so great that the rates had to skyrocket. So its not a december taper number in your view. We just had plosser on saying dont make too much of one month. Thats right. There were three articles on how we got a big gdp number and they all said the same thing, which is its not going to last. That plus the fact that this was not 250,000 jobs i think makes it so that people want to say yellen will take some time, shell make a determination. If Interest Rates creep up a little higher from here, its not so bad. It is cinderella. Its nice to have a cinde