Fasten your seatbelt packed 30 minutes coming up. As youve heard us President Biden meets russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in geneva today the first time as president s. Many are asking with Us Russia Relations at a low point will there be anything they can agree on . Russia recently included the us on its official list of unfriendly states and both sides describe relations as at rock bottom. All this Political Tension pours over into business with sanctions hindering meaningfull trade, commercial ties between the countries have also reached a low. Philip worman is Managing Director of gpw group, a Political Risk consulting firm. Good morning. Good morning. What do you good morning. Good morning. What do you think good morning. Good morning. What do you think may good morning. Good morning. What do you think may be what do you think may be achieved here, if anything, what do you think may be achieved here, ifanything, by these two meeting today . I think the first victory is that the
The International Energy agency has revealed that lng now makes up 35 of europes energy supplies, not far off the 40 contribution that russia made before it was sanctioned over ukraine. Joining me now is ben mcwilliams, whos an Affiliate Fellow at bruegel. Thank you very much for being with us today. What are your concerns about where gas prices could go if these workers do indeed strike . This is certainly a concern, but to be clear up front, nothing comparable to last year. The position we are in is that, as you mentioned, as russian Pipeline Supplies have been cut over the last 12 months, the eu and uk have become more dependent on liquefied national gas. Natural gas. Australia typically supplies asia. If it were cut to asian consumers, we would see asian consumers turning around and looking to qatar and competing with european buyers there, which would in turn have some Knock On Effect on prices. As it had last week, 40 increase from around 30 to 36 euros just nothing like close to
Wildfire alert. 96 people are now confirmed dead in the devastating maui wildfires as officials warn that the number expected to grow. Hawaiis governor promising he will get answers to the deadliest blaze in more than a century. I have authorized a comprehensive review of what happened in the early hours of the fire and the hours thereafter, having been to ground zero twice, there is very little left there. Brian lawyers from one firm investigating the fire say they are nearly positive what started it saying quote all evidence, videos, witness accounts, burn progression, burn equipment points to hawaiis electric equipment being the ignition source of the fire. Hundreds of structures wiped out as crews continue searching through the rubble. Continue asking loved ones for d. N. A. Samples to help identify the bodies. President biden is facing backlash for not yet commenting on the tragedy. Is he vacationing in delaware i have will be at the white house around noon. Take your time. Lets g
Violent mob against the u. S. Capitol and his own Vice President on january 6th. The Justice Department won the battle and politico reports Special Counsel jack smith obtained an extraordinary array from twitter about trumps account. While it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the twitter count of mr. Trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of consideration with his aides and allies. Hes reportedly sent over direct messages that were sent, received and stored in draft. Politico reports this, quote, u. S. District judge Barrel Howard held twitter, now known as x, in Contempt Of Court in february be fining that company 350,000 for missing a deadline. And he lit into twitter for taking extraordinary and apparently unprecedented steps to give trump an advantage. At one point the judge asking being quote, is it because the new ceo
A fatal mistake, sinking part of the case in georgia against donald trump. The lead starts right now six charges dismissed and the election subversion case in Fulton County, georgia, a judge saying a lack of detail led to his decision. What does this mean for the the rest of fani williss case, a Georgia Legal Expert and a close associate of District Attorney willis, join us to break it all down. Plus tik tok taped down a bill forcing the social media giant to cut ties with china or face a ban in the us passes the house with huge bipartisan support. But well go anywhere in the senate and should the Us Government be in the business . Of banning private companies. Ill ask a member of the House Select Committee on china and a question so many people are asking today, do you feel safe flying on a boat . Boeing plane, major new revelations about the Airline Manufacturers work on that door plug that blew off during an Alaskan Airlines flight the ntsb today saying its investigation is being he