Hello, and welcome to unspun world here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. In this edition is now the moment when the russians turn the tide in ukraine. It is russia making its size and resources count. Its russia that can throw more men at its fight. Haiti, arguably the worlds most ungovernable country, erupts yet again. The Security Forces in haiti are clearly in a situation of disadvantage against these gangs, who now control big sections of the capital, port au prince. And will the oceans one day be navigated by Ships Without A Single Human Being On Board . Future vision of lots of Companies Looking into this to have, say, a captain sitting there on land in charge of multiple ships sailing the oceans Around The World. Things arent looking at all rosy for ukraine at the moment. The days when Russias Armed forces were slow, clumsy and predictable have gone. Theyve upped their game. And the huge advantage russia has in manpower and industrial might has started to tell. Ukrai
And the reality is its done. House Speaker Mike Johnson facing a mutiny from rebel republicans. What happens next and why the clock may be ticking for tiktok. Also tonight, Israel Pounds Gaza as violence in the west bank surges. Reporter im debora patta, in the West Bank City Of Tulkarem where residents are mopping up the damage after a twoday Israeli Military operation. Plus, historic trial. Reporter im Shanelle Kaul in new york where in just hours Opening Statements will be heard in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. Deadly crash. A suspected Drunk Driver Plows into a Birthday Party celebration. At least two children are killed. Plus, the cicadas are coming. Why this years invaders could number in the trillions. And later, price shock. Why costs are soaring at every turn for american drivers. Reporter im jeff nguyen in los angeles. Car shoppers are facing Sticker Shock from the asking price to insurance coverage. Announcer this is the Cbs Weekend News from new york
senior administration officials tell me a piece that did in fact post a few moments ago that, you know, obviously the last 50-plus days the president s focus has been ukraine. the war is not going to be ending anytime soon, and that s going to remain front of mind. they need to be able to show the president tending to matters at home as well, a renewed focus on domestic issues. you mentioned he was on the road a couple of times last week, iowa and north carolina. off in new hampshire, a pacific northwest wing, at the end of the week, doing a combination of things. first of all, simply saying to americans he understanding their pain, inflation is high, gas prices are high. there s a sense of relative discontent across the nation as we slowly emerge from this pandemic. of course we ve got cases rising again, at least in the northeast, and that he is trying his best to help. it s a combination of small measures right now, where he can do by executive order on domestic issues.
assistance and the economic assistance and the economic assistance that they are giving ukraine. he also talked about a newly emerged nato, talking about the importance of the western countries getting together, democracies matter, this is one thing that biden really cares about and we ll talk about how that matters in the face of aggression from autocratic countries like russia and he will call vladimir putin outage directly in his speech, he will make it very clear that he blames the russian president for what s happening right now in ukraine. we understand that the ukrainian president in that discussion withjoe biden in that phone call asked him to say something useful, i think the words were, about the conflict in ukraine, but it strikes me, how much do americans really care about the war in ukraine, given the focus on domestic issues at home? while, it depends what to pull you look at. generally speaking from a lot of polls in the past
coming from china and it s time we stand up to them and say you know, you can t just go brutalize people because they have faith in god and force them to have an abortion. brian: taken a backseat to trade. trade deal first and focus on domestic issues. we have backed off of that of late. it s hard to know what goes on there. governor huckabee, thanks so much. have a great christmas if i don t see you again. brian: y all logs to lick logs. if gin knows if jillian mele has agreed to do the news will you let me know? jillian: i m here and ready so i think i have agreed. a man charged in connection with the death of two chicago officers is due in court today. police say the cops were hit by a train searching for edward brown after he fired a gun officers were likely distracted by another