Confirmation hearings in washington d. C. She said the president had not sought her views on any case challenging the result of next months election democrats have criticized the unusual speed of the hearings with time running out before the poll. Theres been a number of questions from republican senators who have talked about her background talked about her family the fact that she has 2 adopted children that she is a family of 7. And also i think theyve tried to drill down on what she thinks about key issues democrats have tried that particularly on issues that are really cultural touchstones here in the United States that could well come before the court in the next few months youre talking about next months next few years youre talking about possibility of abortion raising its head again there is same sex marriage there is also the possibility of money in politics. Saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the Un Human Rights Council attempted faced criticism due to allegations
Work or happen and so my question is isnt it true then at the end of that process regardless of their profits that it would be for ultimately would make the decision about whether or not you should recuse yourself that is true and i cant have you elicit a commitment from me about how i would make that decision in advance that would be wrong meanwhile both president ial candidates are in battleground states 3 weeks before the u. S. Election President Trump has been campaigning in pennsylvania a state he not only won 4 years ago and his democratic rival joe biden is in florida the democrats lost the state by just over one percent in the last election. Cypruss abolished a citizenship for Investment Program following an undercover investigation by aljazeera it shows senior politicians agreeing to help a criminal by a supreme passport. The parliamentary speaker in the report is abstaining from duty until an investigation is completed. Saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the United
Helicopters cross the Afghan Ministry of defense come from just earlier. Oh my god i dead according to local sources the helicopters were there to evacuate. Afghan soldiers and since the fighting has been on the Afghan Defense forces have been moving in more rain force means more commandos to deal with the situation israel and lebanon a meeting to discuss control of maritime borders the delegations are in southern lebanon so what are being called indirect talks that being hosted by the United Nations and mediated by the u. S. Both sides claim parts of the mediterranean coastline. The world bank has approved 12000000000. 00 in new funding for developing countries to buy covert 19 vaccines the financial help will soon be used to test and treat people for covert 19 its part of a 100 60000000000. 00 program to help nations fight the coronavirus pandemic. In thailand hundreds of protesters are out on the streets of the capital demanding reform it comes ahead of a bigger rally thats expected
A typewriter one says turkey will continue to support it says sorry allies in the region should be given back to azerbaijan. Because thats you know a lot of you 3 members of minsk the United States russia and france are still putting this off with their stalling tactics just give them the occupied lands let them go to their lands let them do what they want in their own lands but there is an invasion here if there is democracy and human rights in this world and if you have been assigned to solve this problem as 3 members of the minsk group for 30 years what you need to do is not stall what you need to do is finish your negotiations and hand over the lens to there are in a. Tens of thousands of afghans have been forced to escape 4 days of fighting between taliban and Government Forces aid agencies say hospitals are becoming overwhelmed by the wounded in Helmand Province the Israeli Government says approved the construction of thousands of new illegal settlements homes in the occupied wes
sandra: kristin fisher has more. president biden will be delivering his first prime time address hours after signing his biggest first legislative accomplishment in to law. this american rescue plan 1.9 trillion. now, remember, this was supposed to be a bipartisan package. in the end, it had zero republican support. now the white house is proudly calling this the most progressive bill in american history. that is not sitting well with republican senator john kennedy. listen here from this morning. we tried with president biden. he said look, i ll meet you halfway. we said okay. well then he just ignored us. if he was meeting us halfway, he s a damn poor judge of distance. in terms of what to expect tonight, the white house says the president will mark the one-year anniversary of the country shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. he will be talking about the sacrifices that the american people have made over the last year and what they have to look forward to