assassination attempt. another hour of velshi begins right now. ght now. good morning, saturday august 20th. not am in the 6 am in the west, i m ali bell. she hardly a day passes without a development in the investigation that is somewhat connected to donald. trump that is because there are no fewer than four current and ongoing criminal investigations. related to the president himself, relative to have ever set of inquiries across multiple states. it all culminated in an fbi search of his private awaits us in palm beach florida. let s go to, new york where trump spent the vast majority of his life and career before he became president. he is facing a pair of inquiries into his company s business practices. when is a civil case which is headed by the new york, state attorney general letitia james. he was looking into whether the trump organization lied about the value of its assets, either to receive loans from the bank or to avoid paying its fair share of taxes. trump appear
planning a call to action against americans he is calling semi fascists. plus the golden state has a new regulation with gas powered cars, but the very same state is now begging its residents, don t charge your electric vehicles, because california s electric grid is about to crash. we have that report straight-ahead, so much for renewable energy. also the bombshell whistle-blower allegations from inside the fbi. agents are sounding the alarm on the rampant political bias interrupting what should be america and the world s premier law enforcement agency, but we began with the very latest anti-trump spear tactics surrounding the raid at mar-a-lago. desperate to stop a federal judge from appointing the master to review the case. and doj indicated that american should just simply trust their judgment. also took the opportunity to shave public opinion with that image right there showing classified documents strewn across the floor, next to a box of frame time magazine covers an
a call to action against americans. he s calling semi fascists. pluss s call a golden state as a new regulation banning gas powered cars by twenty thirty five . but the very same state is nowe charinisg its residents don t charge your electric vehicles because california s electric grid is about to crash. we have that report straight. had so much for renewable energy. also tonight, multiple new bombshell whistleblower allegations from inside the fb e agents are now s sounding the alarm on the rampant political bias corrupting what should be america and the world s premier law enforcemendt agency. but we begin with the veryhe latest anti trump smear tactics surrounding the raid at mar a lago at this hour. the attorney general, merrick garland, is desperate to stop a federal judge from appointing a special master to reviewmaster the case. in a filing, biden s dojrican indicated that americans should just simply trustsh their judgmentould j. now they also tookunity to the opport
calls for president putin to end the invasion. nato s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, insisted that ukraine must prevail as an independent state. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m sarah montague. when the uk handed hong kong back to china 25 years ago, the last words of the departing british governor to the people of the territory were, now hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. the man who said those words, chris patten, now lord patten, is my guest today. has that promise been broken? and could the uk have done more to honour it? lord patten, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has that promise, that hong kong would be run by hong kong people, been broken? yes. and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were. the chinese communist party, let me make a distinction, would keep their word, and they have pretty comprehens
the man who said those words, chris patten, now lord patten, is my guest today. has that promise been broken? and could the uk have done more to honour it? lord patten, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has that promise, that hong kong would be run by hong kong people, been broken? yes. and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were. the chinese communist party, let me make a distinction, would keep their word, and they have pretty comprehensively broken their word, which is contained in an international treaty lodged at the united nations called thejoint declaration. you said at the time, you wrote at the time in the hong kong diaries, which you ve just published, that, ultimately, after the handover, much will depend on whether the chinese communist party can actually be trusted to honour one country, two systems, which was the deal agreed. hong kong s former chief executive, cy leung, who s now v