A mexican state state takes action on selling junk food to children. But into the Program Emergency food shipments are being prepared the u. N. Is describing the need for shelter as massive 120 schools have been damaged the full effect of choose to night support explosion in the lebanese capital is becoming much clearer its just gone 1 oclock in beirut in the afternoon where the death toll has now been updated to 154 but the search goes on in the rubble in and around the port the number of injured is more than 5000 the World Health Organization says the city is now facing a shortage of hospital beds because of the number of damaged facilities and amid it all the frustration grows 16 port workers and officials have been arrested but the peoples anger is really being directed at the government french president emanuel by. Ended his visit saying there be no blank checks unless theres political reform well its just after 2 oclock here in doha same time in beirut where our correspondent ben
A hit squad to canada the Saudi Crown Prince faces a lawsuit in washington d. C. And donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from doing business with the chinese odor to talk and we chant. Welcome to the program its an election victory thats expected to cement the power of the rajapaksa brothers in strength for their governing party has recorded an overwhelming victory with nearly 60 percent of the votes the sri lankan peoples front is led by god to buy and Mahinda Rajapaksa who served as president and Prime Minister along with that allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution. Parliament is expected to convene for another 2 weeks nelson and desist from the strong can come for the colombo. Were waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come to
Warship going to discuss it all right its time to move i. Q. Sparks are flying on capitol hill today as u. S. Attorney general bill barr is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee bar is being questioned on his handling of various legal issues including the federal response to the nationwide protests and his intervention in the bob muller russia probe. That is covering the hearing and parent things are kind of getting heated yeah manilla heated is kind of an understatement at this point when it comes to this hearing because its still going on and it was called by democrats on the House Judiciary Committee initially to answer questions about the Justice Department sending federal officers to the city specifically that unfolded into democrats asking questions from roger stone Michael Flynn systemic racism george floyd president Donald Trumps twitter even coronavirus now you started with democratic chairman jerry nadler Opening Statement that was a scathing review of time as attor
A primary focus for those discussions we have a tough so today so lets go and dive right a. Big stimulus this week as the g. O. P. Rolled out their new one trillion dollar Coronavirus Relief package bill on monday Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell unveiled that plan dubbed the heels are. We manage Senate Republicans ministration have been consulting over the last few weeks to come up with a realistic proposal. With what we think is an appropriate amount of Additional Debt to be good to the economy at this time. We think it is about a trillion dollars. And weve allocated it in a way that we think makes the most. For the country at this particular time. Already theres a split between Senate Republicans on the bill but next come to go sheesh and what the democrats this is ahead of some looming deadlines all Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer called the relief package totally inadequate perhaps the most controversial is the unemployment a that runs out on friday and Unemployment Ins
Right its time now to prove your use i use. The sparks are flying on capitol hill today as u. S. Attorney general bill barr is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee bar is being questioned on his handling of various legal issues including the federal response to these nationwide protests and his intervention in the mall or russia probe. Is live outside of congress and fair and things are still getting pretty heated there. All middle of heat it is an understatement when it comes to this hearing thats actually still going on right behind me in congress now it was the democrats on the House Judiciary Committee that called for this hearing a bill bar and it was originally to specifically asking questions on why the department of justice sent federal office. To the city of Portland Oregon where youre seeing a lot of riots and on rust but it quickly turned into questions about roger stone Michael Flynn Donald Trumps twitter why donald trump and it were a mask originally when corona