you just received the jane fonda humanitarian award, glamour uk women of the year, latino power list. and now us, bbc 100 women, it s a pleasure having you with us. thank you. and thank you for the, for the honour of being on the list with such incredible other women. 0k. let s start with an easy question. let s talk about your name, america. mm. what s the true story behind your name? yeah. well, i m named america after my mother, who is also named america. and it s true, growing up in the united states of america, everyone assumed that it was a, it was a patriotic homage by my immigrant parents. but the truth is, is that in latino america, the name america is much more common. and so my mother is actually named after a very obscure holiday that she was born on, called dia de las americas. and i was due on her birthday. and so i was also named america. so that, so my name is very central american and latino americana. that s a name that you didn t love when you were younger,
Against adam shift for conduct that misleads the american people. Watch live coverage of the house at noon eastern here on cspan. We take you live to testimony from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director khoep a. Hes testifying today on the Digital Economy a Consumer Protection before the House Financial Services committee. We join this in progress. Mr. Sherman credit repair scams are not just annoying television commercials. They charge you a lot of money. They just blanketly contest everything on your Credit Report. Your credit score goes up for a little while until they realize that most of those entries were accurate and it goes back down. What are you doing to deal with the scheme where you get your Credit Report improved for a little while . We are looking hard at all the ways in which consumer Credit Report issues can spawn scams. We have brought a number of Enforcement Actions here. We do work with the federal trade commission, state a. G. s to bring action. We dont want
also on the show, as global leaders meet in egypt for the cop27 summit on the environment, what are the stakes for one of the most beautiful places on earth? i m going to be asking the big boss of the caribbean development bank, dr gene leon. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, a power grab at the top of china s communist party has big consequences for the global economy. yet with war raging in europe, a cost of living crisis, surging interest rates and a global energy crisis, china s president xijinping s consolidation of power at the communist party s 20th congress could easily get a bit lost amidst the noise. but china s critical place in the global supply chain, in world politics, in manufacturing and exporting and its growing power as a consumer and tourist powerhouse means that these changes are incredibly significant for the way the world s economy is going to develop in the next few years. so with the benefit of a few weeks perspective, let sjust take a
also on the show is global leaders meet in egypt for the cop 27 summit on the environment, what are the stakes are one of the most beautiful places on earth? i m going to be asking the big boss of the caribbean development bank. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. a power grab at the top of china s communist party has big consequences for the global economy. yet with war raging in europe, a cost of living crisis, surging interest rates on a global energy crisis, china s president xi jinping s consolidation of power at the 20th congress party could easily get a bit lost to make the noise. but, because china s critical place in the global supply chain manufacturing and exporting and its growing power as a consumer and tourist powerhouse means that these changes are incredibly significant for the way that the world s economy is going to develop in the next few years. so with the benefit of a few weeks perspecti
stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, very, very probably. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are us