tonight, but also getting to nikki haley. i saw your coverage of nikki haley in the last hour. just a little before you started that. in new hampshire tonight. she was asked a pretty simple question. what was the cause of the civil war? she managed to give an answer that did not include the words slavery. we re going to show you that later in this hour, and explain why she gave that answer. lawrence, i m looking forward to that because i saw also that same comment after we did our segment so i m glad you re covering it. thank you, jonathan. thanks, lawrence. on christmas day a 77-year-old criminal defendant facing racketeering charges and other felonies in four jurisdictions said that his prosecutors should rot in hell. and unlike every other criminal defendant who has said that, he didn t mumble it to himself bitterly, alone in his jail cell, awaiting trial. he dn t say it angrily to a cell mate. he said it through the reach of social media to the world, and while he
question. what was the cause of the civil war? she managed to give an answer they did not include the words slavery. we re going to show you that later in this hour. and explain. why she gave that answer. lawrence i m looking forward to that because i saw also that same comment after we did our segment so i m glad you re covering it. thank you, jonathan. thanks, lawrence. on christmas day a 77 year old criminal defendant facing racketeering charges and other felonies in four jurisdictions said that his prosecutors should rot in hell. and unlike every other criminal defendant who has said that, he didn t mumble it to himself bitterly, alone in his jail cell, awaiting trial. he didn t say it angrily to a cell mate. he said it through the reach of social media to the world and while he was at it, he said the president s united states should rot in hell. the 77 year old criminal defendant is also the leading republican candidate for president of united states. thanks to t
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apart from the latest sanctions announced by ms von der leyen, european leaders have agreed other restrictions against moscow, among them excluding some russian banks from the swift system for international transactions, and freezing overseas assets of the russian central bank. our business editor, simonjack, looks at the wider economic consequences for russia, of its invasion of ukraine. as thousands took to the streets in berlin in outrage for russia s invasion of ukraine, any remaining caution around ramping up economic sanctions against europe s biggest energy supplier were replaced with a new resolve. we considered a significant tightening of our international response. the european union and its partners are working to cripple putin s ability to finance his war machine. russian banks will be excluded from the international payment system, isolating russia from global trade. perhaps even more damaging, russia s central bank
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