Questions. Land for trade. Prior for this, she was the deputy chief resident negotiator for two and a half years, which had to the one of the difficult jobs in the e. U. I told her that if we invite her back a year from now, we will ask her who was harder to negotiate with, the british or the americans. I am sure we would get a polite historybut, she has a in a number of positions of significance inside the european commission. As i said earlier, one of my personal favorites is before she was a brexit deputy, she was Deputy Director general of trade. Those of you who are european command, know exactly what that means and how important it is. I have no clue, but it certainly sounds impressive. She has numerous positions going back more than 20 years with the commission. She has a doctorate in political science, her phd thesis was on the, transport policy, a study in au policymaking, and she also studied political science, economics, literature and linguistics at Freiburg University in g
statement that trump had the irs and other federal agencies investigate two federal officials involved into the case of his campaign ties to russia. quote, president trump questioned whether investigations by the internal revenue service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strzok or ms. page. i do not know of mr. trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared, however, that he wanted to see mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly s statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that s when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to
The Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex today they named two tankers that are extremely important for the transport industry of the entire country. Transportation modern, powerful, equipped with the latest technology, sea vessels are, without exaggeration, some of the best in their class in the world. They are capable of operating at extremely low temperatures and harsh climatic conditions, passing through ice barriers and transporting large volumes of oil and gas. The development of such a fleet is of great importance for our country, an arctic power. So, more about the courts. Here is Valentin Pikul , named after the writer, many of whose books were dedicated to the fate of the russian fleet. This shuttle tanker for transporting oil along the northern sea route can easily do without icebreakers. It can itself pass through ice up to 1. 70 cm thick. The second ship was named in honor of alexei kosygin, a soviet statesman who made a significant contribution to the development of the far east, t
The male passenger ser in stable condition at a local hospital. Reporter the police say the male passenger will survive but marie was a mother of four with another on the way. Her sons birthday is tomorrow. It is one in more than a dozen on highway 40 and interstate 80. Chp is trying to stop these and arrest the shooters. Were trying to work as jointly as possible with all Law Enforcement within the county to do as much as we can to prevent this or show more of a force to stop these. Reporter now, again with marie, this is not the first tragic incident the father of one of the children was shot and killed here last may. Now again police are looking for a newer model mercedes with paper tags. Frank, police say they do not believe all of the shootings are connected but they believe in each case, the people who have been shot, the victims, were targeted. That is hard to understand the four Young Children without their mom now. Paul, when you say they were targeted do you mean because of t
Then, we go to indiana. While the state, has been in the spotlight this week over its new antigay, socalled religious freedom law another controversy is brewing. On monday, purvi patel became the first person in us history sentenced to prison for fetiticide. She says she had a miscarriage the state accused her of ending her own pregnancy. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison. We said since going to be this is going to be news to arrest women. It will do more than they claim. They said that is just scare tactics. Amy and we will look at why the United Arab Emirates barred nyu professor andrew ross from entering the country where the school has a satellite campus after he published research about Migrant Workers and labor abuse in the gulf state. Now he has learned a private investigator was also hired to target him and a New York Times reporter. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Negotiations over an Ira