warfare in port au prince, led to greater instability. the un says at least 230 people were killed in five days of fighting, in the capital earlier this month. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to dateline. this week two nations with caretaker leaders and problems that cannot wait. in israel, a coalition has collapsed. joe biden has been in a middle east seeking more saudi oil. they and the israelis want the united states to pledge action against iran. here in the uk, the famous and not so famous five are vying to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. but in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers describe as a cost of living crisis? in the studio to discuss all of that, an american journalist and senior writer at bloomberg business week, based in london since the late 1970s, he writes on arab affairs. ian is a columnist with the mail newspapers, he has reported from all around
the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of
this week, two nations with caretaker readers, and problems that cannot wait. in israel, a coalition has collapsed. joe biden has been in a middle east seeking more saudi oil. they and the israelis want the united states to pledge action against iran. you re in the uk, if famous and not so famous five are vying to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. but in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers describe as a cost of living crisis? in the studio to discuss all of that, an american journalist and senior writer at bloomberg business week, based in london since the late 1970s, he writes on arab affairs. you burrow is a columnist with the male newspapers, he has reported from all around the middle east during his time and was a speech writer on david cameron s successful general election campaign in 2010. welcome to you all. let s begin in the middle east. stephanie, joe biden is engaged in this middle east trip, s
that star spangled banner yet wave. o er the land of the free and the home of the brave. we re learning more at the moment about what fbi seized from the unprecedented raid at former president trump s mar-a-lago home on monday. after the search warrant was unsealed yesterday. the warrant giving agents authority to seize more than two dozen boxes of documents, which trump said were all declassified. kevin is live? washington with the latest. good morning, guys. friday s search warrant and property receipt was a rare step in a federal investigation. while that s true, it s also important to point out that a supporting affidavit, which would certainly explain why investigators believe the former president to be in violation of federal law by keeping the documents over at mar-a-lago, that remained under seal. the items recovered includes 27 boxes, 11 of which contain so-called classified documents. four sets marked top secret, which is the highest level classification tha
there are new record high inflation numbers. check these out. grocery prices, jumping 12%. gas soaring 49%. more than double from when he took office. there are more terrible numbers for the president. this time his poll numbers. remember the ones he says he does not check but he gets weekly polling updates? this is what he sounds. only 33% of americans approve of the job the president is doing in a new quinnipiac poll. that is a type of his record low. the president continues to blame bad media coverage and putin s more as all of these stumbles add up. even democrats are getting fed up with the president s inadequacies in office. one liberal strategist is not holding back, telling the hill this, really simple, be the bleeping president. i understand it is tough. but there are things you can do to control of the public perception and they have not done any of that. and the media is noticing. watch this. record high gas prices. 8.6. a new cycle high usurping. that was th